Kanen Storr wrestling at the UWW Junior World Team Trials (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com)Kanen Storr's seemingly sudden request for a transfer out of Iowa State last week has taken on potentially greater implications, thanks to two new developments over the weekend.
On Saturday, first-year Cyclones head coach Kevin Dresser alleged on Takedown Radio that Storr "was being tampered with ... by some former coaches."
Then, on Sunday, the Cedar Rapids Gazette reported that Storr's request to leave Iowa State involved "alleged illegal contact from Virginia."
Ben Visser of the Gazette wrote, "According to a source close to the Iowa State athletics program, last week, Iowa State compliance requested the phone records of a University of Virginia assistant coach in regard to possible illegal contact with Storr, who was then a member of the Iowa State wrestling team. The source said Virginia ran the phone records the same day Iowa State reported the violation and the phone log showed substantial text messages and calls over an extended period."
The article goes on to state that UVa has two assistant wrestling coaches listed on the Cavaliers' official website, Travis and Trent Paulson. Both served as assistant coaches at Iowa State last season and worked with Storr.
Any possible contact would be problematic for those at the school initiating contact.
Tony Hager, one of the hosts of Takedown Radio, asked Dresser if coaches from one school are allowed to contact wrestlers from another school. The Iowa State head coach replied, "Nope, it is against NCAA rules so that's another issue that I will stay away from but there will be ramifications from this, I'll put it that way. Not on Storr but there will be ramifications."
NCAA rules state, "If a student athlete is enrolled full time in a four-year school, athletics staff members from another NCAA school cannot contact that student athlete or their parents unless the school first has a letter from the current school's athletics director. If the current school does not grant the student athlete written permission to contact, the other school cannot encourage the athlete to transfer and cannot give them an athletics scholarship until they have attended the new school for one academic year."
Last Tuesday, Iowa State announced that Storr had requested a transfer.
The ISU statement read, "'Kanen (Storr) requested permission to transfer to another institution,' Iowa State Head Coach Kevin Dresser said. 'I am going to honor that request and allow him the one-time transfer exception. We wish him the best.'"
"It's unfortunate for Kanen because he's a good kid," Dresser said on Takedown Radio. "He was being tampered with since the day he left by some former coaches. I don't think he ever really got a chance to give my staff a chance."
A native of Leslie, Michigan, Storr had compiled a 15-7 record this season for the Cyclones, and was 25-5 last season as a redshirt. InterMat had ranked him No. 18 at 141 pounds.
Prior to coming to Ames, Storr was a three-time Michigan high school state champion at Leslie High School, compiling a 227-3 record. He was a runner-up at the InterMat Classic in 2015.
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