Jake Hinz is pictured with his parents, Tamara and Brent Hinz.
Friends, family members, coaches and staff gathered in the Atrium at Westerville North High School on Monday, May 4, to watch as Jake Hinz signed a National Letter of Intent to wrestle for Indiana University.
Hinz was a four-year varsity letterman in wrestling and placed third at the 2015 Ohio State Wrestling Tournament. He was a conference and sectional champion and a state qualifier in 2013, 2014, and 2015. All four years he was awarded the Westerville North Coach’s Award for Outstanding Leadership and was named Team Captain every year except as a freshman. This year he was also a runner-up at the prestigious Medina Invitational Tournament.
In addition, Hinz played football at North from the fall of 2011 through the fall of 2014. He was named Team Captain as a junior and again as a senior. He was also awarded team MVP those two years. Hinz was named All-OCC and Second Team All-Metro.