BUTLER TWP — The chances were so slim, Donnie Geibel wasn't even thinking about it.

But when the Butler Junior High wrestling coach opened the new pair of wrestling shoes he bought in September, he discovered a gold ticket inside.

The company producing the shoes is a sponsor of international wrestling great Kyle Snyder. Of 5,000 pairs of shoes featuring Snyder's autograph, three had a gold ticket inside.

That ticket is good for a free wrestling clinic featuring Snyder himself.

And Geibel got one of them.

Pretty lucky, huh?,” the coach said.

Butler High School was originally scheduled to host the Snyder wrestling clinic March 17, but he was overseas competing in a tournament. He won a gold medal at the Dan Kolov tournament in Bulgaria earlier this month.

Snyder, a three-time NCAA national champion at Ohio State and a 2016 Olympic gold medalist, will now have his clinic at noon Sunday in the Butler High School gym.

Butler varsity coach Scott Stoner is expecting 500 or more in the gym for the clinic.

“Kyle Snyder is as good as any wrestler in the world,” Geibel said. “He's known internationally. He's as good as it gets in wrestling right now.”

Snyder won gold medals at the world championships in 2015 and 2017. He took the silver medal last year.

“The motto that company is using with him is 'A Way of Life,'” Stoner said. “Wrestling is a lifestyle with him. He went all in. He made a commitment to the sport at the highest level when he went to the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs.

“His story is worth hearing. This will be a two-hour clinic, but I'm hoping he takes 20 minutes or so to talk to the kids and tell them about his journey. It's fascinating.”

Stoner and Geibel met Snyder briefly during the FanFest portion of the NCAA Wrestling Championships last weekend in Pittsburgh.

“He struck me as a down to earth person,” Geibel said.

Stoner said NCAA champions spent time at the national tourney walking up to kids and signing autographs.

“Wrestling is such a tight-knit community. Everyone's accessible,” Stoner said. “He (Snyder) is going to work with kids on technique on the mats. It will be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for young wrestlers.”

While all Butler wrestlers and their parents will be admitted free, people are coming to this clinic from Ohio, West Virginia and all over Western Pennsylvania.

Wrestlers from the elementary level through high school will be on hand to learn from Snyder.

“I'm sure he'll bring a gold medal or two with him,” Stoner said. “It should be something to see.”