Mehmen joins the Jackrabbits after recording 48 wins over two seasons at Ellsworth Community College in Iowa Falls, Iowa. He earned all-America honors at 197 pounds this past season, with a fifth-place finish at the National Junior College Athletic Association Wrestling Championships. He will have two years of eligibility remaining and will major in education. In high school, Mehmen was a state place-winner his junior year, earning fourth-place honors at Denver High School in Denver, Iowa.
"I am very excited to have Derrick join our program," SDSU head coach Jason Liles said. "He is an excellent competitor and will be a tremendous addition to our upper weights."
South Dakota State, which finished the 2005-06 season with a 7-11 dual record, will begin competition in the Western Wrestling Conference next winter.
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