Hall of Honor
Dan Weber made an immediate impact on the Wheaton wrestling program when he transferred from Indiana University in 1999. He was a two-time All-American for Wheaton, winning the 2001 NCAA Division III Championship at 165-pounds. Weber compiled a remarkable 53-4 record in his Wheaton career.
In 2000, Weber finished third at the Division III Championships at 157-pounds, also winning the Division III Great Lakes Regional and CCIW Championship at the weight class that year.
Dan closed out his Wheaton career with a flawless season to win the 2001 Division III Championship at 165-pounds with a perfect record of 24-0 that season. Weber won the CCIW and Division III Great Lakes Regional championships at 165-pounds in 2001, earning recognition as the "Outstanding Wrestler" at the 2001 Great Lakes Regional.
Weber recollects of a favorite memory, "I will never forget the NCAA Regional my junior year as we were trying to qualify for nationals. My good friend and teammate Emery Petchauer qualified for Nationals for the first time by winning the tournament at 141-pounds and in order for me to qualify for Nationals I needed to win in the finals. I tore my MCL in the semifinals which all but crushed my chances to get to wrestle at Nationals with Emery. We taped my knee up and sent me out to wrestle in the finals and about 15 seconds into the match the guy took a weird shot that put him in a bad position and it gave me a four-point lead. That was enough for me to hold on for a 6-4 win and I got to go to Nationals with my good friend Emery Petchauer.
