The Board of Directors held elections for a number of positions within the organization, including its officers, Board of Directors at-large members, as well as open positions on a number of standing committees.

Baumgartner was unanimously re-elected as president of USA Wrestling and will serve a four-year term from 2025-28. Also elected to a four-year term as First Vice President was Joan Fulp of El Granada, Calif.

The Board of Directors approved the Fiscal Year 2024-25 Budget, as presented by the Finance Committee. The budget included $20,649,326 in Revenue and $20,595,443 in Expenditures, for a positive $53,883 Revenue Over Expenses.

“Our operations across the board are why we have had the financial results that we have. Every single department, the grassroots and every part of the organization is clicking. The budget is balanced and will accommodate our current growth and lead us into the next Olympic quad. The growth curve is going to keep going north, and there are going to be opportunities for us to leverage LA28,” said Reynolds.

The Junior Olympic Wrestling Committee (JOWC) Report was presented by Pat Culp, and included a variety of items affecting the grassroots program. The Board approved the acceptance of the JOWC report, which puts into effect a number of changes in age-group wrestling rules and procedures.

Among the items approved was the use of 2024-25 National Federation of High Schools (NFHS) scoring rules for USA Wrestling national events and the Folkstyle Tour of America events. NFHS scoring rules have included a number of changes.

Also approved was a modification to a rules clarification for the Girls Divisions at the USA Wrestling Folkstyle Nationals and Folkstyle Tour of America events. The specific modification approved is “the beginning of wrestling in regulation (1, 2 and 3 periods) and overtime shall begin in the neutral position.”  The approved item also included additional clarification for the neutral start for these events. It spells out changes in how the overtime will be conducted. If there is no scoring in the first overtime period, there will be two 30-second periods conducted similarly to the freestyle activity period.

Other actions included elimination of a qualification requirement for the USA Wrestling Kids Nationals, as well as elimination of a specified minimum weight for any wrestler at the Kids Nationals. New weight classes were approved at the 14U level for boys and girls, as well as new weight classes for girls at the 16U and Junior levels.

Pat Ream of Missouri was approved as the Chairperson of the National Council of State Chairpersons. Also announced was that Kristi Mann of Arkansas was named State Chairperson of the Year. The President’s Award winner was Jason Christenson of Iowa.

"I am incredibly grateful and honored for the recognition from my peers and USA Wrestling family," Mann said of her award, " it motivates me even more to keep advocating for all things Arkansas wrestling."