Sesker, 49, spent the past 10 years working for USA Wrestling in the role of Communications Manager. He served as the editor for USA Wrestler, the member magazine of USA Wrestling which is distributed to more than 150,000 people.
Sesker wrote thousands of articles, features and press releases for various USA Wrestling platforms. He also promoted the sport through media relations, and also played a key public relations role in wrestling's successful 2013 fight to stay in the Olympic Games.
Chief Executive Officer Andy Barth and Executive Director of Development Wayne Boyd, co-founders of Titan Mercury, officially brought Sesker onboard with their highly successful club this week:
"We're very pleased to announce the addition of Craig Sesker as Public Relations Director for Titan Mercury Wrestling Club. Craig is an outstanding writer who brings years and years of experience to this position. He's done an excellent job promoting the sport of wrestling and we're very excited to have him join our team. Please join us in welcoming Craig Sesker to the Titan Mercury family."
Sesker has also authored award-winning wrestling books on Hall of Fame coach Bobby Douglas and the highly successful Omaha Skutt Catholic high school team. He co-authored the book, Saving Wrestling, with veteran author Jamie Moffatt. That book documented the events of the 2013 Olympic fight.
Sesker worked as a sportswriter for the Omaha World-Herald from 2000-06, covering high school, college and international wrestling. He won a national APSE award and won first place in the state Associated Press contest during his tenure there.
Sesker was sports editor at the Burlington Hawk Eye from 1993-99. He managed a staff with four full-time and five part-time employees. He was a sportswriter with The Hawk Eye from 1988-1993. He won three national APSE writing awards and more than a dozen state writing awards in Burlington.
Sesker is a two-time National Wrestling Writer of the Year. He also received special awards from the National Wrestling Media Association for his Bobby Douglas and Saving Wrestling books, in addition to a national award for best publication with USA Wrestler magazine.
Sesker is a graduate of Wartburg (Iowa) College, where he earned a bachelor's degree in journalism and public relations. He was named Outstanding Senior in Communications Arts. He covered wrestling for the school newspaper and also worked in sports information at Wartburg. He was a standout in track and field for the Knights. He ran on seven school-record relays at Wartburg, including the Iowa Conference champion 4×400-meter relay. He was team captain as a senior.
Sesker competed in wrestling from fourth grade through high school, where he was a two-time district qualifier and a four-year varsity starter for Tipton (Iowa) High School. He was a member of two state championship track teams at Tipton, running a leg on three state champion and one state runner-up relay team for the Tigers.
Sesker has one daughter, Hayley. He resides in Colorado Springs, Colo.
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