Wabash College Athletics

Christopher J. Ervin, you came to Wabash in the fall of 1987 having given the football and wrestling coaches a glimpse of your high school talent. After all, you had earned two letters each in football and wrestling at Huntington North High School, and you seemed to be growing bigger and stronger with every passing day. But even your Wabash coaches, Max Servies in wrestling and Greg Carlson in football, could hardly imagine the impact you would make on their respective programs.

You were one of just four freshmen in your class to earn a football letter, and you would start two full seasons and part of another on the offensive line. As a senior, you had become so strong and so skilled that you would be named the Outstanding Offensive Lineman and earn First Team All-Indiana Collegiate Athletic Conference honors.

As a wrestler, you modeled for others both leadership and excellence. A four-year starting heavyweight, you twice qualified for the national championships, placing in the top-12 in 1989 and top-10 in 1991. You were a two-time Midwest Regional Champion; the ICAC Most Valuable Wrestler; two-time Wabash Most Valuable Wrestler; and two-time captain. Some of the records you set continue to this day, including most career victories (119) and most falls (41). So talented in two sports were you that the College honored you with its most prestigious award, the Pete Vaughan Award, as the outstanding athlete in your graduating class.

Today you are a history teacher, wrestling coach, and assistant football coach at Crawfordsville High School. For proving so effectively Coach Servies’ motto, “Victory is Sweat,” the National Association of Wabash Men is proud to induct you, Christopher J. Ervin, in the Wabash College Athletics Hall of Fame.