WH’s Rod Earleywine inducted into Iowa’s Hall of Fame
The Iowa High School Wrestling Hall of Fame was presented on Saturday, Feb. 22 at Wells Fargo Arena before the start of the 2025 State Championships.
West Harrison graduate Rod Earleywine was one of five state-wide legends inducted on Saturday evening.
ROD EARLEYWINE (1977 West Harrison graduate): A two-time state champion and four-time qualifier who graduated in 1977 with a varsity record of 99-8.
Earleywine finished third as a freshman (1974) with lead-up losses to the eventual state champions. He then went 30-0 in both junior (132-lbs) and senior (145-lbs) seasons.
Earleywine was a national place-winner and international representative in freestyle in high school, and ultimately won the 1978 world Junior freestyle championship while at Drake University. He was a three-year letterwinner with 53-20-1 record with the Bulldogs, then became a teacher and wrestling coach at West Sioux from 1982 through 1994.
Dr. Earleywine became an accomplished administrator and was a 2007 selection to the IHSAA Officials Hall of Fame. He currently serves as superintendent at Sioux City Community School District and is a second-term member of the IHSAA Board of Control.
Earleywine and his wife Molly have four adult children (Zach, Samantha, Aeriel, Zoe) and three grandchildren (Hayes, Salem, Hoyer).
The 2025 Iowa High School State Wrestling Hall of Fame Inductees include, Brandon Mason, (1994, CB Lewis Central); Matt McDonough (2008, Linn-Mar); Willie Miklus (2012, Southeast Polk, Ballard); and Bill Rex (1964, Leon, Central Decatur).
The entire list of inductees can be viewed at: http://www.iahsaa.org/wrestling-2025-award-honorees;
