STANFORD, Calif. – Chris Ayres, The Matt Gentry Head Wrestling Coach, and his staff are pleased to announce the signing of four to National Letters of Intent on behalf of the wrestling program.
Stanford's incoming class of 2028 consists of Grigor Cholakyan (Burbank, Calif.), Jack Consiglio (Lansdale, Pa.), Collin Guffey (Alpine, Calif.) and Aden Valencia (Morgan Hill, Calif.).
Grigor Cholakyan • St. John Bosco High School • Burbank, Calif.
- Projected to wrestle at 157 pounds
- Two-time California State placer (5th and 4th)
- Placed third at Doc B in 2023
- Reno Tournament of Champions winner and Outstanding Wrestler in 2022
- Finished fourth at Super 32 in 2022
- 2023 Fargo finalist
- Placed third at Fargo in 2022
- 2023 Journeyman Fall Classic champion and Outstanding Wrestler
- 2021 Cadet WTT 7th place
- Ranked No. 5 via MatScouts
Jack Consiglio • Malvern Prep • Lansdale, Pa.
- Projected to wrestle at 141 or 149 pounds
- Two-time National Prep champion
- Two-time Ironman placer (5th, 8th)
- Two-time Escape the Rock finalist
- Three-time Powerade placer (1st, 2nd, 5th)
- Beast of the East placer (5th)
- Cadet Freestyle Fargo All-American (5th)
- Ranked No. 3 nationally at 145 pounds (FloWrestling)
- No. 35 in Class of 2024 High School Big Board
Collin Guffey • Granite Hills High School • Alpine, Calif.
- Projected to wrestle at 165 and 174 pounds
- Ranked No. 27 pound-for-pound recruit on MatScouts Senior Big Board
- Led team to its first-ever CIF Divisional Championship and a ninth-place finish at the CIF State Championships (2023)
- Two-time California CIF State placer (runner-up in 2023 and 5th in 2022)
- Nationally ranked each year: No. 21 at 113 pounds as a freshman, No. 17 at 132 pounds as a sophomore, No. 5 at 152 pounds as junior, and currently No. 6 at 165 pounds as a senior
- 2022 Reno Tournament of Champions winner
- 2023 Doc B runner-up
- 2023 USAW Junior National Freestyle All-American
- Undefeated at 2023 Jr National Duals going 14-0
- 8-0 in Freestyle and 6-0 in Greco
- 2022 Super 32 All-American
- 2022 NHSCA Folkstyle National runner-up
- 2021 USAW 16U Folkstyle National Champion
- Two-time CIF All-Academic Team and Scholar Captain
- National Honor Society Member and Chapter Treasurer
- Also lettered twice each in cross country and track and field
- Pole vault, 1600 and 3200
- PR of 4:59 in the mile
Aden Valencia • Ann Sobrato High School • Morgan Hill, Calif.
- Projected to wrestle at 141 or 149 pounds
- 2017 Freestyle World Champion
- 2017 Greco-Roman World Champion
- 2018-2020 3X Pan Am Gold Medalist | Judo
- 2019 Austrian Flatz Open Gold Medalist (Freestyle)
- 2020 U17 Greco-Roman World Team Member
- 2021 Super 32 finalist
- 2021 Fargo finalist
- 2022 Reno Tournament of Champions first place in the college division
- Most Outstanding Wrestler
- 2023 Senior U.S. Open sixth place (Freestyle)
- 2023 Senior World Trials sixth place (Freestyle)
- 2023 U20 World Trials finalist (Freestyle)