Jason "Jake" Hutson, former Wahoo High wrestler in the late 80's early 90's passed away yesterday. Jake wrestled at UNO & even did some MMA over the past couple of years. If you knew Jake he was one of a kind & a great guy to be around. He will be missed by many.

I don't have any details yet but it sounds like the funeral will be this Thursday in Wahoo.

Horrible news. Prayers go out to his family.

I remember Jason. Wrestled right around my time. Condolences.

As someone grew up with, and wrestled on the same high school team as Jake, I can say without a second thought that Jake was truely one of the most joyous people I have ever met. He was a truely a inspiration on and off the mat. I will go as far as too say that at his peak Jake was as good, or better, then anyone who has ever wrestled at Wahoo Public.

I'd like to share a story that will hopefully let you all know what kind of man Jake was. My senior year of high school I was struggling with some "confidence" issues. I didn't have many friends and my self-esteem was at a all time low. Let's put it this way Im was a pretty easy target. I really only had two things going for me wrestling and Jake.
My wrestling season had gone terribly and I was getting beat by kids who I should of been able to wipe the mat with. The X-mas break had rolled in and I had convinced myself that I should quit the team.
I had confided in Jake that I was done and I couldn't take the losing and dieting anymore. Jake would have none of that. He basicly told me that he would kick my a** if I quit and when that didn't work he sat me down and very quietly told me that he was having the same doubts as me. He told me that wrestling was tough and you had to be tough just to make it through. That simple little talk gave me the confidence to finish the year. As if that wasn't enough you have to consider that I was a senior and he was a junior and he had his own stuggles that season. To take the time to prop up a teammate even when he was struggling is the mark of a quality human being.

Jake had gone through some very tough times over the past year, but through it all he maintain his trademark offbeat sense of humor. The Wahoo Wrestling community will be much the less without him. R.I.P. Jake. you will be missed...

Jake's family and friends are in our thoughts and prayers during this difficult time. Deepest sympathies from the Yutan Wrestling Program.

I've known Jake since we played baseball against each other; he at Ceresco and I at Greenwood. Always had great respect for Jake as a friend and competitor. I will miss him

Jason Nichelson
Ashland-Greenwood