Greta Garbuzovas does it again! She collected yet another State Championship, and after going undefeated this year, earns a FOURTH straight BLITZ Wrestler of the Year award!

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

40-0 Record
144-4 Career Record
State Champion
4-time State Champ

Only four times in her entire career has Greta Garbuzovas left a match with a loss. That’s insane. 144-4 overall across four years, all at the 140-lb level. FOUR state championships, including a perfect 40-0 as a senior.

VOTING RESULTS

1. Greta Garbuzovas – 81 pts (15 1st-place votes)
2. Faith Jones – 47 pts (2)
3. Ella Hughes – 42 pts

Voting included our 17-person panel made up of sports reporters, writers, video producers, former coaches, players, GHSA officials, and sports experts. The voting is Heisman-style, with the following points system:
1st place votes: 5 pts; 2nd: 3 pts; 3rd: 2 pts; 4th: 1 pts; 5th-6th: 0.5 pts; 7th-8th 0.25 pts

Greta took 15 out of 17 1st-place votes, with teammate Faith Jones, who also won a state title, taking two.

HISTORY OF WRESLTER OF THE YEAR

• 2025-26 – Greta Garbuzovas – Lumpkin County SR
• 2024-25 – Greta Garbuzovas – Lumpkin County JR
• 2023-24 – Greta Garbuzovas – Lumpkin County SO
• 2022-23 – Greta Garbuzovas – Lumpkin County FR
• 2021-22 – Sidney Sullens – White County SR
• 2020-21 – Sidney Sullens – White County JR

Garbuzovas is the first 4-time winner of the relatively young BLITZ award.

WHO WILL WIN IT NEXT YEAR?

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