Wrestling, Class of 2009

In two seasons with the wrestling program, Don Shuler was a two-time conference and Southern California Champion before winning the State Championship his sophomore year. 

As a freshman, Shuler was the Eastern Conference Champion, Southern California Champion, finished State Runner-up and was a member of the California All-American Team.

As a sophomore he was ranked the number one wrestler in California and went on to win his second-straight Eastern Conference Championship, his second-straight Southern California Championship while claiming his first State Championship.

Following his outstanding sophomore campaign, Shuler was selected to the California All-America Team for the second-straight season. He was also selected by the California Coaches Association as the Outstanding California Wrestler.

Shuler then transferred to Arizona State University where he compiled a record of 62-9-1 and won the Western Athletic Conference both years. He qualified for the NCAA Championships twice and placed 4th in the NCAA Championship in 1978. In 1979 he won the National U.S. Wrestling Federation Championship.

After college he wrestled for Athletes In Action competing nationally and internationally. Between 1980 and 1984 he competed in the National freestyle Championships, placing in the top-10 six times before he won the Championship in 1984. The championship qualified him for the Olympic team trials where he was selected the first alternate at 180.5 lbs. for the 1984 Olympic Team.

He went on to compete on several international teams highlighted by his second place finish at the Spartakade Games in Russia in 1979. Shuler went on to coach the Athletes In Action team for the Campus Crusade for Christ and later became a successful coach at Liberty Baptist College.