9 Freshmen to Know Before 2019-20 Season

[Ingraider]

https://www.ncaa.com/news/wrestling/article/2019-08-05/9-freshmen-know-2019-2020-wrestling-season

Carter Starocci, Penn State
The Nittany Lions are always theteam to watch, so a list of freshman to watch would be incomplete without a member of the perennial powerhouse program in Happy Valley. Starocci comes to the Penn State wrestling room with a long list of accolades that include two Pennsylvania state championships, Fargo titles and two junior world championship appearances. He is projecting at 174 pounds, which means he's likely to take a redshirt year if Mark Hall chooses to forgo his redshirt and wrestle for another individual title this year. If Hall opts to redshirt, then Starocci could be an option for head coach Cael Sanderson at this weight. Starocci headlines Penn State's 2019 recruiting class, and he'll be a name to watch in the coming years as works to add his name to a long list of Pennsylvania natives who have found success under Sanderson and company.

 

[matter7172]

From watching him in person, I think his upside is tremendous. He'd be well-served by a redshirt year, though, imo.

 

[Lovethissport]

https://www.ncaa.com/news/wrestling/article/2019-08-05/9-freshmen-know-2019-2020-wrestling-season

Carter Starocci, Penn State

Are Beard, Brooks and Nevils not considered freshman for purposes of this list? I would think all three would rank high on any such list.

 

[El-Jefe]

Article was worth reading just for the pic of Aragona. It looks like Dake -- if Dake went to the Glamour Shots booth at the mall.

 

[jbkeller72]

Anyone know if Ryan Anderson at ISU for sure? I recall reading some posts that he may not qualify

 

[Ja1339]

Perhaps this should have been 13 Freshmen to watch and should have included these additional 4:

Beard
Brooks
Joe Lee
Seth Nevills

 

[matter7172]

Article was worth reading just for the pic of Aragona. It looks like Dake -- if Dake went to the Glamour Shots booth at the mall.

He goes from winning his first state title as a senior to a possible freshman champ? Color me extremely skeptical.

Plus he's going to a program where the only two undefeated four-time NJ state champs have won as many titles combined in six seasons as Spencer Lee has in two seasons.

 

[matter7172]

Perhaps this should have been 13 Freshmen to watch and should have included these additional 4:

Beard
Brooks
Joe Lee
Seth Nevills

To be fair, all four most likely won't wrestle in the lineup this season, along with Carter. But that didn't stop them with a lot of other guys on the list.

 

[mrh1645]

To be fair, all four most likely won't wrestle in the lineup this season, along with Carter. But that didn't stop them with a lot of other guys on the list.

I think all of the kids on the list are HS Class of 2019, which would exclude the additional 4 and plenty of other RS Fr like Sasso, Teemer, Carr, etc.

 

[Flying_Tiger]

Anyone know if Ryan Anderson at ISU for sure? I recall reading some posts that he may not qualify

Sounds like he couldn't get accepted into ISU and is headed JUCO.

Here is an ISU thread on the subject: https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/threads/ryan-anderson.247611/

 

[KidDagger]

He goes from winning his first state title as a senior to a possible freshman champ? Color me extremely skeptical.

Plus he's going to a program where the only two undefeated four-time NJ state champs have won as many titles combined in six seasons as Spencer Lee has in two seasons.

He’s a one time state champ that beat a 4x state champ at beat the street

 

[jbkeller72]

Sounds like he couldn't get accepted into ISU and is headed JUCO.

Here is an ISU thread on the subject: https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/threads/ryan-anderson.247611/

Thanks FT. Too bad if true. Hope we see the kid wrestling D1 in the near future.

 

[pennstaterincarolina]

Props to the writer of the story (Shannon Scovel). Coached her in high school. As classy a student-athlete as I ever worked with. Her dad wrestled at Maryland.

 

[Str8DBLz]

I agree, he needs to get his head under control

From watching him in person, I think his upside is tremendous. He'd be well-served by a redshirt year, though, imo.

 

[raslen007]

Sounds like he couldn't get accepted into ISU and is headed JUCO.

Here is an ISU thread on the subject: https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/threads/ryan-anderson.247611/

Would rather he go Lock Haven, Edinboro or Clarion