"At the end of the day there wasn't a better place for me than Ohio State," commented Tessari on the phone on Friday night. "Now that I made the decision I can just focus on school and wrestling my senior year."
Cam Tessari (Photo/BuckeyeWrestling.com)In the classroom Cam is an honor roll student that finished his last quarter with a 3.8 GPA. On the mat he is undefeated against Ohio wrestlers and has won state championships at three different weights. As a freshman he won his first title at 112 before moving up to 130 for his second in 2009. In March he won his third championship at 140 and completed his first undefeated season at 53-0 to improve to 135-5 in his career.
"It meant a lot to finish the year undefeated because I hadn't done it before," stated Tessari at the 2010 Ohio state tournament. "It was always the goal and the Ironman was always a tough tournament so to win a title there was a big part of ending the year without a loss."
At that point Tessari was still undecided about a college but listed OSU, Michigan, and Virginia Tech as his favorite. It didn't take long for him to make a decision.
"I think I just needed a little more time but I know that I made a great choice," stated Tessari on Saturday when speaking of Ohio State. "They are close to home, I'm going to have a lot of friends on the team ... they have the coaches and practice to partners that can help me win a national title ... and I am going to get a great education."
Tessari won't be the only Monroeville wrestler on the Ohio State team. He will join Logan Stieber who will enroll at OSU in the fall and his younger brother Hunter Stieber who will also sign his NLI with the Buckeyes in November. Logan is the nation's No. 1 ranked recruit at any weight while Hunter is ranked fourth overall at 119 pounds and ninth in his junior class. Together they have combined to win ten state titles.
"I have been wrestling with Logan and Hunter since I was little so it means a lot to know we'll be together in college," said Tessari when asked about the ties. "We were able to win help Monroeville win a team title and it would mean just as much for all of us to be in the lineup helping Ohio State win a NCAA championship."
The Buckeyes have three wrestlers that have given verbal commitments in their 2011 recruiting class. Joining Cam and Hunter Stieber, Derek Garcia will be released from his 2010 National Letter of Intent to resign with OSU in November. Garcia would have arrived in the fall with Logan Stieber but after making the decision to have knee surgery he also decided to delay enrollment for a year. Derek is the ninth-ranked recruit in 2010.
Tessari's goals for his senior year are no different then what they were every year.
"Hopefully we can come together and win another a team title. I want to go undefeated and work hard to get ready to wrestle in college. It is going to be a challenge and I want to be ready to wrestle when I get the opportunity. I am excited to be a Buckeye," said Tessari.
Buckeyes receive third commitment in last three weeks
The coaches received their third commitment in the last three weeks on Monday when Dublin Scioto senior Alex Gordon signed his National Letter of Intent. He joins high school teammate Randy Languis who signed with the Buckeyes last week and Tyrell Fortune who announced his intention to transfer to Ohio State after graduating from Clackamas Community College in the fall. Completing the current class of seven Logan Stieber, Josh Demas, Drew Stone, and Max Gladstone signed their NLI in November 2009.
InterMat was granted permission to republish this article from BuckeyeWrestling.com.
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