The Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award is presented by the National Wrestling Hall of Fame annually to a high school senior. The award program is based equally on outstanding wrestling success, scholastic achievement and citizenship or community service. Winners of the prestigious honare are chosen at the state and regional levels. The national winner will be recognized at the Wrestling Hall of Fame's Honors Weekend in Stillwater, Okla. in June. The Hall of Fame has announced its state winners today. Each of these outstanding high school student-athletes have distinguished themselves within their state. All become eligible for the Regional and National honor. The Hall of Fame will announce its five Regional winners during USA Wrestling's United States National Championships weekend in Las Vegas, Nev. They will be recognized on Friday, April 29 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The national Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award winner will be announced in May. This awards program is named in the honor of the late Dave Schultz, an Olympic and World champion, who set an example for excellence, both on and off the mat. Dave's wife Nancy Schultz has played an important role in supporting this awards program. 2005 Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award State winners Alabama Michael Cuthbertson, Scottsboro High School Alaska Jon Hamilton, Ketchikan High School Arizona Nick Gallick, Sunnyside High School California Jake Varner, Bakersfield High School Colorado Tom Mustari, Greeley Central High School Connecticut Matthew Tricarico, Danbury High School Delaware Mike Miller, Brandywine High School Florida Cesar Grajales, Brandon High School Georgia Ben Fiasco, Harrison High School Hawaii Daniel Morita, Kahuku High School Idaho Luke Smith, Idaho Falls Senior High School Illinois Sean Reynolds, Providence Catholic High School Indiana Angel Escobedo, Griffith Senior High School Iowa Ryan Morningstar, Lisbon High School Kansas Ross Taplin, Abilene High School Kentucky Kyle Ruschell, Larry A. Ryle High School Louisiana Caleb Levee, Mandeville High School Maine Dexter Barkac, Dexter Regional High School Maryland Mike Rowe, DeMatha High School Massachusetts Casey Boyle, Lowell High School Michigan Brent Metcalf, Davison High School Minnesota Jayson Ness, Kennedy Senior High School Missouri Louis Caputo, Blue Springs High School Montana Caleb Lockyear, Conrad High School Nebraska Levi Wofford. Aurora High School Nevada Chase Pami, Cimarron-Memorial High School New Hampshire Don Pasquarella , Plymouth Regional High School New Jersey Adam Frey, Blair Academy New Mexico Jesse Boggs, Deming High School New York Troy Nickerson, Chenango Forks High School North Carolina Jesse Creed, Ragsdale High School North Dakota Levi Haugan, Bishop Ryan High School Ohio Dustin Schlatter, Perry High School Oklahoma Jared Rosholt, Ponca City High School Oregon Bryson Gutches, Winston Churchill High School Pennsylvania Joey Ecklof, Northampton Senior High School Rhode Island Steve Goncalves , Cumberland High School South Carolina David Catoe, Lugoff Elgin High School South Dakota Dan Bonte, Garretson High School Tennessee Whitt Dunning, Father Ryan High School Texas James Aston, Katy High School Utah Cyler Sanderson, Wasatch High School Vermont Rob La Brake, Mount Anthony Senior High Virginia Brent Jones, Robinson Secondary School Washington Kyle Bounds, Columbia River High School West Virginia Brandon Rader, Parkersburg High School Wisconsin Max Askren, Arrowhead High School Wyoming Zeb Whipp, Lander Valley High School