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The college experience can be challenging, especially in the first year when you're adjusting to a new environment. It's great that you're focused on developing, learning, and having fun with your teammates and coaches. Balancing wrestling and your education can be tough, but it's important to prioritize your studies. It's wonderful that you found a great college town at the University of Wisconsin, where you can pursue your passion for wrestling and your major in life science communication. Good luck with your journey at the University of Wisconsin!

Zan Fugitt | Wisconsin Wrestling

Um it's a good atmosphere . It's a great college town . And then for me personally that I I have great people around me in the wrestling community, my coaches, my teammates, um and everyone around me is just very optimistic .

Zan Fugitt | Wisconsin Wrestling

Some of the challenges I've faced uh just getting into the college room and kind of I feel like when you go to college, you have a little bit of a setback, especially your your first year um into college just cuz you're uh you have to come to a new place and and kind of figure out stuff on your own . So, I think just coming to a a college and figuring out uh the people you want to be around um how you want to grow is just a little setback you have to face . My recruitment process was pretty hectic .

Zan Fugitt | Wisconsin Wrestling

um for weight cutting stuff . Some of the challenges I've faced uh just getting into the college room and kind of I feel like when you go to college, you have a little bit of a setback, especially your your first year um into college just cuz you're uh you have to come to a new place and and kind of figure out stuff on your own . So, I think just coming to a a college and figuring out uh the people you want to be around um how you want to grow is just a little setback you have to face .

Zan Fugitt | Wisconsin Wrestling

So then it it kind of makes the the wrestling part easier . My goals for the next three years of college is to just continue to develop and learn um and have fun doing that with my teammates, my coaches, everyone around me . Obviously, the big goal is to be a national champ in wrestling, but that that's not uh all of my life .

Zan Fugitt | Wisconsin Wrestling

I started out um committing to the University of Oklahoma and then there was a coaching change . So I I committed my junior year of high school and then my senior year there was a coaching change of high school and I decided to kind of look at other schools . Went on a couple visits and then uh found Madison, Wisconsin and decided to come here for somebody uh in high school looking at the recruitment process and kind of going through that .