Central Michigan recruit Gavin Craner (in blue)
As coaching staffs across the country wind down and finalize their recruiting Class of 2024, there’s still plenty of action for those wrestlers who will soon be considered high school seniors. A handful of quality wrestlers from the high school Class of 2025 have made recent commitments and could make a significant impact at the next level. 
Central Michigan got the first commitment of the Ben Bennett-era as #142 Gavin Craner (Whitehall, Michigan) gave the Chippewas a verbal. Last summer, Craner was a 16U All-American in both styles in Fargo (fifth in freestyle; fourth in Greco). He recently broke into the top eight in both styles in Vegas at UWW Cadets (eighth in freestyle; fourth in Greco). Craner was an unbeaten Michigan D3 state champion at 175 lbs for Whitehall HS. In the previous season, Craner made the state finals competing for Belding HS. He projects at 184 lbs for the Chippewas. 
California Baptist is quietly assembling a very strong Class of 2025. A commitment from #87 Anthony Rinehart (Crown Point, IN) gives Derek Moore’s team a pair of Big Boarders, plus another who has appeared in the top-150 in the past, among their four verbals. Rinehart is a two-time Indiana state placewinner, taking fourth in 2024 and seventh as a freshman. At the beginning of his sophomore season, Rinehart was sixth at the Walsh Ironman. He’ll project at 174 lbs for the Lancers. California Baptist had its first DI national qualifiers in 2024 and with classes like this one (and the 2024 group), there should be many more in the pipeline. 
Sticking with an Indiana theme as Rinehart’s teammate also made his college commitment known. Angel Escobedo’s Hoosiers will keep one of his state’s best from the Class of 2025 in-state with a verbal from Gavin Jendreas (Crown Point, IN). Jendreas is a three-time Indiana state placewinner (3,5,2), who most recently took third at the one-class state tournament at 120 lbs. While Jendreas doesn’t have any national rankings at this time, he’s the fourth rising senior to commit to Indiana. The other three are currently among the top-100 and should give the Hoosier an infusion of talent. Indiana should also expect to be mentioned in the forthcoming InterMat recruiting rankings for the Class of 2024. 
West Virginia’s 2024 class will definitely earn a spot in InterMat’s recruiting rankings. The Class of 2025 is off to a good start as the Mountaineers got their second verbal from the class with Luke Satriano (Valley Center, NY). Satriano became a two-time state champion this school year after knocking off a two-time champion in the finals, Pittsburgh signee Matt Marlow. In the semifinals, he defeated future West Virginia teammate Anthony Clem via major decision. He’ll have the opportunity to become Valley Center’s first three-time champion since Hofstra All-American Lou Ruggirello in 2006. Outside of New York, last spring Satriano was fourth at NHSCA Juniors. About a year ago, Satriano held a spot (#135) on MatScouts Big Board. 
Yesterday we talked Navy wrestling because Cary Kolat made a surprising addition to the coaching staff, today we’ll mention an under-the-radar prospect they’ve picked up. Two-time National Prep placewinner, Evan Boblits (St. Mary’s Ryken, MD) will stay in-state and wrestle for the Midshipmen. Boblits was fifth at 144 lbs at National Prep’s this year. As a freshman, he was fourth at 113 lbs. Boblits is one of four wrestlers who have committed to Navy from the Class of 2025. 

It's been a big summer already for wrestlers entering the portal. Here is a quick update of some notable moves into the portal and commitments as well.
Commitments
Emily Mendez - Transfer to William Jewell from Adrian
Mendez announced she was transferring after this year’s NCWWCs. She was a 3X qualifier for the Bulldogs, and had a sixth Place All-American finish in 2021. She broke into the top 10 in the 109 lb weight class late last season. She ran into tough opponents early in this tournament dropping a match to Ava Bayless in the second round and Jenavi Alejandro after winning two other matches by tech fall on the back side. Mendez made a big splash at the King Tornado Open this past season defeating 3x AA Samantha Miller (also in this article) to win the top spot. The Cardinals did not have a qualifier at 109lbs this past season, so Mendez will be a real boost to that spot (now 110 lbs) in the lineup. 
Samantha Miller - Transfer to McKendree from Mount Olive
Miller announced she will be spending her last season at McKendree after starting her career at Presbyterian and transferring to Mount Olive last season. Miller has been an All-American every year she’s wrestled in college finishing sixth, fifth, and fifth at 101 lbs for Presbyterian from 2021-2023 and finishing in 3rd last season at 109 lbs for Mount Olive. Miller has stated in interviews that she liked being up at 109 lbs, and will likely stay there (now 110 lbs) to compete for the Bearcats as she tries to finally get to the top of the podium at NCWWCs.
Katja Osteen - Transfer to Iowa from Simon Fraser
Osteen is a 2x All-American from Simon Fraser in 2022 and 2023 at the 191 lb weight class. She took last season off to train at the US Olympic Trainer Center in their Elite Accelerator Program. The new college weight classes will make things interesting with a 180 lb category as well as 207 lbs. The Hawkeyes have no shortage of talent at their upper weights with Jaycee Foeller coming in with her final year of eligibility after her runner-up finish last year and Alivia White, who just finished up her redshirt freshman year with a 19-5 record, including 14 pins and top 3 finishes at the Warrior Open, Soldier Salute and Missouri Valley Open. Add Osteen to the list of talented wrestlers contributing to the insane depth for Iowa this upcoming season. 
Jennifer Soto - Transferring to King from McKendree
Soto made the announcement of her transfer in a strongly worded Instagram post, announcing her excitement to join King’s program and Coach Moorman. Soto has been a top 5 ranked wrestler throughout her last season with the Bearcats, finishing fourth at regionals after a loss to teammate and 4x champ Cam Gueron. While Soto qualified for nationals, she went 1-2. In 2023, Soto had her first All-American finish when she came in fourth at 123 lbs her freshman season. King currently has some real talent at both of Soto’s previous weight classes, with NCWWC finalist Virginia Foard and third-place finisher Montana DeLawder at 123 lbs and finalist and top-ranked Victoria Baez-Dilone at 130l bs. With the possibility of redshirts, multiple qualifiers, and shifting weight classes, I think there is certainly a path for Soto to make her way into the lineup, and I am curious to see how she competes with top talent in the room.
Faith Cole - Transferring to Missouri Baptist from McKendree
Cole was one of the many talented wrestlers looking for a new home after Iowa Wesleyan closed down. Cole committed to Iowa Wesleyan after becoming the very first girl to become a 4x undefeated state champ in Missouri. Cole was an All-American during her time at Wesleyan, finishing 6th at 109 lbs, and then transferred to McKendree. Faith was a Cadet Pan-Am champ in 2021 and a Fargo champ in addition to her other accolades. While MoBap has some talent at lighter weights, they did not have any All-Americans at 109 lbs last season, and that is certainly the possibility Cole brings to the table. With Missouri Baptist’s move into the stacked Heart of America Conference with teams like Grand View, Central Methodist, Missouri Valley, and William Penn, The Spartans should look to utilize Cole and their other returning talent to make a big splash their first year.
Bella Ngo - Transfer to Texas Wesleyan from Iowa
While this announcement came back in February, I still think it is notable for the instant impact Ngo could have on the Texas Wesleyan lineup. Ngo committed to Iowa out of high school and had a 10-5 record with the Hawkeyes her freshman year, even taking second place at the Soldier Salute. Prior to college competition, Ngo finished fourth at USA Wrestling's Folkstyle Nationals in 2021 and had a third-place finish at the California State Championships her senior season in 2022. The Rams are returning Sooner Athletic Conference Champs, and are certainly hopeful that Ngo’s addition to the lineup helps them pull away even more from their NAIA competition.
Salyna Shotwell - Transfer to Life from McKendree
This is a homecoming for Shotwell as she originally committed to Life out of high school. After finishing as the NAIA runner-up in 2022 at 116 lbs she transferred to McKendree. During this past season, Shotwell was ranked in the top 10, placed fifth at Midlands, and 2nd at the MoVal Open. Shotwell will certainly be looking to improve upon her last run in the NAIA National tournament to claim a championship title, and while Life is stacked with talent at all weights including 2024 All-American Ariana Martinez at 116 lbs, I have a feeling Shotwell should be able to fight for a spot in the lineup given her talent.
There are a lot of additional transfer commitments already made and many more to come. Here are also a few notable wrestlers currently in the portal waiting to make a decision to transfer or stay with their original school:
Kaelani Shufeldt - Lock Haven (2024 NCWWC Runner Up, 109lbs)
Esther Han - Iowa (ranked in the top 5 last season at 136 lbs, MoVal Open Champ, ended season early due to injury) 
Payton Stroud - McKendree (3x All-American, 116 lbs)
Claire Agostini - Adrian (Ranked in top-10 at 143 lbs last season)
Kendall Bostelman- North Central (2023 All-American at 143 lbs)

In an offseason full of surprising coaching moves, the US Naval Academy threw their hat into the ring as they shocked the wrestling world by bringing back the legendary Barry Davis as an assistant coach. 
Davis spent 25 years as the head coach at the University of Wisconsin - a tenure that ended in 2018. Since then, Davis has not had a position coaching at the collegiate level. 
While at Wisconsin, Davis amassed a 227-167-11 dual record and oversaw a squad that captured an NCAA team trophy in 2010, finishing fourth in the nation. That placement tied the highest in school history. Individually, Davis coached three national champions, 26 All-Americans, and eight Big Ten champions. The title won by Andrew Howe in 2010 (165 lbs) remains the most recent by a Badger wrestler. 
As a competitor, Davis was a three-time NCAA champion, four-time All-American, and four-time Big Ten champion. His career mark, wrestling for the University of Iowa, was 162-9-1. 
In the middle of his college career, Davis took an Olympic redshirt to prep for the 1984 Summer Olympics, He ended up coming away with a silver medal at 57 kg. Davis also medaled at the two World Championships that followed, claiming a bronze in 1985 and a silver in 1986. 
The Naval Academy produced the first All-American of the Cary Kolat-era in March as David Key finished eighth in the 184 lb weight class. The Navy team finished sixth in the EIWA with 79.5 points and is expected to return three starters with past NCAA experience for the 2024-25 season.