Adam Frey wants to help others.

Frey, a Shaler resident who attends Cornell University, has been battling cancer for the past 16 months.

"It's been a long hard battle and I'm finally turning the corner," he said. "I've received so much help during my battle that I want to give something back."

Frey was one of the top wrestlers in the country when he graduated from Blair Academy in New Jersey in 2005. He qualified for the NCAA tournament twice after redshirting his freshman year.

Then came a car accident that changed his life.

"I was very fortunate to walk away from an accident that totaled my car, but my back was very sore," Frey said. "My roommate took me to the hospital to see if there were any other injuries. The doctor told me I was fortunate to be alive."

But that wasn't all. During a routine CAT scan, three tumors -- on his lung and liver and between his kidneys -- were found and tested positive for cancer.

The accident happened March 26, 2008, and Frey began chemotherapy and radiation treatments one week later.

"I actually began treatments on April Fool's Day," he said. "The doctor gave me a 60 percent chance of surviving. I've had a lot of ups and downs over the last 16 months, but things are finally starting to look up. I recently tried a new chemo that has significantly shrunk my tumors."

Frey began chronicling his battle on a Web site -- adamfrey.us -- shortly after being diagnosed.

"I started a daily blog to let everybody know how I'm doing," he said. "It's become so popular that I'm getting one million hits every month. It's amazing that so many people are following my fight. It's very inspirational to see so many people praying for me."

With his health improving, Frey has started the Adam Frey Foundation, with hopes of raising money to help people facing a similar situation.

"I'm fortunate that insurance has covered most of my medical costs, but there are things that you don't think of," Frey said. "I had treatments in New York that required hotel stays of days at a time for me and my parents. The costs of living in a hotel, paying for meals, and dealing with the lost time at work, can become prohibitive over a long period of time."

That's why Frey decided to raise money to help people traveling to Pittsburgh for treatments at the Hillman Cancer Center.

"There's a light at the end of my tunnel and I want to return the generosity I received during my journey," he said. "I want to reach out and help people get the treatment they need. I want to give back to the wrestling community through my foundation."

With that in mind, Frey came up with the idea of holding a wrestling clinic to raise money for the foundation.

"I came up with the idea and Josh Liebman and Pete Dibiase helped me organize the event," Frey said. "Rider University allowed us to hold the event at their gymnasium. We also had quite a few sponsors who helped. It was a great success, as we raised $12,000."

The clinic, which also featured 20 exhibition matches , was such a big success that Shaler resident Mike Nelson decided to organize a clinic in the Pittsburgh area.

"I thought Mike was crazy trying to put together a clinic in one month," Frey said. "It's amazing what he's done in such a short period of time."

The clinic and wrestling exhibitions will be held at 12:30 p.m. Aug. 15 at Canon-McMillan High School.

The clinic will feature at least three college coaches who won WPIAL, PIAA and NCAA titles in their careers.

"Greg Jones, Robbie Waller and Teague Moore have already committed," Nelson said. "Troy Letters and Jeremy Hunter are hoping to attend, but may not be able to fit it into their schedule."

Jones, a graduate of Greensburg Salem High School and West Virginia, is an assistant coach for the Mountaineers. Waller, a Mount Pleasant and Oklahoma graduate, is the associate head coach at Lock Haven. Moore, a graduate of North Allegheny and Oklahoma State, is the head coach at Clarion. Letters, a graduate of Shaler and Lehigh, is an assistant at Penn State. Hunter, a McGuffey and Penn State graduate, is an assistant at Illinois.

"I also asked Jake Herbert, but he's training with the U.S. freestyle team in Colorado Springs," said Nelson, referring to Herbert, a North Allegheny and Northwestern graduate. "But Jake did send some autographed items for our auction."

Other college coaches who have offered their support at the clinic: Lehigh's Pat Santoro, Maryland's Kerry McCoy, Virginia's Steve Garland and Princeton's Chris Ayres.

The event will also feature exhibition matches at 4:30 p.m. involving WPIAL graduates who are wrestling in college. The clinic cost is $30, but just $15 for those interested in just watching the matches.

Wrestlers who have already committed are: North Allegheny's Karl DeCiantis (Pitt), Derry Area's Troy Dolan (Missouri), West Mifflin's James Fleming (Clarion), Shaler's Eric Fulmer (Mercyhurst), Shady Side Academy's Dane Johnson (Pitt), Canon-McMillan's Colin Johnston (West Virginia), Fox Chapel's Brian Letters (Maryland), Kiski School's Ian McLaughlin (North Carolina), Shaler's Nick Nelson (Virginia), North Allegheny's Joe Waltko (Clarion) and Rob Waltko (Bucknell), Burrell's Shane Welsh (Lehigh) and Keystone Oaks' Anthony Zanetta (Pitt).

"The toughest thing in organizing this event was cutting through the NCAA red tape," Nelson said. "We had to have the athletic director from each college sign off before the wrestlers could participate. It was a real pain in the butt."

Money will also be raised through T-shirt sales, raffles, Chinese auctions and a silent auction with numerous donations from wrestlers and colleges.

"We had more than 1,300 people attend the clinic in New Jersey and raised $12,000," Frey said. "Our hope is to have 2,000 attend the upcoming clinic and eclipse the figure of $12,000."