UTC’s new wrestling room.It will be a couple of years before he arrives, but the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga has secured a commitment from Alcoa High School wrestler Sammy Evans.
The sophomore won a state title last year as a freshman, pinning Signal Mountain’s Micah Pressley in the Class A/AA championship match for his weight class.
“It’s new ground for Alcoa wrestling,” Tornado coach Brian Gossett said. “Sammy is the first to commit, and we’ve hardly ever had anybody recruited.”
Evans was one of three Alcoa champs in February as the Tornado finished second by eight points to Hixson in the traditional tournament in Franklin.
“Sammy is wrestling 24-7. He’s one of those kids that can tell you everything there is about every kid in the state and who they’ve wrestled and who they haven’t,” Gossett said. “If you say you’re going to practice five days a week, he’s looking for a way to get in a sixth day.”