Wrestle Like A Girl is leading the national 'She Can Wrestle' campaign that aims to drive both girls' wrestling participation across America while fundraising to support the Wrestle Like A Girl and advance its mission to empower girls and women using the sport of wrestling to become leaders in life.



Join me in raising funds for the She Can Wrestle campaign. Any contribution -- no matter how big or small, makes an impact. Thank you in advance for your support!



Your CRITICAL funding supports:



SPORTS LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS

Empowering Girls through Sports Leadership Program. This program introduces 11th and 12th-grade girl wrestlers to essential leadership skills. Participants receive leadership development training and choose a project that advances gender equality within their communities.

Empowering Women through Sports Leadership Program: A five-month program focusing on empowering international women wrestlers to serve their local communities by increasing access to, and opportunities for, participation in sports. Annually, 4 to 6 participants demonstrating leadership skills and experience in the sports sector are selected. Delegates identify a key need or challenge facing girls and women in underserved communities in their home country. During the program, delegates develop a detailed action plan to address this challenge through sports.



FEMALE-SPECIFIC COACHING EDUCATION

Empowering women to take on coaching and other leadership roles is critical to the growth and efficacy of women’s wrestling. Wrestle Like A Girl develops evidence-informed coaching material unique to female wrestlers through group think tanks made up of the country’s most accomplished coaches of female wrestlers. We identify where coaching girls is similar to coaching boys AND the areas that additional training is necessary to support the female brain, body, and health. Through webinars, clinics, task forces, and our education resources, we have directly engaged thousands of coaches and wrestling leaders. We fill a void with valuable, informational resources and have built a network to connect thousands of coaches who are pioneering women’s wrestling across the country and throughout the world.



SCHOLASTIC YOUTH INITIATIVES

Wrestle Like A Girl has a strong commitment to the growth and development of female wrestling by providing unique opportunities to wrestle at the high school level. Wrestle Like A Girl supports the start-up of new high school wrestling programs and advocates to increase the number of approved girls high school state tournaments across the United States.



UNIVERSITY INITIATIVES

Wrestle Like A Girl was successful in bringing women’s wrestling under the NCAA umbrella as an Emerging Sport in 2020 and intends to use the same targeted approach to bring Women’s Wrestling to NCAA Championship Status by 2023.



CRITICAL RESEARCH

There is an urgent need to further understand the wrestling landscape for females. Specifically, who is driving the advancement of the sport, what are the current trends, and who are the powerful influencers who are likely to advance the sport overall. More detailed research must

be conducted with a focus on the following: the general outcomes of participation for girls and young women, the personal experiences for those who are young and just starting out in the sport, and the critical trends and impact of the sport at the collegiate and university levels.