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Olivia Shore
2x NCWWC champion, for Tiffin in 2022 and Otterbein in 2025; 2x Ohio girls' state champion; 6th at Ohio boys' state in 2021
Saint Paris, OH · Miami East High School HS · Otterbein University
By Joe Spisak, Pennsylvania state champion and 4x NCAA qualifier at Virginia · Published September 23, 2026
Olivia Shore is from Saint Paris, Ohio, and wrestled boys for Miami East High School. She won the 2017 Cadet freestyle national title and wrestled for the U.S. at the Cadet World Championships in Athens, Greece. She wrestled there at 46 kg, about 101 pounds.
In 2018 she made her second Cadet World Team through the trials in Irving, Texas. At the Cadet World Championships in Zagreb, Croatia, she won two bouts to reach the semifinal. She lost the bronze medal match 5-4 to Devi Sanju of India and placed fifth.
The National Wrestling Hall of Fame records her as the first female to win a championship-round match at the OHSAA state tournament, in 2019. In 2020 she won 111 pounds at the first Ohio High School Wrestling Coaches Association girls' state tournament.
As a senior she won a second girls' state title at 111 pounds, pinning Rita Carey of Brookville in the final. In March she placed sixth at 106 pounds at the Division III boys' state tournament. The Hall of Fame records her as the first female to place at the OHSAA state tournament.
At Tiffin University she won the 2022 NCWWC title at 101 pounds in Adrian, Michigan. She beat Angelina Gomez of Emmanuel 11-0 in the final and finished 27-1. She was Tiffin's first women's wrestling national champion.
After a season on McKendree University's roster, she moved to Otterbein University for its first women's wrestling season. In 2024-25 she won the Tiffin Open, the Quad Cities D3 Invite and the NCWWC Region 4 title at 103 pounds.
At the 2025 NCWWC in Coralville, Iowa, she went 5-0. She beat Rianne Murphy of Iowa 8-0 in the semifinal and won the final 2-1. It was her second national title and the first in Otterbein women's wrestling. In January 2026 Otterbein honored her as the program's first senior, and she won her Senior Night bout by pin.
She coaches women's wrestling at Otterbein, which hired her in September 2026 ahead of the program's third varsity season. She also runs the Shore Wrestling Club, an all-female training program.
Results
| Season | Level | Event | Weight | Place | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Age group | Cadet World Championships, Athens | 46 kg | Her first World Championships, as the 2017 Cadet freestyle national champion. She drew Ekaterina Mikhailova of Russia, the 2015 Cadet World champion, in the first round. | |
| 2018 | Age group | Cadet World Team Trials, Women's Nationals, Irving | 46 kg | Won two bouts by fall, a technical fall in the quarterfinal and a 6-3 semifinal to reach the best-of-three final against Ohio teammate Taryn Martin. | |
| 2018 | Age group | Cadet World Championships, Zagreb | 46 kg | 5th | 2-2. Pinned Seyma Kizmaz of Turkey and beat Nadezhda Matveeva of Russia 4-4. Lost the semifinal to Otgonjargal Dolgorjav of Mongolia and the bronze medal match 5-4 to Devi Sanju of India. |
| 2018-19 | High school | OHSAA state tournament | As a sophomore she qualified for the OHSAA boys state tournament and became the first girl to win a first-round match there. | ||
| 2019-20 | High school | OHSWCA girls' state tournament, Hilliard-Davidson | 111 lb | 1st | The first girls-only state tournament in Ohio. Three first-period pins, then a pin of Liz Matis of Parma in 4:36 in the final. Miami East won the team title. |
| 2020-21 | High school | OHSWCA girls' state tournament, Hilliard-Davidson | 111 lb | 1st | Her second straight title. Pinned Rachel Elizondo of Fairfield in the semifinal and Rita Carey of Brookville in 1:48 in the final. |
| 2020-21 | High school | OHSAA Division III state tournament | 106 lb | 6th | At Marion Harding High School, the Division III site. Beat Lane Bergman of Versailles 8-2 to place and pinned Michael Hagan of Covington in 3:59. Lost the fifth-place match 3-0 to Reese Stephen of Barnesville. |
| 2021-22 | College | NCWWC Northeast Region | 101 lb | 1st | 2-0. Won both her bouts against Gannon, in 1:01 and 2:33. Tiffin won the team title. |
| 2021-22 | College | NCWWC | 101 lb | 1st | 4-0. In Adrian, Michigan. Beat Angelina Gomez of Emmanuel 11-0 by technical fall in the final. Tiffin's first women's wrestling national champion. She finished the season 27-1. |
| 2024-25 | College | Tiffin Open | 103 lb | 1st | 3-0. Otterbein's first competition. Pinned Jeulenea Khang of West Liberty in 1:25 in the final. |
| 2024-25 | College | Indiana Tech Warrior Open | 103 lb | 2nd | 3-1. Three pins, then a 12-4 loss in the final to Jaclyn Bouzakis, unattached. |
| 2024-25 | College | Quad Cities D3 Invite | 103 lb | 1st | 4-0. Pinned Odelia Lopez of Schreiner in 1:02 in the final. Named Most Outstanding Wrestler. |
| 2024-25 | College | NCWWC Region 4 Championships | 103 lb | 1st | 3-0. Pinned Juliana Alejandro of Tiffin in 1:35 in the final. She was 18-1 for the season. |
| 2024-25 | College | NCWWC | 103 lb | 1st | 5-0. In Coralville, Iowa. Three pins, an 8-0 semifinal win over Rianne Murphy of Iowa and a 2-1 win in the final. Her second national title. |
What we could not confirm
Anything not on this page, a high school record, a final score, a season, was left out because no primary source stated it when this was written. If you have a bracket, a program, or a clipping, send it to the operator, Joe Spisak, at joe@spisak.co and the page gets the number.
Sources
- https://www.themat.com/news/2017/september/06/cadet-wf2-draws · USA Wrestling, September 6, 2017, from Athens. The 2017 Cadet freestyle national champion Olivia Shore drew 2015 Cadet World champion Ekaterina Mikhailova of Russia at 46 kg for her first World Championships.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20210123214625/https://theguillotine.com/2017/09/2017-uww-cadets-world-championships-results-and-interviews/ · The Guillotine, 2017 Cadet World Championships results, archived copy. The women's 46 kg placewinners, won by Remina Yoshimoto of Japan.
- https://www.themat.com/news/2018/may/12/finals-set-for-uww-cadet-womens-freestyle-world-team-trials · USA Wrestling, May 12, 2018, from Irving, Texas. Past World Team member Olivia Shore of Ohio reached the 46 kg final of the Cadet World Team Trials against Ohio teammate Taryn Martin.
- https://www.themat.com/news/2018/july/04/2018-cadet-world-women-draw-2 · USA Wrestling, July 4, 2018, from Zagreb. Two-time Cadet World Team member Olivia Shore of Ohio represented the U.S. at 46 kg and opened against Seyma Kizmaz of Turkey.
- https://uww.org/articles/japan-advances-five-zagreb2018-semifinals-usa-has-four · United World Wrestling, 2018 Cadet World Championships. Olivia Shore of the USA reached the 46 kg semifinal in her second Cadet World appearance.
- https://www.flowrestling.org/results/6219117-uww-cadet-world-championships/24721 · FloWrestling, 2018 Cadet World Championships results. Olivia Shore of St. Paris, Ohio, placed fifth at 46 kg after a 5-4 loss to Devi Sanju of India in the bronze medal match.
- https://nwhof.org/hall_of_fame/bio/14738 · National Wrestling Hall of Fame. First female to place at the OHSAA state wrestling tournament, sixth in 2021, first female to win a championship-round match there in 2019, two-time Ohio girls' state champion for Miami East, and 2021 Tricia Saunders High School Excellence Award winner for Ohio.
- https://miamivalleytoday.com/historic-weekend-for-girls-wrestling/ · Miami Valley Today, February 23, 2020. The Miami East junior won 111 pounds at the first OHSWCA girls' state tournament, pinning Liz Matis of Parma in the final, and Miami East won the team title.
- https://miamivalleytoday.com/lady-vikings-ohswca-state-champs/ · Miami Valley Today, February 23, 2020. Miami East won the team title at the first all-girls state wrestling tournament in Ohio, and Olivia Shore won an individual state title.
- https://miamivalleytoday.com/shore-miami-east-girls-wrestlers-making-more-history/ · Miami Valley Today, February 20, 2021. The Miami East senior won her second girls' state title at 111 pounds, pinning Rita Carey of Brookville in the final.
- https://miamivalleytoday.com/olivia-shore-caps-legacy-by-becoming-first-girl-to-place-at-boys-state-wrestling-tournament/ · Miami Valley Today, March 14, 2021. The Miami East senior placed sixth at 106 pounds at the Division III state tournament, the first girl to place at the boys state tournament.
- https://gotiffindragons.com/sports/womens-wrestling/roster/olivia-shore/8072 · Tiffin University roster, 2021-22. Olivia Shore of St. Paris, Ohio, and Miami East, 101 pounds, NCWWC national champion and region champion with a 27-1 record.
- https://gotiffindragons.com/news/2022/2/20/2_20_2022_8127.aspx · Tiffin University, February 20, 2022. Olivia Shore won 101 pounds at the Northeast Region Championships.
- https://gotiffindragons.com/news/2022/3/5/3_5_2022_8131.aspx · Tiffin University, March 5, 2022. Olivia Shore won the 101-pound NCWWC title in Adrian, Michigan, the program's first national championship.
- https://mckbearcats.com/sports/womens-wrestling/roster/olivia-shore/16973 · McKendree University roster, 2023-24. Olivia Shore, 101 pounds, junior, Saint Paris, Ohio, Miami East.
- https://otterbeincardinals.com/sports/womens-wrestling/roster/olivia-shore/11054 · Otterbein University roster biography. Olivia Shore of Saint Paris and Miami East High School, 2025 national champion at 103 pounds, transfer from Tiffin and McKendree, two-time World Team member for Team USA.
- https://otterbeincardinals.com/sports/womens-wrestling/roster · Otterbein University, 2025-26 women's wrestling roster. Olivia Shore, senior, Saint Paris, Miami East, a transfer from McKendree.
- https://otterbeincardinals.com/news/2024/11/2/shore-wins-title-at-Tiffin-Open-launching-womens-wrestlings-inaugural-season.aspx · Otterbein University, November 2, 2024. Olivia Shore won 103 pounds at the Tiffin Open, the first Otterbein women's wrestler to win her weight class.
- https://otterbeincardinals.com/news/2025/1/25/womens-wrestling-at-indiana-tech-warrior-open.aspx · Otterbein University, January 25, 2025. Olivia Shore placed second at 103 pounds at the Indiana Tech Warrior Open.
- https://otterbeincardinals.com/news/2025/2/9/womens-wrestling-closes-regular-season-schedule-at-quad-cities-d3-invite.aspx · Otterbein University, February 9, 2025. Olivia Shore won 103 pounds at the Quad Cities D3 Invite.
- https://otterbeincardinals.com/news/2025/2/22/womens-wrestling-at-ncwwc-region-4-championships.aspx · Otterbein University, February 22, 2025. Olivia Shore won 103 pounds at the NCWWC Region 4 Championships in Tiffin.
- https://otterbeincardinals.com/news/2025/3/6/womens-wrestling-womens-wrestlings-4-national-qualifiers-reflect-on-season-preview-ncwwc-national-championships.aspx · Otterbein University, March 6, 2025. Olivia Shore went into the NCWWC 18-1 and was named Most Outstanding Wrestler at the Quad Cities D3 Invite.
- https://otterbeincardinals.com/news/2025/3/8/womens-wrestling-at-ncwwc-national-championships.aspx · Otterbein University, March 8, 2025. Olivia Shore won the 103-pound NCWWC title in Coralville, Iowa, her second national championship.
- https://otterbeincardinals.com/news/2026/1/30/womens-wrestling-otterbein-celebrates-olivia-shore-on-senior-night.aspx · Otterbein University, January 30, 2026. Otterbein honored Olivia Shore, the first senior in program history, and she won her bout at 110 pounds against Manchester by pin.
- https://otterbeincardinals.com/news/2026/9/3/womens-wrestling-olivia-shore-tabbed-to-lead-otterbein-womens-wrestling.aspx · Otterbein University, September 3, 2026. Otterbein hired Olivia Shore as Associate Head Coach of Women's Wrestling ahead of the program's third varsity season. She runs the Shore Wrestling Club, an all-female training program.
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