The entry date (May 2nd) has come and gone for the transfer portal. Now, any additional entries will be tied to a coaching change or perhaps from a graduate student.
One of the more interesting twists and turns from the portal this offseason came this weekend as the presence of 2025 All-American Sammy Alvarez was noted. All of my trusted contacts (and I) are unsure how Alvarez would have another year of eligibility and if he’s been granted one. I’m sure his 2025 WrestleStat page has received a bunch of hits with people trying to make sense of his eligibility (or lack thereof).
We’re about a month and a half removed from the eligibility saga of 2025 Pac-12 champion Tyler Brennan of Little Rock - so I’m sure coaches are very hesitant to approach the Alvarez situation unless their compliance and conference are 100% confident he’ll be eligible in 2025-26.
The precedent I’ve referred to in this situation is Lehigh All-American Josh Humphreys. Humphreys was said to be out of eligibility, but entered the portal. Apparently the coaches/conferences/compliance officers agreed, as well, and Humphreys was unable to compete in 2023-24 (and beyond).
Maybe that’s the case here - or maybe it’s a completely different situation and Alvarez will be deemed eligible to compete in 2025-26.
It’s just another twist and turn in this new portal-era of college athletics.
While entry into the portal may have stopped (for the most part) due to the May 2nd deadline, there still have been plenty of commitments from wrestlers already in the portal. Some notables include Dylan Fishback to Ohio State and 2025 SoCon champion Sergio Desiante to Virginia Tech.
We’ve already written about Fishback individually and his addition to the Buckeye lineup. Desiante brings a seasoned veteran into a Hokie lineup that needed a replacement for 2024 All-American Lennox Wolak.
The first list of wrestlers we’ve listed have already publicly committed to a new transfer destination. That new school is listed first, along with their projected weight, followed by their former school.
Below them are notable wrestlers that have gone into the transfer portal. It is not a comprehensive list.
Transfers
Appalachian State: Joe Fongaro (149) - Rutgers
Arizona State: Gavin Bauder (133) - Clackamas CC
Arizona State: David Szuba (285) - Rider
Arizona State: Leo Tukhlynovych (174) - Rochester CTC
Arizona State: Ane’e Vigil (125) - Clackamas CC
Army West Point: Jake Crapps (133) - Missouri
Bloomsburg: Eric Alderfer (157) - Lock Haven
Buffalo: Kelin Laffey (165) - Pittsburgh
Cal Poly: Luke Gayer (165) - Rutgers
Cal Poly: Andre Gonzales (141) - Ohio State
Campbell: Ethan Ducca (184) - Wyoming
Chattanooga: Hunter Mason (141) - Virginia Tech
Chattanooga: Billy Meiszner (149) - Kent State
Chattanooga: Carter Neves (285) - Ohio State
Clarion: Brandon Bauer (141) - Little Rock
Clarion: Connor Eck (157) - Lock Haven
Clarion: Ky Szewczyk (133) - Ohio
Edinboro: Brycen Arbogast (133) - West Virginia
Edinboro: Tate Geiser (165/174) - Cleveland State
Illinois: Ryan Boersma (285) - Triton College
Illinois: Michael Gioffre (157) - Virginia
Illinois: Spencer Moore (125) - North Carolina
Indiana: Orlando Cruz (174) - Purdue
Iowa: Nasir Bailey (133/141) - Little Rock
Iowa: Massoma Endene (197) - Wartburg
Iowa: Dean Peterson (125) - Rutgers
Iowa: Jordan Williams (149) - Little Rock
Iowa State: Isaac Dean (184) - Rider
Iowa State: Rocky Elam (197) - Missouri
Iowa State: Malton Powe (165) - Pratt CC
Little Rock: Brock Herman (157) - Ohio State
Little Rock: Draegen Orine (133) - NC State
Lock Haven: Sam Gatreau (165) - Maryland
Maryland: Chase Horne (285) - NC State
Michigan: Taye Ghadiali (285) - Campbell
Michigan: Lachlan McNeil (149) - North Carolina
Michigan: Diego Sotelo (125) - Harvard
Minnesota: Jore Volk (125) - Wyoming
Missouri: Maxx Mayfield (165) - Northwestern
Morgan State: Anthony Ferrari (157) - Long Island
NC State: Zach Redding (133/141) - Iowa State
Nebraska: Chance Lamer (149) - Cal Poly
North Carolina: AJ Ferrari (197/285) - CSU Bakersfield
North Carolina: Bryce Hepner (157/165) - Ohio State
North Carolina: Kysen Terukina (125) - Iowa State
Northern Illinois: Ali Adel (184) - Harper College
Northern Iowa: Caleb Rathjen (149) - Iowa
Ohio State: Cody Chittum (157) - Iowa State
Ohio State: Dylan Fishback (184) - NC State
Ohio State: Ethan Stiles (149) - Oregon State
Oklahoma: Tyson Charmoli (133) - Wyoming
Oklahoma: Jack Gioffre (149) - Virginia
Oklahoma: Peyton Kellar (157) - Ohio
Oklahoma: Brian Soldano (184) - Rutgers
Oklahoma: Tyler Wells (133) - Minnesota
Oklahoma State: Alex Facundo (165) - Penn State
Oklahoma State: Richie Figueroa (125/133) - Arizona State
Oklahoma State: Zack Ryder (184) - Penn State
Oklahoma State: Gary Steen (133) - Penn State
Oklahoma State: Casey Swiderski (149) - Iowa State
Oregon State: Joel Adams (149) - Michigan/CKWC
Penn State: Rocco Welsh (184) - Ohio State
Purdue: Blake Boarman (133) - Chattanooga
Purdue: Gavin Brown (149) - Ohio State
Rider: Brendon Abdon (165) - Little Rock
Rider: Eli Griffin (141) - California Baptist
Rider: Dylan Layton (149) - Cleveland State
Rider: Hogan Swenski (285) - Ohio State
Rutgers: Hunter Catka (285) - Virginia Tech
Rutgers: Remy Cotton (197) - Michigan State
Rutgers: Lenny Pinto (174) - Nebraska
Sacred Heart: Anthony Clem (133) - West Virginia
Sacred Heart: Joey Clem (133) - West Virginia
Sacred Heart: John Hildebrandt (133) - Drexel
SIU Edwardsville: Kevin Zimmer (285) - Wyoming
Utah Valley: David Evans (149) - Penn State
Virginia: Colton Washleski (157) - Rider
Virginia Tech: Sergio DeSiante (174) - Chattanooga
Virginia Tech: Ethen Miller (157) - Maryland
West Virginia: Louie Gill (125) - NC State
West Virginia: Willie McDougald (149) - Oklahoma
Wyoming: Christian Carroll (197/285) - Iowa State
Wyoming: Sefton Douglass (125) - Western Wyoming
Wyoming: Cody Phelps (133) - Michigan State
Portal
Sammy Alvarez (149) - Rider
Chris Cannon (133/141) - Northwestern
Lucas Daly (184) - Michigan State
Jordan Decatur (141) - Kent State
Kyle Dutton (149) - Little Rock
Rafael Hipolito (157 - Virginia Tech
Caden Horwath (125) - Michigan
Daschle Lamer (184) - Cal Poly
Cade Lautt (197) - North Carolina
Tate Picklo (174) - Oklahoma
Isaiah Powe (141) - Chattanooga
Nate Schon (197) - Iowa State
Mike Slade (184/197) - Campbell
Sean Spidle (133) - Central Michigan
TJ Stewart (184) - Virginia Tech
Jesse Vasquez (149) - Arizona State
John Wiley (157) - Oklahoma
Merrillville
University
Trabuco Hills
Rocky Mountain
Loveland via Texas Wesleyan
North Plainfield
Carlisle
Cumberland Valley
South Side
Rancocas Valley
North Brunswick
Homer
Meadville via Delaware Valley
Mason City
Creston
Thurston
The entry date (May 2nd) has come and gone for the transfer portal. Now, any additional entries will be tied to a coaching change or perhaps from a graduate student. One of the more interesting twists and turns from the portal this offseason came this weekend as the presence of 2025 All-American Sammy Alvarez was noted. All of my trusted contacts (and I) are unsure how Alvarez would have another year of eligibility and if he’s been granted one. I’m sure his 2025 WrestleStat page has received a bunch of hits with people trying to make sense of his eligibility (or lack thereof). We’re about a month and a half removed from the eligibility saga of 2025 Pac-12 champion Tyler Brennan of Little Rock - so I’m sure coaches are very hesitant to approach the Alvarez situation unless their compliance and conference are 100% confident he’ll be eligible in 2025-26. The precedent I’ve referred to in this situation is Lehigh All-American Josh Humphreys. Humphreys was said to be out of eligibility, but entered the portal. Apparently the coaches/conferences/compliance officers agreed, as well, and Humphreys was unable to compete in 2023-24 (and beyond). Maybe that’s the case here - or maybe it’s a completely different situation and Alvarez will be deemed eligible to compete in 2025-26. It’s just another twist and turn in this new portal-era of college athletics. While entry into the portal may have stopped (for the most part) due to the May 2nd deadline, there still have been plenty of commitments from wrestlers already in the portal. Some notables include Dylan Fishback to Ohio State and 2025 SoCon champion Sergio Desiante to Virginia Tech. We’ve already written about Fishback individually and his addition to the Buckeye lineup. Desiante brings a seasoned veteran into a Hokie lineup that needed a replacement for 2024 All-American Lennox Wolak. The first list of wrestlers we’ve listed have already publicly committed to a new transfer destination. That new school is listed first, along with their projected weight, followed by their former school. Below them are notable wrestlers that have gone into the transfer portal. It is not a comprehensive list. Transfers Appalachian State: Joe Fongaro (149) - Rutgers Arizona State: Gavin Bauder (133) - Clackamas CC Arizona State: David Szuba (285) - Rider Arizona State: Leo Tukhlynovych (174) - Rochester CTC Arizona State: Ane’e Vigil (125) - Clackamas CC Army West Point: Jake Crapps (133) - Missouri Bloomsburg: Eric Alderfer (157) - Lock Haven Buffalo: Kelin Laffey (165) - Pittsburgh Cal Poly: Luke Gayer (165) - Rutgers Cal Poly: Andre Gonzales (141) - Ohio State Campbell: Ethan Ducca (184) - Wyoming Chattanooga: Hunter Mason (141) - Virginia Tech Chattanooga: Billy Meiszner (149) - Kent State Chattanooga: Carter Neves (285) - Ohio State Clarion: Brandon Bauer (141) - Little Rock Clarion: Connor Eck (157) - Lock Haven Clarion: Ky Szewczyk (133) - Ohio Edinboro: Brycen Arbogast (133) - West Virginia Edinboro: Tate Geiser (165/174) - Cleveland State Illinois: Ryan Boersma (285) - Triton College Illinois: Michael Gioffre (157) - Virginia Illinois: Spencer Moore (125) - North Carolina Indiana: Orlando Cruz (174) - Purdue Iowa: Nasir Bailey (133/141) - Little Rock Iowa: Massoma Endene (197) - Wartburg Iowa: Dean Peterson (125) - Rutgers Iowa: Jordan Williams (149) - Little Rock Iowa State: Isaac Dean (184) - Rider Iowa State: Rocky Elam (197) - Missouri Iowa State: Malton Powe (165) - Pratt CC Little Rock: Brock Herman (157) - Ohio State Little Rock: Draegen Orine (133) - NC State Lock Haven: Sam Gatreau (165) - Maryland Maryland: Chase Horne (285) - NC State Michigan: Taye Ghadiali (285) - Campbell Michigan: Lachlan McNeil (149) - North Carolina Michigan: Diego Sotelo (125) - Harvard Minnesota: Jore Volk (125) - Wyoming Missouri: Maxx Mayfield (165) - Northwestern Morgan State: Anthony Ferrari (157) - Long Island NC State: Zach Redding (133/141) - Iowa State Nebraska: Chance Lamer (149) - Cal Poly North Carolina: AJ Ferrari (197/285) - CSU Bakersfield North Carolina: Bryce Hepner (157/165) - Ohio State North Carolina: Kysen Terukina (125) - Iowa State Northern Illinois: Ali Adel (184) - Harper College Northern Iowa: Caleb Rathjen (149) - Iowa Ohio State: Cody Chittum (157) - Iowa State Ohio State: Dylan Fishback (184) - NC State Ohio State: Ethan Stiles (149) - Oregon State Oklahoma: Tyson Charmoli (133) - Wyoming Oklahoma: Jack Gioffre (149) - Virginia Oklahoma: Peyton Kellar (157) - Ohio Oklahoma: Brian Soldano (184) - Rutgers Oklahoma: Tyler Wells (133) - Minnesota Oklahoma State: Alex Facundo (165) - Penn State Oklahoma State: Richie Figueroa (125/133) - Arizona State Oklahoma State: Zack Ryder (184) - Penn State Oklahoma State: Gary Steen (133) - Penn State Oklahoma State: Casey Swiderski (149) - Iowa State Oregon State: Joel Adams (149) - Michigan/CKWC Penn State: Rocco Welsh (184) - Ohio State Purdue: Blake Boarman (133) - Chattanooga Purdue: Gavin Brown (149) - Ohio State Rider: Brendon Abdon (165) - Little Rock Rider: Eli Griffin (141) - California Baptist Rider: Dylan Layton (149) - Cleveland State Rider: Hogan Swenski (285) - Ohio State Rutgers: Hunter Catka (285) - Virginia Tech Rutgers: Remy Cotton (197) - Michigan State Rutgers: Lenny Pinto (174) - Nebraska Sacred Heart: Anthony Clem (133) - West Virginia Sacred Heart: Joey Clem (133) - West Virginia Sacred Heart: John Hildebrandt (133) - Drexel SIU Edwardsville: Kevin Zimmer (285) - Wyoming Utah Valley: David Evans (149) - Penn State Virginia: Colton Washleski (157) - Rider Virginia Tech: Sergio DeSiante (174) - Chattanooga Virginia Tech: Ethen Miller (157) - Maryland West Virginia: Louie Gill (125) - NC State West Virginia: Willie McDougald (149) - Oklahoma Wyoming: Christian Carroll (197/285) - Iowa State Wyoming: Sefton Douglass (125) - Western Wyoming Wyoming: Cody Phelps (133) - Michigan State Portal Sammy Alvarez (149) - Rider Chris Cannon (133/141) - Northwestern Lucas Daly (184) - Michigan State Jordan Decatur (141) - Kent State Kyle Dutton (149) - Little Rock Rafael Hipolito (157 - Virginia Tech Caden Horwath (125) - Michigan Daschle Lamer (184) - Cal Poly Cade Lautt (197) - North Carolina Tate Picklo (174) - Oklahoma Isaiah Powe (141) - Chattanooga Nate Schon (197) - Iowa State Mike Slade (184/197) - Campbell Sean Spidle (133) - Central Michigan TJ Stewart (184) - Virginia Tech Jesse Vasquez (149) - Arizona State John Wiley (157) - Oklahoma
Findlay
Calvert
Lexington
Sikeston
Whitehouse
Western Tech
Riverdale
Malvern Prep