Brandon Filosi has become the first 2015-16 high school senior to commit to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s wrestling team.
Projected as a 141-pounder, Filosi is a 2014 state champion from Cambridge High School in Milton, Ga.
“I looked at some of the wrestlers that have come through Chattanooga, and I liked the competition,” he said. “When I visited a couple of weeks ago, I liked the whole feel of the program. The wrestlers were so welcoming. It was like a family.”
Filosi is among Cambridge’s career leaders in wins (117), win percentage (.897), pins (69), major decisions (12), team points (635) and takedowns (167). He holds those spots – no lower than third in each – despite missing all of the 2014-15 season as he recovered from labrum surgery.
“The shoulder is 100 percent. I’m just trying to get my strength back,” Filosi said.