Today, USA Wrestling has surpassed the milestone of 300,000 total members for the 2023-24 membership year. Total membership includes athlete members, as well as Wrestling Leader (coaches and/or officials) members. This is a first for the organization, going all the way back to its founding in 1968.
Early in the day on Friday, March 15, member No. 300,000 was Kaylee Stolley of Bonners Ferry, Idaho, a 13-year old girl wrestler from the Bonners Ferry Wrestling Club.
Earlier this week, USA Wrestling also set a new record for total membership in a year, surpassing the previous record of 296,583 total members, set in the 2022-23 membership year.
There are still five-plus months left in the USA Wrestling membership season, which ends on August 31, 2024. The new records will continue to increase until the membership year concludes.
The membership record eclipsed is not just the total number of athletes, as USA Wrestling has also exceeded other key membership records, including (at the time of publication):
- All-time record number of athlete members – 254,318 (breaking 2023-23 record of 252,994)
- All-time record number of Wrestling Leader members – 45,918 (breaking 2023-24 record of 43,608)
- All-time record number of female athlete members – 38,671 (breaking 2023-24 record of 35,833)
Note: These totals continue to grow in live time.
This success only occurs due to the hard work and commitment of USA Wrestling’s volunteers, including its state association leaders, who conduct the programs and activities on the regional, state and local levels on a daily basis.
"We constantly remind our grassroots leaders across the nation their importance to providing opportunities for wrestlers, coaches and officials, and these numbers are testament to that collective impact. It was only five years ago, the 2018-19 membership season, where USA Wrestling went over 250,000 members for the first time, and here we are less than seven months into the membership season and we're already over 300,000 members...that is truly special for our organization," said Tony Black, USA Wrestling Director of State Services.
At this time, the top 10 USA Wrestling state associations for total membership are:
1. Illinois - 23,593
2. California – 21,599
3. Washington – 16,899
4. Kansas – 16,288
5. Wisconsin – 13,733
6. Indiana – 12,571
7. Missouri – 12,481
8. Colorado – 10,063
9. Oregon – 9,871
10. Virginia – 9,744
There are 22 state associations which have already surprassed their record for total members (in alphabetical order): Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, Rhode Island, Utah, West Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming.
