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They had the #2 overall recruiting class in 2025. Their 2026 class is poised to be the best in the country. Now, Oklahoma State’s Class of 2027 is off and running with an excellent commitment leading the way. Ignacio Villasenor (Stillwater, OK) has given David Taylor’s team a verbal commitment. Villasenor is the #23 overall recruit in the Class of 2027 and currently ranked third in the nation at 120 lbs. Villasenor’s commitment shouldn’t be a huge surprise as he is originally from Colorado, but had moved to Stillwater earlier in his high school career. In 2023, Villasenor was a bronze medalist in freestyle at the U17 World Championships, while competing at 45 kg. This year, Villasenor was fourth at the UWW U17 Trials at 55 kg. Heading into his junior year of high school competition, Villasenor already has a pair of state championships under his belt. One in Colorado and another in Oklahoma. Other notable credentials for Villasenor include a pair of top-three finishes at the Walsh Ironman (2,3), and two placements at the Super 32 (5,6). Before the 2024-25 high school season, Villasenor participated in FloWrestling’s Who’s #1 event and downed Ohio State recruit Dom Munaretto 7-5 in the 113 lb bout. Villasenor was last in action in Fargo and was up at 126 lbs for Junior freestyle. He advanced to the Round of 12 and narrowly missed out on the podium. At the next level, Villasenor projects as 125/133 lber. Oklahoma State has a lot of young talent either in the room, or on the way, in that range, so we’ll see how that plays out. Villasenor is the third wrestler from the Class of 2027 to commit. For all of those commits : Click Here For all of Oklahoma State’s recruits from 2026 and 2027 : Click Here

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Campbell University has announced that TJ Dudley will be promoted to become the program’s next head coach. Dudley came to Campbell a year ago as an assistant coach under then-head coach Scotti Sentes. During Dudley’s first year on staff, Campbell went 11-9, finished third at the SoCon Championships, and sent three wrestlers to the NCAA Championships. Dudley also worked closely with 2024 All-American heavyweight Taye Ghadiali, who participated in the 2024 NWCA All-Star Classic, but then was lost for the year to injury. Before coming to Campbell, Dudley spent three years as an assistant at Brown University. As a competitor, Dudley was a three-time All-American for the University of Nebraska. In 2016, he made the finals of the Big Ten and NCAA Championships. He was twice named the program’s Most Outstanding Wrestler. Following his graduation, Dudley continued to compete on the Senior level and finished third at the US Open. Dudley will inherit a Campbell program that is in transition. Before the 2024-25 season, the athletic department announced that wrestling would be one of five programs facing a severe funding cut as a result of the school "opting in" to revenue sharing. Shortly after this announcement and after the regular season, there were a handful of notable Campbell wrestlers who entered the transfer portal. At this point in time, none of the wrestlers on the Camels roster have previous NCAA experience.