First woman enshrined in Wrestling Hall of Fame

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) _ Tonight in Stillwater, the Wrestling Hall of Fame will induct its first woman athlete. <br/><br/>Tricia Saunder is the most successful female wrestler in US history. She won gold

Saturday, June 3rd 2006, 12:02 pm

By: News On 6

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) _ Tonight in Stillwater, the Wrestling Hall of Fame will induct its first woman athlete.

Tricia Saunder is the most successful female wrestler in US history. She won gold at the world championships in 1992, 1996, 1998 and 1999 and is the only American woman to win more than two world wrestling titles.

Other inductees include four-time NCAA champion Pat Smith, two-time freestyle world champion Terry Brands and Josiah Henson, the first US referee to officiate in the Olympics.