Wabash College Athletics Hall of Fame
Christopher Alan Healy, native of Jasper, the National Association of Wabash Men is especially proud to honor you for your stunning achievements as a scholar athlete. For you embodied all that this College values in its students — an incredible work ethic, a curious intellect, and a constant pursuit of excellence.
Your induction in the Hall of Fame comes at the perfect time as Coach Brian Anderson’s team has staked a rightful place on the national wrestling mat, and we can hold you up as an exemplary student and record-setting athlete. You arrived at Wabash after earning eight varsity letters in high school, placing third at the 2001 state high school wrestling championships, and earning Academic All-State honors.
At Wabash, you majored in chemistry and minored in biology while doing summer research in Dr. Julie Olsen’s lab and traveling to Belize to conduct biological fieldwork — good training for your future career in medicine. You were a member of Phi Delta Theta, earned four varsity letters, three straight MVP awards, and made the national All-Academic Team three times as the greatest wrestler of your era — maybe of all time. You were a three-time qualifier for the NCAA Division III National Championships and finished eighth as a sophomore — a glimpse of how successful you would become.
In your junior year, you lost two very close matches at nationals, but finished with a stunning 44-5 record. As a senior, you were the man to beat in Division III wrestling and grappled your way to the National Championship bout at 174 pounds, finishing second to earn All-America honors for a second time. And what a senior year it was: Not only were you 45-2 in matches with 16 wins by fall, you led Wabash to the NCAA Midwest Regional Championship and were named the Regional’s Most Outstanding Wrestler.
You graduated with a career record of 159-35 to rank first all-time in Wabash’s proud wrestling history. Additional honors poured in: the Indianapolis Association of Wabash Men named you its Scholar-Athlete Award winner and you received the Pete Vaughan Award as the Outstanding Athlete in the Senior Class. An honors graduate, you were initiated in the chemistry honor society, Phi Lambda Upsilon. You graduated from the University of Cincinnati Medical School, completed a residency at the University of Illinois-Chicago, and are now in a Cardiovascular Fellowship in Miami.
Christopher Alan Healy, you were a sterling example of the Division III scholar-athlete, pursuing academic and athletic achievement with exceptional passion, and therefore, the National Association of Wabash Men is proud to induct you in the Wabash College Athletics Hall of Fame.
