University of Minnesota Athletics
Golden Gopher Wrestling Team Signs Three Top Recruits
11/14/2006 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
The University of Minnesota wrestling program has announced the signing of three student-athletes to National Letters of Intent. Zach Sanders, Sonny Yohn and Cody Marcicki will wrestle for the Golden Gophers beginning in the fall of 2007.
Zach Sanders is the nation’s top-ranked recruit at 119 pounds by a number of publications and is ranked 15th overall by InterMat. A native of Wabasha, Minn., he is a four-time Minnesota state champion and was the 2006 NHSCA Junior National Champion and USAW Junior National Freestyle Champion. Sanders finished last season with a perfect 46-0 record and enters his senior year with a 176-5 overall mark during his career. He is projected to wrestle at 125 pounds for the Golden Gophers.
Sonny Yohn is the second-ranked wrestler in the nation at 189 pounds according to WIN Magazine and Amateur Wrestling News and is the nation’s 11th-ranked recruit overall by InterMat. A native of Alamosa, Colo., Yohn is a two-time Colorado state champion. He was the 2006 NHSCA Junior National Champion and finished second at the USAW Junior National Freestyle competition. Yohn is projected to wrestle at 184 pounds for Minnesota.
Cody Marcicki is ranked among the top 75 recruits in the nation by InterMat. A native of Metamora, Mich., he is the defending Michigan state champion at 119 pounds and also has two runner-up finishes in his career at Flint Powers Catholic High School. Also a FILA Cadet National Champion, Marcicki is projected to compete at 133 pounds for the Gophers.
“We set out to fill 125 and 184 pounds, and we feel like we did that with Zach Sanders and Sonny Yohn,” assistant coach Marty Morgan stated. “We tried to follow up by getting another guy in the 133-141 pound area, and Cody Marcicki fit in perfectly. All three of them wrestle with the style we like. They’re very aggressive and have a lot of scoring potential, and we feel that they still have room to grow in college, which is important in order to get to that next level.”
Zach Sanders is the nation’s top-ranked recruit at 119 pounds by a number of publications and is ranked 15th overall by InterMat. A native of Wabasha, Minn., he is a four-time Minnesota state champion and was the 2006 NHSCA Junior National Champion and USAW Junior National Freestyle Champion. Sanders finished last season with a perfect 46-0 record and enters his senior year with a 176-5 overall mark during his career. He is projected to wrestle at 125 pounds for the Golden Gophers.
Sonny Yohn is the second-ranked wrestler in the nation at 189 pounds according to WIN Magazine and Amateur Wrestling News and is the nation’s 11th-ranked recruit overall by InterMat. A native of Alamosa, Colo., Yohn is a two-time Colorado state champion. He was the 2006 NHSCA Junior National Champion and finished second at the USAW Junior National Freestyle competition. Yohn is projected to wrestle at 184 pounds for Minnesota.
Cody Marcicki is ranked among the top 75 recruits in the nation by InterMat. A native of Metamora, Mich., he is the defending Michigan state champion at 119 pounds and also has two runner-up finishes in his career at Flint Powers Catholic High School. Also a FILA Cadet National Champion, Marcicki is projected to compete at 133 pounds for the Gophers.
“We set out to fill 125 and 184 pounds, and we feel like we did that with Zach Sanders and Sonny Yohn,” assistant coach Marty Morgan stated. “We tried to follow up by getting another guy in the 133-141 pound area, and Cody Marcicki fit in perfectly. All three of them wrestle with the style we like. They’re very aggressive and have a lot of scoring potential, and we feel that they still have room to grow in college, which is important in order to get to that next level.”
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