Ty Loethen has known for a long time what he wanted to do.
"It was the first grade," Loethen said. "It was the first week I started wrestling. I knew I wanted to do this, I wanted to go to the Olympics."
The Helias senior will take in the next step in his career after signing a letter of intent Wednesday morning to wrestle at Northern Illinois in DeKalb, Ill.
Loethen is the first Helias wrestler to sign a letter of intent with an NCAA Division I program.