Meet The Apex Wrestling Team

A native of the City of Garfield, New Jersey (a.k.a. The City of Champions), Damion Logan founded The Apex Wrestling School in 2001, opening its doors to the northern New Jersey wrestling community in a small, second-floor warehouse space in South Hackensack, New Jersey.  Since that time, Logan has grown and expanded the Apex Wrestling School brand to include three training centers, spanning the entire state of New Jersey.

Also a native of the City of Champions, Garfield, New Jersey, Dane Tabano has been with The Apex Wrestling School since its inception in South Hackensack, New Jersey in 2001.  As a lifelong friend and wrestling teammate of Damion Logan’s since toddlerhood, Tabano was an integral part of getting The Apex Wrestling School curriculum and program off the ground, as well as maintaining its integrity.

Erik Norgaard has been a part of The Apex Wrestling School’s staff since the mid-2000’s era.  He joined the Apex program after completing a storied New Jersey scholastic and collegiate wrestling career.   ​ As a high school student-athlete wrestling for Saint Joseph Regional High School in Montvale, New Jersey, Norgaard was an NJSIAA state champion in 2000.  His title in 2000 followed a finals appearance and second-place finish in his junior year, and a fifth-place finish his sophomore year.  Norgaard was also a multiple time Bergen County, District, and Regional champion, Bergen Record Athlete of the Week, and top collegiate wrestling recruit his senior year.

4x NJ State Place Winner. 1x NJ State Champ. Fargo Freestyle Runner Up. Fargo Greco Bronze Medalist. Junior Pan Am Freestyle Champion. Junior Pan Am Greco Runner Up. 5x NCAA National Qualifier. 5x NCAA Academic All America. Drexel University Alumni w/ Masters in Entrepreneurship. Former Volunteer/ Mentor At Beat The Streets Philadelphia. Apex Alumni.

2X Fargo All-American 2x NCAA D3 All-American D1 Conference Champion 2x D1 National Qualifier  ​ Coaching career includes 2 years under current Ohio State Head Coach, Tom Ryan

Abidin brings in a wealth of knowledge in freestyle wrestling as a member of the New York Athletic Club. Most recently, he advanced to the round of 12 at the 2017 U.S. Open at 65kg. Abidin also placed third at the 2017 Last Chance Qualifier and the 2018 “Granma E Cero Pelado” in Cuba. Additionally, he earned a fifth-place finish at the 2018 Bill Farrel Invitational.

Jason Silverstein has been a part of The Apex Wrestling School coaching corps since its inception in 2001 (and he has the OG Apex gear to prove it!)  A New Jersey wrestling legend himself, Silverstein’s wrestling career in the Garden State, and then collegiate career in the Big Ten in the midwest paralleled Damion Logan and Dane Tabano’s wrestling career trajectory.

Matthew Rose is another Apex-trained student-athlete who has dedicated his time to invest in perpetuating The Apex Wrestling School system.