WRESTLING HISTORY
Prior to 1990, the UNH Wrestling team was one of the premier division one wrestling teams in New England. However, due to the arrival of the infamous Title IX, the team was dropped from the school's varsity program along with a number of other male sports and was essentially lost forever in the minds of the NH wrestling community.

Then, in the fall of 1999, through the determination of a few UNH students and the strong leadership of a new faculty member, the team began its rise back to the top. During that first semester, the team was composed of five to six concrete wrestlers practicing everyday at 6am in the field house.

They used old, torn up wrestling mats and had virtually no money to their name. It was in that first season that they came upon the National Collegiate Wrestling Association (NCWA), a spawning ground for college club wrestling teams. The NCWA at the time was made up of only about thirty teams across the country, yet was still able to hold regional championships, as well as a national championship.

Now in its fifth season, the UNH Wrestling team is literally back on top. Last year at the national championships, UNH came home with its 3rd All-American wrestler and a 12th place overall finish. We have most or our line-up returning and are looking for a top 5 finish this season.

We have two new wrestling mats, new singlets, warm-ups, and are in the process of building a full time wrestling room to meet our training demands. The coaching staff is led by former college wrestler Brian Aparo, and has 4 quality assistants. We have enough wrestlers to fill almost two quality squads, and a great deal of respect from the university, the NCWA, and a number of NCAA wrestling teams around the country.

SCHOOL HISTORY
One of the most prestigious institutions in the Northeast, the University of New Hampshire has long been recognized as a leader in education and research. At the heart of the University's undergraduate studies is the General Education Program, a core program with a breadth of academic subjects.

The University has also recently completed construction on five capital building projects. A renovation of Dimond Library; at a cost of $31.1 million, the new 120,000 square foot Biological Sciences Building and the Spaulding Life Sciences Renovation; the 25,000 square foot $2.1 million Ocean Engineering Research Facility; the $8.2 million renovation project for the Memorial Union Building; and in November of 1995, construction reached completion on the Whittemore Center, a $27 million Recreation and Sports Complex. This project includes a state-of-the-art 6,000 to 7,500 seat arena for hockey, basketball, concerts and convocations, as well as a new three-level recreational sports facility.