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DISTRICT III WRESTLING

HALL OF FAME

Class of 2024

Trent Turner Arty Walsh
Inducted as a coach. Trent graduat- Inducted as a wrestler. Arty is a 2012
ed from Lock Haven High School in graduate of Wyomissing and Schuylkill
1987. He earned a Bachelor of Sci- Valley Area High School. Arty attend-
ence degree in Health and Physical ed Coker University where he earned
Education in 1991 from Lock Haven a bachelor's degree in political science
University and a Master of Science in 2021 and his Master of Business
in Sport and Athletic Administration Administration in 2024.
from West Chester University in
1999. Arty finished his high school wrestling
career with 156 wins and 17 losses.
As a wrestler, Trent was a 3-year He was a four-time District III finalist
varsity starter at Lock Haven High and two-time District III champion.
School finishing with 45 career wins. He was a three- time Southeast Re-
He finished third in District 6 and gional champion. Arty was a three-
was fourth place in the Northwest time medalist in the PIAA AA state
Regional in 1987. He wrestled two years in college. tournament, and the state champion in 2009. Arty was named an
All-American wrestler by the USA Wrestling. Arty’s college record
Trent has coached wrestling for 33 seasons. He coached at Lock at Coker University was 16 wins and 9 losses.
Haven High School as a junior high coach from 1990 – 1992. He
was an assistant coach to Barry Smith at Governor Mifflin from Arty is employed as a coach at Coker University and Hero Wres-
1992-1994 and Junior High head coach from 1994 – 1997. Trent tling Academy. He lives in Wyomissing.
coached at Conestoga Valley from 1997 – 2023 with a record of
277 wins and 179 losses. He recorded winning seasons in 17 of
the last 18 seasons with 14 consecutive winning seasons. His Ralph Voit
teams earned four Lancaster Lebanon League titles. They quali- Inducted as a Coach. Ralph began his
fied for 7 District 3 Team Dual Championships and earned one wrestling career as a sophomore at
Sectional team championship in 2019 for the first time in school Dieruff High School, graduating in
history. Trent coached 17 District 3 individual section champi- 1980. He attended Blair Academy and
ons, 2 District 3/South Central Regional Individual Champions, graduated with a Bachelor of Science
15 District/Regional Individual medalists, and one PIAA state degree in computer science from Slip-
medalist.
pery Rock in 1986. He received his
Trent served as Secretary for the Lancaster Lebanon Wrestling master's in education from DeSales
Coaches Association for 5 years and was the President for two University in 1997.
years, helping in that role to establish the current Future Varsity As a wrestler, Ralph was a 1981 New
League for youth wrestling programs in the league.
Jersey state champion at Blair Acade-
Trent is employed as the area director for Monroe County for my at 167 lbs. He wrestled five years
the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He lives in Lancaster, PA at Slippery Rock where he was team
with his wife of 32 years, Kerri. They have two daughters, Kylie captain for two years, a two-time
and Karisa. Eastern regional champion, and qualified for nationals. He was
ranked #10 in the country. Ralph competed as a member of the
USA wrestling Belgium exchange team and worked summers as
counselor and floor director for 25 years with PSU and Keystone
wrestling camps.
As a coach, Ralph’s record is 282 – 175 – 1. He coached at Bran-
dywine Heights for two years before joining the Governor Mifflin
program in 1988. He has been head coach since 2003. Ralph has
coached 23 district place winners, seven district champions, ten
state place winners and three PIAA state champions. Governor
Mifflin was the first school in Berks County to start a girl’s wres-
tling program and the fifth in the state. Ralph coached three-
time girl’s state champion, Jayleah Pletz. Ralph is the Berks Coun-
ty Coaches Hall of Fame coordinator.
Ralph teaches at Governor Mifflin High School. He lives in Read-
ing, PA with his wife Cheryl. They have two children Kira and RJ.

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