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St. Michael-Albertville Wrestler to Compete at St. Cloud State

June 25, 2009

St. Cloud, Minn. – St. Cloud State University head wrestling coach Steve Costanzo has announced that Kyle Schumm of Buffalo plans to attend the University and wrestle for the Huskies beginning in the fall of 2009.

Schumm, a graduate of St. Michael-Albertville High School, compiled a career mark of 118-28 at the high school level. He is a three-time MSHSL place winner as he finished 5th in 2006, 2nd in 2007 and 4th in 2008. Schumm spent this past year at St. John’s University where he was plagued by injuries. He plans on pursuing a major in environmental studies at St. Cloud State.

"Kyle is another great addition to the Husky wrestling program," said Coach Steve Costanzo. "He has excellent leverage on the mat and is very athletic. I am very excited to have him in our program"

Schumm will be joining Chris Brassell of Park Ridge, Ill., Jake Grisell of Mahtomedi, Jacob Kahnke of Prior Lake and Shane McQuade of Appleton, Wis. whom have all signed letters of intent to wrestle for the Huskies. They join Mic Berg of Simley, Trent Herold of St. Francis and Mark Maestrey of Toms River, N.J. as part of the incoming recruiting class. Berg, Herold and Maestrey signed NLI’s in November.

Jacob Horn of St. Michael, Mac Rivard of St. Francis, Zach Stewart of Green Bay, Wisc. and Brad Wollum of Canby will also be joining the Husky wrestling program for the 2009-10 season.

SCSU charted an 8-5 overall record in 2008-09, and the Huskies placed eighth in the nation at the 2009 NCAA Division II championships. A total of 3 SCSU wrestlers earned All-America status in 2008-09, and the Huskies advanced eighth wrestlers to the 2009 NCAA Division II championships this season. Costanzo will begin his fourth season at SCSU in 2009-10.