USA Wrestling has named Steve Silver of Forney, Texas and John Bardis of Alpharetta, Ga. as Team Leaders for the United States at the 2005 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary.    Silver will serve as Team Leader for men's freestyle, and Bardis will be Team Leader for men's Greco-Roman. The Team Leader for women's freestyle has not yet been determined.    "We are fortunate to have these quality individuals involved with our teams," said USA Wrestling Executive Director Rich Bender. "They are excited to help our sport and our organization. I am confident that they will both play an integral role in the success of our teams and athletes."    MEN'S FREESTYLE TEAM LEADER    Steve Silver of Forney, Texas has been named Team Leader of the 2005 U.S. Freestyle World Team, which will compete in the World Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Sept 26-28.    Silver will lead the U.S. delegation at the World Championships. He will work with USA Wrestling National Coach Kevin Jackson of Colorado Springs, World Team Coaches Joe Seay of Earlysville, Va. and Mike Duroe of Iowa City, Iowa and others on the U.S. staff to support the athletes and assist the team during the World Championships.    "I want to give back to the sport," said Silver. "I feel I can help out, by being a servant to the athletes and the team. I enjoy doing this. The wrestlers work very hard. If I can help them, it means a lot to me."    Silver has been involved in wrestling throughout his life, competing as an athlete and serving as a coach and leader for wrestling on the youth and high school levels.    Silver wrestled for Spencerport High School in New York, and competed at the New York state championships.  He then wrestled three years at the Univ. of Alabama under coach Pat Milkovich before starting his business career.    He got back involved in wrestling later in life as a parent of wrestlers, as six of his seven children have participated in the sport including two of his daughters.    Silver founded and coached a youth wrestling club in Forney, Texas for a number of years. He hired 1988 Olympic champion and 1989 World champion Kenny Monday to coach the youth team, and changed the name of the club to Team Monday. The club has been very successful on the regional and national levels, with many of the athletes earning medals at national events and moving on to compete in college.     He has also been a leading supporter of the wrestling program at Bishop Lynch High School, which has become a nationally recognized program. Bishop Lynch placed second at the National Prep School Championships this year, its best finish ever.    Five of his children are currently still competing in athletics. Clay Silver is a nationally-ranked wrestler on the team at the Univ. of Texas-Dallas which competes at the NCWA Championships. Sons Luke Silver and Johnny Koepp are talented high school wrestlers, and Troy Silver has been successful in the youth wrestling programs. Jessie Silver is competing in gymnastics at the Univ. of Alabama.    Silver has been a team leader for a number of international wrestling tours, participating on trips with talented athletes to Russia and Mongolia. These tours have been organized by USA Wrestling and Athletes in Action, providing top youth wrestlers a chance for cultural experiences and challenging international competition.    Professionally, Silver founded the Steve Silver Company, an import furniture business based in Dallas, Texas. Over the last 20 years, the company has grown over $150 million in sales and has 300 employees.    MEN'S GRECO-ROMAN TEAM LEADER    John Bardis of Alpharetta, Ga. has been named Team Leader of the 2005 U.S. Greco-Roman World Team, which will compete in the World Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Sept. 30-Oct. 2.    Bardis will lead the U.S. delegation at the World Championships. He will work with USA Wrestling National Coach Steve Fraser of Colorado Springs, World Team Coaches Jay Antonelli of Dumfries, Va., Rich Estrella of Colorado Springs Colo. and Dale Oliver of Stanley, N.Y. and others on the U.S. staff to support the athletes and assist the team during the World Championships.     "It's an incredible honor to be associated with the U.S. World Team," said Bardis. "I truly hope I can make a contribution consistent with past Team Leaders such as Art Martori, Scott Beck, David Pottruck, Jim Ravannack, Jeff Levitetz and others. They have set an extremely high standard to help our athletes succeed on the World and Olympic level. I look forward to fulfilling a lifelong dream to be associated with the World Team, and its fine athletes and coaches."    Bardis has been involved in wrestling throughout his life, and has taken a leadership role within USA Wrestling. He currently serves as a member of the USA Wrestling Board of Directors and has participated on a number of committees.    He was a high school wrestler in Illinois, taking second in the Illinois state championships, as well as capturing state freestyle and Greco-Roman titles. Bardis also captured a Junior National title in Greco-Roman.    Bardis began his college wrestling career at the Univ. of Wisconsin, where he competed as a freshman, then transferred to the Univ. of Arizona, where he became a WAC conference champion and wrestled at the NCAA Championships. In 1976, he won a Regional Olympic Trials event, and went on to place third at the Olympic Trials in Greco-Roman.    Throughout his adult life, Bardis has supported wrestling in many ways. He has helped sponsor a number of individual athletes who have competed at the national and Olympic levels. Bardis also organized and sponsored numerous activities for the wrestling community during the 1995 World Championships and the 1996 Olympics that were held in nearby Atlanta, Ga.    Bardis also provided leadership and support for a new USA Wrestling program which has provided a championship ring to every Senior-level wrestler who has ever won an Olympic Games gold medal or a World Championships gold medal for the United States. These rings were first presented during the 2003 World Championships in Madison Square Garden in New York City, and will continue to be presented to future gold medalists.    He served as the moderator for "An Evening With Legends," a historic event that was held at the New York Athletic Club during the week of the 2003 World Freestyle Championships in New York City. That evening, FILA, the international wrestling federation, provided special awards to former wrestlers and international leaders J. Dennis Hastert, Donald Rumsfeld, Stephen Friedman, John Irving, Norman Bourlag and Kun-Hee Lee. A special honor was also given to USA Wrestling leaders John and Helen Vaughan. Bardis was also involved on the organizational committee of this important event.    Professionally, Bardis was the founder of MedAssets of Alpharetta, Ga., and serves as its Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. MedAssets is the nation's third-largest purchasing organization and supply chain management service for hospitals and the U.S. health care industry.