Hall, who will compete for the Sun Devils at heavyweight, is a three-time high school state champion and a two-time member of the Junior World Team. In 2012, Hall participated at the 2012 Olympic Trials. Hall wrestled for ASU All-American and member of the 1988 NCAA Championship team, Mike Davies prior to training at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., for 18 months. Hall also spent 18 months living in Uganda for his Mormon mission.
Also joining the Sun Devil program in the fall are Jake Deutschlander (Bath, Me./Hyde School/160 pounds), Chance Eskam (Carlsbad, Calif./Carlsbad HS/Heavyweight), Tyler Sage (Weston, Fla./Cypress Bay HS/138 pounds), Kirk Wilson (Baton Rouge, La./Dunham HS/Heavyweight), and Kerrigan Kohnen (Frisco, Texas/Frisco Wakeland HS/Heavyweight).
A 2014 Greco National runner-up at 160 pounds, Deutschlander is a three-time Greco All-American and two-time freestyle state champion. In 2015, Deutschlander placed fifth and was named a National Preps All-American, and is also a two-time USA Wrestling Folkstyle All-American.
In his senior season at Carlsbad HS, Eskam was ranked at No. 18 by FloWrestling, and placed at the California State Championships twice. Eskam is a three-time CIF Champion, a three-time Masters Champion, and three-time State qualifier. Eskam earned high school All-America honors, and was the Temecula Valley �Battle for the Belt Champion'. His older brother Chace Eskam was a two-year starting heavyweight for the Sun Devils, and was named the 2015 Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
Sage finished his career at Cypress Bay High School with a record of 186-35, including a 60-6 mark in his senior season. Sage is a two time district champion and a two time regional champion, qualifying for the Florida State Championships three times. In 2015, Sage finished fourth at the FHSAA Championships, and is also a two-time Disney Duals All-American.
A Louisiana State Champion and NHSCA All-American, Wilson wrestled for Dunham High School in Baton Rouge. Wilson, who intends to major in business at Arizona State was a Louisiana Classic Champion, and will likely wrestle at heavyweight.
A member of the USA Wrestling national team, Kohnen, a heavyweight out of Frisco, Texas, is a two-time regional champion and two-time state finalist. He has amassed more than 150 wins with 100 pins, breaking the single-season school record for wins with 64, including 57 by fall. Kohnen was a THWCA Most Outstanding Wrestler and four-time team captain for Frisco Wakeland HS.
These six wrestlers will join ASU's No. 1-ranked signing class as announced in fall of 2014, which includes Lance Benick (Fridley, Minn./Totino-Grace), Josh Maruca (Murrysville, Pa./Franklin Regional), Anthony Valencia (Bellflower, Calif./St. John Bosco), Zahid Valencia (Bellflower, Calif./St. John Bosco), Josh Shields (Murrysville, Pa./Franklin Regional), Connor Small (Issaquah Wash./Liberty Senior HS), Josh Kramer (Buckeye, Ariz./Desert Edge HS), Paul Klein (Brother Martin HS/New Orleans, La.), and Ted Rico (Combs HS/Queen Creek, Ariz.).
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