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Chittum signs with Iowa State

May 10

AMES, Iowa -- Iowa State head coach Kevin Dresser announced the addition of Cody Chittum to the program Wednesday afternoon. Chittum was ranked as the No. 1 pound-for-pound high school prospect by FloWrestling after the 2021-22 season.

"Cody is super excited to be an Iowa State Cyclone," Dresser said. "He will bring Cyclone Nation to their feet in the coming years. He's an immediate impact kind of guy and we are excited to get him to Ames."

Chittum brings an impressive list of credentials to Ames. The projected 157-pounder has won Who's Number One, Super 32 - one of the country's most prestigious high school wrestling events - and a junior freestyle national title.

The Tennessee native also took fourth at the U20 men's freestyle world team trials and won gold at the Junior Pan-American Games in Colombia last year. Wrestling unattached, Chittum reached the quarterfinals of the 2022 Southern Scuffle before suffering a high-ankle sprain and medically forfeiting out of the tournament.

Chittum spent his freshman high school season at Blair Academy where he was a Beast of the East champion and a National Prep runner-up. As the pandemic hit, Chittum stayed in Tennessee and enrolled at Cleveland High School, where he won a state title in 2021.

Most recently, Chittum competed on the senior level freestyle circuit and medaled in three events. He earned silver at the Bill Farrell and bronze medals at the Henri Deglane and Egypt Ranking Series.