Recruits-2023

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Post by FloridaGuy » Mon Nov 28, 2022 9:26 pm

>>>>>>>>>> I’ll happily defer to other posters for the lowdown on prunes, but I believe the Lehigh coaches have some personal insights on recruits that don’t have state titles on their resume.

My recollection is that neither Pat Santoro nor Brad Dillon were PA state champs in hs———-but they both obviously excelled in college.

I’ll be surprised if the current recruiting class doesn’t bring in some state titles as hs seniors—-four of them are currently ranked in Flo’s top 20 by weight class.

Plus, there’s still time to land add’l recruits as well as mining the Transfer Portal.


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Post by HFO » Tue Nov 29, 2022 2:17 am

FloridaGuy wrote: Mon Nov 28, 2022 9:26 pm >>>>>>>>>> I’ll happily defer to other posters for the lowdown on prunes, but I believe the Lehigh coaches have some personal insights on recruits that don’t have state titles on their resume.

My recollection is that neither Pat Santoro nor Brad Dillon were PA state champs in hs———-but they both obviously excelled in college.

I’ll be surprised if the current recruiting class doesn’t bring in some state titles as hs seniors—-four of them are currently ranked in Flo’s top 20 by weight class.

Plus, there’s still time to land add’l recruits as well as mining the Transfer Portal.
I like Lehigh to become more of a graduate transfer school for wrestlers. Lehigh's graduate programs are not that highly competitive for entrance. There should be an opportunity for select weight classes each year to potentially land Top 15 wrestlers who may want to elevate from the program they are at and who also happened to graduate with solid GPA.
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Re: Recruits-2023

Post by drd5748 » Tue Nov 29, 2022 2:26 pm

Or finally land an int'l prospect yesterday, like Bekhruz Sadriddinov of Uzbekistan, 152/160, Class of '24 (missed jr yr) whose brother Shermuhaddad is at Clarion (fr). Bekhruz verbaled LU after visiting Lehigh then OhioSt after winning 16U Fargo title last summer (both bros fewer achievements in folk); their father was on Uzbeki World Team. Arrived in U.S. 2013. Great kid, nice interview in Fargo
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Post by HFO » Tue Nov 29, 2022 4:02 pm

drd5748 wrote: Tue Nov 29, 2022 2:26 pm Or finally land an int'l prospect yesterday, like Bekhruz Sadriddinov of Uzbekistan, 152/160, Class of '24 (missed jr yr) whose brother Shermuhaddad is at Clarion (fr). Bekhruz verbaled LU after visiting Lehigh then OhioSt after winning 16U Fargo title last summer (both bros fewer achievements in folk); their father was on Uzbeki World Team. Arrived in U.S. 2013. Great kid, nice interview in Fargo
Now for Lehigh coach to visit Russia, Iran, Mongolia and Japan to find wrestlers.
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Post by whiz wit » Tue Nov 29, 2022 5:12 pm

HFO wrote: Tue Nov 29, 2022 4:02 pm
drd5748 wrote: Tue Nov 29, 2022 2:26 pm Or finally land an int'l prospect yesterday, like Bekhruz Sadriddinov of Uzbekistan, 152/160, Class of '24 (missed jr yr) whose brother Shermuhaddad is at Clarion (fr). Bekhruz verbaled LU after visiting Lehigh then OhioSt after winning 16U Fargo title last summer (both bros fewer achievements in folk); their father was on Uzbeki World Team. Arrived in U.S. 2013. Great kid, nice interview in Fargo
Now for Lehigh coach to visit Russia, Iran, Mongolia and Japan to find wrestlers.
I vote for Iran - a kid with one of those 25 letter names. Would be entertaining to hear the LU announcer try to pronounce and drag out one of those names.
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Re: Recruits-2023

Post by Richb-3 » Tue Nov 29, 2022 8:52 pm

Was Surinian of Iranian extraction? Armenian? I seem to remember it was one or the other.

Mongolians have some nice long names also.
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Post by gimpeltf » Tue Nov 29, 2022 9:38 pm

Richb-3 wrote: Tue Nov 29, 2022 8:52 pm Was Surinian of Iranian extraction? Armenian? I seem to remember it was one or the other.

Mongolians have some nice long names also.
I was thinking Syrian or Lebanese but you're right it sure does sound Armenian.

The Mongolian names are basically random scrabble tiles with a lot of As.
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Post by drd5748 » Tue Nov 29, 2022 10:59 pm

"Not one state champion" .... "I was thinking the same thing"

ATTN FORMER LU ALL-AMERICANS LISTED BELOW: will you all pls mail back your A/A medals to whiz wit's home, since the esteemed Lehigh Forum has judged your HS credentials beneath their renowned dignity they purport to express to help improve the LU brand?
1959- 1- Hamer, Ed, 167 ... never qualif in PA; 1st ncaa 1st to beat 2 former champs
1963- 6- Illengwarth, John, 275
1975- 5- DeStito, Terry, 275
1975- 1- Lieberman, Mike, 177 ... NJ Prep 2,2; never placed Nat Prep
1976- 5- Toth-Fejel, Tihamer, 142
1980- 7- Reed, Denny, 142
1997- 3- Van Doren, John, 177 ... nj 2,3
2000- 6- Dufresne, Mark, 174 ... nj 4
2000- 3- Esposito, Dave, 149 ... nj 3,2 ... no better than several ' 23
2001- 7- Vitale, Chris, 165 ... PA 5,2 at 125; AA at 157
2003- 5- Dillon, Brad, 174
2003- 8- Zinck, Derek, 157
2004- 4- Dillon, Brad, 174 ... PA 5,3 at 103, 135; AA at 174
2011- 2- Hamlin, Robt, 184 sure he won VT but you all know VT medals are valueless
2018- 7- Parker, Scotty, 133
2019- 4- Preisch, Ryan, 184
Wit will whiz all over the medals before melting them down, for the purposes of, oh, who really knows?
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Re: Recruits-2023

Post by whiz wit » Wed Nov 30, 2022 3:27 am

DRD, please explain in 25 words or less how what you just wrote is responsive to what I wrote above.
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Re: Recruits-2023

Post by drd5748 » Wed Nov 30, 2022 11:02 am

Not one A/A listed ever won a HS state title
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