Lakeland University Head Women's Wrestling Coach Shannyn Gillespie has a busy summer ahead that will include coaching at girls and women's wrestling events at the state, national and international levels.

Gillespie will be coaching with the Wisconsin Wrestling Federation at the 2023 Junior National Duals and 14U Girls National Duals in Tulsa, Okla. His time with the team will include two days of camp in De Pere, Wis., followed by five days of competition in Tulsa from June 13-17.

The Junior & 14U Girls National Dual Meet Championships will have state pride is at stake as teams representing USA Wrestling's State Associations compete in a freestyle and Greco-Roman dual meet competition. All participating teams must be selected and attend through their respective state associations. Athletes are 17 and 18 years old for the Juniors division, and 13 and 14 years old for the Girls division.

Gillespie will then return for Lakeland's own women's wrestling camp June 18-20, and then will travel to Mexico City, Mexico to take part in the U17 Pan American Championships. He will serve as one of the coaches for USA Wrestling's U17 team at the international competition hosted by United World Wrestling. Gillespie will coach the women's wrestling U17 team at the American continental championships that also will include Greco-Roman and Freestyle competition.

Gillespie will be coaching at the Pan American Championships for the second time in his career that also includes more than 30 national championships, 12 international tournaments and four world championships. He also spent eight years at the U.S. Olympic Education Center in Marquette, Mich., where he was a national team staff coach for USA Wrestling.