Gettysburg College Athletics

Henry Schwartz set an early standard on the mat that all Gettysburg wrestlers would chase over the next 80 years. Leading a program still in its infancy of intercollegiate competition, he twice won the Middle Atlantic Conference University Division championship, grabbing the title at 136 pounds in both 1941 and 1942.
In his senior campaign, he was named the MAC Most Outstanding Wrestler for all weight classes. Schwartz lost just once during the entirety of his Bullets career and led the team to a 16-8-1 dual record.

Off the mat, Schwartz was an ardent supporter of athletics as a whole, serving as the baseball team’s manager for four years and acting as head cheerleader at football games during his senior year. He was president of Pi Lambda Sigma, served on the Dean’s Honor Society, participated in the Student Christian Association, and was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa.