Chaz Underwood Will Wrestle for SMC

Charles "Chaz" Underwood of White Pigeon High School has signed his NJCAA Letter of Intent to wrestle for Head Coach Todd Hesson and the Roadrunners.

Underwood has had an impressive high school wrestling career, with 150 career wins in total. He was a four-year varsity starter, three-year captain, conference champion and two-time state runner-up.

Underwood joins teammate Mazzy Lambert of White Pigeon and Jayden Cochran of Miamisburg, Ohio, as the third signee in the 2025 SMC Wrestling recruiting class.

Coach Tullos from White Pigeon said, "Chaz's work ethic and dedication to the sport is second to none that I have ever coached. When he applies himself, he is unstoppable." Hesson added, "Chaz is a hard worker and extremely coachable, the kind of guy we want on the team."

In 2024-2025, the Roadrunners again went undefeated in the MCCAA Duals Meet, earned the threepeat in the MCCAA Conference championship, defeated three nationally-ranked teams to win the Great Lakes District and qualify the maximum ten wrestlers for the national meet. SMC finished the season at #14 in the country and sophomores Colby Klinger and Nathan Andrina were honored as All-Americans.

On April 9, the college announced the construction of a new 11,195 square-foot wing of the Zollar Building that will quadruple the space available to the men's and women's wrestling teams. It will double the mat capacity for practice sessions and provide additional competition space for hosting conference and regional meets. The new facility will also include a dedicated fitness and warm-up area, coaches' offices, locker rooms and additional restrooms. On-site work has already begun, with a groundbreaking ceremony scheduled for May 2025 and occupancy targeted for February 2026.