Madison's White, McCullough to remain teammates at Baldwin Wallace
Madison seniors Chase White and Jordan McCullough seemed to have done just about everything there is to experience with the sport of wrestling together. From their days on the mats of Madison’s youth wrestling program to being key contributors for the Blue Streaks high school varsity team to becoming state placers a month ago. Considering their past, it only made sense they’d both choose the same college program to continue their education and athletic careers.
Both White and McCullough have committed to wrestle for Baldwin Wallace University next year. “Why not? ” White, who took fourth at Division II 215 pounds in last month’s state tournament, said.
“Wrestling is my favorite sport, so why not take it to the college level, go to college, get a degree and continue to wrestle? ” And taking a friend with him makes even more sense. “We might even get to room together, we’ve been best friends for years,” White said.
White said wrestling in college is something that’s been on his mind for years. McCullough, on the other hand, leaned towards going in a different direction. A visit to the campus in Berea, though, made him reconsider.
“The biggest part of it was when I went on a visit, I got to meet a lot of the guys on the team,” he said. “That was a really big part of it. I knew if I went there, I wanted to at least enjoy the people I’m going to be around.