Hall of Fame
Gregg Ferrero ’87 was one of the most dominant wrestlers in the storied history of the sport at Washington & Jefferson College. Ferrero still owns the second-best winning percentage (.875) in W&J wrestling history with a 63-9 record. He is 13th on the college’s career win list and at the time of his graduation, he was third. The Elizabeth-Forward High School graduate qualified for the NCAA Division III Championships as a freshman. As a junior, he posted one of the best individual seasons in school history with an 18-2 record. His only losses came at the hands at the national runner-up and the NCAA third-place finisher.
Ferrero never lost more than three matches in any of his four seasons on campus. He was the team’s Most Valuable Wrestler as a junior and senior. Ferrero showed his versatility as he wrestled in a number of different weight classes, including 150, 158 and 167. Ferrero also excelled in the classroom as one of 11 W&J student-athletes in any sport to earn two GTE/College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-America awards. In 1987, he was selected national first team. He also earned a National Wrestling Coaches Association Scholar America award in 1986, becoming the first W&J wrestler to accomplish the feat.
In high school, Ferrero was selected to represent the WPIAL at the Dapper Dan Wrestling Classic where he earned a 12-5 victory over Richard Davis from Oklahoma at 132 pounds. Ferrero is currently an orthopedic surgeon in LaPlata, Md. He spent his first four years of orthopedic practice as a Major in the United States Air Force.
