Wrestler Louis Guidi enjoyed a magnificent four-year career at WVU that was highlighted by his runner-up finish at the 1955 NCAA tournament. Guidi was one of the most formidable wrestlers in the East; the 123-pounder won the Southern Conference championship twice and was named the tournament's most outstanding wrestler in 1956. Guidi also won the prestigious Wilkes-Barre Invitational as a Mountaineer and was named its outstanding wrestler.

A World War II veteran, Guidi served at the Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, for three years, coaching in the base's sports program. As a competitor, he was the 1958 runner-up at the U.S. Nationals in freestyle and the 1959 U.S. Nationals runner-up in Roman-Greco.

After his military service, Guidi coached the first-ever varsity wrestling team at Washington Township (N.J.) High for five years before heading back to Pennsylvania, where he coached at Chartiers Valley High for 12 seasons and taught for 24 years.

A native of Jefferson, Pa., Guidi moved to Morgantown at age 13 and attended University High, where he won two state championships before becoming a Mountaineer.

Now retired, Guidi and his wife Sharon have two daughters, Megan and Sarah, and Guidi has three older children: Natalie, Monty and Lori. He lives in McMurray, Pa.