
The U20 World Championships are coming up soon in Bratislava, Slovakia (aka the Big Brat) and Team USA is sending a full squad of hammers in all three styles, men's freestyle, women's freestyle and Greco-Roman.
Fans of NCAA wrestling may want to know what programs these wrestlers are attending or to where they are committed prospects. And good news for fans who desire that information but don't yet possess it: we have it all right here for you!
Army WCAP
65kg: Riley Hanrahan, Women’s Freestyle
Army's World Class Athlete Program (WCAP) is not a college, nor is it related to Army West Point, but it is still part of the US military, so Black Knight fans may still want to show their support for Hanrahan.
Colorado Mesa
72kg: Gretchen Donally, Women’s Freestyle
Cornell
57kg: Isaiah Cortez, Men’s Freestyle
72kg: Eli Esguerra, Greco-Roman
Isaiah will start his college career this fall, while Eli still has one more year of high school to complete.
Iowa
53kg: Taylor Whiting, Women’s Freestyle
55kg: Everest Leydecker, Women’s Freestyle
57kg: Karlee Brooks, Women’s Freestyle
62kg: Bella Williams, Women’s Freestyle
77kg: Leister Bowling IV, Greco-Roman
Iowa is flexing its women's wrestling muscle at U20s, with a whopping 40% of Team USA's starting lineup being rostered Hawkeyes.
Iowa State
92kg: Jimmy Mastny, Men’s Freestyle
76kg: Piper Fowler, Women’s Freestyle
Cyclones fans will have a second wrestling team to root for next season, as the university announced it will be starting a women's varsity team with world medalist Alli Regan as head coach. Fowler will wrestle her first season in Ames this year, while Mastny will be rostered after another year of seasoning in high school.
McKendree
59kg: Caley Graber, Women’s Freestyle
Michigan State
63kg: Nicholas Sorrow, Greco-Roman
Missouri
86kg: Aeoden Sinclair, Men’s Freestyle
Sinclair placed third at 184lbs last March wrestling for the Tigers.
New York University
82kg: Arvin Khosravy, Greco-Roman
Khosravy announced this summer he would transfer from Army West Point to NYU.
North Dakota State
55kg: Ezekiel Witt, Greco-Roman
Witt was a national qualifier at 125lbs for the Bison last season in his freshman campaign.
Northern Michigan
67kg: Amryn Nutter, Greco-Roman
87kg: Aidan Squier, Greco-Roman
With NMU sadly shuttering their wrestling program, it's presumed that Nutter and Squier will transfer to wherever the Greco-Roman training center relocates to, although nothing has yet been publicly announced.
Northwestern
130kg: Trayvn Boger, Greco-Roman
Ohio State
97kg: Michael Boyle, Men’s Freestyle
Boyle is currently the #4 recruit in the nation in the class of 2027.
Oklahoma State
70kg: Landon Robideau, Men’s Freestyle
125kg: Dreshaun Ross, Men’s Freestyle
Robideau won a title for the Cowboys last season as a true freshman, while uber recruit Ross will be making his way to Stillwater this fall by way of Fort Dodge, Iowa.
Oregon State
60kg: Manuel Saldate, Greco-Roman
Penn State
74kg: Jayden James, Men’s Freestyle
The lone Nittany Lion on the world team, James is slated to be a member of Penn State's loaded roster this fall.
Rochester CTC
97kg: Cito Tuttle, Greco-Roman
Virginia Tech
61kg: Aaron Seidel, Men’s Freestyle
65kg: Bo Bassett, Men’s Freestyle
79kg: Ryan Burton, Men’s Freestyle
Three Hokies made the U20 team, the most of any program. Seidel placed third at NCAAs last March, Burton will be a freshman coming off a redshirt season, finally, Bo Bassett is expected to start as a true freshman, where his expectations will be sky-high.
Not committed
50kg: Morgan Turner, Women’s Freestyle
68kg: Taina Fernandez, Women’s Freestyle
Turner just finished her high school career and is currently focused on her senior level career, while Taina has one more year at Archbishop Spalding High School in Maryland.