James Medeiros is Taking the Los Angeles City Section A Level Up
High School Wrestling Pinned by TCWLos Angeles City Section August 19, 2019 Al Fontes 0
ACADEMIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS – FRESNO STATE
Bachelors of Arts Degree – English
Bachelors of Arts Degree – Theater
ACCOMPLISHMENTS – FRESNO STATE
2x NCAA Division I Qualifier
4x Western Regional Conference Medalist
4th on Fresno State Bulldog All-Time Win List (114 Wins)
Never missed a single match in four years – Only wrestler to achieve this feat
Most matches in Bulldog History – Over 160 matches
ACCOMPLISHMENTS – American High School (NCS)
CIF State Champion ‘99
2nd CIF State ‘98
NHSCA Senior All-American (3rd Place)
3x CIF North Coast Section Champion
2x Mission Valley Athletic League Champion/4x Finalist
CADET & JUNIOR ALL-AMERICAN HONORS – FARGO
Junior All-American – GR ’99 (3rd)
Junior All-American – GR ’98 (6th)
Cadet All-American – GR ’97 (7th)
Cadet All-American – FS ’97 (5th)
HIGH SCHOOL ALL-AMERICAN HONORS
AWN High School All-American ‘99
ASICS High School All-American ‘99
Wrestling USA All-American ‘99
CALIFORNIA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS – FS/GR
Cadet Freestyle State Champion
2x Cadet Greco-Roman State Champion
2x Junior Greco-Roman State Champion
Junior Freestyle State Champion
Cadet Freestyle State Runner-up
Junior Freestyle State Runner-up
OPEN LEVEL – SUNKIST KIDS WC
2x U23 All-American
World Team Trials U23 finalist
Western Regional Champion – Olympic trials
2x Sunkist Open Medalist
New York AC Open Medalist
SENIOR LEVEL – VETERAN’S DIVISION
Bronze – Veteran World Championships – GR (Plodov, Bulgaria) 2017
5th Veteran World Championships – GR (Perm, Russia) 2018
7th Veteran World Championships – FS (Skope, Macedonia) 2018
6x US Open Champion
2x Folkstyle National Champion
US Beach National Champion
ACCOMPLISHMENTS – COACH
Birmingham Charter High School (Los Angeles City Section)
Head Coach since 2011-’12 season
Boys (132-22 Dual meet record)
3x Los Angeles City Section Tournament Champions
3x Los Angeles City Dual Meet Champions
1 CIF State Finalist
7 All-Americans – Cadet/Junior Divisions
1 Fargo National Freestyle Champion
3 Folkstyle National All-Americans
Girls (77-12 dual meet record)
Los Angeles City Section Champion
4x LA City Section Runner-ups
7x West Valley League Champions
14 CIF State Medalists
4 CIF State Champions
6 CIF State Finalist
4 Top 10 Team Finishes – CIF State Championships
3rd Place Team – CIF State Championships
10 Folkstyle All-Americans
10 Fargo All-Americans
2 National Champions (Fargo)
6 National Finalist (Fargo)
Club Coach
6x National Team Coach – California
AWARDS
Girl’s Coach of the Year – California Coaches Association ‘16
Q&A INTERVIEW WITH JAMES MEDEIROS
Al Fontes
AL FONTES “aka, Coach Al” has over 38 years service in the sport of wrestling. He has served as the California State Editor of the California Wrestler Newsletter since 1995. He has also been a contributing editor for several national wrestling publications and websites (Wrestling USA Magazine, Amateur Wrestling News, WIN Magazine, InterMat and theMat.com). His awards include Wrestling USA Editor-of-the-Year, WUSA Man-of-the-Year, and at the 2001 CIF State Championships, he was given the Irv Oliner Award for contributions to California wrestling.
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