of the factors that had appealed to him
about Penn State during his high school
recruitment resurfaced.
"It was between those two," he said.
Unlike Penn State, West Virginia o;ered
an opportunity to wrestle right away, but
Cortez was thinking long-term. "I have
to sit a year in the Big Ten, but I wanted
to be in the best place possible to reach
my full potential, and Happy Valley ended
up, by far, being the right decision."
He was reassured of that when he took
his o
