Lefever joined the Wabash wrestling coaching staff for his first season in 2016-17 after a decorated career as a Little Giant grappler.
Lefever became the first Wabash wrestler to earn All-America honors in three consecutive seasons. He finished as national runner up at 157 pounds in 2015. Lefever qualified for his first NCAA DIII national tournament in 2013, placing seventh at 157. The next season he earned a fourth-place finish at the wrestling championships. Lefever ranks sixth on the Wabash all-time wins list with a record of 107-14. He helped the Little Giants to a third-place finish in the 2015 DIII team standings, the highest finish ever by Wabash wrestling.
Lefever graduated from Wabash as a history major and excelled in the classroom as well as the wrestling mat. He earned Academic All-America Third Team honors from CoSIDA in 2015 and received Scholar All-America honors three times from National Wrestling Coaches Association. Lefever earned a Master's Degree in coaching and athletic administration from Concordia University - Irvine in May of 2017.
Lefever has also been active in the community, raising money for JDRF to help with type 1 diabetes research.
