Mazzara also placed in the Super 32 and was a Reno Tournament of Champions runner-up. Another state champion kept in-state is late-signee Caleb Clymer. New Jersey state champ Michael O’Malley is the top-ranked recruit of the bunch, coming in at 53rd overall in the Class of 2018. Michael Beard is a big man that is a high volume attacker, as many of the current Penn State wrestlers and would fill in for Shakur Rasheed after the 2018-19 season. Aguilar will be needed, if and when, NCAA runner-up Nick Suriano moves up to 133 lbs. Not to be outdone by the neighbors Drexel, Penn has put together an excellent class, the first full recruiting class under head coach Roger Reina. Commitments from the Class of 2020 will no longer be posted. Looking at their recruits, it appears that Reina has established a nice pipeline from Florida, picking up three top 100 recruits from the Sunshine State. Davison finished as a runner-up at the preseason Super 32. Each will be needed to start right away for the Quakers. Pursuing through the remaining recruits for Penn Doug Zapf, Carmen Ferrante, Jake Hendricks, and Jason Montgomery all look like they could be quality starters over multiple seasons. The Cyclones focused on improving the upper weights, getting the top 182 lber in the nation (Joel Shapiro), as well as a top ten 220 lber (Francis Duggan) along with state finalists Hunter DeJong, Andrew Sherry and Brandon Tessau. Recruiting questions or comments can be sent to recruits@intermatwrestle.com. He was a finalist in both styles in Fargo. A wildcard for this weight class is Ryan Karoly. Who’s Leading the Class of 2021 Recruiting? Cadet world champion Aaron Brooks may end up as a 184 lber, and if so, he would be an excellent successor to Bo Nickal. New Head Coach Damion Hahn gets credit for keeping a very good recruiting class in-tact, for the most part, after the departure of Chris Bono. We have looked at the recruiting classes for every school in the country to evaluate who did the best job of signing talent and addressing needs. Since the NAIA does not have a designated "signing period," wrestlers may sign NLIs throughout the course of the year. #PAPOWER Army West Point’s class is headlined by Illinois state champ Markus Hartman, who came out on top of a talented state tournament bracket. Three top 100 recruits from in-state is not a bad start. TOM’s Class of 2018 Recruiting Rankings have been released! He brings help at the, always difficult to fill, 197 lb class. In February, Woods won his third Illinois state title for Montini Catholic. Zach Elam fits the mold of your new school of heavyweights, athletic and probably undersized weight-wise. Tyler Eischens and Gabriel Dinette will be able to sit behind All-American Paul Fox until one of them emerges as his replacement in 2019-20. Hardy will join the Huskers after taking a two-year mission. TOM’s Class of 2018 Recruiting Rankings have been released! Janzer, one of the top 184 lb recruits in the nation, will be able to take over for Nick Gravina after he uses his sixth year of eligibility. A change of scenery may be what is needed, and he’ll slot in perfectly at 141 lbs for the Wolverines. Leonardo Tarantino was one of the fastest risers, recruiting stock-wise, over the course of his senior season. Phil was a two-time Beast finalist himself, and 2016 winner. His services could be needed at either 149 or 157 immediately. TOM provides news, analysis, opinions and coverage of College, High School, and International wrestling. Frankie Gissendanner, a four-time New York state champion, was the prize of the late signing period. Parris has twice won FloNationals and looked untested when doing so. Austin Emerson originally signed with Eastern Michigan but needed to look elsewhere after their program was dropped. Expect one of the Mininno’s to start at 125 and the other to work his way into 133. Kendall Coleman is also a wrestler who was not a state champion (two-time finalist), but competed in a power state and had success at large tournaments, with his runner-up finish at the Ironman and third at FloNationals. A top 15 ranking for Drexel in back-to-back season is a testament to the work that head coach Matt Azevedo and staff are doing in Philadelphia. Isaac Reid will be able to sit behind two-time NCAA qualifier Thomas Haines for a year, before assuming the starting spot at 285 lbs. Dalton Rohrbaugh was a third-place finisher in Pennsylvania that always seemed to get good wins at big tournaments. Assessing recruiting classes is not an exact science and can differ based on what you value, large 15 man classes or two to three highly ranked signees. Alex Lloyd is a three-time Minnesota state champion whose ability probably outweighs his current ranking. Though Tyler Dow did not win a state title his senior season, he was a finalist in both Greco-Roman and Freestyle, last summer in Fargo. The Stanford recruiting class consists of ranked wrestlers from power states. Overall, this strikes me as a well put together class. The obvious headliner of the class is 16th overall Patrick Glory. This group has a sort of “Mizzou” feel to it that we have come to expect from the Tigers.