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Alphabetical List

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Dr. Nick Accardo	Bill Bofinger	Donny Burton	Ray Charbonnea	Ken Cole	Pat Davis	Billy Duplessis

Mike Gaffney	Ray Gremillion	Elaine Guidroz	Surachai "Sam" Harnsongkram	Jay Harris	Dale Ketelsen	Martin Muller

Brother Melchior Polowy Jim Ravannack Sam Sara  Stephanie Sara Jerry Schmidt Wayne Schmidt Cliff Strider George Trygg

Brief Biographies
  YEAR = Inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame

Hall of Fame Member	Year Inducted	Position(s)
Surachai "Sam" Harnsongkram       1990	2005	Coach at Jesuit High School; Winner of 18 Division I Team Championships; Inducted to the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1990
Bill Bofinger	2005	Coach at Lee High School and Baton Rouge High School; Developer of Lee High Invitational/Louisiana Classic; Coach of First LHSAA Girls Team Championship
Sam J. Sara, III	2005	Coach at Adams Middle School and Grace King High School
Ken Cole	2006	Virginia Tech Wrestler and Contributor; Founder of Lafayette-area Wrestling
Dale Ketelsen	2006	University of Iowa Wrestler, Coach at Catholic High School, Belaire High School and St. Paul
Ray Gremillion	2006	Wrestler and Coach at East Jefferson High School and Bonnabel High School; First Public School State Championship in 1966
Wayne Schmidt	2006	Wrestler at Brother Martin High School and Referee
Pat Davis	2007	Wrestler at Holy Cross High School and Coach at Buras High School
Mike Gaffney	2007	Wrestler at Jesuit High School and Contributor
Brother Melchior Polowy *	2007	Coach at Holy Cross High School; Founded Wrestling in Louisiana
Cliff Strider *	2007	Wrestler at East Jefferson High School and Referee/Head LA Referee
Dr. Nick Accardo	2008	Coach at Hanson Memorial and Franklin Senior high schools - Team doctor for the U.S. National Wrestling Team and at eight world championships
Ray Charbonneau	2008	Coach at Brother Martin High School and Holy Cross High School
Stephanie Sara	2008	Contributor
George Trygg	2008	Wrestler and Coach at East Jefferson High School
Donny Burton	2025	Founded Wrestling in Northwest Louisiana; Coach at Bossier High School, Calvary Baptist High School
Billy Duplessis	2025	Founder of Westbank Wrestling; Coach at John Ehret High School
Elaine Guidroz	2025	Ran the Ken Cole Memorial at Comeaux for almost two decades; Ran USAW Tournaments all over Louisiana
Jay Harris	2025	Baton Rouge City Champion - 1979; Official for 41 Years
Martin Muller	2025	Wrestler and Coach at St. Martin's Episcopal; Started the Louisiana High School Wrestling Archives (2006) and Louisiana Wrestling News (2012) Websites
James Ravannack             2005	2025	Wrestler at East Jefferson High School; 10-year President of USA Wrestling; Served as LHSAA Liaison for over 30 LHSAA State Wrestling Championships; Inducted to the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2005
Jerry Schmidt	2025	Wrestler at Brother Martin; Official for three decades; Head Official 2017 to present

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Induction years and Inductees

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2005 Sam Harnsongkram Bill Bofinger Sam Sara

2006 Ken Cole Dale Ketelsen Ray Gremillion Wayne Schmidt

2006 Induction Banquet photographs

2007 Pat Davis Mike Gaffney Brother Melchior Polowy Cliff Strider

2007 Induction Banquet photographs

2008 Dr. Nick Accardo Ray Charbonneau Stephanie Sara George Trygg

2025 Jay Harris Elaine Guidroz Martin Muller Jerry Schmidt Billy Duplessis Donny Burton Jim Ravannack

2025 Induction Banquet photographs

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