Atlantic/CAM wrestler Chase McLaren announced on Wednesday that he plans to continue his academic and wrestling career at Grand View University.

McLaren has been a state qualifier all three years of his high school career so far. He his coming off his best performance at State yet by finishing 7th at 132 pounds in 2018. He plans to wrestle at 138 for his upcoming senior season and likely will be highly ranked.

Grand View is an NAIA powerhouse program. The Vikings have won the last 7 national team titles and boasted 10 All-Americans by the end of the last national tournament in Des Moines in March.

Chase made the decision to attend Grand View over offers from Cornell, Buena Vista, and Morningside.

After a lot of consideration, I’m proud to announce that I will be continuing my academic and wrestling career at Grand View! #GoVikings pic.twitter.com/o22jLVTp93

— Chase McLaren (@cmclaren40) October 31, 2018