The Iowa State wrestling program received a late addition to its 2019 recruiting class on Friday.
Anthony Echemendia, a 2019 graduate of Sunnyside High School in Tucson, Arizona, signed with the Cyclones on Friday. He made the announcement official on Twitter. He selected Iowa State over Penn State, Illinois, Iowa, and Arizona State. He projects around 141/149 pounds.
"Signing time. Very excited to represent Iowa State wrestling. Let's go cyclones,"
Echemendia wrote.
"Thank you very much to this great country for giving me this opportunity, I still cannot believe what is happening in my life, thank you very much to all the people who have had to do with this. My parents in Cuba are very proud of me," he wrote in
a separate tweet. ...
... In July, he won both the freestyle and Greco-Roman titles at the Junior National Championships. He went 14-0 between both tournaments, and outscored his opponents by a combined 139-10. ...