Before Triston Wills could commit his future to UALR and Coach Neil Erisman last spring, he first needed a promise.
The wrestler from Derby, Kan., had achieved his childhood dream of joining Oklahoma State's vaunted wrestling program. By the end of his freshman year, Wills was in the transfer portal. His wrestling career hung in the balance, and his next move likely would be his last.
The prospect of joining the University of Arkansas at Little Rock's newly established program felt right to Wills before he committed to OSU a few years before, and it felt comfortable again in 2020.