UPDATED: NCAA Division I College list of signees for 2018-19
by Taylor Miller, Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling
College wrestling early signing period for 2018-19 began Nov. 8. Young high school wrestlers from all over the country are making headlines as they commit to the school of their choice to pursue a collegiate wrestling career.
USA Wrestling first posted the list of signees on November 15. Since then, a number of other Div. I colleges have announced the athletes they have signed. We have put the most recent announcements at the top of this story, with those previously listed at the bottom of this story.
Below are schools that have announced their 2018-19 early signing period pickups as well as links to the official releases.
NOTE: This article will be updated as more releases become available.
NEW ADDITIONS (since November 15)
Campbell
• Odgerel Batkishig (Mongolia)
• Caleb Birdwell (Montana)
• Matthew Dellaro (New Jersey)
• Calvin Hayford (Vermont)
• Cash Jones (Arkansas)
• Oszkar Kasch (Indiana)
• Logan Kissell (Ohio)
• Devin Kohn (Florida)
• Cole Maddox (Florida)
• Austin Murphy (Ohio)
• Troy Nation (Florida)
• Conor Panzarella (New Jersey)
• Alex Rivera (Missouri)
• Joshua Scott (North Carolina)
• Billy Simpson (Oklahoma)
• Coy Strong (Georgia)
• Beau Studebaker (North Carolina)
Central Michigan
• Mitchel Christensen (Michigan)
• Benjamin Cushman (Michigan)
• Dustin Gross (Michigan)
• Zachary Shupp (Ohio)
• Corbyn Munson (Michigan)
Clarion
• Andrew Gapas (New Jersey)
• Caleb Hetrick (Pennsylvania)
• Seth Koleno (Pennsylvania)
• Michael Vernagallo (North Carolina)
• Brock Whorton (West Virginia)
Hofstra
• Holden Heller (Illinois)
• Trey Rogers (Minnesota)
• Dylan Ryder (New York)
Kent State
• Caleb Brooks (Ohio)
• Brady Chrisman (Ohio)
• Tim Wallace (Pennsylvania)
• Stone Day (Ohio)
Lock Haven
• Luke McGonigal (Pennsylvania)
• Isaac Reed (Pennsylvania)
• Dalton Rohrbaugh (Pennsylvania)
• Garrett Rigg (Pennsylvania)
Michigan
• Nick Freeman (Michigan)
• Will Lewan (Illinois)
• Michael Mars (Michigan)
• Mason Paris (Indiana)
• Joey Silva (Florida)
Minnesota
• Brayton Lee (Indiana)
• Jake Gliva (Minnesota)
• Garrett Joles (Wisconsin)
• Kasper McIntosh (Indiana)
• Patrick McKee (Minnesota)
• Cadet Steffen (Minnesota)
• Gable Steveson (Minnesota)
• Ryan Thomas (Ohio)
Oklahoma
• Jaryn Curry (Oklahoma)
• Tommy Hoskins (Ohio)
• Josiah Jones (Pennsylvania)
• Anthony Madrigal (Illinois)
• Jordan Rosselli (Ohio)
Old Dominion
• Christos Avergos (Virginia)
• Tyler Delaware (Illinois)
• Kellen Ekern (Missouri)
• Savion Haywood (Illinois)
• Matthew Hennessey (Illinois)
• River Henry (Tennessee)
• Cole Smith (Illinois)
• Juwan Robinson (Texas)
• Timothy Young (Illinois)
Oregon State
• Brandon Kaylor (Washington)
• Logan Meek (Oregon)
• Hayden Still (Colorado)
• Jackson McKinney (Washington)
Purdue
• Kendall Coleman (Illinois)
• Zach Melloh (Indiana)
• Thomas Penola (Indiana)
• Emil Soehnlen (Ohio)
SIU-Edwardsville
• Saul Ervin (Kentucky)
• Austin Macias (Illinois)
• Justin Ruffin (Georgia)
• Aaron Schulist (Wisconsin)
Wyoming
• Jacob Greenwood (Colorado)
• Logan Jensen (Utah)
• Tate Samuelson (Colorado)
• Chase Zollman (California)
POSTED ON NOVEMBER 15
- Jacori Teemer (New York)
- Bronson Harmon (California)
- Jake Ryan (California)
- Hunter Sparks (Oregon)
- Nathan Tausch (California)
- Bernie Truax (California)
- Cody Mulligan (Pennsylvania)
- Gaige Willis (Ohio)
- Nick Casperson (South Dakota)
- Isaiah Perez (California)
- Lawrence Saenz (California)
- Danny Braunagel (Illinois)
- Zac Braunagel (Illinois)
- Justin Cardani (Illinois)
- Justin Mejia (California)
- Tyler Buesgens (Minnesota)
- David Carr (Ohio)
- Hunter DeJong (Iowa)
- Weston DiBlasi (Missouri)
- Francis Duggan (Iowa)
- Anthony Sherry (Iowa)
- Joel Shapiro (Iowa)
- Grant Stotts (Iowa)
- Nate Jimenez (Illinois)
- Layne Malczewski (Michigan)
- Peyton Omania (California)
- Zach Elam (Missouri)
- Jack Flynn (Missouri)
- Cameron Fusco (Missouri)
- Jeremiah Kent (Missouri)
- Jarrett Jacques (Missouri)
- Malik Johnson (Missouri)
- Brock Mauller (Missouri)
- Peyton Mocco (Wisconsin)
- Cevion Severado (Missouri)
- Tyler Barnes (New York)
- Jakob Camacho (Connecticut)
- Jake Cook (New York)
- Matt Fields (Ohio)
- Matt Grippi (New York)
- Trent Hidlay (Pennsylvania)
- Tyler Houghton (North Carolina)
- Colin Lawler (Texas)
- Josiah Rider (Colorado)
- Jarrett Trombley (Michigan)
- Tony Wuest (Delaware)
- Chase Bittle (Illinois)
- Austin Brenner (Minnesota)
- Noah Cressell (Indiana)
- Dylan Droegemueller (Minnesota)
- Jared Franek (North Dakota)
- Jimmy Noel (Missouri)
- Zeke Allrez (Colorado)
- Joshua Flanagan (Colorado)
- Billy Higgins (Nebraska)
- Jace Koelzer (Kansas)
- Josh Nira (Colorado)
- Carlos Champagne (Illinois)
- Hayden Krein (Wisconsin)
- Dalton Hoover (Ohio)
- Gage Braun (Ohio)
- Terrese Aaron (Missouri)
Northern Iowa
- Erich Byelick (Florida)
- Lucas Davison (Indiana)
- Jack Jessen (Illinois)
- Matt Vinci (California)
- Malik Heinselman (Colorado)
- Gavin Hoffman (Pennsylvania)
- Rocky Jordan (Ohio)
- Quinn Kinner (New Jersey)
- Jaden Mattox (Ohio)
- Sammy Sasso (Pennsylvania)
- Jalin Harper (Kansas)
- Anthony Montalvo (California)
- Travis Wittlake (Oregon)
- Nicolas Augilar (California)
- Jake Brenner (New Jersey)
- Billy Janzer (New Jersey)
- Kyle Lighter (New Jersey)
- Malcolm Robinson (New Jersey)
- Alex Lloyd (Minnesota)
- Kenny O’Neil (Minnesota)
- Zach Price (Iowa)
- Peyton Robb (Minnesota)
- Gabe Dinette (Colorado)
- Tyler Eischens (Minnesota)
- Alex Escudero (California)
- Shane Griffith (New Jersey)
- Colbey Harlan (California)
- Real Woods (New Mexico)
- Collin Gerardi (Virginia)
- Hunter Graf (New Jersey)
- Dakota Howard (Ohio)
- Mitch Moore (Ohio)
- Tyler Dow (Wisconsin)
- Jared Krattiger (Wisconsin)
- Joey Sanchez (Ohio)
- Drew Scharenbrock (Wisconsin)
- Jeremy Schoenherr (Wisconsin)
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