Courtesy: Patrick Siller/CMU Tom Borrelli's incoming freshman class includes three high school national champions and the top two vote-getters in balloting for Michigan's Mr. Wrestling award.

MOUNT PLEASANT – Central Michigan University head wrestling coach Tom Borrelli has announced the signing of Marcel Dubose (Sterling Heights, Mich./Oak Park HS) to a National Letter of Intent.

Dubose becomes the fifth member of CMU’s 2008 signing class. He also plans to join the CMU football program as a walk-on.

“We’re obviously very excited that Marcel chose our school,” Borrelli said. “I’m excited about the direction that our wrestling and football programs are headed, and I think the attractiveness of both programs made this feel like the right fit for Marcel.”

Dubose, who is projected as a 197-pounder in college, was a three-time high school state champion. He won a pair of Division 3 state titles at Highland Park High School before winning a Division 1 championship at Oak Park as a senior.

Dubose was 37-0 as a senior and finished runner-up to fellow CMU signee Ben Bennett (Rockford, Mich./Rockford HS) in voting for Michigan’s Mr. Wrestling award. He finished his prep career with an overall record of 149-7.

Dubose won the 215-pound championship at the National High School Coaches Association Seniors Nationals in March. He was one of three members of CMU’s 2008 signing class to win a national championship at the event. Dubose also won a Junior Greco-Roman national championship in 2007.

Dubose was named to the michigangrappler.com Dream Team and was ranked as the No. 3 recruit in the state of Michigan by michigangrappler.com.

Dubose joins fellow signees Bennett, Scotti Sentes (Fort Myers, Fla./Riverdale HS), Eric Cubberly (Pemberville, Ohio/Eastwood HS) and Ben Sergent (West Milton, Ohio/Troy Christian HS) in the Chippewas’ 2008 recruiting class.

CMU finished tied for the seventh as a team at the 2008 NCAA Championships with four Chippewas claiming All-America honors. CMU has won 10 consecutive Mid-American Conference titles and seven straight conference tournament championships.