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    ODU announces class

    Old Dominion University wrestling has signed five student-athletes to National Letters of Intent on Wednesday, ODU head coach Steve Martin announced.

    Pete Baldwin, Brandon Choate, Robert F. Deutsch Jr., Chris Mecate, and Taylor Moeder have all signed NLI's and will join the wrestling Monarchs next fall.

    Pete Baldwin ( 149/157 • Kissimmee, Fla./Osceola)
    Baldwin is ranked No. 32 overall in the nation by InterMat, having produced a career record of 271-20 while his high school record is 166-6 while winning a state championship and two second place finishes.

    Baldwin won the Greco-Roman Southeast Regional Championship at 145-pounds last year and took third at the freestyle regional, beating three of the top-10 ranked high school wrestlers in the nation.

    Brandon Choate ( 133/141 • Orwigsburg, Pa./Blue Mountain)
    Choate has won three-straight Schuylkill League Tournament titles and has a career record of 87-20. He advanced to the state quarterfinals in 2009-10.

    Robert F. Deutsch Jr. ( 125/133 • Voorhees, N.J./Eastern Regional)
    Deutsch is ranked No. 52 overall by InterMat and is ranked No. 9 at 125-pounds by TheOpenMat.com. The Voorhees, N.J. native has a high school record of 113-12, earning second place (103) at the state tournament as a freshman, first (112) as a sophomore and third (119) as a junior.

    Deutsch has placed third or better in seven out of 12 tournaments since 2006, including a third place finish at the 2009 Beast of the East and a second place finish at the 2008 Cadet Nationals.

    Chris Mecate (141 • Highland, Calif./Redlands East Valley)
    Mecate is ranked No. 46 overall by InterMat and No. 9 at 141-pounds by TheOpenMat.com. He won the Super 32 Tournament as a sophomore at 119-pounds and was named the 2009-10 Wrestler of the Year by The San Bernardino County Sun.

    Taylor Moeder ( 149 • Shawnee, Kan./St. James)
    Has won two-straight Kansas state titles, going 40-1 last year as a junior and is ranked No. 8 at 141-pounds by TheOpenMat.com.

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