Mayer Lutheran High School (MN) wrestler Drew Fleming signed a National Letter of Intent today to wrestle for Division I South Dakota State University following his upcoming senior season. SDSU competes in the Western Wrestling Conference with Northern Colorado, Wyoming, Air Force, Utah Valley, North Dakota State and Northern Iowa. He is projected to wrestle at the 125-pound weight classes.
Fleming becomes the first wrestler in the school's history who will compete at the Division I level. Founded in 1961, Mayer Lutheran High School is a school of approximately 250 students in grades 9-12, 40 miles West of Minneapolis, with students who commute from 52 surrounding communities. Currently the school does not have a wrestling team and they rely on a co-op partnership with nearby Watertown-Mayer High School.
Fleming is currently a two-time state champion, winning the 112-pound Class AA title last winter as a junior and the 103-pound title as a sophomore. Fleming is the favorite to win state again this year at his weight class and if successful will be the sole wrestler in this year's Minnesota senior class with three titles.
Fleming enters his senior season with a 108-13 record in his three years wrestling at the high school level, with one of the states' senior classes highest win percentage of .893. He also placed second at112 in 2008 and third at 103 in 2007 in the Minnesota Christmas Tournament, which is nationally recognized by many as one of the top five toughest high school tournaments in the country. Fleming also earned MSHSL all state team honors in 08 & 09, three-time all-conference honors and twice earned his team's MVP and hardest worker awards.
Nationally, Drew was a 2007 USA Wrestling Cadet Freestyle All-American, 2008 USA Wrestling FILA Cadet Greco All-American and a 2008 USA Wrestling Junior folkstyle All-American, finishing second. Fleming has also won Minnesota USA state freestyle and Greco-Roman titles at both the cadet and junior levels, along with consistently placing in both freestyle and Greco-Roman in USA Wrestling's Northern Plains and Central Regional's over the last three years.
Fleming is currently ranked by InterMat as Minnesota's No. 2 overall senior recruit and is nationally ranked No. 19 at his weight class in USA Wrestling Magazine's October 1 preseason edition featuring the Nations Best 2009-10 High School Seniors.
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