Preston Hammond Now a Roadrunner

Preston Hammond of New Prairie High School has signed his NJCAA Letter of Intent to wrestle for Coach Todd Hesson and the Roadrunners.

Hammond has an overall career record of 114-39 and is a conference champion with a GPA of 3.5.

Hesson said of Hammond, "Preston has great experience, works hard in the off season and comes from a very strong high school program. Preston will definitely strengthen our line up and give us solid work in the room!" 

Hammond joins Darius Ambs of Mason and Theodore (TJ) Mitchell of Monroeville, Pennsylvania, in the 2026 recruiting class.

In 2025-2026, the Roadrunners won the MCCAA Conference championship for the fourth straight season and qualified the maximum ten wrestlers for the national meet. SMC finished the season at #17 in the country and sophomores Santana Ramon and Kaden Lapaugh were named All-Americans.

Last month, SMC dedicated its new wrestling facility, which has quadrupled the space available the men's and women's teams from 2,688 square feet to an impressive 11,195 square feet, doubled the mat capacity, added a dedicated fitness and warm-up area, created offices for the wrestling coaches, added locker rooms for student-athletes and expanded the restroom facilities.