Each year the
David Schultz Champion of Champions
Memorial Trophy is exclusively created, produced,and
designed for a special wrestler in California. The
process begins with the etching onto a gold-plated
kiln fired glass with gold rimmed plate. The Trophy
is exhibited and individually presented to the Most
Outstanding Wrestler every year at the Bakersfield
CIF State Championship in Bakersfield California.
Joey Krebs of Art Saves Lives has created and produced
diverse and distinguished campaigns, projects and
exclusive works of Art for many groups and causes
in the Wrestling community. The Phantom Street Artist
is committed to memorializing the legendary tradition
of Dave Schultz in creating a limited edition glass
Ceremonial Trophy platter for the CIF State Wrestling
Championship.
Previous most outstanding David
Schultz Champion of Champions Memorial Trophy winners
includes Billy Murphy now attending Iowa and Jake Varner
now at Iowa State. The Trophy stands as a testimonial
to great recognized California Wrestling. The Award
is the first of many Art Saves Lives projects which
marks the tradition of passing on recognition through the
Arts to the next generation of young wrestling talent.
Each year Krebs creative collective titled Art Saves
Lives produces distinguished projects such as logos,
t-shirts, murals, videos and awards for the Wrestling
community. Krebs has developed a Design Collective Firm named Art Saves Lives which creatively services
our Wrestling and Fight Community through the Arts.
The Art Saves Lives Project was
first presented to Alan Paradise and the CIF State Championship
committee in the interest of proposing an exclusive
Design Award for the California State Wrestling Championship.
Alan Paradise was the grandson of Artist Phil Paradise
who was first taught art by Ruth Heil Stutzman at Kern
Union High School; Ruth Heil Stutzman was the first
founder of the Bakersfield Art Association where a scholarship
was awarded to honor her name at Cal State Bakersfield.
Wrestling fans have asked how the
selection process begins for the award. The Democratic
selection process begins each year with ballots being
given to all individual State champions. Each State
Champion Wrestler then cast their ballots for who exemplify
the greatest wrestler in the State. Once individually
completed the votes are then returned to the CIF Tournament
Championship Director where they are recounted in making
the final choice of who is selected for the Most Outstanding
Wrestler in the State of California for that year. The
MOW award was renamed in 2004 as The David Schultz Champion
of Champions Memorial Trophy which represents a memorial
dedicated to the deceased Olympian who life was a living
testimonial as a role model of a true champion through
hard work, creativity and dedication.
The Phantom Street Artist had the
opportunity to review Nancy Schultz private photo archives
where he was inspired by David Schultz. He saw a photo
portrait of David Schultz winning the 1984 Olympics, in Los Angeles.
The trophy stands 18 inches high from its diameter,
the length of a typical wrestler's first step in
the initiation of a takedown.
During the year of 2006 which was
the 10th anniversary of the passing of David Schultz.
To mark that special anniversary, the Artist produced
and directed a short memorial interstitial which accompanied and announced
the David Schultz Champion of Champion Memorial Trophy.
The video was broadcast on Live Sports Video. The Interstitial
gave the audience members a brief history of David Schultz,
in celebrating and honoring his accomplishments and
his life as well as the documentary making of the Award.
www.livesportsvideo.com.
Live Sports Video still carries
that video where the company to this day presents an
exclusive web-cast of the David Schultz Champion of
Champion Memorial Trophy and its Ceremonial Tribute
Interstitial. Directed by the artist who has joined
with many organizations and individuals to create and
produce diverse cause campaigns and exclusive works
of Art for many groups and individuals in our community.
The Committees for the David Schultz
Memorial Trophy plans are to endow the creative process
supported by patrons and philanthropists who are long-time
supporters of CIF Wrestling through their tireless efforts
and their generous contributions. The ASL project bears
the deceased Wrestlers name is planned to be endowed
in perpetuity. The future plans for the award will be
scheduled as a traveling exhibit which will travel for
one year prior to the CIF State Wrestling meet.
Joey Krebs graduated from Cal State
Bakersfield where he was coached by the great Joe Seay,
John Azevedo, Joe Gonzales and Tim Vanni. In High School
the Artist was coach by John Owens of San Clemente High
School and Lou Gianni of Huntington High School. Joey
Krebs created the Album Cover Artist for Rage Against
The Machine branding their world renowned urban iconic
Phantom logo and MTV videos. He has shown all over the
world.
History of the David Schultz Champion
of Champions Memorial Trophy Award:
Joey Krebs was first asked by Alan
Paradise CIF State Wrestling Tournament Championship
Director to exclusively create the first exclusive design
trophy for the 2004-2005 season and CIF State Wrestling
Championship.
The 1st Ceremonial Platter was awarded
to Bakersfield High School Driller, Jake Varner on the
main floor of the Bakersfield Rabobank Arena on March
5th, 2005 The 2nd Ceremonial Tribute Platter was won
by, Billy Murphy of Hughson HS on March 4th, 2006.
In 2005-2006 Paradise asked Krebs
to continue the legendary tradition of Dave Schultz
by creating the 2nd edition glass Ceremonial Trophy
platter for the CIF State Wrestling Championship season.
In 2007 Jason Lara of Santa Ana-Calvary
Chapel in Orange County upset Nikko Triggas of Campolindo
in winning the coveted award.
CIF State Champions Yearly Recipients
of the David Schultz Champion of Champions Memorial
Trophy:
2005 Jake Varner Bakersfield High
School (Iowa State)
2006 Billy Murphy Hughson HS (Iowa)
2007 Jason Lara Calvary Bible (Michigan)
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