Terri McNutt Inducted into Western Sports Hall of Fame

Terri McNutt started wrestling in Kingston while in the ninth grade and it was wrestling that brought her to Western in 2002.

While at Western, McNutt was known as a model student-athlete, an Academic All-Canadian devoted equally to her studies and her wrestling career.

“Terri was one of the best female wrestlers I had the pleasure of coaching over my 22 years since the start of women’s wrestling at Western in1995-96” says Coach Ray Takahashi. “She was a consistent top performer, winning 20 gold medals in tournaments, and 13 top-three finishes during her Mustangs career. She was a fierce competitor with an uncanny ability to find a way to win. She had a record 63 wins by pin over her five years as a Mustang.”

McNutt held the position of co-captain and captain during her tenure with the Mustangs wrestling team. She was one of the few women in North America capable of executing a back-salto throw.

McNutt won many Mustangs athletics awards including the Women’s MVP Award three times and the FWP Jones Trophy for Western’s top female athlete in 2006. While at Western, she also won many medals and championships, including the OUA Championship every year between 2003 and 2006; bronze at the 2006 Senior National Wrestling Championships: and gold at the 2006 Canadian Interuniversity Sport Championships.

After studying nursing, McNutt continued wrestling and competing with the Queen’s Wrestling Club in Kingston Ont. She landed an alternate position on Canada’s 2008 Olympic Wrestling Team and in 2009 won her first National Championship in Regina.

Today, McNutt is a Critical Care Nurse Practitioner at the Kingston General Hospital.

 Terri with coach Ray Takahashi

Terri and some of her teammates and Alumni