Girls Wrestling

Varsity Sanctioning

Hawaii was the first state to sanction Girls Wrestling at a high school level in 1998. Texas joined in during 1999, with Washington (2007) and California (2011) becoming the third and fourth state to sanction it as a varsity sport. In 2018, the sport began seeing rapid growth across the nation. The growth sparked a desire to begin pushing the sport into its own, stand alone identity, in the first state by the likes of Buddy Llyod (Boys Varsity Wrestling Chairperson - DIAA) and Vic Leonard (Creator of The Beast of the East & Delaware Wrestling Alliance Board Member). In the summer of 2024, the DIAA promoted the sport to level 2 athletic status and a formal Girls Wrestling Committee was formed. On March 19th, 2026 the DIAA Competition Committee officially granted level 3 varsity status to Girls Wrestling. This sanctioning paves the way to a formal state recognized championship event and made Delaware the 47th state to sanction the sport.

This page will serve as a way to commemorate the initial committee responsible for getting the sport to its current status, as well as the young ladies who paved the way showing that girls have a place in this great sport in the first state.

1st Ever Girls State Wrestling Committee Members

Committee Memeber	Position
Daniel Boone	Chair
Mark Williams	Vice-Chair
Taylor Duncan	Secretary
Brandy Dolt	Member
Aerin Donovan	Member
Eustace Jacobs-Beazer	Member
Scott Layfield	Memeber
Herman Littleton	Member
David Morrison	Member
Christopher Muscara	Member
Don Parsley	Member
Caron Radecki	Member
Casey Sawyer	Member
Jessica Till	Member
Bill Valencia	Member