Hayden Lieb '20 Recruiting Profile

My name is Hayden Lieb, I am a 16 year old Yup’ik Eskimo from the rural town of Bethel, Alaska.   I am currently in the 11^th grade with an overall GPA of 3.65.  I am a student at Bethel Regional High School which has an enrollment of approximately 250 high school students.  I was born and raised in Bethel where both my parents are school teachers and my father the head coach of our high school team and our club team.  With a father as a wrestling coach I have been around the sport as long as I can remember, I began wrestling in our freestyle club at 4 years old. 

Bethel is located off of the road system in bush Alaska which requires us to fly to competitions.  Being a three-time state champion in Alaska is a great accomplishment; however, my family has made it possible for me to attend national tournaments in the Lower 48 allowing me to compete with some of the best.  Through these travels I placed 6^th in the NHSCA middle school division (127 lbs)  in 2016, 5^th in the Freshmen division (132 lbs)  in 2017, and 5^th in the Sophomore Division (145 lbs) in 2018.  I was the 160 lb. runner-up in the 2018 Reno Tournament of Champions.   In 2017 I was the US Open Cadet Freestyle champion in Las Vegas.  My future plans are to compete at the collegiate level and earn a college degree.

Our plans this year are not only to compete here in Alaska but to compete in the Super 32 tournament , NHSCA national tournament, the US Open in Las Vegas and Fargo Nationals.