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NJCAA Man of the Year

NJCAA Award for Outstanding Service, Leadership, and Dedication to NJCAA Wrestling

Year	Winner	School	Notes
2023	Kris Schimek	Jamestown (NY)	—
2022	Josh Watts	Iowa Western	—
2021	Cody Alesch	Iowa Lakes	—
2020	Adam Whitlatch	Southwestern Oregon	—
2019	Gary Papa	Camden County (NJ)	—
2018	Randy Rager	Rochester Tech (MN)	—
2017	Keith Maute	Niagara County (NY)	—
2016	Ed Kochakji	Bergen (NJ)	—
2015	Josh Rhoden	Clackamas (OR)	—
2014	Bob Purcell	Minnesota West Tech	—
2013	Aaron Cooper	Mercyhurst North East (PA)	—
2012	Wayne Petterson	Neosho County (KS)	—
2011	Mike Massenzio	Bergen (NJ)	—
2010	Joe Renfro	Labette (KS)	—
2009	Dan Loprieno	Harper (IL)	—
2008	Harry McGinnis	Triton (IL)	—
2007	Jim Zeigler	Northwest (WY)	—
2006	Pat Whitcomb	North Idaho	—
2005	Walter Thurnau	Jamestown (NY)	—
2004	Paul Schmidt	Nassau (NY)	—
2003	Mark Ostrander	Iowa Central	—
2002	Steve Christiansen	Western Wyoming	—
2001	Chuck Seifert	Rochester Tech (MN)	—
2000	Joe Solorio	Pima (AZ)	—
1999	Dave Klemm	Lincoln (IL)	—
1998	Steve Lampe	Colby (KS)	—
1997	Jody Thompson	Labette (KS)	—
1996	Chuck Henke	Nassau (NY)	—
1995	Jerry Jansen	Minnesota West Tech	—
1994	Dennis Friedericks	Iowa Central	—
1993	Bob Christensen	Ricks (ID)	—
1992	Mike Rybak	Minnesota North-Itasca	—
1991	Ron Mirikitani	St. Louis-Meramec (MO)	—
1990	Eric Knuutila	Niagara County (NY)	—
1989	Al Kaltofen	DuPage (IL)	—
1988	Roy Minter	Ridgewater (MN)	—
1987	John Sacchi	Middlesex County (NJ)	—
1986	Ron Gaffner	Muskegon (MI)	—
1985	Frank Millard	Delhi (NY)	—
1984	Ed Kringstad	Bismarck State (ND)	—
1983	Frank Millard	Delhi (NY)	—
1982	Emil Caprara	Grand Rapids (MI)	—

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