Tony Robie Virginia Tech Wrestling
Tony Robie shouts instructions during Virginia Tech Wrestling's dual-meet win over Missouri. Robie signed the No. 2 recruiting class in the nation. (Jon Fleming)

Tony Robie's Virginia Tech Wrestling program signed its highest-ranked recruiting class ever last week, inking six nationally-ranked prospects and landing at No. 2 in FloWrestling's team recruiting rankings for 2020. (Editor's note: some sources, including hokiesports.com, call it the 2019 class; we're calling it the 2020 class because that's when the wrestlers will arrive in Blacksburg.)

This comes on the heels of last year's No. 4-ranked class, giving the Hokies two top-four classes in a row and building a strong foundation for talent in Blacksburg.

The 2020 signees are:

Virginia Tech Wrestling 2020 Recruiting Class
Wrestler State Weight Class Weight Class Rank Overall Rank
Hunter Catka PA HWT #1 #7
Clayton Ulrey PA 170 #4 #23
Sammy Hillegas PA 138 #8 #29
Eddie Ventresca NJ 126 #6 #47
Sam Fisher VA 195 #6 #70
Brandon Green NJ 170 NR #116

Tony Robie told hokiesports.com: "We are incredibly excited to welcome a new class of Hokie wrestlers to Virginia Tech. Our staff has put in a lot of work building strong relationships with every one of these young men and their families. This day has been a long time in the making and we are proud to have them join our family here in Blacksburg.
 
"I think both from a talent and character standpoint, the bar has been raised with this class.  Time will ultimately tell us how we did but I can tell you that I feel as good about this class as any in my time here in Blacksburg."

For more information on each wrestler, see the related hokiesports.com article.