Iowa wrestling picks up commitment from Solon High’s Gage Marty

The Iowa wrestling staff added its third recruit in 4 days on Monday morning, as Solon senior Gage Marty introduced his dedication to the Hawkeyes.

“I am tremendous excited to announce that I’ve dedicated to the College of Iowa,” Marty wrote in his announcement. “I can not thank my household and coaches sufficient. Cannot wait to get began.”

Marty, a projected heavyweight, and is a three-time Class 2A state medalist. He went 127-25 over his remaining three prep seasons. This previous yr, he went 48-3 and reached the state finals, the place he misplaced to West Lyon’s Easton Fleshman, a fellow Iowa recruit.

Marty made his dedication via his private Instagram account. He selected the Hawkeyes after a go to earlier this month. He had briefly talked with Loras and Coe Faculty, two great Division III choices. He wasn’t sure he’d wrestler in any respect in faculty, however after his current go to to Iowa Metropolis, he determined to offer it a shot.

In doing so, Marty is now the thirtieth in-state senior to commit to a Division I wrestling program. Of the 30, 21 are staying in-state, and 10 are becoming a member of the Hawkeyes:

Marty’s dedication is the third for Iowa within the final 4 days. On Sunday, Aidan Harris, a junior-college All-American from Iowa Central, introduced plans to switch to Iowa. On Friday, Jude Hyperlink, a senior state champ from Minnesota, additionally dedicated to Iowa.

All three means Iowa’s 2022 recruiting class, which was just lately ranked No. 15 nationally by MatScouts, now stands at 14 wrestlers — the ten in-state youngsters, Hyperlink, Harris, plus Drake Rhodes, a state champ from Montana, and Kolby Franklin, initially from Wyoming Seminary in Pennsylvania however who’s now presently at Iowa Metropolis Excessive.

Iowa highschool wrestling, Class of 2022, going to Division I applications

• North Butler-Clarksville’s Chet Buss, Northern Iowa
• Don Bosco’s Garrett Funk, Northern Iowa
• Crestwood’s Carter Fousek, Iowa State
• Waukee Northwest’s Griffin Gammell, Virginia
• Waverly-Shell Rock’s Aiden Riggins, Iowa
• Des Moines Lincoln’s Mickey Griffith, Iowa
• Southeast Polk’s Carson Martinson, Iowa
• Southeast Polk’s Carter Martinson, Iowa
• West Lyon’s Easton Fleshman, Iowa
• Mason Metropolis’s Jace Rhodes, Iowa
• Bettendorf’s Bradley Hill, Iowa
• Iowa Metropolis West’s Robert Avila Jr., Virginia
• Iowa Metropolis West’s Hunter Garvin, Stanford
• West Delaware’s Wyatt Voelker, Northern Iowa
• Southeast Polk’s Joel Jesuroga, Iowa
• Gilbert’s Fernando Villaescusa, Iowa State
• Ankeny’s Trever Anderson, Northern Iowa
• Underwood’s Hagen Heistand, Campbell
• Cedar Rapids Xavier’s Christian Stanek, Iowa State
• New London’s Marcel Lopez, SIUE
• Don Bosco’s Cade Tenold, North Carolina
• Don Bosco’s Carson Tenold, North Carolina
• Iowa Metropolis West’s Grant O’Dell, Bellarmine
• Lisbon’s Cade Siebrecht, Iowa
• Midland’s Cayden Miller, Iowa State
• Indianola’s Ryder Downey, Northern Iowa
• West Burlington-Notre Dame’s Blaine Frazier, Indiana
• Dowling Catholic’s Jacob Frost, Iowa State
• Dowling Catholic’s Evan Frost, Iowa State
• Solon’s Gage Marty, Iowa

Cody Goodwin covers wrestling and highschool sports activities for the Des Moines Register. Observe him on Twitter at @codygoodwin.