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Clemsen Announces Addition Of Chase Horne

COLLEGE PARK, MD — Maryland head coach Alex Clemsen has announced the addition of Chase Horne as the newest member of the Terrapin wrestling program. Horne comes to Maryland as a redshirt junior with two years of eligibility remaining after competing at NC State for the past three seasons. 
“I am really excited for Chase to come to College Park and join Clemsen and Company as we continue to lay bricks for Maryland Wrestling,” said Clemsen.  “Chase is a tremendous talent and has sacrificed a lot in his early career. Now he gets to compete at his natural weight class where he has been proven winner throughout his entire development. I know our program cannot wait to get him to town and help him as he continues his journey as a student athlete!”
Horne wrested as a heavyweight and at 197 lbs with the Wolfpack over the last three seasons. This past year he appeared in four tournaments. In 2023-24, he competed solely at 285 lbs and posted a 13-6 record, including first-period pins to start of the season. He was awarded the ACC’s Dr. Pepper Go Teach Scholarship on behalf of the College Football Playoff Foundation and Dr. Pepper. He was named to the 2022-23 All-ACC Academic Team and the 2022-23 ACC Academic Honor Roll. 
In high school at West Laurens High School, Horne  was a four-time Georgia state champion. … more at … https://umterps.com/news/2025/4/22/wrestling-clemsen-announces-addition-of-chase-horne.aspx

May 11, 2025 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Ramstad: This could be the week the NCAA becomes a professional league

A judge is expected to approve an arrangement for Division I colleges to give 22% of athletic department revenue to student-athletes.
So much is going on with the president, investment markets, Minnesota’s Legislature and the Timberwolves’ playoff run, you can be forgiven if you haven‘t heard a monumental change is about to happen in college sports.
A federal judge this week is expected to ratify a legal settlement that will lead NCAA Division I universities to pay athletes from athletic department revenue. Four years after the Supreme Court said student-athletes could market themselves in name-image-likeness (NIL) deals, now they will get a cut of their teams’ overall revenue. “This is the last point that really solidifies [the NCAA] as a professional league,” said Patrick Campion, co-founder of Fame Sport, a new sports marketing firm in Minneapolis. He is a former marketing chief at Sleep Number and managed its NFL sponsorship for eight years.
The settlement inaugurates an enormous change for the athletes, universities and the business of sports in America. “We’re living through a transformation in college sports that rivals the creation of the NCAA itself,” said Chris Pham, a sports attorney at Fredrikson, a Minneapolis law firm. “Between NIL, athlete empowerment and revenue sharing, we’re seeing the traditional amateur model give way to this new economic reality.”
This step is happening because of a class action lawsuit brought against the NCAA in 2020 on behalf of former athletes who missed out on the chance to make NIL money. Before then, the NCAA prohibited athletes from any compensation beyond their college scholarship and room and board.
The settlement — often called the House settlement for Grant House, a former collegiate swimmer whose name leads the list of litigants in the suit — requires the NCAA to pay past athletes from a nearly $3 billion fund. It also requires Division I schools, like the University of Minnesota and University of St. Thomas, to make direct payments to athletes moving forward.
Athletics departments will have to share 22% of their revenue, or up to about $20 million a year. That will blow a hole in spending and force them to cut costs and perhaps some sports. … more at … https://www.startribune.com/ramstad-this-could-be-the-week-the-ncaa-becomes-a-professional-league/601335749

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Husker Wrestling Team recognized by governor, legislature for performance in NCAA Championship

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) – Governor Jim Pillen proclaimed Thursday, April 17 as Husker Wrestling Day in Nebraska in honor of the Husker Wrestling Team’s historic performance in the NCAA Championships. During a press conference at the Nebraska State Capitol on Thursday, Sen. Dan Lonowski also presented the team with a resolution from the 109th Legislative Session.
Sen. Lonowski commented on the competition saying the team scored more points than several teams who had won a Division I title. “A lot of people don’t want to agree with me but we’re a wrestling state,” Sen. Lonowski said.
Sen. Terrell McKinney of Omaha and Sen. Dan McKeon of Amherst presented wrestlers Ridge Lovett and Antrell Taylor with individual resolutions. Lovett and Taylor are the first NCAA Individual Wrestling National Champions for Nebraska since Jordan Burroughs in 2011. At 149 pounds, Lovett defeated Caleb Henson of Virginia Tech in a 1-0 decision. At 157 pounds, Taylor defeated Joey Blaze from Purdue in a 4-2 decision.
This is the first time Nebraska has had multiple individual NCAA champions in the same season since 1984. Lovett was the 2-seed in the 149 pound bracket while Taylor was the 3-seed at 157 pounds. Wrestling Coach Mark Manning said Nebraska is the fourth school in 34 years to have eight All-Americans. Lovett is a native of Post Falls, Idaho and was an All-American in 2022 and 2024. Taylor is a product of Millard South and finished in 8th place at the 2024 National Championships. … more at … https://www.1011now.com/2025/04/17/husker-wrestling-team-recognized-by-governor-legislature-performance-ncaa-championship/

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