Recruits

[TheWombat]

The Rogotzke brothers Lyden and Ballantyne are all good DI level recruits. I haven't looked to deeply into any of them but, if you're trying to start a pipeline, Roman Rogotzke would seem like a good start. I put the name Rogotzke into the trackwrestling search engine and came up with eight different profiles with ties to Stillwater. Ryder specifically is going to be very good

And to think, I used to wonder if the coaching staff was listening. This is big for recruiting but he's a good wrestler in his own right (41 pins last year). If you remember Scott Joll from West Virginia (he beat Cade King last year) he's a lot like him in his style. He gets in a lot of strange positions where he's able to put people on their backs. It's very fun to watch but I do wonder how it will translate to the next level.

[UWMandSDSU]

Stillwater, MN State Champ Roman Rogotzke
https://twitter.com/matscoutwillie/s...467814406?s=21
https://twitter.com/roman76303220/status/1288591190506512392?s=21

[TheWombat]

Verbal today. Signature tweet from Coach Hahn.

Anybody have any guesses? I'm going to guess Klinkhammer or Lamer.

[UWMandSDSU]

Verbal today. Signature tweet from Coach Hahn.

[TheWombat]

Rasmussen and Swenson wrestled at the Legends of Gold tournament this past weekend. Rasmussen ran into some real hammers (#1 at 160 Cael Valencia, #13 Quayin Short, #18 Damion Schunke, and AA Luke Shaver) but he held his own against them and beat a ND state champ and a CO state placer. Swenson went 6-0 in folk and 4-1 in freestyle but didn't face anyone of real consequence. Damion Schunke had an amazing tournament beating out Manny Rojas who is a huge recruit.

[opinionsaremyown]

Thanks for the update Wombat. Sounds like Swenson had a nice outing. Looking forward to him being a jackrabbit.

[TheWombat]

Cael Swenson wrestled at the King of the Ring Duals today and he looked very good. He was able to major and pin a few state placers from around the country and he finished up in the finals beating #17 Sincere Bailey 3-0 in a one-sided match. He went out there and competed hard, always looking to score and never being afraid to take a shot. He gave up some unnecessary escapes as he put himself in bad position going for turns and he got stuck under people on shots more than I would have liked to see, but he was able to see openings very well and he showed fantastic short offense along with the leg attacks and cradles that we already knew that he had. With his attitude and the tools that he demonstrated today, I'm more confident than ever that he can do well for the jacks with just a little bit of polish and some added size and strength. It's also great to see him in shape and competing when many wrestlers are not. Of course, I also like to see him putting himself in close proximity to other top-flight recruits who the jacks may want to go after (Jesse Mendez, Gavin Nelson, and Gavin Layton were on him team, just to name a few).

[opinionsaremyown]

YES! This is great news. Connor is a great get for SDSU and this class is going to be a special one.

[witness]

2021 Connor Gaynor from Illinois committed
https://twitter.com/itsconnorgaynor/...511853571?s=21

[opinionsaremyown]

Another good one here. Look forward to his continued development and his time as a jackrabbit.

[witness]

Very interesting pick-up. He's still very much figuring his body out. He went from 106 as an 8th grader to 170 as a freshman to 182 as a sophomore. He projects as a 197. Despite his complete lack of physical tools as he develops, he's seen some real success taking second at state behind Damion Schunke this year and taking 7th last year. He's gritty, he's creative, and he's well coached. There's reason to believe that his athleticism will catch up with his technique over the next two years and, once that happens, he might end up being really good. 195A returns two pretty good wrestler in Gavin Gulbranson and Regan Bollweg. If he's able to beat them, we'll know he's on the right track.

Would imagine he's a pretty low cost recruit as well since he's from Brookings and committed just a few days after coaches could talk to 2022 recruits

[UWMandSDSU]

Class of 2022 Luke Rasmussen from Brookings, SD just committed

https://twitter.com/lukerasmussen2/s...069912577?s=21

Their family is big SDSU wrestling fans/supporters.

[TheWombat]

Class of 2022 Luke Rasmussen from Brookings, SD just committed

https://twitter.com/lukerasmussen2/s...069912577?s=21

Very interesting pick-up. He's still very much figuring his body out. He went from 106 as an 8th grader to 170 as a freshman to 182 as a sophomore. He projects as a 197. Despite his complete lack of physical tools as he develops, he's seen some real success taking second at state behind Damion Schunke this year and taking 7th last year. He's gritty, he's creative, and he's well coached. There's reason to believe that his athleticism will catch up with his technique over the next two years and, once that happens, he might end up being really good. 195A returns two pretty good wrestler in Gavin Gulbranson and Regan Bollweg. If he's able to beat them, we'll know he's on the right track.

[witness]

Class of 2022 Luke Rasmussen from Brookings, SD just committed

https://twitter.com/lukerasmussen2/s...069912577?s=21

[TheWombat]

Didn't realize he went from 106 to 120 and then 138 this year while also being projected as a 149lber in college. Did he hit a growth spurt or is he just filling into his body?

It looks like both, but he's certainly a lot taller than he was.