PSU Recruiting Thread

Tom McAndrew

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Bo Bassett has been posting a weekly recruiting update. Basically, its been him eliminating schools each week. I've refrained from posting his weekly updates until he got down to his finalists.

However, this week he changed up the style of his update a bit. He eliminated 1 school (NC State). In addition, he listed a schedule of upcoming home visits he'll be receiving, and also listed the destination of his first official visit.

You can find the details at:

 

conburk

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Bo Bassett has been posting a weekly recruiting update. Basically, its been him eliminating schools each week. I've refrained from posting his weekly updates until he got down to his finalists.

However, this week he changed up the style of his update a bit. He eliminated 1 school (NC State). In addition, he listed a schedule of upcoming home visits he'll be receiving, and also listed the destination of his first official visit.

You can find the details at:

Gotta be a good sign that we get the last visit
 

El_Jefe

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Tyler DeKraker was also on campus. He's a sneaky good candidate. Under the radar due to lack of folk competition -- he got snared by PIAA transfer rules by leaving private school for his home school district.

Anyway, he beat Seidel in folk and is a national champ at U15 freestyle and U17 greco. Brother is committed to NW. Dad is a former D1 wrestler. Have seen him projected anywhere from 141-165.
 

Tom McAndrew

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Tyler DeKraker was also on campus. He's a sneaky good candidate. Under the radar due to lack of folk competition -- he got snared by PIAA transfer rules by leaving private school for his home school district.

Anyway, he beat Seidel in folk and is a national champ at U15 freestyle and U17 greco. Brother is committed to NW. Dad is a former D1 wrestler. Have seen him projected anywhere from 141-165.

He's from the Quakertown area, I believe.

Didn't he go from Blair to Faith Christian Academy? Or is that when he ran into issues with the PIAA? And now he's back at Blair.

@dicemen99, he's from up your neck of the woods, I believe, plus I believe you follow movements between schools as you're monitoring kids for ETR. Any thing you can add to this to clarify what happened?
 

El_Jefe

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He's from the Quakertown area, I believe.

Didn't he go from Blair to Faith Christian Academy? Or is that when he ran into issues with the PIAA? And now he's back at Blair.

@dicemen99, he's from up your neck of the woods, I believe, plus I believe you follow movements between schools as you're monitoring kids for ETR. Any thing you can add to this to clarify what happened?
Dice knows the situation better than me, but from what I remember: since 2022 he has been in VA, MD, NJ, PA, and back to VA. And I think he was in PA before the first stop in VA, though he might have been in VA before that.

He was listed as VA when he competed at U15 Nationals in 2022. And he was listed as competing for McDonough School (MD) around the same time.

I've seen a USA Wrestling profile of him from before that, showing his U14 results, and listing his residence as Quakertown.

He went to Blair for the 2022-2023 year. I might have his 2023-2024 season backward, but IIRC he transferred to Faith Christian, was ruled in eligible by PIAA, and so he went home to Council Rock North since he couldn't compete anyway. (Or maybe vice-versa.) And now he's in Chantilly VA.

Head spinning yet? But wait, there's more: he competed for M2 in 2020.
 

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Dice knows the situation better than me, but from what I remember: since 2022 he has been in VA, MD, NJ, PA, and back to VA. And I think he was in PA before the first stop in VA, though he might have been in VA before that.

He was listed as VA when he competed at U15 Nationals in 2022. And he was listed as competing for McDonough School (MD) around the same time.

I've seen a USA Wrestling profile of him from before that, showing his U14 results, and listing his residence as Quakertown.

He went to Blair for the 2022-2023 year. I might have his 2023-2024 season backward, but IIRC he transferred to Faith Christian, was ruled in eligible by PIAA, and so he went home to Council Rock North since he couldn't compete anyway. (Or maybe vice-versa.) And now he's in Chantilly VA.

Head spinning yet? But wait, there's more: he competed for M2 in 2020.
Sounds like an NIL deal for U-Haul.
 

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Come join the good guys Jax and win individual and team National Championships. Then train for your Gold medal. Gonna need the big time donors to step up for Blaze, Jax, and Bassett. Let’s Go ! Good luck Coach Cael.
 

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I believe he's a junior, at Fort Dodge, Iowa. He made the U-17 USA team @ 92 Kg, but ended up having to miss Worlds due to a shoulder injury. He's also received scholarship offers from a number of top programs in football.

 

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Sorry if already covered, but Sam Herring committed mid-flight. No. 2 on MatScouts big board:


Wow. Did not see this till now. He’s from Bishop McCort teammates with Bo Bassett and Jax Forrest. They are a very close nit program. This could very well help our Chances with Bassett and Forrest. Whats your thoughts Greg ? What weight is Sam wrestling this year ?
 

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Wow. Did not see this till now. He’s from Bishop McCort teammates with Bo Bassett and Jax Forrest. They are a very close nit program. This could very well help our Chances with Bassett and Forrest. Whats your thoughts Greg ? What weight is Sam wrestling this year ?

It's still preseason, so things can change. That said, he wrestled 138 at Super 32.

In the 2023-24 season, he wrestled at 145. In the 2022-23 season, he wrestled at 132.
 
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Some rumors are starting to make the rounds that Nathan Desmond is going to flip, just rumors but they would make some sense. Some chatter about Pitt
 

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What can be done to confirm or deny those rumors?
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Everything will play itself out. There is a good possibility that some of the upper weights eventually transfer out. Only so much room at the inn.
 

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Bo Bassett has been posting a weekly recruiting update. Basically, its been him eliminating schools each week. I've refrained from posting his weekly updates until he got down to his finalists.

However, this week he changed up the style of his update a bit. He eliminated 1 school (NC State). In addition, he listed a schedule of upcoming home visits he'll be receiving, and also listed the destination of his first official visit.

You can find the details at:

Radio silence from Bassett in about the last month. If he continued his eliminations, he'd be down to about 5 schools by now. I know he has a Rutgers visit coming up in a few weeks. Any news?
 
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