By Craig Morgan, theSunDevils.com writer
TEMPE, Ariz. – Zeke Jones was hoping to establish momentum for the Sun Devil wrestling program at the NCAA meet in March. Backed by a national championship from Zahid Valencia (174 pounds) and All-American finishes from Jason Tsirtsis (149) and Josh Shields (157), ASU posted its first top-10 finish since 2010-11.
The Sun Devils have a chance to raise the bar another notch this summer. ASU has three wrestlers (Valencia and freshmen Brandon Courtney and Chad Porter) who have secured or are one step away from securing spots on Junior and Senior World Teams.