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There’s been a lot of recruiting news since our article last week. On Saturday afternoon, #2 Bo Bassett and #1 Melvin Miller shocked the wrestling community as they announced their commitment to Virginia Tech. Last night, the #4 wrestler in the Class of 2027, Landon Sidun, posted his commitment to top-ranked Penn State. Aside from those three, there were a lot of big-name wrestlers taking visits over the weekend. I’d expect this to die down a bit with Who’s #1 coming up this weekend and the Super 32 the following weekend. One of the things that makes following recruiting fun is the cloak-and-dagger secrecy surrounding parts of the process. For every Bo Bassett who routinely keeps the public informed on recruiting decisions, there are plenty of others who don’t discuss it as much. Therefore, it can be difficult to follow which recruit is interested in which school and vice versa. I suppose it’s fun, but you’re left wanting more! In order to try and help our fanbase feel more knowledgeable about the process, we’ll have a weekly column that recaps the recruiting weekend. Who has visited where? Maybe some background information on the recruits or the process from the school. The weekend of August 23rd The weekend of August 30th The weekend of September 6 The Weekend of September 13 The Weekend of September 20 Last Week's Article American NR Kaz Morosetti (North Kingstown, RI) - Class of 2026 The Eagles had a heavyweight prospect on campus in Kaz Morosetti. Morosetti is a two-time Rhode Island state champion, a third-place finisher in New England, and a three-time NHSCA age-group placewinner. Morosetti has already visited Rhode Island’s DI program, Brown. Buffalo #129 Maverick Beckwith (Norwich, NY) #237 Isaiah Taylor (AIM Academy, PA) NR Nathan Klingensmith (Norwin, PA) NR Declan McKee (Tioga Central, NY) The Buffalo staff has been on a tear recruiting under Donnie Vinson. This weekend, they turned their attention to the Class of 2027. In-state recruits and prospects from Pennsylvania have been their priority and that holds true with this group - one that includes two Big Boarders. Beckwith was a 16U freestyle All-American this summer in Fargo, while Taylor was an NHSCA Junior National champion earlier this year. McKee was a New York state champion in 2025 and Klingensmith is an under-the-radar recruit from a solid PA program. Taylor has already taken a visit to NC State. This is the first visit we’ve seen from the other three. Campbell #184 David Perez (Ponaganset, RI) - Class of 2026 NR Colby Vital (Ponaganset, RI) - Class of 2026 First-year head coach TJ Dudley is taking advantage of his time spent as an assistant coach at Brown University and hosted a pair of recruits from Rhode Island. David Perez was initially committed to Brown, but now has reopened the recruiting process. He was an NHSCA Freshman National finalist in 2023. Colby Vital was a fourth-place finisher in New England this year. Hofstra NR Wyatt Boice (Minisink Valley, NY) NR Anthony Verdi (St. Peter’s Prep, NJ) - Class of 2026 Hofstra hit both the junior and senior classes with their visitors over the weekend. Wyatt Boice is a junior who finished third in the New York DI classification at 160 lbs last year. Anthony Verdi has already placed twice at the New Jersey state tournament. Little Rock #77 Cayden Rios (Allen, TX) Cayden Rios has been busy thus far in the fall, but he didn’t have to travel that far over the weekend, as he took in the Little Rock campus. Rios has finished third at the NHSCA grade-level tournament in each of his first two years of high school. Before visiting Little Rock, Rios had also visited Northwestern and Virginia. Maryland #37 Mikey Batista (Blair Academy, NJ) #184 Bobby Duffy (Christian Brothers, NJ) - Class of 2026 NR Izaac Gaines (Geneseo, IL) NR Josh Piparo (St. Peter’s Prep, NJ) Maryland had a quartet of prospects in town. Three of the four are from New Jersey - the Terp staff is definitely trying to take advantage of their proximity to that power state. The highest ranked wrestler in the bunch is National Prep runner-up, Mikey Batista. The only senior in the bunch is New Jersey fifth-place finisher Bobby Duffy. The other Jersey kid is state qualifier Josh Piparo. Coming in from outside of the Mid-Atlantic is Izaac Gaines, who was a match away from placing at the Illinois 2A state tournament, but was a freestyle state champion. Batista has already taken visits to Columbia, Princeton, and Northwestern. Editor’s Note: As we finished this article, Batista has committed to Maryland Duffy visited Buffalo last fall. These are the first visits we’ve heard of associated with Gaines or Piparo. Michigan #7 Mario Carini (Poway, CA) #11 Clinton Shepherd (Crown Point, IN) #19 Gabe Logan (Delbarton, NJ) Michigan has been relatively quiet thus far on the official visit circuit; however, they had some huge names in town over the weekend. The Wolverines have had lots of recent success recruiting in California. They’ve reached out again with sophomore state champion Mario Carini. Then you have Junior freestyle runner-up Clinton Shepherd. Finally, Gabe Logan, a top-four finisher in New Jersey as a freshman. Logan is the son of Michigan two-time All-American, Damion Logan. Carini has already taken visits to Cornell, Stanford, and Virginia Tech. Shepherd has visited Ohio State and Nebraska. Logan has been to Arizona State, Penn, and Virginia Tech. Minnesota #141 Camden Rugg (Union Grove, WI) #149 Jake Kos (Simley, MN) NR Max Gonzalez (East Troy, WI) Two big weeks in a row for the Gopher staff. They hosted a pair of Big Boarders and three juniors overall. Camden Rugg was a Junior freestyle AA in Fargo this year. Jake Kos was a 16U Greco AA in 2024, the same year Max Gonzalez got on the podium in 16U freestyle. Simley is a program that Minnesota will always come back to and they’ve had good success, of late, recruiting in Wisconsin. Rugg is the only one we’ve seen on the recruiting trail before this weekend. He also took a trip to Northern Iowa. NC State #34 Maximus Fortier (Fairmont, WV) #74 Jon Smith (Oxford, PA) #146 Joel Welch (St. Francis DeSales, OH) They keep going! There are no off weeks in the recruiting game in Raleigh! The NC State staff had three more Big Boarders in town, two from the top 100. Maximus Fortier is a UWW U17 Trials All-American and a champion at NHSCA Sophomore and Freshman. Jon Smith finished fourth at both the PA state tournament and at NHSCA Sophomores. Joel Welsh was an Ohio DII state finalist at 165 lbs as a sophomore. Fortier has taken visits to the Naval Academy and West Virginia. Smith has visited Buffalo and the Naval Academy. This is the first visit we have on file for Welch. Nebraska #5 Israel Borge (Westlake, MO) #6 Grey Burnett (Perrysburg, OH) #12 Paul Kenny (Christian Brothers Academy, NJ) #27 Nick Singer (Faith Christian Academy, PA) #30 Jimmy Mastny (Marian Central, IL) #38 Dawson Youngblut (Don Bosco, IA) #39 Gage Lohr (Watertown, SD) #42 Mac Crosson (Indianola, IN) The award for the biggest recruiting weekend of this cycle goes to Nebraska. Eight top 50 recruits in town! This group included a pair of U17 world medalists (Burnett, Kenny) and a Junior freestyle national champion from this summer (Singer). Borge’s only other visit thus far has been to Iowa. Burnett has taken a visit to Ohio State. Kenny has visited Rutgers and Virginia Tech. Before traveling to Nebraska, Singer has visited Lehigh, Ohio State, and Virginia Tech. Jimmy Mastny has taken trips to NC State and Stanford. Youngblut has visited Cornell and Iowa’s three DI schools. This is the second visit for Lohr, who was at Minnesota last week. Crosson has been at Iowa, Northern Iowa, Oklahoma, and South Dakota State. Northern Iowa #21 Rocco Cassioppi (Honanegah, IL) #48 Bruno Cassioppi (Honanegah, IL) The Cassioppi twins were back in the state where their older siblings wrestled. This week, they visited Northern Iowa. Both Cassioppi’s have combined to earn All-American honors nine times in Fargo. Before checking out Northern Iowa, the tandem has visited Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin. Ohio State #47 Michael Boyle (Bishop Watterson, OH) The Buckeyes hosted a great in-state big man as Michael Boyle was in town. Boyle has won two Ohio DII state titles, in as many tries. Boyle’s first championship came at 165 lbs and his most recent was at 215. Over the summer, Boyle made the Fargo Junior freestyle finals and was fifth in Greco. Purdue and Virginia Tech have already had Boyle in town for visits. Penn #92 Cael Mielnik (Blair Academy, NJ) #104 PJ Terranova (Delbarton, NJ) #133 Ray Fitzgerald (Malvern Prep, PA) NR Nicholas McGarrity (Peters Township, PA) Penn seems to focus on powerhouse private schools and that was consistent with three of their four visitors over the weekend. Cael Mielnik has been sidelined for a while, but has the potential to be a top big man prospect. PJ Terranova is a New Jersey state medalist and a former 16U freestyle finalist. Ray Fitzergald has gotten on the podium at both the Beast and NHSCA Freshman Nationals. Nicholas McGarrity is a two-time Pennsylvania AAA state placer at 107 lbs. This is the first visit we have noted for Mielnik and Terranova. Fitzgerald has visited Navy and Brown. McGarrity has also visited Navy. Purdue #46 Braylon Reynolds (Brownsburg, IN) #53 Grayson Fuchs (Detroit Central Catholic, MI) #89 Evan Stanley (Lowell, IN) #104 Peyton Hornsby (Center Grove, IN) Keeping the best in-state was the name of the game for Purdue this weekend. Three of their four Big Boarders hail from Indiana. Braylon Reynolds and Evan Stanley both finished second and third, respectively, in the 138 lb Indiana state bracket won by current Boilermaker freshman Isaiah Schaefer. Peyton Hornsby was a finalist at the next weight up. From Michigan is Grayson Fuchs. Fuchs was a 16U freestyle All-American in 2024. Before traveling to Purdue, Reynolds visited Indiana. Fuchs has visited Iowa State and Princeton. Stanley has been busy with visits to Brown, Indiana, and Princeton under his belt. Hornsby also visited Indiana. Stanford #31 Lukas Zalota (Malvern Prep, PA) #40 Justin Farnsworth (Malvern Prep, PA) #71 Brayden Koester (Bettendorf, IA) NR Gregory Torosian (Birmingham, CA) Let’s see if Stanford can top their previous recruiting weekend. Last week, Chris Ayres’ team received two verbals from the Class of 2027 soon after the weekend ended. This time, they had a pair of top 50 recruits from Malvern Prep, along with an in-state recruit and one from Iowa. The most credentialed of the bunch is Justin Farnsworth, who has made the Fargo freestyle finals in both age groups. Farnsworth has already taken visits to Bucknell, Cornell, and Rutgers. Farnsworth’s teammate, Zalota, has been one of the more active wrestlers on the fall visit circuit. Before going out west, he’s visited Army West Point, Indiana, NC State, Rutgers, and Virginia Tech. This is the first visit we’ve seen associated with Iowa 3A state third-place finisher Brayden Koester. Gregory Torosian has already visited Army, Brown, and Harvard. Utah Valley NR Brooks Blasko (Norwin, PA) NR Owen Proper (Marana, AZ) - Class of 2026 Utah Valley continues to stay busy on the recruiting front. They’ve done well, of late, with recruits from PA and they had another one in town, in Brooks Blasko. Blasko is still looking to make an impact on the national level. Arizona’s Owen Proper has finished second and third (x2) at the Arizona State tournament. Virginia Tech #14 Max Konopka (Simsbury, CT) Saturday’s commitment of #1 Melvin Miller and #2 (2026) Bo Bassett stole the recruiting headlines over the weekend. That had to leave a good impression with Max Konopka, who was down in Blacksburg. Konopka has won NHSCA Freshman and Sophomore Nationals and was third at the UWW U17 Trials this spring. Before coming to Virginia Tech, Konopka also toured Cornell, NC State, and Oklahoma.