Hey y'all! I'm a PSU Club Wrestling alum that posts here from time to time, but lurks daily. I wanted to offer some resources that people in the wrestling community can support in this time.
A bit of an anecdote: I'm a BTS Philly product that chiefly decided to go to Penn State because of the wrestling team. Even going to college at all was something I don't think I could've done without the support of BTS. My senior year, I was trying to decide between American, Drexel and PSU, and Ed Ruth put on a BTS clinic. Someone showed him a thread I started on TheMat about asking how to walk-on to a D1 team, and he told me a lot about State College and offered himself as a resource, which he held up on when I made it to campus later that year. Without that interaction, I'm not sure if I would've went to PSU, but I'm glad I did. I don't feel like I necessarily fit, but I definitely belonged in University Park, and I wouldn't be the person I am today without my time there.
This is a non-exhaustive list that I'd like to expand, so if you know of community-based organizations that are filling in the gaps right now, please let me know and I'll add to the list!
You can share this link here with all this info on a Google Doc which I'll be updating: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13pRQb_GS29Xg-Qb2HlGDME5nkIAg8k4aqc6a2drA5zk/edit?usp=sharing
Beat the Streets: https://beatthestreets.org/faq-on-bts
Beat the Streets is a collection of city based non-profit organizations that improve opportunities for underprivileged youth in communities across America. They operate in 8 major cities right now:
“Beat the Streets Uses Wrestling As Vehicle For Change”, Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/michae...streets-uses-wrestling-as-vehicle-for-change/
“Women’s Wrestling is Changing Wrestling For Everyone”, Victory Press: https://victorypress.org/2017/07/14/womens-wrestling-is-changing-wrestling-for-everyone/
Wrestling for Life: wrestlingforlife.org
Wrestling for Life financially supports young athletes and their families as they seek to grow competitively and in life. They are especially interested in helping girls and young women as they blaze the trail of female participation growth.
A bit of an anecdote: I'm a BTS Philly product that chiefly decided to go to Penn State because of the wrestling team. Even going to college at all was something I don't think I could've done without the support of BTS. My senior year, I was trying to decide between American, Drexel and PSU, and Ed Ruth put on a BTS clinic. Someone showed him a thread I started on TheMat about asking how to walk-on to a D1 team, and he told me a lot about State College and offered himself as a resource, which he held up on when I made it to campus later that year. Without that interaction, I'm not sure if I would've went to PSU, but I'm glad I did. I don't feel like I necessarily fit, but I definitely belonged in University Park, and I wouldn't be the person I am today without my time there.
This is a non-exhaustive list that I'd like to expand, so if you know of community-based organizations that are filling in the gaps right now, please let me know and I'll add to the list!
You can share this link here with all this info on a Google Doc which I'll be updating: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13pRQb_GS29Xg-Qb2HlGDME5nkIAg8k4aqc6a2drA5zk/edit?usp=sharing
Beat the Streets: https://beatthestreets.org/faq-on-bts
Beat the Streets is a collection of city based non-profit organizations that improve opportunities for underprivileged youth in communities across America. They operate in 8 major cities right now:
- New York, NY: btsny.org
- Philadelphia, PA: btsphilly.org
- Chicago, IL: btschicago.org
- Los Angeles, CA: beatthestreets-la.org
- Providence, RI: beatthestreetsprovidence.org
- Cleveland, OH: btscle.org
- Boston, MA: bostonwrestling.org
- Lancaster, PA: btslancaster.org
“Beat the Streets Uses Wrestling As Vehicle For Change”, Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/michae...streets-uses-wrestling-as-vehicle-for-change/
“Women’s Wrestling is Changing Wrestling For Everyone”, Victory Press: https://victorypress.org/2017/07/14/womens-wrestling-is-changing-wrestling-for-everyone/
Wrestling for Life: wrestlingforlife.org
Wrestling for Life financially supports young athletes and their families as they seek to grow competitively and in life. They are especially interested in helping girls and young women as they blaze the trail of female participation growth.
