Molin named USA Wrestling Official of the Year
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Gary Abbott (USA Wrestling)
07/24/2003
Douglas Molin of Martinsville, Ind. has been named Official of the Year by the U.S. Wrestling Officials Association, which is affiliated with USA Wrestling. Molin is a talented mat official, holding a FILA-1 international rank and a USA-Exceptionelle rank in the United States. He has been an official for 12 years. Among the international events he has worked are the University World Championships, the Titan Games and the Dave Schultz Memorial International. He has also officiated at all of the major national USA Wrestling events, as well as competitions on the state and regional levels. He has worked the ASICS Junior/Cadet Nationals many times, as well as the Cadet and Junior National Duals. Molin was one of the referees selected to work the recent RealPro Wrestling competition in California. He was a coach in high school for four years in California during the 1980s. He has eight children, all who have been involved in wrestling, including four sons who were competitive wrestlers. He competed for the U.S. Marines Corps wrestling team, and then in college for the Univ. of Indiana. He is a past president of the Martinsville Wrestling Club. He works as the Manager for Technical Operations for Air Traffic Operations in the Central United States, which includes 15 states. Official of the Year Award 1971 - Vince Zuaro, New York 1972 - Wes Hogland, Oregon 1973 - Dennis Fankhouser 1974 - Pat Lovell, California 1975 - Pat Lovell, California 1976 - Sam Williams. New York 1977 - Mick Pickford, Iowa 1978 - Charlie White, Colorado 1979 - Jon Schaus, Illinois 1980 - Don Sondgeroth, Colorado 1981 - Steve Bernhardt, Virginia 1982 - Gordon Weeks, Michigan 1983 - Bernie Norris, Illinois 1984 - Leroy Evans, California 1985 - Carolyn White, Colorado 1986 - Tony Melosci, New York 1987 - Santos Cageao, Ohio 1988 - Bob Dellinger, Oklahoma 1989 - Chuck Almeida, Florida 1990 - Eric Kopsch, Michigan 1991 - Sue Siar, Pennsylvania 1992 - Rick Tucci, Florida 1993 - Bill Stecklein, Pennsylvania 1994 - Jack Bowman, Indiana 1995 - Bob Siar, Sr., Pennsylvania 1996 - David Errett, Indiana 1997 - Chris Curtis, New Jersey 1998 - Tom Clark, Indiana 1999 - Mort Geller, Florida 2000 - Mike Hess, Washington 2001 - Tom Siar, Pennsylvania 2002 - Jan Hesser, Indiana 2003 - Douglas Molin, Indiana