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Logan Ryan

Logan Ryan of Sandusky, Michigan, daughter of Jeff and Tanya has been wrestling since she was fi ve years old, she is currently
going into her 10th season of wrestling. Logan attends school at Sandusky Jr/Sr High School.

When she started wrestling she wrestled boys and as she got older she found out about the society of girls wrestling. When she
was about 8 years old she started practicing and wrestling in girls tournaments, as well as continued to wrestle boys events. She
has attended all girl practices and all girl camps including several camps hosted by USA wrestling being coached and trained in
freestyle technique by some of the coaching staff of the US Woman’s Olympic coaches (Terry Steiner-head coach, Emma Randall-
asst. coach). Th ese camps have been held across the United States from Ohio, NYC, Oklahoma, and Colorado. She has also trained
at the Olympic training center in Colorado Springs, Colorado with some of the best coaches and athletes and Olympians that our
country has to off er as well as the women’s teams from China, Japan, and Canada. She has met some exceptional people along the
way.

Logan wrestles nationally in girls events as well as locally for her school in which she is on the middle school team and com-
petes against boys as well. She has wrestled for some great organizations including the inaugural girls division at the AAU Jr.
Olympics held this past weekend at the Novi Expo Center in Novi, Michigan, where she placed 1st in the cadet division (13-14
years of age) at 143lbs as well as 3r d in the junior division (15-17 years of age).

Logan is focused on her wrestling and has the goal of going to college, as well as being a world team member and making
her way to the Olympics. She puts in a lot of time and self discipline to attain her goal. She trains with a personal trainer(Taylor
Hutchinson) two to three days a week and practices with the Redskin Wrestling Club Monday to Friday. All while doing this she
stays focused on her academics as well. She is a A/B student and serves as a Student Council Representative at school as well. She
even manages to have a bit of a social life and be a kid.

Logan has had many accomplishments. Some of them include being a three time All American. She earned that status by
wrestling in the USA Girls Folkstyle Nationals, held in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 2015 she wrestled the schoolgirl division, at
140lbs placing 6t h , 2016 schoolgirl division, at 140lbs placing 2n d , and 2017 cadet division, at 140lbs placing 2n d . Some of
her other accomplishments
are Nuway Summer Nationals, New Jersey, 2015 girls middle school/high school division at 143lbs placing 1s t , 2016 girls middle
school/high school division at 143lbs placing 1s t . Nuway Nationals, Lansing, Michigan, 2016 girls middle school division at
143lbs placing 3r d , 2017 girls middle school/ high school division at 143lbs, placing 1s t . Grappler Fall Classic held in Battle
Creek, Michigan, 2015 elementary school BOYS division at 145lbs placing 1s t, middle school BOYS divison at 145lbs placing 4t
h . She also wrestles and has placed in several regular boys divisions in MMWA, and MYWAY meets, as well as USGWA(United
States Girls Wrestling Association) and War of the Roses events as well.

She has wrestled girls older than her and heavier than her most of these years as well as combine weight classes making her the
youngest and sometimes the lightest in group to meets where she wrestled in the high school divisions as well as the open divi-
sions. She wrestles both folkstyle and freestyle. One of her coaches stated that she is quietly becoming one of the best girl wrestlers
in the country-so the recognition that we have someone of this caliber from our quiet little town in Sandusky is great. She has
formed lasting bonds with elite athletes from across the nation to around the world.

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