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Lorianna “Lori” Piestewa

Lorianna “Lori” Piestewa

Diné/Hopi

Induction Category:

Year Inducted

Athlete

2026

Lorianna, a graduate of Miyamura High School in New Mexico, had the remarkable record of
152-5 in high school wrestling. She started her high school career in eighth grade while still
going to school at J.F.K Middle School. She was state runner-up in her eighth grade year. Then,
she won state four times after that at the weight classes 100, 107, and 114 pounds. She was
ranked #2 in the country her junior year of high school and took runner-up at the National
Recruiting Showcase.

During her senior year while being unranked she took fourth at the biggest high school wrestling
tournament in the world. She then signed to Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction, CO to
achieve her Health and Fitness Promotion Degree. She had torn her MCL during the first match
of the season and sat out 2/3’rds of her first season. She then came back before RMAC
championships where she took first.

Loriana won the Regional 8 Tournament where she qualified for National Collegiate Women’s
Wrestling Championships. She took third place there finishing her freshman year with the record
of 17-2. She won the U20 World Team Qualifier a month later.

Lorianna competed in the U.S. Open tournament where she took fifth and qualified for the
Senior World Team Competition, where she also took fifth. She is currently ranked #2 in the
country for the weight class 124 pounds. Her goal is to show girls that no matter where they
come from or how late they start their career, they can always achieve their goals. She wishes to
make an Olympic team for wrestling and to possibly become a wrestling coach.

In 2025, she was named to the U20 USA Women’s Wrestling World Team, the U20 USA
National Champion, her third National Collegiate Women’s Wrestling All American, the 124 lb.
regional and RMAC Champion, the Colorado Collegiate Woman Wrestler of theYear, and
Academic All American.

In 2024, she was named a U.S. Marine Corps Junior Nationals All American, Tricia Saunders
Wrestling Hall of Fame State winner, Team New Mexico Wrestling Team Captain, Homecoming
Queen, Wings of America Cross Country Team, New Mexico Cross Country Regional
Champion and placed at the New Mexico State Cross Country Championship, and U.S. Marine
Corps Academic All American.

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