Brooks Ewertz didn't wait for wrestling to find him. Growing up in Clearwater, Kansas — a small town just south of Wichita — Brooks stepped onto the mat for the first time at age five and never looked back. By the time most kids his age were learning the rules of the game, Brooks was already winning state titles.

His path ran through the Wichita Training Center, a program founded in 2021 by Noel Torres — a D2 National Champion and four-time member of the Mexican National Team — with a simple mission: give Kansas wrestlers the resources to compete at the national level. Brooks became one of the program's first young standouts, training daily in a room built around discipline, technique, and a standard that didn't bend for age.

The résumé came fast. A 6U Kansas state title in 2023. The Adidas National Championship in 2024. The USA Wrestling Junior Open in 2025. Each year, a new weight class, a new field of the country's best — and the same result. By June of 2026, Brooks traveled to Cedar Rapids, Iowa for the USA Wrestling Kids Freestyle & Greco-Roman Nationals and did something no WTC athlete had done before: he won a national championship, going undefeated through the 10U 71-pound Greco-Roman bracket. He added a 3rd-place finish in freestyle the same weekend, defeating Eli Michael of Contenders Wrestling Academy 6–2 in the bronze-medal match.

What makes Brooks different isn't just the wins — it's the consistency. Across four seasons and multiple weight classes, his response to bigger stages has been the same: compete, execute, finish. He doesn't coast on talent. He trains at WTC Academy, a one-of-a-kind micro-school that blends rigorous academics with elite daily wrestling practice, and he carries a 4.0 GPA while doing it. His coaches describe him as coachable, competitive, and unusually mature for his age — the kind of athlete who makes the most of every room he's in.

Brooks Ewertz is eight years old. He has a long way to go — and that's the point. The foundation is already built. The trajectory is already clear. For the parents of a Class of 2034 wrestler with three national titles and a 4.0 GPA, the question isn't whether college programs will come calling. It's how ready he'll be when they do.