ISU coach Kevin Jackson announced his recruiting class for 2011 of nine signees Wednesday.

Five of the nine signees are from within the state of Iowa, including Bo Schlosser of Bettendorf, Aaron Sorenson of Woden, Alex Spooner of Forest City, Tyler Swope of Davenport and Tanner Weatherman of Maxwell. The other four signees are Connor Clarke of Sherwood, Ore.; Logan Molina of Omaha, Neb.; Quean Smith of Highland Park, Mich.; and Shayden Terukina of Kamehameha-Kapalama, Hawaii.

“I am really excited about the group that we are bringing in,” Jackson said in a news release. “I think that we have identified some really talented kids that have the ability to make an immediate impact, and if they are the best kids we have at that weight, they will wrestle.”

Jackson went on to say there are some wrestlers who may make immediate impacts for the Cyclones this year.

“One athlete that will make an immediate impact on our program is Bo Schlosser,” Jackson said. “He has all of the skills that would allow him to step into our line-up and start for us next year.”

“I am also very excited about Tyler Swope, the heavyweight from Davenport Assumption. He is a big, strong heavyweight who is very passionate and has a lot of energy.”

“We also believe that Tanner Weatherman is at the top of the list of Iowa high school wrestlers this year and look for him to make some early noise.”

Tanner, the younger brother of 157-pounder Trent Weatherman, won three state titles and was a four-time placewinner at Ballard High School.

Another recruit with family ties to a current Cyclone wrestler is Aaron Sorenson, the younger brother of 165-pounder Andrew Sorenson.

Jackson’s four out-of-state recruits — Clarke, Molina, Smith and Terukina — have seven of the 13 state titles won by the group.

This recruiting class, along with last year’s recruiting class of eight, has the ISU coaching staff excited for the years to come.

“The last two classes are definitely full of the kind of kids that we want from [an] understanding that everything they do affects their performances on and off of the mat,” Jackson said. “We like their toughness and fight for the entire match. Another thing I am very excited about is their technical skill level. I think that this group we are bringing in is at a very high level technically. That is an added bonus on top of the toughness that they have demonstrated.”