As an Iowa Wrestling fan and recruiting fanatic this weekend is as good as it gets.
Iowa Wrestling will be hosting an outstanding group of recruits for their official visit this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
For starters from the Class of 2026 the Hawks will host Bo Bassett (#1 at 141), Jax Forrest (#1 at 132), and Dreshaun Ross (#2 at 215).
Basset is the biggest recruit in the country to come out of high school since Spencer Lee in the Class of 2017. Bassett was a 2021 Cadet world champion and won bronze at the 2024 U20 World Championships.
Forrest was a 2022 U17 world silver medalist and placed third at 57kg at the 2024 Olympic Team Trials that Spencer Lee won.
Ross is the biggest recruit to come out of Iowa since Ben Kueter in 2022. There are a lot of similarities between Ross and Kueter. Ross is also an elite recruit in football. Ross was a 2024 U17 World Team member and won a 2023 Cadet national title in freestyle and Greco-Roman.
Folks, that is the top three wish list for any and all wrestling programs for the Class of 2026. How would I rank these three recruits? They are all #1 in my book and would all look great in the Black and Gold.
Owen McMullen, a teammate of Bassett and Forrest at Bishop McCort High School in Pennsylvania, will be visiting as well. Iowa has had great success with recruits from the Pittsburgh area recently with Spencer Lee, Michael Kemerer, Max Murin and Kaleb Young.
Michael Mocco (#5 at Hwt) won a U17 World title this summer and is the son of Iowa NCAA National Champion Steve Mocco.
Rylan Seacrist (#11 at 113) has an impressive resume with some big wins in his career.
For the Class of 2025 Paolo Ciatto (175) will be in town. Ciatto was injured at the end of last season and looks to be an underrated recruit at this time.
Iowa already has the Class of 2025 covered with commitments from wrestlers that have already taken their official visits. Leo DeLuca (Blair Academy in New Jersey) ranked #1 at 120, Tyrel Miller (St. Eds HS in Cleveland, Ohio) #6 at 175, Jarrel Miller (St. Eds HS in Cleveland, Ohio) #7 at 190 and Leister Bowling (Longmont, Colorado) at 175.
Recruits on their official visit to Iowa this weekend:
Class of 2025
Paolo Ciatto (Iona Prep, New York) – 175
Class of 2026
Bo Bassett (Bishop McCort HS, Pennsylvania) – #3 P4P and #1 at 144 by MatScouts – #4 P4P and #1 at 144 by Flo
Jax Forrest (Bishop McCort HS, Pennsylvania) – #5 P4P and #1 at 132 by MatScouts – #2 P4P and #2 at 132 by Flo
Dreshaun Ross (Fort Dodge, Iowa) – #16 P4P and #2 at 215 by Flo
Michael Mocco (Cardinal Gibbons HS, Florida) – #5 at Hwt by MatScouts and #6 at Hwt by Flo
Rylan Seacrist (Brecksville, Ohio) – #11 at 113 by MatScouts
Owen McMullen (Bishop McCort HS, Pennsylvania) – 175
The University of Iowa Wrestling team will host an open practice on Saturday, October 26 at 10 AM. Saturday is also Homecoming at Iowa with a 2:30 kickoff for the Iowa-Northwestern football game.
The practice will be open for fans inside the Goschke Family Wrestling Training Center and Bob and Kathy Nicolls Wrestling Room – “The greatest wrestling training facility…in the world.” Home of Iowa Wrestling in Wrestle Town USA – Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
Hawk fans let’s impress the recruits and pack the huge new wrestling room on Saturday.
Let’s get ‘em in the middle.
It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.
Go Hawks!
