CHRIS KWORTNIK

Athlete, North Penn HS, 1989
Wrestling

4 Time Section, District, and Regional Champion
Three Time State Champion
141-1 Career Record
District I Hall of Fame
North Carolina State 3 Time NCAA All-American
Named to ACC’s 50th Anniversary Wrestling Team

Inducted 2005

North Penn High School, 1989

1993, B.S., North Carolina State University

Wrestling:  (9, 10, 11, 12), lettered all four years.  Weight class: 167 and 171 lbs.  Overall record: 141-1 (only loss came in the PIAA State tournament as a 9th grader).  The only three-time PIAA State Champion from South East PA region.  A four-time winner of the Sectional 2, District One and S.E. Regional Tournaments.  In Chris's first State Championship (1987), North Penn needed a pin to win the State Team title; Chris pinned Dave Zettlemoyer of Stroudsburg PA in 1:42, and North Penn tied with North Allegheny for the team title.  In his last PIAA State Tournament (1989), Chris was voted the tournament outstanding wrestler by the coaches.  He holds the North Penn percentage win record and pin record.  Chris is a member of the District One Coaches Hall of Fame.  At North Carolina State University, Chris was a three-time Collegiate All-American.  He is a  Member of Pennsylvania Hall of Fame, Southeast Regional Hall of Fame, District One Hall of Fame, Two-time Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Champion, Three-time NCAA All-American, and Member of ACC's 50 Man 50th Anniversary Wrestling Team.