Luke Eustice, left, and his brother Ty, proper, are each inducted into the Minnesota Wrestling Coaches Affiliation David Bartelma Wrestling Corridor of Fame for 2024. Luke and Ty had nice success whereas competing for Blue Earth Space Excessive Faculty. After graduating from BEA, each went on to have profitable wrestling careers for the College of Iowa Hawkeyes.
Two former Blue Earth Space wrestlers are being inducted into the Minnesota Wrestling Coaches Affiliation David Bartelma Wrestling Corridor of Fame for 2024.
Luke and Ty Eustice are the sons of Jack and Mona Eustice of Blue Earth and will likely be inducted into the Corridor of Fame throughout a ceremony on Saturday, Could four in Benson.
Luke attended BEA Excessive Faculty, graduating there in 1999. Luke was a three-time state champion and state runner-up with a profession file of 163-18. Luke was additionally an avid freestyler and was topped All-American in Cadet Freestyle, inserting 2nd in 1996 and sixth in Junior Freestyle in 1999.
Luke continued his wrestling profession on the College of Iowa the place he was a three-year starter with a profession file of 86-26. Luke was a 2002 All-American with a runner-up end. He was a two-time Huge Ten Runner-Up, inserting second in 2002 and 2004, in addition to a two-time Midlands Runner-Up in 2002 and 2003. He was named the Iowa Most Improved Wrestler in 2002.
Luke additionally competed within the 2004 NWCA All-Star Traditional, which was held in Cedar Falls, Iowa that yr.
After faculty, Luke competed internationally, inserting second on the Sunkist Children Freestyle open in 2004 and third in 2005. He positioned third on the NYAC Christmas Championships in 2005. He additionally competed at Dave Schultz Memorial Invitational the place he positioned third in 2005. He positioned fifth within the 2005 and 2006 World Staff Trials.
After competing, Luke served as Director of Operations for the College of Iowa from 2006-2019 and was instrumental in organizing and working the Grapple on the Gridiron held at Kinnick Stadium, which continues to be the most important crowd to observe a wrestling match with over 42,000 spectators. on November 15, 2015.
Luke lives in Iowa Metropolis, Iowa, the place he’s now the Director of the Iowa Metropolis Space Sports activities Fee. Luke is married to Jenny Eustice they usually have two youngsters: Peyton, 12, and Charlie, 10.
Ty Eustice attended and graduated from BEA in 2001.
He wrestled collegiately on the College of Iowa, the place he was a two-time NCAA All-American, four-time NCAA qualifier and Midlands champion. In 2006, the two-time captain was an NCAA finalist and gained the crew's Most worthy wrestler award.
Ty completed with over 100 profession wins throughout his 4 years of varsity competitors. He graduated from Iowa in 2006 with a Bachelor of Arts diploma and ultimately earned a Masters in Sports activities Administration from Minnesota State College – Mankato in 2008.
Earlier than wrestling collegiately, Eustice was a four-time Minnesota highschool state champion and a five-time State Place winner. Eustice was additionally a Nationwide Freestyle All-American within the Cadet, Junior and FILA Junior age teams.
Throughout Ty's senior yr of highschool competitors, he broke the Minnesota state file for profession steals, serving to the Bucs to a Class AA crew state title. Ty nonetheless holds the Blue Earth Space program file for profession wins with 191.
In October 2021, Ty joined the NCAA Division I Davidson School Wrestling program as an assistant head coach. In simply his first season, Eustice helped Davidson to its most profitable season since 2005, recording 5 doubleheader wins. As well as, three 'Cats had been named to the RPI rankings for the primary time in program historical past. Three others had been additionally named to the NWCA All-Tutorial crew.
Eustice transferred to North Carolina from Minnesota State College – Mankato, a program he had coached in two separate stints. Within the 2007 and 2008 seasons, the Mavs topped two particular person nationwide champions and 12 particular person All-Individuals, in addition to successful the 2008 NWCA Nationwide Doubles Championship.
In his second stint at Minnesota State from 2018-2021, Eustice helped coach seven All-Individuals and 15 nationwide qualifiers, together with two NCAA finalists.
From 2012 to 2017, Ty helped handle and function J Robinson Intensive Camps in Minneapolis as Director of Fight Operations after which as Government Director.
Ty Eustice presently resides in Davidson, North Carolina together with his spouse, Dani, and two youngsters, Camryn, eight, and Grayson, 6. Ty's oldest son Jack, 18, lives in Rochester, Minnesota and can be part of the UW-Eau Claire baseball crew. fall of 2024.