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Chris Freije Picked To Lead Fairmont State Wrestling Program
May 16, 2019FAIRMONT, W.Va. -- Fairmont State University Director of Athletics Chad Fowler named Chris Freije as head coach of the newly added Wrestling program on Thursday afternoon.
Freije will be officially introduced as head wrestling coach on Monday, May 20 during an 11 a.m. press conference inside Fairmont State's Feaster Center (Joe Retton Arena). Members of the media and community members are encouraged to attend the press conference.
"It is a privilege to welcome Chris to Fairmont State as our new Head Wrestling Coach," said Fowler. "Chris brings over 10 years of experience as a student-athlete and a coach to Fairmont State and will be an outstanding leader for our newly-added wrestling program.
"Chris has been successful during each stop in his career, including the NCAA Division II level," Fowler added. "We look forward to Chris welcoming high quality student-athletes to our program, and we are confident that we will be competing for championships at the conference, regional and national level under his leadership."
During his career as an assistant and head coach, Freije has helped coach three conference championship teams (two NCAA II, one NAIA), and eight individual conference champions (six NCAA II, two NAIA). Thus far in his coaching career, Freije has also coached a total of 28 national qualifiers, 12 All-Americans and two National Champions between the NCAA Division II and NAIA ranks.
"We are thrilled to welcome Chris to Fairmont State University as our head wresting coach," said Dr. Mirta M. Martin, President at Fairmont State. "The Falcon community is excited to welcome wrestling back to Fairmont State and we look forward to seeing Chris and his student-athletes represent our institution during competition and in the classroom."
Freije comes to Fairmont State after serving as Head Wrestling Coach at Kentucky Wesleyan College during the past two seasons. After recruiting for his first year on the job, KWC competed in its first NCAA Division II season in 2018-19, with three wrestlers advancing to the consolation round of the NCAA Super Regionals in St. Charles, Missouri.
"I am thrilled to take over as head coach of the re-launched wrestling program at Fairmont State," said Freije. "I truly feel this program can be a sleeping giant. Our goal is going to be to keep successful West Virginia wrestlers in state, and to keep successful regional wrestlers in the region.
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