62 ■ THE WOLFPACKER
BY RYAN TICE
S
cott Turner has a way of winding up where he is sup-
posed to be, even if it requires a change of plans or
the path takes a detour or two.
Originally, he thought he was going to wrestle for
his uncle, the head coach at Lehigh, after a postgraduate year
at Blair Academy because he was young for his grade. Then,
NC State wrestling coach Bob Guzzo convinced Turner to
leave Pennsylvania's freezing winter temperatures for a visit
to Raleigh.
"I got down there and loved it," he said. "It was 45 degrees
in Pennsylvania and 85 degrees in Raleigh, so that made it
really easy."
It became harder to convince Turner to stay up north after
that, especially when he saw the NCSU facilities, combined
with the fact that Lehigh didn't offer scholarships and the
plan was to continue living at home with his parents.
There were other factors working in the Wolfpack's favor,
but none bigger than the team assembled by Guzzo, a prod-
uct of Lehigh Valley like Turner and many of his successful
Turner won the 1988 national title at 150 pounds and became the first of two NC State wrestlers to be named the Most Outstanding
Wrestler at the NCAA Championships.
PHOTO COURTESY NC STATE MEDIA RELATIONS
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