Academic State Champions

For State Tournament week, thought it would be interesting to look at some different records and a good place to start was with the students that excelled in the classroom and on the mat.  

The OSSAA first recognized the Wrestling Academic State Champions in 1990.  According to the OSSAA Manual, guidelines for selecting the state champion team are:

1. Grades are based on the first semester GPA.
2. A team must list all wrestlers who compete in the regional tournament.
3. There must be a minimum of 11 wrestlers competing in the regional tournament to qualify for the award.
4. The team with the highest GPA will be declared academic state champion for their respective class.

None other than perennial state champion, Tuttle also leads the state in being named Wrestling Academic State Champion.  Tuttle has been named Academic State Champion 18 times, including a streak of ten in a row from 2008-2017 and a streak of five in a row from 195-1999.  13 times when Tuttle won the academic state title, they also won the state wrestling championship.  

Perry won four straight State and Academic State titles from 2004-2007.

In conjunction with the first sanctioned Girls State Tournament, the first Girls Academic State Champion was named in 2021, with Moore winning the title.  Norman won in 2022 and Perry won in 2023. 

Most Wrestling Academic State Championships

1. Tuttle – 18
2. Carl Albert – 7
3. Anadarko – 6
4. Yukon – 5
5. Perry – 5 (4 boys and 1 girls)
6. El Reno, Madill, Edmond North, Duncan, Vian, Stillwater, and Comanche – 4

Some of the information listed below came through my research, but most of it came from an incredible website  https://www.iwasatthegame.com/ This easy to navigate website has all of the Oklahoma state champions for baseball, basketball, football, softball, tennis, and wrestling.  There are records and statistics for several sports and even covers non-athletic events such as Academic Bowl, Jazz Band, One-Act Play and Speech/Debate. 

Year	Class 6A	Class 5A	Class 4A	Class 3A	Girls
	(5A prior to 2009)	(4A prior to 2009)	(3A prior to 2009)	(2A prior to 2009)
1990	Yukon	El Reno	Tuttle*	Pawnee
1991	Midwest City	El Reno	Marlow*	Pawnee
1992	Sand Springs	Carl Albert*	Anadarko	Madill*
1993	Sand Springs	Ardmore	Collinsville	Madill*
1994	Union	Ardmore	Miami	Madill
1995	Edmond North	Carl Albert	Anadarko	Tuttle
1996	Yukon	Claremore	Anadarko	Tuttle*
1997	Owasso	Duncan	Anadarko	Tuttle*
1998	Owasso	El Reno*	Anadarko	Tuttle
1999	Edmond North	El Reno*	Anadarko	Tuttle
2000	Yukon	Catoosa	Skiatook	Pawnee
2001	Yukon	Carl Albert	Clinton	Tonkawa
2002	Yukon	Woodward	Vinita	Perkins-Tryon
2003	Stillwater	Woodward	Deer Creek	Madill
2004	Midwest City	Woodward	Deer Creek	Perry*
2005	Owasso	Harrah	Marlow	Perry*
2006	Stillwater	Carl Albert	Tuttle	Perry*
2007	Del City	Carl Albert	Vinita	Perry*
2008	Putnam West	Duncan	Tuttle	Cascia Hall
2009	Edmond North	Carl Albert	Tuttle*	Cascia Hall
2010	Putnam West	Carl Albert	Tuttle*	Geary
2011	Bartlesville	Bishop Kelley	Tuttle*	Vian
2012	Sand Springs	Guthrie	Tuttle*	Vian
2013	Edmond North*	Duncan	Tuttle*	Vian
2014	Edmond Memorial	Duncan	Tuttle*	Chandler
2015	Edmond Memorial	Bishop Kelley	Tuttle*	Chandler
2016	Choctaw*	Bishop Kelley	Tuttle*	Comanche
2017	Choctaw	Piedmont	Tuttle*	Comanche
2018	Choctaw	Piedmont	Elgin	Comanche
2019	Bixby	Guthrie	Cache	Vian
2020	Stillwater	Claremore	Cache	Inola
2021	Stillwater*	Claremore	Newcastle	Comanche	Moore
2022	Bixby	Elgin	Newcastle	Marlow*	Norman
2023	Bixby	Grove	Tuttle*	Inola	Perry

* Also won State Tournament