Sauer, a junior, placed sixth at the NCAA Championships last year for Coach Dan Hicks' squad and finished the season with a 30-13 record.
From Grass Valley, Calif., Sauer started his college career at Fresno State and transferred to Fullerton after the Bulldog wrestling program was dropped. Ironically, he defeated his former teammate at Fresno, Cody Parker, in the consolations at the NCAA Championships last season en route to his sixth-place finish. Parker was wrestling for Cal Poly.
Among Sauer's wins at the NCAA tournament last year: Kyle Massey of Wisconsin, Parker, Reece Hopkin of Northern Colorado, Dustin Rogers of West Virginia and Payam Zarrinpour of Sacred Heart.
Sauer is the first-ever representative from Cal State-Fullerton in the NWCA All-Star Classic.
Fox withdrew after suffering an injury while competing last weekend.
Cal State-Fullerton coach Dan Hicks was a two-time participant in the NWCA All-Star Classic as a wrestler for Oregon State. He defeated Sam Komar of Indiana 7-4 in 1978 when the event was hosted at Franklin & Marshall. In 1979, he defeated Michigan State's Jeff Therrian 6-3 when the event was held in Corvallis.
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