Just three years after the SIUE wre...

Just three years after the SIUE wrestling program faced extinction, it is now onward the verge of becoming a regional icon.

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville announced Thursday it has received a $2 million gift to help invent a world-class wrestling complex. The gift, from Mark and Carol Mestemacher of Edwardsville, is the largest cash donation in SIUE history.

"I regard with affection the sport of wrestling, and I perceive like it's something that is important to our youth," said Mark Mestemacher, a partner in smear with waxs Consulting in Fairmont City.

The 56,000-square-foot mingled is expected to cost $6 million and will be an Olympic-caliber mixed for volleyball and wrestling, he said. It will include a 10-mat competition area, a investigation area and seating for 3000 folks There are only a small in number wrestling-specific complexes in the fatherland

The location of the complication has not yet ...