​Marge Chatt never grappled over what coaching youth wrestlers meant to her husband.“For what he did (to help) those children, if I would have come in between them there would not have been a Marge and Skip (Chatt),” she said. “He would have chosen wrestling.”AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementClint and Kristie Chatt chuckled about their mother’s comment. They also were keen on the impact and influence their father had within the Erie area’s wrestling scene.Chatt’s family was at Cathedral Prep’s Hagerty Family Events Center on June 25 to receive the 2026 Northwest Pennsylvania High School Sports Awards’ lifetime achievement plaque on behalf of Floyd “Skip” Chatt, who died March 31 at age 72.Members of Cathedral Prep’s wrestling program presented the 2026 Northwest Pennsylvania High School Sports Lifetime Achievement Award to family members of the late Floyd “Skip” Chatt on June 25, 2026, at the Hagerty Family Events Center.More: Erie wrestling community mourns death of longtime youth coach ChattCarter Starocci is the most notable of Skip Pratt’s protégés. The 2019 Cathedral Prep graduate was a two-time PIAA Class 3A gold medalist when he arrived at Penn State University and a record-setting, five-time NCAA Division I champion when he left the program.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementChris Starocci, Carter Starocci’s father, was more than glad to present the award to Marge Chatt.“When you watched him coach those kids — especially my kid — for around 20 years of my life, I’m just very blessed I had the opportunity to meet him,” Chris Starocci said. “The man had a knack for so many things. An excellent husband. An excellent father. An excellent friend.“I never saw someone who was able to touch so many lives.”Floyd “Skip” Chatt (center) is pictured with former Cathedral Prep wrestlers Carter Starocci (left) and Paniro Johnson (right) in the Prep wrestling room. Starocci and Johnson both enjoyed NCAA Division I success after starting their careers under Chatt.Starocci, along with fellow Prep graduates Paniro Johnson and Dorian Crosby, were other notable wrestlers who learned the sport through the club Skip Chatt oversaw for more than 35 years.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementMore than 50 of his students were Pennsylvania Junior Wrestling gold medalists over that span.“Skip truly loved every single moment that he spent (working) with those boys,” Marge Chatt said, “and I know he would have been truly honored to have received this award.”Contact Mike Copper at mcopper@timesnews.com. Follow him on X @ETNcopper.This article originally appeared on Erie Times-News: Skip Chatt named Northwest Pennsylvania High School Sports Awards lifetime achievement recipient