Lindenwood Sports Hall of Fame
The 2001-02 Lindenwood wrestling team won the program’s first national championship and helped build the foundation for what is today the top wrestling program in the NAIA. Eleven of the team’s 12-member national squad earned All-American honors at the national meet and the Lions scored 180 points, winning the meet over the host school Montana State-Northern by 13 points. Three wrestlers earned individual national championships in Dustin Teeman, Brian Holt and Dustin Zahursky. Brant Bruner, Chad Smith, Eric Brown and Wayne James finished third, while C.J. Campbell and Roger Miller had fifth-place showings. Jeff Carlson and Nathan James both finished eighth, and Josh Buchanan rounded out the squad.
