Lowry High School senior Beau Billingsley has been selected as Nevada’s choice for the Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award winner, which is given to the top high school wrestler in each state.
Originally created in honor of Schultz, an Olympic and World champion, the High School Excellence Award is based on excellence in wrestling, scholastic achievement, citizenship and community service. State winners for both the Schultz and Saunders Awards have been selected in each of the states that sponsor high school state championships.
For the boys, there are 49 state winners. For the girls, there are seven from the states of Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas and Washington. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Schultz award.
Billingsley is one of three, four-time state wrestling champions from Lowry, joining his brother Michael Billingsley and cousin Jace Billingsley.
He earned academic all-state honors three times. In football, Billingsley was a first-team, all-state running back.
He will join his brother at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., and plans to wrestler for the Falcons..
