One of New York’s top seniors, Burke Paddock, has been in the Midwest for quite a while.  The Warsaw standout competed at the Junior World Team Trials and the Junior Duals and then went to Iowa City to visit the Hawkeyes.

According to his mother, Jeanie Paddock, he planned to take a number of trips to other schools over the summer, but realized it wasn’t necessary.

“Burke said he knew when he was there that it was exactly what he wanted,” she said. “He’s a Hawkeye.”

The state champion, currently ranked as the #39 recruit in the nation by Intermat and #46 by Flowrestling, will likely take the mat at 165/174 pounds for the Big 10 institution in the future.

More will follow in the coming days.