WELCOME MAT HALL OF FAME
WELCOME MAT JUDO JUJITSU SAMBO
THE WELCOME MAT HALL OF FAME
Welcome Mat has a long, proud and honorable history with athletes and coaches who have competed, trained and coached all over the world since 1969. Welcome Mat members have competed in judo, sambo, sport jujitsu and submission grappling at all levels, from local tournaments to the Olympic Games. Each person selected to this exclusive group has made a positive and lasting impression and represented Welcome Mat with honor, fighting spirit and skill.
Becky Scott, World & Pan American Games Sambo Champion, U.S. National Judo Champion, USJA National Judo Champion, U.S. National Sambo Champion, U.S. Olympic Festival Gold Medal Winner, U.S. Team Coach at World (Junior Under 21) Judo Championships
Ken Brink, U.S. National Junior & High School Champion, Pan American Judo Team, World Junior Sambo Championships-Bronze Medal, International Judo Gold Medal Winner. U.S. Junior National Sambo Champion, U.S. Sambo Senior Championships-Silver Medal, Trained at U.S. Olympic Training Center
Shawn Watson, U.S. Senior Nationals-Silver Medal, U.S. Junior World Team, U.S. National Junior, High School & Collegiate Judo Champion, National Shingitai Jujitsu Champion. Trained at U.S. Olympic Training Center
Joe Roberts, U.S. Team Member at World University Games & International High School Judo Championships, U.S. Senior Nationals-Bronze Medal, U.S. National High School & Collegiate Judo Champion
Janet Trussell, World & Pan American Games Sambo Champion, U.S. Senior National Judo Champion, U.S. World Judo Team Member, Trained at U.S. Olympic Training Center
Corinna West, Member of 1996 U.S. Olympic Judo Team, U.S. Senior National Judo Champion, Pan American Judo Champion, Trained at U.S. Olympic Training Center
Warren Frank, World Sambo Championships-Silver Medal, U.S. National High School Judo Champion, Trained at U.S. Olympic Training Center
Chris Heckadon, World Sambo Champion, Sambo World Cup-Silver Medal, U.S. National Sambo Champion, U.S. National Junior Champion, International Medal Winner in Judo, International Judo Gold Medal Winner, National Shingitai Jujitsu Champion
Ken Cabean, U.S. National Sambo Champion, Missouri State & Missouri Valley Judo Champion
Sandi Quenelle Harrelson, National AAU Judo Champion, U.S. National Masters Judo Champion, U.S. National Sambo Champion
Evette Taylor, U.S. National Junior Judo Champion, World Junior Sambo Championships-Bronze Medal
Kevin Cox, U.S. High School Nationals Champion, U.S. Junior Nationals Medalist, AAU National Judo Champion, International Judo Gold Medal Winner
Richard Lazott, U.S. Senior Nationals Silver Medal, U.S. National High School & Collegiate Judo Champion, Member of U.S. World Junior Championships Team, Trained at U.S. Olympic Training Center
Bill West, U.S. National High School & Collegiate Judo Championships Medal Winner, International Judo Medal Winner, Trained at U.S. Olympic Training Center
Sascha Taghizada, U.S. National High School Judo Champion, AAU National Judo Champion
Bryan Potter, U.S. National High School Judo Champion, International Judo Gold Medal Winner
Gene Smith, National AAU Judo Champion
Kelvin Knisely, U.S. Masters National Judo Champion, AAU National Judo Champion, International Judo Gold Medal Winner
Kristi Brink Barchers, U.S. National Junior Judo Champion, Missouri State Judo Champion
Matt Gardner, U.S. Junior National Judo Champion, Missouri State Judo Champion
Charles Garcia, U.S. National Junior Champion, Missouri State Judo Champion
Adrian Garcia, U.S. National Junior Champion, Missouri State Judo Champion
Larry & Chris Lein, Innovators and Teachers in Law Enforcement Defensive Tactics
Bob Rittman, U.S. National Masters Judo Champion, Missouri Valley Judo Champion, Missouri State Judo Champion
Tom Alejos, U.S. Nationals Master Judo Championships Bronze Medal, Missouri State & Missouri Valley Judo Champion
Jim Schneweis, U.S. National Sambo Champion, Missouri State Judo Champion, U.S. Olympic Festival Sambo Coach
Larry Jinks, U.S. National Junior Judo & Sambo Champion, Missouri State Judo Champion
Gary Idleburg, U.S. National Masters Judo Champion, Missouri State Judo Champion
Kirk Quinones, National AAU Judo Championships-Silver Medal
William Quenelle, Missouri Valley & Missouri State Judo Champion
Randy & Connie Brink, Long-time supporters of Welcome Mat Judo Club
Randy Patton, National AAU Judo Champion, National Shingitai Jujitsu Champion, International Judo Gold Medal Winner
John Olson, Missouri State & Missouri Valley Judo Champion, Region VIII AAU Junior Olympic Judo Champion
Steve Soden, U.S. National Junior Judo Champion, Missouri State & Missouri Valley Judo Champion
