New Starters This Year

[Husker_Du]

who are you most excited about?

and how many first-time starters do you see reaching the podium?

here's a list of the top ones i expect to start.

also - anyone have a # of average # of frosh AA's per year?

 

[Gus]

4 minutes ago, Husker_Du said:

who are you most excited about?

and how many first-time starters do you see reaching the podium?

here's a list of the top ones i expect to start.

also - anyone have a # of average # of frosh AA's per year?

 

As a SDSU Jackrabbit fan, I am very excited to see Bennett Berge get a full season under his belt. I think he has the skills to make the podium. 

Other new starters I am excited to watch and I think will AA: Nic Bouzakis, Meyer Shapiro, Mitchell Mesenbrink (if he goes), Dayton Pitzer, Nick Feldman

Could AA: Troy Sprately, Kannon Webster, Rylan Rogers, Dylan Fishback, Stephen Little, Ben Keuter (if no Cassiopi), Christian Carrol

[feet2back]

 Yaraslau Slavikouski from Harvard starting for Rutgers in The B1G and The Oklahoma transfers Moore and Buter dropping weights to wrestle at Jersey Mikes Arena!

Edited November 2, 2023 by feet2back

[flyingcement]

Mesenbrink (if he doesn't olyshirt)

Figueroa

Santaniello

Mac Stout

Giampetro

Bouzakis

Geog

Berge

Dutton

Nassir Bailey

Antrell Taylor

Jacob Van Dee

Edited November 2, 2023 by flyingcement

[Husker_Du]

1 hour ago, Gus said:

As a SDSU Jackrabbit fan, I am very excited to see Bennett Berge get a full season under his belt. I think he has the skills to make the podium. 

Other new starters I am excited to watch and I think will AA: Nic Bouzakis, Meyer Shapiro, Mitchell Mesenbrink (if he goes), Dayton Pitzer, Nick Feldman

Could AA: Troy Sprately, Kannon Webster, Rylan Rogers, Dylan Fishback, Stephen Little, Ben Keuter (if no Cassiopi), Christian Carrol

i guess i could have put Keuter in there with a 'no cassioppi' disclaimer but they now sound hopeful. who knows.

i'll tell ya a couple kids i missed in the article

Caden McCrary 133 UNC should be good if he can hold the weight

John Wiley 149 OU - they listed him at 157 fo wrestle offs so i was unsure of his status. 

[Gus]

15 minutes ago, Husker_Du said:

i guess i could have put Keuter in there with a 'no cassioppi' disclaimer but they now sound hopeful. who knows.

i'll tell ya a couple kids i missed in the article

Caden McCrary 133 UNC should be good if he can hold the weight

John Wiley 149 OU - they listed him at 157 fo wrestle offs so i was unsure of his status. 

Is McDougal better than Wiley or is Wiley to big for 149? My guy Alek Martin took out Wiley in Frost Arena last year. 

I am not familiar with McCrary, will keep an eye out for him. 

[bnwtwg]

Does this unofficially confirm Kannon Webster is redshirting?

cc @ILLINIWrestlingBlog

[Husker_Du]

all i know is, after the article came out one of their coaches reached out and said John Wiley was gonna be problems.

McCrary won S32 at 138 back in 2020.

Webster - my hunch is he's redshirting but i don't know that for sure. 

[bnwtwg]

3 hours ago, Husker_Du said:

all i know is, after the article came out one of their coaches reached out and said John Wiley was gonna be problems.

McCrary won S32 at 138 back in 2020.

Webster - my hunch is he's redshirting but i don't know that for sure. 

Does your reply mean I’m back in good graces? Like hopefully a bottom 50 innocuous post gets me a little less heat… for now?

[Gus]

@MNRodent @headshuck what’s the gopher consensus on Vance Vombaur? He single handily ruined my Jackrabbits chance at beating Minny last year. 

[ILLINIWrestlingBlog]

5 hours ago, bnwtwg said:

Does this unofficially confirm Kannon Webster is redshirting?

cc @ILLINIWrestlingBlog

In the broadcast of the ILLINI/SIUE dual tonight, the announcer quoted Coach Poeta as saying that Kannon Webster "will for sure get his 5 free duals." Also, I expect Braeden Scoles will get his five, especially if he's down at 157, while Chris Moore down at 165 and others will see some action. 

[Nittanychris]

It’s Mesenbrink if he goes and Shapiro.

[nhs67]

Sonny Santiago is one I am excited for.

The slew of 184lbers that are new starters this year, as well as the 197 guys.

Damn it... here is my watch list...

125:
- Richie Figs - ASU
- Mike DeAuggie - UofM (New school)
- Brayden Palmer - Chatt (New weight)
- Troy Spratley - OSU
- Dom Mendez - Cal Poly
- Drew Heethus - Princeton

133:
- Chris Cannon - (New school)
- Nic Bouzakis - tOSU
- Evan Frost - ISU
- Garrett Grice - ISU (New school)
- Julian Chlebove - ASU
- Dylan Shawver - Rutgers (New weight)
- Anthony Madrigal - Illinois (New school)
- Jacob Van Dee - Nebraska
- Nico Rivera - Wiscy
- Zeth Romney - Cal Poly
- Nasir Bailey - LR-Arkansas
- Dom Serrano - Northern Colorado (New school)

141:
- Jesse Mendez - tOSU (New weight)
- Dylan Ragusin - UofM (New weight)
- Sammy Alvarez - OSU (New school/weight)
- Tagen Jamison  - OSU (New school)
- Mitch Moore - OU (New school)
- Josh Edmond - Mizzou (New weight)
- Wyatt Henson - Lock Haven (New school/weight)
- Jacob Frost - ISU
- Zach Redding - ISU (New weight)
- Jordan Decatur - Kent State (New school/weight)
- Mac Church - VT

149:
- Chance Lamer - Cal Poly (New school)
- Dylan D'Emilio - tOSU (New weight)
- Victor Voinovich - Iowa (New school)
- Casey Swiderski - ISU (New weight)
- Anthony Echemendia - ISU (New school/weight)
- Michael Gioffre - Virginia
- Finn Solomon - Pitt (New school)
- Kyle Dutton - LR-Arkansas
- Jordan Williams - OSU
- Fidel Mayora - UofM
- Dylan Gilcher - UofM
- Sergio Lemley - UofM
- Adam Busiello - Northern Colorado (New school)
- Kanon Webster - Illinois
- Kolby McClain - Northwestern

157:
- Jared Franek - Iowa (New school)
- Brock Mauller - Mizzou (New weight)
- Michael Blockhus - Minnesota (New weight)
- Brayton Lee - Indiana (New school)
- Max Brignolia - Lehigh (New weight)
- Legend Lamer - Cal Poly (New weight)
- Carter Baer - Binghamton
- Meyer Shapiro - Cornell
- Drayden Morton - Cal Baptist
- Joey Blaze - Purdue

165:
- Michael Caliendo - Iowa (New school)
- Izzy Olenjik - OSU (New school)
- Antrell Taylor - Nebraska
- Derek Gilcher - Indiana (New weight)
- Nick Hamilton - Virginia
- Nicco Ruiz - ASU
- Bryce Andonian - VT (New weight)
- Tyler Swiderski - Central Michigan
- Hunter Garvin - Stanford
- AJ Kovacs - NC State (New weight)
- Anthony White - Rutgers (New weight)
- Michael Goldfeder - Cal Poly (New school)
- Kamdyn Munro - Chatt
- Cael Carlson - Oklahoma (New school)
- Hunter Lyden - Minnesota

174:
- Shane Griffith - UofM (New school/weight)
- Carson Kharchla - tOSU (New weight)
- Rocco Welsh - tOSU
- Patrick Kennedy - Iowa (New weight)
- Gabe Arnold - Iowa
- Justin McCoy - Virginia (New weight)
- Travis Wittlake - OSUw (New school)
- Andrew Sparks - Minnesota (New weight)
- Tate Picklo - Oklahoma
- MJ Gaitan - ISU
- Brody Baumann - Purdue
- Brody Conley - West Virginia
- Max Maylor - Wiscy (New school)
- Tony Negron - ASU (New weight)
- DJ Shannon - Michigan State (New school)
- Sergio Desiante - Chatt
- Brayden Thompson - OSU
- Noah Mulvaney - Bucknell
- Andre Rocker - Northwestern

184:
- Bernie Truax - Penn State (New school)
- Dustin Plott - OSU (New weight)
- Ben Pasiuk - Army (New weight)
- Bennet Berge - SDSU
- Rylan Rogers - UofM
- Dylan FIshback - NC State
- James Rowley - Purdue (New school/weight)
- Brennan Swafford - Iowa (New weight)
- Guiseppe Hoose - Oklahoma (New school)
- Sam Fisher - VT
- Mehki Lewis - VT (New weight)
- Nate Haas - Cal Baptist (New school)
- Cael Valencia - ASU (New weight)
- Ryan Stein - Chatt
- Kendall LaRosa - Cal Poly
- Adrien Cramer - Central Michigan (New school/weight)
- Kyle Snider - Kent State

197:
- Aaron Brooks - Penn State (New weight)
- Trent Hidlay - NC State (New weight)
- Stephen Buchanan - Oklahoma (New school)
- Mac Stout - Pitt
- John Poznanski - Rutgers (New weight)
- Julian Broderson - ISU (New weight)
- Luke Geog - tOSU
- Seth Shumate - tOSU
- Stephen Little - LR-Arkansas
- Abe Assad - Iowa (New weight)
- Wyatt Voelker - UNI
- Jarad Priest - Cal Poly (New weight)
- Mike Tal-Shahar - Wiscy

285:
- Lucas Davison - UofM (New school)
- Ben Kueter - Iowa
- Dayton Pitzer - Pitt
- Yonger Bastida - ISU (New weight)
- Yaraslau Slavikouski - Rutgers (New school)
- Christian Carroll - OSU
- Boone McDermott - OSUw (New school)
- Seth Nevills - Maryland (New school)
- Luke Rasmussen - SDSU
- Harley Andrews - Nebraska
- Nick Feldman - tOSU

** DISCLAIMER**
Some of these are 'wish list' for New Weights and some are Predictions/Projections for the End of Season.  Pick your poison... I have all these guys on my watch list.

[Le duke]

FWIW, Mekhi is wrestling Starocci at 174.

I know it was rumored he was going up but apparently not.


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[nhs67]

Also of note... thanks to Rocky Jordan... I am following the trio of RS-FR from UT-Chatt closely from 165-184.  I am curious what sort of jumps from Year 1 to Year 2 they make after having him in the room.  What sort of tricks and whatnot that he may have brought to them).

https://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/71789/munro-kamdyn/profile
- 13W - 5L, All matches at 165

https://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/78495/desiante-sergio/profile
- 7W - 7L, Only two matches at 174, rest at 184.

https://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/79015/stein-ryan/profile
- 0W - 1L, One match up at 285 last year and now dropping to 184

With Palmer dropping to 125 I think UT-Chatt may be my Socon team to follow this year, although I am and have been a fan of Campbell for a good while (TYVM Fanco - WHERE IS HE THIS YEAR?!?!?!).

[nhs67]

2 minutes ago, Le duke said:

FWIW, Mekhi is wrestling Starocci at 174.

I know it was rumored he was going up but apparently not.


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Do they get an allowance this year?  There was one year (forget which one) that they got a five (5) pound allowance and some of the wrestlers were pissed about it because they misunderstood.

Even so... Dustin Plott just wrestled 79 KG at U23s and is going 184lbs.  Sonny Santiago just wrestled 74 KG at U23s then weighed in at 157lbs yesterday.  Until we get ~halfway through January I am going to wear my tinfoil hat and hope he goes 184lbs.

[MNRodent]

11 hours ago, Gus said:

@MNRodent @headshuck what’s the gopher consensus on Vance Vombaur? He single handily ruined my Jackrabbits chance at beating Minny last year. 

He has an interesting style that can be tough to wrestle against.  The Gophers could have up to 5 redshirt sophomores that would be first year starters and have a chance to be pretty solid...Vom Baur 141, Roberts 149, Brenner 165, Nagel 197, Tabor Hwt.  Also redshirt freshman Lyden 165.  I think all true freshmen will redshirt, but Movari 125, Wells 133, Riddle 174, McEnelly 184, Nelson 197 should see some action with the 5 contest rule, and give the starter a rest.

[Gus]

36 minutes ago, MNRodent said:

He has an interesting style that can be tough to wrestle against.  The Gophers could have up to 5 redshirt sophomores that would be first year starters and have a chance to be pretty solid...Vom Baur 141, Roberts 149, Brenner 165, Nagel 197, Tabor Hwt.  Also redshirt freshman Lyden 165.  I think all true freshmen will redshirt, but Movari 125, Wells 133, Riddle 174, McEnelly 184, Nelson 197 should see some action with the 5 contest rule, and give the starter a rest.

I am hoping to see more consistency out of Carlson this year. He had a brutal course load first semester last season and I think that played a big part in his inconsistent results. Vombaur did look tough in that match against Carlson and has had some other nice wins in his career (Biscoglia, Julian Farber, Jack Wagner). Will be interesting to see what he can do as a full time starter. 

[Elevator]

I really appreciate the knowledge and insight of so many poster on this string and many others.  I have not been able to keep up and do not want to suggest I have much to offer.  The one thing I know a little about is that Penn graduated several starters and should have many new wrestlers and perhaps some at new weights. I have not seen these guys and have no opinions about who will emerge - but there is some depth and several with strong credentials coming in.  

They have wrestle-offs this weekend and so that should begin to tell the story of who will emerge and where.  It often is an evolving analysis though where early season results at the Keystone and other competitions may become important.

Penn has an off year at NCAA's last year, but otherwise a good season. I think they should have a better year this year and hoping that carries through the NCAA tourney.  It is a very tough tourney, so my expectations are modest.

[Le duke]

5 hours ago, nhs67 said:

 

133:
- Chris Cannon - (New school)
- Nic Bouzakis - tOSU
- Evan Frost - ISU
- Garrett Grice - ISU (New school)
- Julian Chlebove - ASU
- Dylan Shawver - Rutgers (New weight)
- Anthony Madrigal - Illinois (New school)
- Jacob Van Dee - Nebraska
- Nico Rivera - Wiscy
- Zeth Romney - Cal Poly
- Nasir Bailey - LR-Arkansas
- Dom Serrano - Northern Colorado (New school)

 

Aaron Nagao - Penn State (New school)

[nhs67]

1 hour ago, Le duke said:

Aaron Nagao - Penn State (New school)

I am not as interested in him.  Nothing against him, I just think that his finishing position is AA as a low 3rd as a high.  I don't see him challenging for a NC and I don't see him, so long as he is healthy, not pulling in AA this year.

[Husker_Du]

19 hours ago, bnwtwg said:

Does your reply mean I’m back in good graces? Like hopefully a bottom 50 innocuous post gets me a little less heat… for now?

lol. you were never not in my good graces. just calling the third biggest city in PA, that's 60 miles from the biggest city in PA 'middle of nowhere' was silly 

[Gus]

Kannon Webster went for Illinois tonight and got the 20-5 tech fall. Add Jett Strickenberger to my list of guys to watch this year. He won the Southeast open beating Brandon Kaylor in the finals. 

[Le duke]

Kannon Webster went for Illinois tonight and got the 20-5 tech fall. Add Jett Strickenberger to my list of guys to watch this year. He won the Southeast open beating Brandon Kaylor in the finals. 

Webster is really good. Looks like he could grow into 165 eventually. Long frame.

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[Gus]

24 minutes ago, Le duke said:

 

Webster is really good. Looks like he could grow into 165 eventually. Long frame.

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He has been on my radar since he waxed Vince Cornella with relative ease at U20 trials.