Doug Dake (1999) - Hall of Fame - Kent State Golden Flashes

Doug Dake

Induction:
1999
Class:
1986

Graduated from Westlake High School, Westlake, Ohio, in 1980…Earned his bachelor of arts degree in industrial arts in 1986…Lettered in 1984 and 1985 for Ron Gray’s grappers…Team captain in his junior and senior seasons…Ranks fifth of Kent’s all-time winning percentage list (.864) with a 60-9-1 record…Posted third-highest Kent single season victory total with 36 wins as a senior…Mid-American Conference champion at 177 pounds in 1984…All American at 177 pounds after placing seventh at 1984 NCAA Championships…Winner of the Joe Begala Memorial Award in 1985…Wrestling coach at Lansing High School…Previously served as assistant wrestling coach at Ithaca College (1988-90) and Cornell University (1990-92).