Hall, the American Family Insurance ALL-USA Wrestler of the Year in 2014-15, went 42-0 last season and spent the summer competing in national and international level events. He is 229-4 in his career and 35-0 in the state tournament. Among those 35 wins are 20 pins.
Hall also has a 3.7 grade point average at Apple Valley.
Saying he was a competitor, a wrestler, a son and then citing his faith, Hall said, “I an Apple Valley Eagle, but today I am proud to announce that I will be a Penn State Nittany Lion,” as he put on a Penn State hat.
“There’s so much that goes into picking a place you want to go,” Hall said. “For me, the wrestling is a big part but of it, but it’s not going to be there forever. Going out to Penn State, it felt like a home to me. … All the places I’m visiting and I have to live there for 10, 15 years for training or maybe longer after that depending on a potential coaching career. I felt the most comfortable at Penn State.”
He said the recruiting process being over was not a “weight off his shoulders” because that weight lifted “when I left the Penn State campus. … The hardest part was holding it in and keeping it secret.”
