TOP CALIFORNIA COLLEGE WRESTLER PLUNGES TO HIS DEATH NEAR A 400-FOOT YOSEMITE WATERFALL

A standout California college wrestler plunged to his death while hiking with friends in Yosemite National Park over the weekend.

Ryan George, 19, slipped and fell near Illilouette Falls, KRON4 reported.

George was a wrestler at Santa Rosa Junior College and had competed in the Dave Pacheco Invitational in Sacramento just two days earlier.

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As a freshman last season, he earned All-American honors and placed third in the California Community College Athletic ᴀssociation tournament, The Press Democrat reported.