The induction will take place in Cleveland, Ohio at the Hyatt Regency Hotel located at 420 Superior Ave East at 6:00p.m.  The Division II Wrestling Hall of Fame Ceremony will be held in conjunction with a reception for coaches and dignitaries on the Thursday evening preceding the start of the 52^nd Annual NCAA II National Wrestling Championships.  Tickets for the reception can be reserved at a cost of $30.00 by emailing Jason Valek coach at Newberry College at jason.valek@newberry.edu, no later than Monday, March 10^th.
 
The 18^th class of inductees includes one individual being inducted into the Coaches category, and five individuals into the Wrestler category.  Along with the three Pitt-Johnstown inductees,  Don Henry, Coach, Gannon University from 1984-present; Wade Schalles, Wrestler, Clarion University from 1971-1974; and  Corey Kline, Wrestler, Ashland University from 1995-1999.
 
The NCAA II National Wrestling Championships were first held in 1963.  For the first eleven years it was called the NCAA College Division Tournament.  In 1974, when the NCAA started the divisional concept, approximately half of the College Division schools continued competing in the NCAA II Wrestling Championships and about half went into the NCAA III.  Since 1963, fifty -one teams have been crowned National Champion and five-hundred and fourteen individual National Championships have been awarded.  The NCAA II Wrestling Coaches Association feels that it is important to honor the NCAA II coaches and wrestlers that have achieved greatness.  These six inductees will join the 102 inductees from the first seventeen induction classes as Division II Wrestling Hall of Famers.