Wrestling USA Magazine Sportswriter-of-the-Year Award Recipients
1993-2018
1971 Conner F. Gilbert, Chattanooga News-Free Press, Chattanooga, TN
1972 Wayne Bishop, Tulsa Daily World, Tulsa, Oklahoma
1973 Neil Kerr, Syracuse Post-Standard, Syracuse, New York
1974 Larry Edsail, Grand Rapids Press, Grand Rapids, Michigan
1975 Larry Steele, Pennsylvania Express, Lock Haven, Pennsylvania
1976 James Butler, Progress, Clearfield, Pennsylvania
1977 Roger Pitt, The Post-Crescent, New London, Wisconsin
1978 Jack Miller, Daily Record, Morristown, New Jersey
1979 Ruth Butler, Grand Rapids Press, Grand Rapids, Michigan
1979 Tom Prato, Gretna Gazette, Gretna, Virginia
1980 John Vogeding, Courier-Post Newspaper, Paulsboro, New Jersey
1981 Steve Matthies, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
1982 Mike Chapman, Cedar Rapids Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
1983 Leo Roth, Lake Country News Herald, Willoughby, Ohio
1984 Craig Cooper, Quad-City Times, Quad City, Iowa-Illinois
1985 Paul Schulz, News-Free Press, Chattanooga, Tennessee
1987 Bill Welker, Wheeling, West Virginia, Wheeling News-Register
1988 Ken Wunderly, Pittsburg Press, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1989 Brian Williams, Morris Sun & Tribune, Morris, Minnesota
1990 Michael Morone, "New York Wrestling News", Rochester, NY
1991 Keith Stark, Owatonna People's Press, Owatonna, Minnesota
1992 Gary Burke, Delta Country Independent, Delta, Colorado
1993 Ty Phillips, Modesto, California
1993 Dale Benjamin, KRFO Radio, Radio/TV Broadcaster-of-the-Year,
Jones Intercable TV, Owantonna, Minnesota
1994 Ken Sickenger, Red Rock News, Sedona, Arizona
1995 Dan Ventura, The Boston Herald, Boston, Massachusetts
1995 Mike Brown, The Maui News, Maui Island, Hawaii
1996 Joe Chandler, The Gazette-Virginia, South Boston, Virginia
1997 Tim Shoemaker, Easton Express-Times, Easton, Pennsylvania
1998 Carmine Frongillo, Lowell Sun, Lowell, Massachusetts
1999 Mike Carnes, Daily News, Norfolk, Nebraska
2000 Chuck Blount, Post Register, Idaho Falls, Idaho
2001 Wayne Bennett, "Register Herald", Beckley, West Virginia
2002 Paul Adamski, Green Nay News Chronicle, Green Bay, Wisconsin
2010 David Dyer, North Andover, Massachusetts
2012 Dale Strode, Durango, Colorado
2013 Rick and Bill Welker, Wheeling, West Virginia
2016 Dave Dyer, Eagle-Tribune, North Andover, Massachusetts
2017 Brant Parsons, Orlando Sentinel, Orlando, Florida
2018 Kim North, Martins Ferry Times-Leader, Bridgeport, Ohio
2019 Shannon Heaton, North Florida Matmen, Jacksonville, Florida
