Takedown Report

Appalachian State Mountaineers Wrestling News

Appalachian State Wrestling Announces Complete 2020 Recruiting Class
BOONE, N.C. — With the start of the fall semester arriving, App State wrestling coach JohnMark Bentley officially announced the Mountaineers’ Class of 2020 recruits.
Moving forward from a fourth consecutive SoCon regular-season title in 2018-19, Bentley oversaw an App State program that went 9-3 overall in 2019-20 and had a school-record six NCAA qualifiers, including all four NCAA qualifiers who were products of North Carolina high schools.
The 11 wrestlers in the 2020 recruiting class combined for 13 individual state championships and 20 state finals appearances in their prep careers. Six members of the class are homegrown talents from North Carolina, while Bentley also secured commitments from wrestlers who hail from Pennsylvania, New York, Georgia and Virginia.
“I’m extremely excited about this freshman class,” said Bentley, who is 106-69-1 as App State’s head coach. “This is an extremely talented group with a lot of high school accomplishments. Their success in the Black & Gold will depend on their toughness, work ethic and buy-in to our core values. I can’t wait to get to work.”
Class of 2020 recruits
Tommy Askey (149/157 pounds, Pine Bush, N.Y./Pine Bush)
Jacob Barlow (heavyweight, Greensboro, N.C./Northern Guilford)
Jackson Boles (174 pounds, Madison, N.C./South Stokes)
Casey Bolick (197 pounds/heavyweight, Claremont, N.C./Bunker Hill)
Jack Campbell (149/157 pounds, Abingdon, Va./Abingdon)
Kobe Early (125 pounds, Cary, N.C./Cary)
Heath Gonyer (141 pounds, Greensboro, N.C./Northern Guilford)
Francis Morrissey (149 pounds, Bonaire, Ga./Veterans)
Ethan Oakley (133 pounds, Trinity, N.C./Wheatmore)
Tristan Pugh (149/157 pounds, Friedens, Pa./Shanksville-Stonycreek/Berlin Brothersvalley)
Connor Quinn (157 pounds, Pottstown, Pa./Owen J. Roberts) … rest of the story and profiles at h_{ttps://appstatesports.com/news/2020/8/17/app-state-wrestling-announces-complete-2020-recruiting-class.aspx?mc_cid=38a5eef6bd&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b}

August 21, 2020 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized