Hall of Honor
A two-time SCIAC champion and two-time runner-up at 150 lbs., Gary Zieve is undoubtedly one of the best Caltech competitors in school history. The standout helped lead some of the most successful Caltech teams ever, as he helped the Beavers to three straight SCIAC championships – one outright – and three straight titles at the conference tournament. In the four years Zieve competed, the team boasted records of 13-2, 8-5-1, 15-1, and 9-5, including an undefeated 4-0 conference record in 1969-70. Zieve captained the squad in his senior season.
The wrestler earned All-SCIACÂ honors in every year of action, earning one First Team selection and three Second Team nods. As a first-year, he won every match he entered, and he placed first at the league tournament his sophomore season.
Outside of regular season and conference play, Zieve qualified and competed in the NAIA District 3 Championships all four years – winning the title once, finishing runner-up twice, and finishing third one time. He is one of just four NAIA Dist. 3 champions in program history.
He is the two-time winner of the Thomas W. Latham Trophy and was named the Caltech Most Outstanding Athlete in 1973.
