Three-time Oregon champ gives verbal commitment to wrestle for the Gophers
March 4, 2008
Oregon wrestler Alec Ortiz (Newberg, OR) has given a verbal commitment
to attend and wrestle for the University of Minnesota in 2009-2010.
Ortiz, currently a junior, is a three-time state champion with a 95-0 record.
This past summer he placed second at the USA Wrestling National
Championships in Greco-Roman and fourth in freestyle. The previous year
he placed second in freestyle and third in Greco-Roman at the Cadet
National Championships.
Ortiz is projected to wrestle at 165 or 174 pounds in college.