After changing his mind over the summer about where he wanted to spend his college years, Bethlehem Catholic’s Luke Karam made his decision final recently.

The star-studded Becahi wrestler de-committed from Bucknell in July and chose to stay in the Lehigh Valley by choosing to wrestle for Pat Santoro’s program at Lehigh.

“I really just want to see what’s out there,” Karam said over the summer to the Press. “I never visited another school or campus, other than Bucknell, so I’m just curious as to what else is available. It doesn’t mean that I won’t stick with Bucknell though.”

Obviously, he had a change of heart and will join a pipeline of recent Becahi wrestlers to make their way from Madison Ave. to Goodman Campus, as Darian Cruz, Randy Cruz and Elliot Riddick are former Hawk wrestlers that have become current Mountain Hawks.

After taking Bucknell out of the equation, it became a two-way race between Nebraska and the glamour of Big 10 wrestling and the comfortable confines of the Christmas City and Lehigh’s budding program.

Staying close to home ultimately won out, as the transition from high school to college should be much easier for Karam with all the familiar faces in Lehigh’s wrestling room.

With this decision in the rear-view, Karam can now focus on winning a third straight PIAA title.

He has a career record of 125-8 and finished his junior year 43-3, capping it off with a 126-pound PIAA 3A championship in Hershey last March.

He also won a Class 2A crown at 113 pounds as a sophomore.