McCook High School senior Nate Morgan (second from right) gets ready to sign a national letter of intent to join the Penn State University wrestling program during a special ceremony Monday afternoon at the Senior High School gymnasium. Nate's parents, Mike and Jill Morgan (left) and Bison head wrestling coach Nich Umscheid (far right) joined Nate at the ceremony. Morgan capped a perfect season by winning the 119-pound gold medal at the Nebraska Class B State Wrestling Championships last February in Omaha.
Penn State University has one of the rising young stars in the collegiate wrestling coaching ranks, and perhaps the best college wrestler that has ever stepped on a mat, heading the Nittany Lions mat program.
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Guy Cipriano – gciprian@centredaily.com
Penn State’s recruiting efforts never stopped when Andrew and Dylan Alton, Dirk Cowburn and Sam Sherlock faxed letters of intent to the wrestling office last fall.
By officially landing two-time New Jersey state champion Hank Stinson, Shady Side Academy’s Frank Martellotti, Juniata’s Seth Beitz, Oxford’s Nick Ruggear and Cameron Kelly of Pittsford (N.Y.), head coach Cael Sanderson added five wrestlers with combined 697-123 high school records to his first full recruiting class
via PSU adds another wave to touted wrestling class – Sports | Centre Daily Times – State College, PA.
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Head coach Cael Sandersons incoming class grows to nine
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The 2009-10 Penn State Nittany Lion wrestling recruiting class, already considered one of the nations best, has gotten even stronger with the addition of five talented new faces. Head coach Cael Sandersons incoming class has grown to nine with the new commitments.Penn States incoming class of freshmen has been joined by Hank Stinson Voorhees, N.J., Frank Martellotti Pittsburgh, Pa., Nick Ruggear Oxford, Pa., Seth Beitz Juniata, Pa. and Cameron Kelly Pittsford, N.Y..
via Nittany Lion Wrestling Team Adds Five Talented Athletes to 2009-10 Recruiting Class – PENN STATE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE.
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College Wrestling Examiner
Mark Palmer
In looking at a college wrestler, it’s all too easy to get wrapped up in won-loss records, pinning percentages and other by-the-numbers stuff… and overlook the other aspects that make an athlete’s story all the more compelling.
Take Dan Vallimont, for example.
College wrestling fans know Vallimont as a Penn State redshirt senior who, despite being seeded sixth in the 165-pound bracket, made it to the finals of the 2010 NCAA Division I Championships… losing to Wisconsin's top-seeded Andrew Howe, 9-3, in the title bout.
via Penn State’s 2010 NCAA finalist Dan Vallimont: Beyond the obvious.
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Two Ohioans advance to Junior World wrestling trials
By Tim Warsinskey, The Plain Dealer
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Nearly 14 months ago, David Taylor won his fourth Ohio high school state wrestling title at St. Paris Graham and headed off to Penn State as one of the nation’s top recruits.
Brecksville’s Jeremy Johnson, meanwhile, won his first state championship and matriculated to Ohio University in relative anonymity.
Sunday night at the FILA Junior Freestyle Nationals, however, Johnson did Taylor one better. Johnson was the heavyweight national runner-up, and Taylor finished third at 163 pounds. Both earned berths in the Junior World Team Trials next month in Colorado Springs, Colo.
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