Jason Tsirtsis battles Minnesota's Jake Short at the Big Ten Championships (Photo/Mark Beshey, The Guillotine)Jason Tsirtsis, 2014 NCAA Division I wrestling champ, has left Northwestern University, head wrestling coach Matt Storniolo confirmed to InterMat Tuesday.
"Jason is no longer enrolled at NU," Storniolo said in an email to InterMat. "Out of respect to Jason I will not go into any detail. When I last spoke with Jason Iowa State was one of the schools that he was looking into."
News of Tsirtsis' departure from the Evanston, Illinois Big Ten school was first revealed on Takedown Radio on Saturday, July 30. Takedown's Tony Hager posted this message on his Twitter on Monday: "National Champ Jason Tsirtsis is no longer enrolled @NorthwesternU per Northwestern Athletic Department."
Tsirtsis made a splash as a freshman at Northwestern, being named 2014 Big Ten Freshman of the Year, and 2014 InterMat Freshman of the Year. He was a three-time NCAA championships qualifier for the Wildcats, winning the 149-pound title at the 2014 NCAAs with a 3-1 OT win over Josh Kindig of Oklahoma State in the finals, and earning All-American honors the following year by placing third at 149 at the 2015 NCAAs. Tsirtsis earned back-to-back Big Ten titles in 2014 and 2015, and was a two-time Midlands finalist, winning the championship in 2014. This past season he compiled a record of 15-9 and qualified for the NCAAs, going 2-2 in New York City.
Prior to enrolling at Northwestern, Jason Tsirtsis wrestled at Crown Point High School, where he was a four-time Indiana state champ, only the eighth wrestler in the Hoosier state to do so. He was the nation's No. 1 recruit by InterMat coming out of high school.
Just last month, Jason's older brother Alex Tsirtsis was named head wrestling coach at Chicago mat powerhouse Mount Carmel High School.
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