The WSSU Wrestling Team won the CIAA Wrestling Tournament Championship in three consecutive seasons (1988, 1989, 1990). Key team accomplishments during this span include: Two-time overall team champions of the Mid-South Wrestling Tournament at Carson-Newman University, Tennessee (1989-1990); Delivering several individual place finishers/winners at the Pembroke State University Open Tournament each year; and Three individuals earning NCAA Division II All-American honors during this span (Donnell Rawls, James McLinnaham, Willie Mouzon).
Four wrestlers graduated from WSSU and became members of their respective U.S. Military Service's Wrestling Teams (U.S. Army - James McLinnaham, Robert Smith, Andrew Flagler | U.S. Navy - Marcus Myers), and several have coached and actively coach wrestling for their communities’ middle and high schools (Melton Hardee, James McLinnaham, James Hargrove, William Carter, Marcus Myers, Ocie Jackson, Corey Woody)
1988 Wrestling Team:
Darren Johnson, Benny Carver, Bernard Terry, James McLinnaham, Harry Winford, James Hargrove, Marcus Myers, Jimmy Hester, Demorris Anderson, Juan Smith, Andrew Flagler, Danny Boden, Willie Mouzon, Larry Dullin, Don Cole, Reginald Douglas, Shawn Williams, Dexter Williams | Melton Hardee (Assistant Coach), Melvin Fair (Head Coach)
1989 Wrestling Team:
Darren Johnson, Bennie Carver, James Hargrove, James McLinnaham, Jimmy Hester, Marcus Myers, Andrew Flagler, Juan Smith, Danny Boden, Jerry Hill, Willie Mouzon, Corey Woody, Mark Shine, Shawn Williams, Terrance McNeil, Brian McMillian, Cassius Smith | Melton Hardee (Assistant Coach), Melvin Fair (Head Coach)
1990 Wrestling Team:
Bennie Carver, Donnell Rawls, James McLinnaham, Brendel Davis, Robert Smith, Ed Jackson, Danny Boden, Willie Mouzon, William Carter, Ocie Jackson, Corey Woody, Shawn Williams, Terrance McNeil, Brian McMillian, Cassius Smith | Pam Manly (Assistant), DaVena Steele (Assistant), Melton Hardee (Assistant Coach), Melvin Fair (Head Coach)
