Senior Peter Sturgeon, formerly of the University of North Carolina-Greensboro, will be eligible to join the Chippewas immediately after being displaced by UNCG's decision to cut its wrestling program, per NCAA guidelines. He has one season of eligibility remaining.
"We're very excited to add a heavyweight the caliber of Peter to our program," said CMU head coach Tom Borrelli. "He's a returning national qualifier, and we expect him to have an immediate impact on our program."
Sturgeon (Winter Park, Fla./Winter Park HS) qualified for the 2011 NCAA Championships, but finished 0-2 in two closely contested matches. He was the runner-up at the Southern Conference Championships each of the past two seasons, and has a 62-26 record as the heavyweight starter at UNCG.
During the 2010-11 season, Sturgeon finished with a third place finish at the N.C. State Invitational, and a fifth place showing at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational. At Las Vegas, Sturgeon went 0-2 against now-teammate and fellow heavyweight Jarod Trice.
Trice, meanwhile, plans to apply for an Olympic redshirt and is expected to sit out the 2011-12 season at CMU. He will have one season of eligibility remaining.
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