Mike DeAnna Named to National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum

Mike DeAnna will be inducted into the Glen Brand Wrestling Hall of Fame of Iowa within the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum on June 25, 2021.

A native of Bay Village, Mike was a three-time Ohio state high school champion who was 83-0 from 1974 to 1976 and 104-5-1 for his prep career. He earned first-team high school All-America honors and also won two U.S. Wrestling Association National Freestyle titles. Mike was a two-time NCAA finalist, a four-time NCAA All-American and a four-time Big Ten Conference champion for the University of Iowa from 1977 to 1981. He won National AAU Freestyle titles in 1983 and 1984 and was the second alternate on the 1984 United States Olympic freestyle team. Mike was head wrestling coach at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania from 1984 to 1990 and led the Fighting Scots to five Top Ten finishes at the NCAA tournament, including each of the first three years after moving up to Division I in 1986-87. He was named NCAA Division II National Coach of the Year in 1986.