I wanna tell u my name but don’t want my business all over the I internet! Or anyone finding out I am posting on anabolic forums especially my parents. But just know I am being honest about wrestling in high school.
I’m going to be really honest with you. I have some concerns:
DIII schools give no athletic scholarships. You have to have the grades/SATs to be accepted and then be able to maintain minimum GPA to stay eligible to wrestle (NCAA rules).
You don’t have a lot of experience. Everyone loves an underdog story but you have to level set. Since you’ve finished your senior HS year, you need to find the best club you can and never miss a practice. Compete in as many open tournaments as you can. If you are pressed for time and have to choose between mat time and the gym, choose the mat every time.
Attitude/coachable. The fact you were kicked off the team (before going to State) is troublesome no matter what the circumstances. HUGE red flag if I’m being honest. Coach Cammisa will no doubt talk to your HS coach as a reference. You are going to need to be prepared to show how you’ve grown/changed since that situation.
Lastly, your questions/posts here on AM are troublesome. This is why many feel you may be trolling. I’m willing to believe you’re not but they do concern me that you may have some deeper issues you need to work out. College is stressful. Wrestling is more stressful. Both at the same time can break you if you’re not prepared.
If there is a silver lining to all of this it’s that BSUs program is pretty terrible. That may sound harsh but it’s true. Assuming you make the grades (and keep them) they may be willing to work with you. But don’t expect to start anytime soon at heavyweight, they have a starter and a backup (though no 197...hint hint.)
In my own experience, I’ve never seen anyone with such little experience, irrespective of athletic giftedness get recruited D1,D2,D3. Maybe NAIA or NWCA. World is full of State Champs that don’t make it to the next level. And that’s ok. If all this motivates you to put in the work to prove me wrong then great. Or, it causes you to shift goals to something more attainable then that’s great too. But its not rational to think you can simply bulk up (PEDs or no PEDs...this is AM and the Anabolics forum) and this new found strength will outweigh the muscle memory of years of drilling technique, nor the almost instinctive mat awareness and chain wrestling of guys who’ve been doing this since they were 5 years old.
Not trying to be an @$$, but as stated before this is college recruiting time. I observed many studs last weekend (many, many State Champs) not even make All-American. No one was talking to them, certainly not D1 and none of the D2/D3 scouts I saw. Then again, don’t think BSU was in the house ;-)
Best of luck,
The State
