After 2012-13 wrestling season, Kent State suffered the departures of guys like national champion Dustin Kilgore and national qualifiers Stevie Mitcheff, Casey Newburg and Keith Witt.
However, head coach Jim Andrassy knew they would have a future star in redshirt freshman Ian Miller, who won the MAC title in his first year.
Freshman Mack McGuire, a Pennsylvania state champion in high school, would become a national qualifier in his first three years at Kent State.
More help was on the way.
“That was the first time I wrestled him,” Miller said. “I beat the snot out of him, really bad.