Gustavo Rueda-Sanchez '20 Recruiting Profile

I believe what makes me different from other athlete's is toughness. Starting off my wrestling career in high school I've always felt like I was playing a catch up game. This always made me want to push it more than anyone and everyone else at practice. I might have not been the best wrestler in the room but I always made sure I was worker just as hard if not harder than the best wrestler. I enjoyed watching myself climb up from literally being the worst wrestler in the room to being the person nobody wants to drill with. Wrestling is truly my passion, with not a lot of support from my parents and money being a problem I wasn't able to to participate in as many clubs and camps as I've would've liked. Still my coach found a place for me to practice every summer and I was able to stay on the mat almost all year round. Eventually it slowed down once my coaches showed me all they knew and I believe with more opportunity's, better coaching, and more experienced practice partners I would be able to reach my full potential.