Erich Byelick has verbally committed to wrestle for Northwestern. The junior finished out his season as the 9th ranked 170 pounder in the country. [instagram url="instagram.com/p/BUfGeA_jQCQ/?taken-by=erich_byelick" hide_caption="0"]
An NHSCA junior nationals champ at 160 (watch his finals win below), Byelick was 44-3 this year for Lake Highland Prep. He is currently ranked 49th on the Class of 2018 junior big board, with a 7th place finish at Super 32 and 5th place finish at Ironman.



Byelick is a two-time Florida state champ and three-time state finalist with a career record of 133-6 heading into his senior year. He will be in action this weekend at 160 for South Florida Lightning/CFWA at NHSCA duals, which start at 8:30am eastern time Saturday morning.



The fall of 2018 is shaping up to be a potential massive influx of talent for Wildcats head coach Matt Storniolo. They now have four commits from the junior big board, including No. 11 Ryan Karoly, No. 20 Anthony Cassioppi and No. 24 Jack Jessen. NU has also recently added Jason Welch to the coaching staff, and picked up Joey Dance for the Chicago RTC.