Support Longhorn Wrestling!

Longhorn Wrestling is the only wrestling club here at the University of Texas. We have both male and female teams that compete in the National Collegiate Wrestling Association (NCWA). In the NCWA, we compete a variety of schools in our region including Texas A&M, Texas State, and Texas Tech and also compete against schools all around the country at nationals. Longhorn Wrestling is open to both experienced and unexperienced wrestlers, both of which we hope to develop into the best wrestlers possible. Our practices for the season started October 1 and our first tournament this year will be the Longhorn Classic, which will be hosted here on campus. After the Longhorn Classic, we will be competing in tournaments that are held all over our region until nationals which is in March.

Last season we had three wrestlers, Enrique Munguia, Luci Schement, and Gilmar Ortega, qualify for national last year. Luci Schement took first place at nationals in the 116 lbs weight class. With the achievements  from last year, we hope to ride this momentum into this upcoming season and carry on the success into this year.

Donation Initiatives

Donations will help us in the following areas:

• Maintenance: In order to maintain a safe environment for our wrestlers, we have to constantly keep our practice room sanitized. Throughout the year, the price of this can start to add up. Donations will be used to purchase equipment such as mat cleaner, mops, towels, tape and other various equipment.
• Tournaments: All of the tournaments that we compete at, except for the Longhorn Classic, will be off campus in different cities. Attending these tournaments bring costs such as hotels, transportation, food, and tournament fees. Your donation would allow us to attend many more tournaments, even ones outside of Texas. By participating in as many tournaments as possible, our wrestlers will gain the experience they need for nationals.
• Marketing: We hope to continue to grow our club to include as many members as possible. To extend our club, we will need to focus on recruitment, advertising our club, and retaining members. We have lots of national support for a club in the wrestling community. By creating shirts and other merchandise that we can ship across the country would spread the word of our club. Additionally, we can further grow the club by retaining interested students. This would include organizing social events such as team dinners and watch-parties.

Thank You! Hook 'em Horns!