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. I want to pay it forward."

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 as a freshman.

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.

"The doctor told me I was fortunate to be alive, but then came the news that changed my life. During a routine CAT scan the doctor found three tumors -- on my lung and liver and between my kidneys -- and all three tested positive for cancer."

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

"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."

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 time."

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

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. It was a great success -- we raised $12,000."

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

The clinic and wrestling exhibitions will take place Saturday at 12:30 p.m. at Canon-McMillan High School.

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

"Greg Jones, Robbie Waller and Teague Moore have already committed," Nelson said.

Other college coaches who have offered their support at are 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 currently wrestling in college. The clinic cost is $30, but just $15 for those interested in just watching the matches.

Some wrestlers who have already committed are: West Mifflin's James Fleming (Clarion), Canon-McMillan's Colin Johnston (West Virginia), Canon-McMillan's Matt Ryan (West Virginia) and Keystone Oaks' Anthony Zanetta (Pitt).