STANFORD, Calif. – The Matt Gentry Head Wrestling Coach Rob Koll and his staff have added 10 wrestlers who will join the Cardinal roster this fall.
Stanford's incoming freshman class consists of Zach Hanson (Lakeville, Minn.), Jacob Joyce (Glocester, R.I.), Tyler Knox (Groveland, Mass.), Jackson Mankowski (Madison, Wis.), Thor Michaelson (Bremerton, Wash.), Tye Monteiro (Paso Robles, Calif.), Lorenzo Norman (South Bound Brook, N.J.), Abraham Wojcikiewicz (Bethalto, Ill.) and Lain Yapoujian (Byers, Colo.).
The Cardinal will also welcome a graduate transfer from Cornell in 2023-24, Dom LaJoie (Gaylord, Mich.), the old brother of sophomore Chayse LaJoie.
Zach Hanson • Lakeville North High School • Lakeville, Minn.
- Projected to wrestle at 157 pounds
- Five-time letterwinner, captained his team as a sophomore, junior and senior
- Registered 100 career pins
- Two-time state champion (2022, 2023)
- Four-time finalist
- 2023 Team MVP
- Four-time all-conference
- Two-time Panther Leadership Award winner (2020, 2022)
- Holds high school's record for most career wins (187) and near fall points (598)
- Holds high school's record for single season wins (48), near fall points (209) and team points scored (253)
- 18u national double All-American at Fargo (2022)
- 16u national double champion at Fargo (2021)
- 14u national triple crown (2019)
- Two-time Academic All-State Team (2022, 2023)
- Five-time All-Section Academic
- Also played football
Jacob Joyce • Ponaganset High School • Glocester, R.I.
- Projected to wrestle at 125 pounds
- Four-year letterwinner, captained his team from 2021-23
- Team was the 2023 state champions, New England champions and Eastern States Classic champions
- 2022 was the state runners-up and finished third at New England
- Three-time state champion (2020, 2022, 2023)
- Four-time state finalist
- Two-time New England champion (2022, 2023)
- 2023 Eastern States champion
- 2023 Super 32 All-American
- 2022 Rhode Island Coaches Association Wrestler of the Year
- NHSCA All-American finalist (2021)
- Folkstyle Nationals All-American (2021)
- Four-time First Team All-State
- Two-time First Team All-New England
- 2022-23 Rankings:
- Ranked as high as No.13 by FloWrestling
- Ranked as high as No. 9 on Wrestling USA All-Class
- MatScouts No. 11
- No. 82 overall recruit in class of 2023 by Flo, No. 89 by MatScouts, No. 69 by Wrestling USA
- Four-time Academic All-State
Tyler Knox • St. John's Prep • Groveland, Mass.
- Projected to wrestle at 133 or 141 pounds
- Five-time letterwinner, captained his team as a junior and senior
- Team won three state championships and one New England championship
- Three-time New England champion
- Four-time finalist
- Three-time NHSCA All-American
- Two-time NHSCA champion
- Beast of the East champion
- Doc B champion
- 47-0 as a junior with 45 pins in the first period
- Did not give up a point in state
- Ranked No. 5 nationally via MatScouts
- Ranked No. 39 pound-for-pound recruit on the senior big board
Jackson Mankowski • Madison Lafollette High School • Madison, Wis.
- Projected to wrestle at heavyweight
- Three-year letterwinner
- 2022 state champion at 220 pounds
- Placed third in 2023 at 285 pounds
- Also lettered three times in track and twice in football
Thor Michaelson • Bremerton High School • Bremerton, Wash.
- Projected to wrestle at 165 pounds
- Four-year letter winner and three-time team captain
- Two-time league champions (2020, 2022)
- Team finished sixth at the state championships in 2022
- Two-time state champion (2022, 2023)
- Runner-up at the state championship in 2020
- Three-time league and district champion (2020, 2022, 2023)
- Also earned two letters in golf, captaining his team as a senior
Tye Monteiro • Bakersfield High School • Paso Robles, Calif.
- Projected to wrestle at 174 or 184 pounds
- Four-year letterwinner
- Three-time state placer
- Runner-up in 2022
- Third in 2023
- Eighth in 2020
- 7-0 at Elite 8 Duals
- Took fourth at NHSCA Nationals in 2022
- Also lettered three time in football, captaining his team as a junior and senior
- Earned all-league honors
Lorenzo Norman • Blair Academy • South Bound Brook, N.J.
- Projected to wrestle at 174 pounds
- Four-year letterwinner, captained his team as a senior
- Two-time prep national champion
- High school team ranked No. 1 in the nation
- Runner-up at Ironman and Powerade (2021)
- Placed third at Fargo (2022) and Beast of the East (2021)
Abraham Wojcikiewicz • Civic Memorial High School • Bethalto, Ill.
- Projected to wrestle at 174 or 184 pounds
- Four-year letterwinner, captained his team as a junior and senior
- Team was state runner-up in 2021
- Two-time regional champions (2021, 2022)
- Mississippi Valley Conference champions (2022)
- Sectional champions (2021)
- Two-time state champion (2021, 2023)
- Placed third in 2022
- Three-time conference champion (2020, 2021, 2023)
- Two-time team MVP (2022, 2023)
- Finished fourth at Beast of the East (2022)
- Took sixth at Super 32 Challenge (2022)
- Ranked No. 9 at 170 pounds by FloWrestling
- No. 54 on 2023 Flo Big Board
- Holds IHSA 2A 170-pound record for fastest tech fall in the state series and most points scored in a finals match
Lain Yapoujian • Astravo Online Academy • Byers, Colo.
- Projected to wrestle at 133 or 141 pounds
- Wrestled for Byers High School
- Four-year letterwinner and team captain
- Three-time state champion
- First state champion in school history
- Four-time state placer
- Set school records for career wins (123), wins in a season (37), career pins (74) and career near falls (132)
- Colorado freestyle state champion
- Colorado national team for freestyle and Greco
Dom LaJoie • Gaylord High School/Cornell • Gaylord, Mich.
- Projected to wrestle at 125 pounds
- Graduate transfer from Cornell
- 53-44 career record with the Big Red
- Third at EIWA Championships in 2022, earning an at-large bid to NCAAs
- Earned All-Ivy second team honors as a senior
- NCAA qualifier at 125 pounds after placing sixth at the EIWA Championships in 2020
- Three-time state champion in high school
- Four-time state finalist