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World champion and Olympic bronze medalist Thomas Gilman is on the move and he’s headed back to State College. On Thursday’s Basch-a-Mania podcast, Gilman confirmed he has left the Oklahoma State staff and will return to Penn State’s Nittany Lion Wrestling Club. When David Taylor was announced as Oklahoma State’s head coach last year, Gilman quickly followed for a spot on Taylor’s first staff. During his year on staff, Gilman worked closely with 125lber Troy Spratley, who ended up advancing to the NCAA finals as the seventh seed and fell to NC State’s Vince Robinson in tiebreakers. With Penn State and the Nittany Lion Wrestling Club, Gilman will get to work with true freshman All-American 125 lber, Luke Lilledahl, All-American 133 lber Braeden Davis and promising incoming freshman Nathan Desmond. During the interview with Basch, Gilman would not close the door to a potential return to competition himself. Gilman was unable to secure a second consecutive Olympic Team berth in 2024 - as he was beaten at the Trials by fellow Iowa alum Spencer Lee. Shortly after the Trials, he accepted the spot on Taylor’s staff at Oklahoma State. Gilman did square off with Cuban U23 world champion Reineri Andreu Ortega in an exhibition during the Cowboys dual with Iowa State. Although he lost by a point, Gilman thought he did well despite not being in normal competition shape. He has made sure to state in the past that he was not retired. We’ll follow this story to see if there is more news about a potential return to the mat for Gilman.

Ready for another fun day monitoring the transfer portal? Wednesday saw a two-time NCAA Round of 12 finisher and a former top-two overall recruit make their transfer intentions public. What will Thursday bring? Remember, the portal will be open for wrestlers to join until May 2nd, so there’s a lot of time for some unexpected twists and turns. Love it or hate it, it’s the reality. Student-athletes have the ability to transfer much more freely than past generations. Couple that with the extra year of eligibility doled out by the NCAA in the aftermath of the COVID years and you have a wild combination. There was lots of movement last “offseason” and I don’t foresee that changing this year. 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. Expect many updates to this feature in the coming weeks and months. Transfers Arizona State: David Szuba (285) - Rider Cal Poly: Luke Gayer (165) - Rutgers Cal Poly: Andre Gonzales (141) - Ohio State Campbell: Ethan Ducca (184) - Wyoming Chattanooga: Carter Neves (285) - Ohio State Clarion: Connor Eck (157) - Lock Haven Indiana: Orlando Cruz (174) - Purdue Iowa: Nasir Bailey (133/141) - Little Rock Iowa: Dean Peterson (125) - Rutgers Iowa: Jordan Williams (149) - Little Rock Iowa State: Isaac Dean (184) - Rider Iowa State: Rocky Elam (197) - Missouri Michigan: Taye Ghadiali (285) - Campbell Minnesota: Jore Volk (125) - Wyoming NC State: Zach Redding (133/141) - Iowa State North Carolina: AJ Ferrari (197/285) - CSU Bakersfield North Carolina: Bryce Hepner (157/165) - Ohio State North Carolina: Kysen Terukina (125) - Iowa State Oklahoma: Brian Soldano (184) - Rutgers 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: Gavin Brown (149) - Ohio State Rutgers: Remy Cotton (197) - Michigan State Rutgers: Lenny Pinto (174) - Nebraska Wyoming: Christian Carroll (197/285) - Iowa State Portal Brendon Abdon (165) - Little Rock Blake Boarman (133) - Chattanooga Hunter Catka (285) - Virginia Tech Cody Chittum (157) - Iowa State David Evans (149) - Penn State Joe Fongaro (149) - Rutgers Louie Gill (125) - NC State Jack Gioffre (149) - Virginia Michael Gioffre (157) - Virginia Eli Griffin (141) - California Baptist Brock Herman (157) - Ohio State Chase Horne (285) - NC State Hunter Mason (141) - Virginia Tech Maxx Mayfield (165) - Northwestern Lachlan McNeil (149) - North Carolina Billy Meiszner (149) - Kent State Ethen Miller (157) - Maryland Spencer Moore (125) - North Carolina Draegen Orine (133) - NC State Isaiah Powe (141) - Chattanooga Caleb Rathjen (149) - Iowa Vince Santaniello (133) - Pittsburgh Mike Slade (184/197) - Campbell Sean Spidle (133) - Central Michigan TJ Stewart (184) - Virginia Tech Brayden Thompson (184) - Oklahoma State Jesse Vasquez (149) - Arizona State Colton Washleski (157) - Rider

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