Hall of Fame
One of the most accomplished wrestlers in the program’s long and storied history, Rich Schoene earned back-to-back All-America honors for the Hilltoppers during the mid-1980s. A product of John Marshall High School, Schoene was a four-year letterman and two-year captain for legendary mat coach Dr. Vince Monseau at West Liberty.
He claimed his first NAIA All-America honor as a junior when he finished 6th at 190 pounds in the 1983 NAIA Nationals and followed that up with a 3rd-place finish in 1984. Schoene posted a sparkling 86-31-2 record on the mat at West Liberty and ranked among the top three all-time in shutouts, pins and reversals at the time of his induction.
After graduating from West Liberty in 1984, Schoene taught and coached in Marshall County and Ohio County schools for just over a decade. He began working with the Belmont-Harrison Vocational School District in 1994, rising to the position of District Superintendent in 2010.
