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Everyone has hopes and dreams. Joe Sievert’s dream is to leave his mark on the world and be remembered. “I just want my name to be known. You know in the movies they have like, ‘your actions will echo through eternity,’ I just want something like that, and I think the only way I can get that right now is through wrestling.”
Joe is from Akron, a small town in the northwest corner of Iowa where he has lived all his life. Since he was a child, Joe Sievert was pushed to be a wrestler. Following his friends and his brother John, Joe participated in youth wrestling tournaments, where Joe says himself, “the only reason I wrestled was because we had fun and stuff.” And suddenly something changed, Joe started winning., “once you start winning something you love playing it and you want to keep doing it.”
After qualifying for state every year in high school Joe won his first State Championship at 160 lbs his senior year. Nobody enjoys losing, but for Joe losing was the motivation he needed to finally win that championship. Joe had a nearly perfect record during his final high school season. Going 44-1 the defining moment of the season was the one match he lost. “I needed to lose that match otherwise I wouldn’t have won state.” The one match put his mind into perspective, “without losing to that kid I probably wouldn’t be as good today either just because losing makes me push myself.”
During his freshman year of college at Morningside in 2010 he placed third at the NAIA National Tournament. Now, at the age of 20, Joe is a Junior wrestling for the Mustangs. Joe has been ranked number one in the nation by NAIA polls. Being undefeated so far this year Joe is looking for that National Championship title, letting his name to echo through eternity.
When he isn’t wrestling Joe enjoys being a regular student, playing video games, hanging out with friends, and participating in recreational activities. What comes after wrestling for Joe? Joe says, “When I’m done I think I’m probably gonna end up coaching it. I don’t think my life will ever be done with wrestling.” Joe would possibly like to get an assistant coaching job with the Mustangs head coach Tim Jager.
For further reading on Joe :
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