Hall of Fame
Mike Markovic was a three-time national qualifier for the JCU Wrestling team, earning All-America status by placing fourth in the nation as a junior.
A four-time letter winner and three-year starter, he ended his career with 77 victories – at the time one of just 27 wrestlers to graduate with over 70 victories. His 32 wins as a senior marked one of the top ten single season totals in program history.
A highly decorated student-athlete, Markovic was the Most Outstanding Wrestler for JCU in 2000 and 2002 and Most Valuable Wrestler in 2001. In 2002, he was the male Clyde A. Lamb Award recipient from John Carroll (highest league honor a student-athlete who competes in the Ohio Athletic Conference can receive). Markovic was a three-time Ohio Athletic Conference champion at 149 pounds as well as a three-time Academic All-OAC winner.
Additional honors for his work on the mat and in the classroom included being named an NWCA National Scholar three times, earning a first team selection on the 2002 CoSIDA Academic All-America team and a second team Academic All-America award in 2001, and being honored as a CoSIDA Academic All-District student-athlete three times. Markovic wrestled for two OAC Wrestling Championship teams in 1999 and 2002, and on a team that placed 5th in nation in 1999, 37th in 2000, 12th in 2001, and 25th in 2002.
