Gavin Teasdale battles Patrick Glory at Beat the Streets in New York (Photo/Juan Garcia)Gavin Teasdale, Penn State 125-pound freshman who had yet to take to the mat for the defending NCAA team champions, is transferring, head coach Cael Sanderson confirmed late Tuesday afternoon.
"Gavin is not gonna be on our team, he's being removed the roster probably right now or today," Sanderson said. "So don't expect to see Gavin. We obviously wish him well and expect him to transfer."
"[Teasdale's decision] was recent, in the last couple days," Sanderson added.
"We care a lot about Gavin and wish him all the best. We'll try to help him land somewhere, whatever we can do for him. There are a lot of changes and moving parts in college athletics and this is just another example of that," according to Sanderson.
Teasdale's bio has already been removed from the official Penn State wrestling website.
A four-time Pennsylvania state champion for Jefferson-Morgan High School, Teasdale had said on Twitter last fall that he was leaving Penn State because of health issues, but that would he would be returning in January at "full capacity."
Teasdale was reinstated on the roster in late December and reportedly was going to wrestle for Penn State in the Southern Scuffle. Teasdale's entry was at the last minute; however, his much-anticipated debut was scratched just before the event. He also was on the entry list of the Shorty Hitchcock Memorial Open in January but scratched from that tournament as well.
"Those are just decisions and different things that we'll have to look at moving forward," Sanderson said. "But we have some good kids in the program and we have some good kids coming in."
Penn State has been using sophomore Devin Schrupp of Pennsylvania this season, and also has Brody Teske, a four-time Iowa state champion, on its roster. Teske wrestled for the Nittany Lions in the Southern Scuffle but did not place.
But does anyone at Intermat have any information they can share about what transpired? We have a better chance of getting government secrets leaked than we do getting wrestling news from Cael.
A seasoned coach gave that insight when I was expressing my disappointment about a interception that shifted the outcome at the end of a football game. His answer, "Next Play" there isn't anything we can do about what has happened just move on!
Wish the kid well where ever he ends up!
My concerns with Cael is whether he is abusing he control of the scholarships. As we do know, this is how he got Bubba Jenkins to leave. Wrestling has 9.9 scholarships. If Cael is lying during recruitment process about the scholarship offering, then the NCAA needs to bring sanctions and protect the student athlete from the abuses. My gut tells me that Cael is a major liar in the recruiting process and then screws the kids upon getting them in the door when he doesn’t see then panning out as he hoped.
There is no reason to make totally CLASSLESS statements like Cael did in this article about ANY wrestler no matter what happened. Grow up Coach
I would think that any wrestlers considering Penn State would think twice about joining the Penn State wrestling program in the future. Karma can be a bitch Cael !
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