It has been reported by Eric Johnson (Chief Renegade) that Austin Hood of Louisburg High School has given a verbal commitment to the historic NCAA Division I wrestling program at Oklahoma State University.

Austin Hood has had an incredible high school wrestling career. As a freshman at the 4A 2009 state tournament he placed 4th at 103 with a 33-6 record. Austin followed that up with three state championships. As a sophomore in 2010 Austin was state champion at 112 with a 40-6 record. As a junior in 2011 Austin was state champion at 119 with a 37-1 record. This as a senior Austion was the 2012 4A state champion at 126 with a 40-0 record. Austin Hood ended up with a 150-13 career record with only one loss after his sophomore year.

I believe that Austin Hood also has some national accomplishments both in the Olympic and folkstyle wrestling styles but I am not familiar with those specific accomplihsments and I hope someone else will add that information.

Austin Hood, congratulations on your high school wrestling career. Good luck next year with your academics and wrestling at Oklahoma State University. I know the entire Kansas wrestling community will look forward to following your progress and will be rooting for your success with the OSU Cowboys.

2012 Kansas High School Seniors Reported to be Wrestling in College Next Year:

Alex Bontz-Andover Central-Air Force Academy
Brandon Charbonneau-Emporia HS-Augustana College
Reece Wright-Conklin-Lawrence HS-Newman University
Austin Hood-Louisburg HS-Oklahoma State University (VERBAL )
Mason Hurla-St. Marys HS-Benedictine College
CJ Ikenberry-St. Thomas Aquinas HS-Benedictine College
Miles Johns-Newton HS-Newman University
Caleb King-Piper HS-Benedictine College
Eric Mason-St. Thomas Aquinas HS-Benedictine College
Connor Middleton-Olathe Northwest HS-Baker University
Bo Pursel-Lasing HS-Baker University
Ben Randolph-SM East HS-Benedictine College
Auggie Schmidt-Bluestem HS-Benedictine College
Dylan Schumaker-Hays Thomas More Prep HS-Wyoming University
Darien Willis-KC Sumner Academy-Benedictine College
Bryan Woodward-Highland Park HS-Benedictine College
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2012 Kansas High School Seniors Not Wrestling College Next Year:

Ky Biddle-Burden Central HS-Football at Hutchinson CC
Zach Callahan-Mill Valley HS-Football at NW Missouri State University
Tommy Williams-St. Thomas Aquinas HS-Golf at University of Northern Iowa
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Please alert me to any additions, deletions, or other information that needs to be changed on the above list. Thank you.

I ask for a notice from the parent, wrestler, high school coach, college coach or a newspaper announcement. I want to be very careful before listing someone because the recruiting process made not be done before a wrestler actually commits.

Any information you are able to provide concerning athletic or academic accomplishments would be appreciated.

REMEMBER TO MAKE YOUR 2012 DONATION TO THE KANSAS COLLEGE WRESTLING FUND DONATION IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO, THANK YOU
Make checks payable: USA Wrestling – Kansas, Inc./KCWF, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) entity.
Mail to: Mike Juby, Kansas College Wrestling Fund, 7208 Magnolia Way, Hutchinson, KS 67502
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In 2010, Austin Hood brought home the hardware with a USAW Cadet National folkstyle title, followed by a Fargo USAW Cadet National freestyle title. That same year he was a Fargo USAW Greco-Roman finalist. His freshman season, he also claimed a double All-American status in folkstyle and freestyle. He is an unprecedented seven-time Kansas Triple Crown winner. In all, Hood has 26 Fargo wins!

He is also currently in the semi-finals in Cedar Falls at the USAW Junior Folkstyle Nationals!

Cody Sellers of Baldwin HS has signed letter of intent to wrestle at Baker Univ. Sellers was a 2x State Qualifier, 2x Frontier League champion, Regional finalist, and KWCA Academic All-State.

Andrew Morgan of Baldwin HS has plans to sign a letter of intent with Benedictine. The signing has not happened yet, but he has officially decided to wrestle at Benedictine.

Morgan was a 4x State Qualifier, 2x Placer (5th, 1st), 2x Frontier League champion, KWCA Academic All-State, USAW Nationals Folkstyle All-American (5th Juniors), and state FS/GR placer.

Brady Heincker of Derby Highschool has verbled to Pratt CC. Heincker was a 4x qualifier , 2x placer (6th,4th), 2x regional champion and has accomlishments in Freestyle and Greco.

congrats to Brady and his family!

Wow! No wonder Oklahoma State University wants Austin Hood on their team as those are great additional accomplishments along with his stellar high school career accomplishments mentioned in the previous post today. I am sure we are all looking forward to watching Austin's college wrestling career progress. Eric, thank you for the additional great information on Austin's wrestling career.

Kit Harris and eagle2012, I also appreciate your information on Cody Sellers, Andrew Morgan and Brady Heincker. I will feature each one of these young men over the next three days. I just want to feature one of them a day. Today though our feature wrestler is Austin Hood. This is an exciting time of year for these young men, all their former coaches, future coaches and the families of the wrestlers as they are making their final choices on their college destinations. Job well done to all involved and good luck to all of you who still are making your final decisions.

Very good work. My son is the Director of Academic Affairs for the Delta Tau Delta fraternity chapter on the Baker University campus. I am sure he would be interested in Cody Sellers looking at his fraternity, if Cody is considering a fraternity. Now I am doing a little recruiting for Delta Tau Delta. Cody, you should be aware that the NAIA honors junior and senior athletes with 3.5 averages or above annually on their All Scholar Athlete List. That will be a good goal for you in your college career.

Cody Sellers, Congratulations on your high school wrestling accomplishments and on your KWCA Academic All State honor. Good luck next year with your wrestling and academics at Baker University.

Upcoming wrestlers for list:

Monday 4/2/12 Andrew Morgan
Tuesday 4/3/12 Brady Heincker
Wednesday 4/4/12 Brady Munsch

2012 Kansas High School Seniors Reported to be Wrestling in College Next Year:

Alex Bontz-Andover Central-Air Force Academy
Brandon Charbonneau-Emporia HS-Augustana College
Reece Wright-Conklin-Lawrence HS-Newman University
Austin Hood-Louisburg HS-Oklahoma State University (VERBAL )
Mason Hurla-St. Marys HS-Benedictine College
CJ Ikenberry-St. Thomas Aquinas HS-Benedictine College
Miles Johns-Newton HS-Newman University
Caleb King-Piper HS-Benedictine College
Eric Mason-St. Thomas Aquinas HS-Benedictine College
Connor Middleton-Olathe Northwest HS-Baker University
Bo Pursel-Lasing HS-Baker University
Ben Randolph-SM East HS-Benedictine College
Auggie Schmidt-Bluestem HS-Benedictine College
Dylan Schumaker-Hays Thomas More Prep HS-Wyoming University
Cody Sellers-Baldwin HS-Baker University
Darien Willis-KC Sumner Academy-Benedictine College
Bryan Woodward-Highland Park HS-Benedictine College
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2012 Kansas High School Seniors Not Wrestling College Next Year:

Ky Biddle-Burden Central HS-Football at Hutchinson CC
Zach Callahan-Mill Valley HS-Football at NW Missouri State University
Tommy Williams-St. Thomas Aquinas HS-Golf at University of Northern Iowa
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Please alert me to any additions, deletions, or other information that needs to be changed on the above list. Thank you.

I ask for a notice from the parent, wrestler, high school coach, college coach or a newspaper announcement. I want to be very careful before listing someone because the recruiting process made not be done before a wrestler actually commits.

Any information you are able to provide concerning athletic or academic accomplishments would be appreciated.

REMEMBER TO MAKE YOUR 2012 DONATION TO THE KANSAS COLLEGE WRESTLING FUND DONATION IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO, THANK YOU
Make checks payable: USA Wrestling – Kansas, Inc./KCWF, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) entity.
Mail to: Mike Juby, Kansas College Wrestling Fund, 7208 Magnolia Way, Hutchinson, KS 67502

Caleb King, Piper High School, has signed a letter of intent to wrestle and play football at Benedictine College.

Caleb earned 1st Team football honors in Kansas City, KS and Kaw Valley League.

Caleb finished his senior year of wrestling 39-9, winning the Bobcat Classic and earning a 4th place finish in the 285 pound weight class at the State Tournament.

Great job and good luck Caleb!

Congrats Caleb and Coach Davies!

I had included Caleb King on the list a couple of weeks ago, but I did not have the additional highlighted information that Coach Davies added. Thank you for the additional information, Coach Davies.

Another KWCA Academic All State Baldwin HS wrestler. Congratulations and great work, Baldwin HS wrestling team.

Andrew Morgan, Congratulations on your high school academic and wrestling career. Good luck next year with your academics and wrestling at Benedictine College.

2012 Kansas High School Seniors Reported to be Wrestling in College Next Year:

Alex Bontz-Andover Central-Air Force Academy
Brandon Charbonneau-Emporia HS-Augustana College
Reece Wright-Conklin-Lawrence HS-Newman University
Austin Hood-Louisburg HS-Oklahoma State University (VERBAL )
Mason Hurla-St. Marys HS-Benedictine College
CJ Ikenberry-St. Thomas Aquinas HS-Benedictine College
Miles Johns-Newton HS-Newman University
Caleb King-Piper HS-Benedictine College (Both for Wrestling and Football)
Eric Mason-St. Thomas Aquinas HS-Benedictine College
Connor Middleton-Olathe Northwest HS-Baker University
Andrew Morgan-Baldwin HS-Benedictine College-Verbal
Bo Pursel-Lasing HS-Baker University
Ben Randolph-SM East HS-Benedictine College
Auggie Schmidt-Bluestem HS-Benedictine College
Dylan Schumaker-Hays Thomas More Prep HS-Wyoming University
Cody Sellers-Baldwin HS-Baker University
Darien Willis-KC Sumner Academy-Benedictine College
Bryan Woodward-Highland Park HS-Benedictine College
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2012 Kansas High School Seniors Not Wrestling College Next Year:

Ky Biddle-Burden Central HS-Football at Hutchinson CC
Zach Callahan-Mill Valley HS-Football at NW Missouri State University
Tommy Williams-St. Thomas Aquinas HS-Golf at University of Northern Iowa
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Please alert me to any additions, deletions, or other information that needs to be changed on the above list. Thank you.

I ask for a notice from the parent, wrestler, high school coach, college coach or a newspaper announcement. I want to be very careful before listing someone because the recruiting process made not be done before a wrestler actually commits.

Any information you are able to provide concerning athletic or academic accomplishments would be appreciated.

REMEMBER TO MAKE YOUR 2012 DONATION TO THE KANSAS COLLEGE WRESTLING FUND DONATION IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO, THANK YOU
Make checks payable: USA Wrestling – Kansas, Inc./KCWF, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) entity.
Mail to: Mike Juby, Kansas College Wrestling Fund, 7208 Magnolia Way, Hutchinson, KS 67502

29 March 2012
High School Seniors Commit to Wichita State University
The recruiting class of 2012 is already promising to be a good one for the Shocker Wrestling Team. Team administration has been working hard since the beginning of the season to bring in a great group of freshmen that will make an impact during the 2012-2013 season. A couple of high school seniors from the class of 2012 have verbally committed to wrestling with Wichita State next fall.

Taber Barrientez comes to Wichita State via Campus High School in Haysville, KS where he wrestled for Coach Travis Bourn. Taber was KSHSAA 6A State Tournament qualifier in 2011. He will be coming to Wichita State to study nursing.

Tyler Higgins comes to Wichita State via the new Goddard Eisenhower High School where he wrestled for Coach Enrique Espinoza. He was a two time regional finalist and a three-time member of the all-league team. Tyler was two-time state qualifier for the KSHAA State Tournament. In 2011 he placed 4th in the class 6A championship. Tyler also does great work in the classroom. He has a 3.8 GPA and is a member of the National Honor Society. Tyler is still undecided on a major.

I would imagine Taber wrestled more for Dryden then he did for Bourne....Just saying.

eagle2012,

I sent you a private message on this. I need a confirmation from Brady, his parents, his high school coach, of his future college coach on this before I put Brady's name on the list. I will list him now Pending Confirmation with a couple of others that I am waiting for confirmations on. I have sent an e-mail to the Pratt CC head wrestling coach for confirmation and I have not yet heard back on that.

myers shox, is this an article from the Wichita State wrestling club website or the WSU website? If it is please post the link and then I will put on the list. As of now I will list them as Pending Confirmation.

Brady Munsch, Congratulations on your high school academic (KWCA ALL STATE 2012), football and wrestling career. Good luck next year with your academics and football at South Dakota School of Mines & Technology.

2012 Kansas High School Seniors Reported to be Wrestling in College Next Year:

Alex Bontz-Andover Central-Air Force Academy
Brandon Charbonneau-Emporia HS-Augustana College
Reece Wright-Conklin-Lawrence HS-Newman University
Austin Hood-Louisburg HS-Oklahoma State University (VERBAL )
Mason Hurla-St. Marys HS-Benedictine College
CJ Ikenberry-St. Thomas Aquinas HS-Benedictine College
Miles Johns-Newton HS-Newman University
Caleb King-Piper HS-Benedictine College (Both for Wrestling and Football)
Eric Mason-St. Thomas Aquinas HS-Benedictine College
Connor Middleton-Olathe Northwest HS-Baker University
Andrew Morgan-Baldwin HS-Benedictine College-Verbal
Bo Pursel-Lasing HS-Baker University
Ben Randolph-SM East HS-Benedictine College
Auggie Schmidt-Bluestem HS-Benedictine College
Dylan Schumaker-Hays Thomas More Prep HS-Wyoming University
Cody Sellers-Baldwin HS-Baker University
Darien Willis-KC Sumner Academy-Benedictine College
Bryan Woodward-Highland Park HS-Benedictine College

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PENDING CONFIRMATIONS:

Taber Barrientez-Campus HS
Shane Goetz-Hutchinson HS
Brady Heicker-Derby HS
Tyler Higgins-Goddard Eisenhower HS

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2012 Kansas High School Seniors Not Wrestling College Next Year:

Ky Biddle-Burden Central HS-Football at Hutchinson CC
Zach Callahan-Mill Valley HS-Football at NW Missouri State University
Brady Munsch-Salina South HS-Football at South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
Tommy Williams-St. Thomas Aquinas HS-Golf at University of Northern Iowa
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Please alert me to any additions, deletions, or other information that needs to be changed on the above list. Thank you.

I ask for a notice from the parent, wrestler, high school coach, college coach or a newspaper announcement. I want to be very careful before listing someone because the recruiting process made not be done before a wrestler actually commits.

Any information you are able to provide concerning athletic or academic accomplishments would be appreciated.

REMEMBER TO MAKE YOUR 2012 DONATION TO THE KANSAS COLLEGE WRESTLING FUND DONATION IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO, THANK YOU
Make checks payable: USA Wrestling – Kansas, Inc./KCWF, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) entity.
Mail to: Mike Juby, Kansas College Wrestling Fund, 7208 Magnolia Way, Hutchinson, KS 67502

I agree haha

Brady is signing with Pratt Community College.

Here is a link to the WSU article:
http://webs.wichita.edu/?u=WRESTLINGCLUB&p=/news1/3_29_12/

You guys are probably correct about Dryden coaching Taber more, however Bourne was listed as head coach so that is what got published.

Peace,
Nick Thomas

Sorry Husker Fan. It did come from our website.
http://webs.wichita.edu/?u=WRESTLINGCLUB&p=/news1/3_29_12/

Devon Webber from Wichita South has also committed but we haven't run the story yet.