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BLACKSBURG – Virginia Tech head wrestling coach Kevin Dresser announced Tuesday the signing of six athletes who will enroll at Tech in 2010 and begin competing next season. Three of these wrestlers are among the top 100 nationally and all six will fill needs for the future of the program.

In alphabetical order, the six are: Devin Carter, Tyler Eitel, Harrison Hightower, Sam Law, Angelo Malvestuto and Ty Mitch.

“Ty Mitch and Devin Carter lead what we feel might be our best class ever,” Dresser said. “Hightower, Malvestuto and Eitel provide us with national-caliber guys in the upper weights, which is a concern for us at this point. We also have some other individuals in this class who we think can make an impact on the Division I wrestling in the next five years. All in all, this class could be really special."

Carter is a local product that wrestles at Christiansburg High. He is a two-time Virginia state champion and was the 2009 Timesland Wrestler of the Year by The Roanoke Times. As a junior, he went 52-1 to earn the spot as the top-ranked 112-pounder in the country by Amateur Wrestling News. This year, he is ranked as the No. 13 overall national prospect and is currently ranked No. 2 in the country at 125 pounds by InterMat. Carter is a two-time Super 32 Challenge champion who also won the 2008 Walsh Ironman and took second at the 2009 Junior Nationals. He is projected to compete at 125/133 pounds.

Mitch is the No. 37 overall national prospect and is currently ranked third in the country at 119 pounds by InterMat. He is from Aurora, Ohio, where he wrestles at Aurora High.

The projected 125-pounder was a 2009 Junior Freestyle National champion at 119 pounds and also took fourth at the 2008 Cadet Nationals at 105 pounds. He is a two-time Ohio State champion who went 40-4 last year as a junior.

Malvestuto is a senior at Niagara Wheatfield High and hails from Niagara Falls, N.Y.

The projected 184-pounder is a three-time New York state Division 1 place winner who took second at the 2009 NHSCA Junior Nationals. He is the No. 76 national prospect and is ranked 11^th in the country at 189 pounds by InterMat.

Hightower is a two-time Ohio state champion for University School and lives in Strongsville, Ohio. He is projected as a 165-pounder in college.

Eitel is a Texas product that lives in Forney and wrestles at Bishop Lynch High. He is a two-time prep nationals finalist and is projected as a 174-pounder in college.

Law wrestles for Cape Henry Collegiate School and lives in Virginia Beach. He was a 2009 VISAA state champion at 145 pounds and could wrestle at 165 or 174 pounds in college.

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