Senior Cyler Sanderson, the youngest brother of the well-known Sanderson brothers, signed a national letter of intent last week to wrestle for Iowa State University.

Following a family tradition, Sanderson will be the final brother to go through the Cyclone program.

“I’m really excited,” Sanderson said. “it’s a nice place, a good university and they have a really good team.”

Sanderson said he also based his decision on the fact that Iowa State’s program will help him reach his goals.

“They have a good program,” he said. “They had two wrestlers in the Olympics, the head coach was a coach at the Olympics and another wrestler was on the world team. It’s going to be a lot of fun.”

Even though Iowa State was probably the obvious choice, Sanderson said he had a hard time deciding, because he also liked the programs at Oklahoma and Nebraska.

“It was a hard decision,” he said, “both Oklahoma and Nebraska have good programs.”

But now, the weight has been lifted.

“It was one of the biggest decisions I will probably ever have to make, Sanderson added, “it’s a relief not to have to think about it anymore.”

Sanderson, the number one ranked wrestler (140 lbs.) in the country, was also the fourth ranked recruit in the country. So did Cael have an influence on Cyler going to Iowa State?

“Ya, a little,” Cyler said, “I mean, he is going to help me a lot. He’s going to show me the things I need to do to be successful.

“He’s going to be my home away from home.”

With the monkey off his back in choosing a college, Sanderson said he is looking forward to his senior year at Wasatch.

“I’m probably going to work harder than I’ve ever worked so I can be as good as I can before I go to college,” he said, “it’s going to be a really fun year.”

After going 40-0 last season, Sanderson is hoping to repeat as a state champion and help the Wasps to another state title.

“I’m hoping we win state,” he said, “we are going to do as well as we did last year, we just need to get the team healthy.

“As long as we do our best, we should do well. We’re excited to have Coach VomBauer, he is a huge help, an awesome coach and a great wrestler, so he is going to be a big help to this program.”

Sanderson, is an honor student at Wasatch, a six-time all-american (3-time cadet, 3-time junior), a two time state champion, a double-placer at junior nationals this past summer, a champion at the Reno Tournament of Champions and Tiger Grizz Classic and an MVP at The Clash Tournament. He is the son of Steve and Debbie Sanderson.

With wrestling season right around the corner, Sanderson and his teammates are preparing for an exciting season. It’s only a matter of time until the mats will be rolled out onto the gym floor.