With only approx 10 schollies to divy up per team, I still wonder how Penn St gets so many top rated HS wrestlers from out of state, when paying for even a portion as an out of state resident can be so expensive ?
You guys get one great wrestler and all of a sudden you turn into Iowa fans. :smiley:
1. Cael Sanderson and Company. Great experience at every level of the sport.
2. These families have already spent $10's of thousands on coaching, tournaments, gear, travel, etc. to enable their kids to be the best they can be. This is a continuation of that.
3. Some families actually plan on college spending, regardless of potential scholarships.
4. If you watched the five champions' interviews coming off the mat, it's obvious that the kids have bought into the program. They are grateful for the opportunity of wrestling. That has to weigh on recruits minds.
5. Cael's recruiting visits are different than any other coaches (a Lehigh AA recruit's Dad's words, not mine). He's actually asking questions to make sure kids aren't just going through the motions because they're good. They need to love wrestling, be grateful for the opportunity of wrestling and show no signs of burnout.
6. Results. Yes, Cael is a great recruiter, but he is also lapping the field when it comes to turning great recruits into AA's and NC's. Of the top 25 recruits in each class since 2011, PSU has turned 78% of their opportunities into AA. The next two are at 53%. For NC's, Penn State has turned 30% of opportunities into NC's. The next closest is tOSU at 13%. That means a highly ranked PSU recruit is more than twice as likely to NC than if he was on the next closest team.
