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Drew Gorman photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com Earlier this summer, on his show “The First World” InterMat’s and MatScouts aficionado Willie Saylor mentioned how recruiting commitments from the Class of 2025 seemed to be slower than normal. That was the case at the time, but within the last couple of weeks, commitments from current high school juniors have really picked up. It makes sense many have taken multiple official visits by this point or maybe just the one that resonated with them. The recent run on verbals from the Class of 2025 started Friday evening as New Jersey state champion Alessio Perentin (Delbarton, NJ) committed to Cornell. Over the weekend another prominent domino fell as #51 Drew Gorman (Buford, GA) committed to Virginia Tech. Gorman is a three-time Fargo All-American, taking third in 2022 in Junior freestyle, and an NHSCA Sophomore national champion earlier this year. Gorman likely projects as a 141 lber for the Hokies. Virginia Tech has a pair of true freshmen that could vie for the starting role in 2023-24 (Mac Church/Hunter Mason), though they could shift weights following this year. Gorman isn’t the only wrestler in the Class of 2025 who has recently committed to the Hokies. New Jersey state third-place finisher, Ryan Burton (St. Joseph’s Regional, NJ) got the recent run started after a huge recruiting weekend for the Hokies two weeks ago. Yesterday, Missouri got into the act as they kept one of the top juniors in the state at home. Peyton Westpfahl (Liberty, MO) is a three-time Fargo All-American himself, as he was seventh in Junior freestyle this summer. He was fifth and seventh in the 16U division in the two previous years. In his first two years of high school, Westpfahl was a state finalist and a fifth-place finisher. This summer, Westpfahl competed at 182 lbs in Fargo, so he’s projected at 184/197 lbs for the Tigers. Missouri has some young talent at 184, but could use help at 197 as three-time All-American Rocky Elam will be out of eligibility after the 2024-25 season. Perentin wasn’t the only junior upperweight from New Jersey to commit to the Big Red over the last few days either. He’ll be joined by Rocco Dellagatta (St. Joseph’s Regional, NJ) who was a fourth-place finisher at 175 lbs last season. Dellagatta had a huge weight jump in the offseason, but it didn’t hamper his production. He was third at 110 kg in UWW Cadet freestyle and fourth in Junior freestyle in Fargo (285 lbs). Pittsburgh also got into the act with a pair of notable commitments. Two-time New Jersey state placewinner, Carson Walsh (Pope John XXIII, NJ) is currently ranked #94 in the Class of 2025. He finished third at the Beast of the East last year and is a Fargo 16U All-American in freestyle. Walsh will be joined in the Class of 2025 by local product, Bode Marlow (Thomas Jefferson, PA). Marlow did not place at the Pennsylvania AAA tournament last year, but he did take eighth place in UWW Cadet freestyle competing at 71 kg. At one point this summer, Marlow was on MatScouts Big Board. Walsh projects at 141 lbs, while Marlow could be up at 165. Not traditionally known as a recruiting power, Brown University received its fourth verbal commitment from the Class of 2025. The latest addition to Brown’s recruiting class was Braedon Welsh (Fort Cherry, PA). Welsh was a fourth-place finisher in Pennsylvania’s AA class at 172 lbs during the 2023-24 season. To date, Welsh’s best national-level credential is a fifth-place finish at NHSCA Freshman Nationals in 2022. Head coach Jordan Leen and his staff have put together a 2025 class that features two Big Boarder’s and a third wrestler that was on a previous Big Board. The rest of the Ivy League has been put on notice! For all of the recruiting information on InterMat, check out our College Commitment page.