NU Recruiting Class Ranked 18th by InterMat

<?xml:namespace prefix="st1" ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"?>Lincoln -- Nebraska head wrestling coach Mark Manning announced the addition of three student-athletes during the spring signing period that will join the Huskers for the 2007-08 academic year.  Combined with the early signees, Intermat ranked Nebraska's recruiting class as the 18th-best in the nation.<?xml:namespace prefix="o" ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"?>

 

Kenny Jordan of Frankfort, Ill., rejoins the team after a year in junior college, while Dustin Weitzel of Dolores, Colo., and Brett Landrum of Wayzata, Minn., join the Huskers after finishing accomplished high school careers. 

 

One of the top junior-college recruits in the nation, Jordan returns to Nebraska after a national championship season at 133 pounds at LincolnCommunity College in Lincoln, Ill.  The NJCAA Championships was one of four tournaments Jordan won this season.  In his lone year at Nebraska, Jordan was as a redshirt freshman in 11-0 in open tournament competition. 

 

Also joining the Huskers is Weitzel, who won the state championship and was 42-2 in his senior season at DoloresHigh School.  Weitzel was a state runner-up at 103 pounds as a freshman, and netted four top-five state tournament finishes in a high school career that saw him earn a 141-19 record.  The second Colorado native in this recruiting class, Weitzel is expected to add depth to Nebraska’s lightweights.

 

Landrum rounds out Nebraska’s spring signees after finishing third at the state tournament as a senior and had a record of 44-6 this season at 160 pounds.  Landrum qualified for the Minnesota state tournament in each of his last two seasons of high school wrestling.

 

These three student-athletes, along with three other wrestlers who committed during the fall signing period, will look to contribute to a Husker wrestling squad that finished with 16th at the NCAA Championships after a 10-7-1 dual season.  Nebraska returns nine wrestlers who have qualified for nationals during their careers, including 2007 national champion Paul Donahoe. 

 

Nebraska Wrestling Recruiting Class of 2007

125-Andy Pokorny, Bennington, Neb. (Bennington)*

125-Dustin Weitzel, Dolores, Colo. (Dolores)

133-Kenny Jordan, Frankfort, Ill. (Mt.Carmel HS/Lincoln CC)

157-Chris Hacker, El Reno, Okla. (El Reno)*
157-Brett Landrum, Wayzata, Minn. (Wayzata)

HWT-Tucker Lane, Nucla, Colo. (Nucla)*

*-Signed during fall signing period