Zeamer to serve as Team Leader for U.S. women’s freestyle team at the 2005 World Championships

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Gary Abbott (USA Wrestling)
06/16/2005


Stan Zeamer of Manheim, Pa. has been named as the Team Leader for the United States women's freestyle team at the 2005 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary.    "We are fortunate to have a quality leader like Stan involved with our women's team," said USA Wrestling Executive Director Rich Bender. "He is excited to help our sport and our organization. I am confident  he will be a key factor in the success of our team and athletes."    Earlier this year USA Wrestling named Steve Silver of Forney, Texas and John Bardis of Alpharetta, Ga. as the other Team Leaders for the United States, with Silver serving with men's freestyle and Bardis serving with men's Greco-Roman.    WOMEN'S FREESTYLE TEAM LEADER    Stan Zeamer of Manheim, Pa. has been named Team Leader of the 2005 U.S. Women's World Team, which will compete in the World Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Sept. 28-30.    Zeamer will lead the U.S. delegation at the World Championships. He will work with USA Wrestling National Coach Terry Steiner of Colorado Springs, World Team Coaches Bill Scherr of Glenview, Ill. and Troy Steiner of Iowa City, Iowa and others on the U.S. staff to support the athletes and assist the team during the World Championships.    "I am excited to give back to wrestling, and help in any capacity that I can," said Zeamer. "My expectations for helping the Women's World Team is to give value to them and to keep them from being distracted from their goal of winning medals and performing to their best. My passion for wrestling can assist in reaching those goals. I am really looking forward to this. It will be fun, exciting and challenging."    Zeamer has been involved in wrestling for many years, including serving as a leader at the highest levels, as well as having success as an athlete and coach.    This year, Zeamer received the Order of Merit from the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum.  The Distinguished Members of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame selected Zeamer for this major honor.    He served in a number of coaching positions on the junior high, high school and college levels, starting with his first assignment in 1970 as the head coach at Manheim Central High School, his alma mater. His coaching career has gone full circle, as he is presently the head coach at Manheim Central Middle School.    Among his college coaching positions has been as head coach and assistant coach at Franklin and Marshall College, as an assistant coach at Clarion University and as an assistant coach at Elizabethtown College. He also was an assistant coach at Wheatland Middle School.    He sits on the Board of Governors for the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, and served as its chairman for a number of years. His leadership helped the Hall of Fame grow and expand its activities.    Zeamer also served as the president of the Pennsylvania chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame from 1993-2003. In that capacity, Zeamer helped organize highly successful banquets for the honored inductees, setting a standard for how state chapters of the Hall of Fame should operate.    He generously leases office space from his business headquarters to two important wrestling organizations, the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) and the Wrestling Hall of Fame state chapters program. He has been a longtime supporter and leader within the NWCA.    Zeamer graduated from Manheim Central High School in Pennsylvania, where he was a two-time district champion, two-time regional champion and the Most Valuable Wrestler at the high school.    As an undergraduate, he attended Northwest Missouri State University, where he was a 1970 NCAA College Division national champion and a two-time All-American. He was the Outstanding Wrestler at Northwest Missouri State in 1969, set a number of school wrestling records and completed his career never having been pinned.    He has received numerous awards and honors for his wrestling activities. Among the Halls of Fame that he has been inducted into are the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame (2003), Northwest Missouri State Univ. M Club Hall of Fame (1998), District III Wrestling Hall of Fame (1982), Manheim Central High School Hall of Fame (2005) and the Sports Hall of Fame of Columbia, Pa. (1975).    Zeamer received the Meritorious Service Award from the National Wrestling Coaches Association in 2003.  He was also named Lancaster/Lebanon Middle School Coach of the Year in 2004. He has also founded "Building Leaders in Life," a respected leadership development program.    After receiving his Master's degree from Slippery Rock Univ., Zeamer went on to become a successful businessman. Since 1978, he has been the Owner/President of Utility/Keystone Trailer Sales, Inc. of Manheim, Pa. Since 2002, he has been Owner/President of Transport Auctions, LLC of Manheim, Pa. He was named National Trailer Dealer of the Year in 2000.