For the Reporter

Auburn School District Superintendent and former wrestling coach Kip Herren will be inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum in Stillwater, Okla.

Herren, who coached wrestling for 13 years at Auburn High School, is being recognized with a Lifetime Service award.

Other 2015 honorees for Lifetime Service include John deWeber, John Durheim, Paul Greeley (Deceased), Bill Herber, Ron Hudiburg, Ted Stone, Darrel White and Roger Wilson.

Tim Crone will be inducted at Outstanding American. These individuals have given countless hours of their time instilling young people with the skills needed to succeed in all areas of life.

The Washington Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame hosts a banquet at 2 p.m., June 14 at the Red Lion Hotel in Olympia to honor the inductees.

A polio survivor, Herren went to college on a wrestling scholarship. He then coached in Wenatchee and at Auburn High, where he was named Washington State Coach of the Year and was inducted into the Washington Wrestling Coaches Hall of Fame.

“This is a great honor,” Herren said. “Wrestling has been a huge part of my life.”