2023 Emerging themes, Ferrari’s official visit to Iowa, honor the hard Skills, and more…

Hi Everyone, 👋

Welcome to Week #12 of the Wrestling Snacks newsletter.

I hope everyone enjoyed their Christmas break. New Year's is right around the corner, so I also want to wish you all a Happy New Year. Does anyone have any fun plans for New Year's Eve or New Year's Day? I’ll probably gather with some family and have brunch on New Year's Day, then go to a matinee. When I proposed this idea to my 20-year-old nephews, they both gave me a blank stare and asked what a matinee was. It was then I realized how old I am and how much youth culture has changed, 😂.

Since this will be the last newsletter of the year 2023, I wanted to do a recap of all our tips from the past year. I took all the advice from each category and will share with you the most common themes among the tips.

I hope you enjoy it and that it puts some of the advice from these experts into perspective.

Let’s GO 💪

News Bites

• AJ Ferrari takes an official visit to Iowa

• AJ Ferrari Entered To Compete At Soldier Salute

• A suburban student-athlete who was barred from competing for his entire high school career has been reinstated, temporarily, after taking the case to court

• NCAA DI RANKINGS Updated (12/26/2023)

• NCAA DII RANKINGS

• NCAA DIII RANKINGS

• NAIA Women’s RANKINGS

• 2023 Powerade Wrestling Tournament Results

• Iowa wrestler Nelson Brands denied appeal in gambling probe, says career has ended

• #3 Nate Desmond Commits To Penn State

• #17 Kyler Larkin Commits To Arizona State

• BSN Sports donates $275,000 worth of sporting goods equipment to Beat the Streets' youth wrestling initiative

Snacks

This week's snacks is a review of all the tips shared throughout 2023. I highlight the most common themes I discovered across all the interviews. The collective achievements of the athletes I’ve interviewed encompass 4 NCAA National Championships, 24 NCAA All-American honors, U23 World Bronze Medalist, Senior World Bronze Medalist, 7 U.S. Open National Championships, and 6 U.S. World Team memberships.