Joey McKenna Season 2016-17

2016 All-American | Two-time Pac-12 Champion

As a Sophomore (2016-17)

• Team captain and starter at 141 pounds
• Pac-12 champion, just the seventh Cardinal to win multiple conference titles
• Led the team with a 31-3 overall record and went 10-0 in duals
• Scored 43 dual points for the team
• Team-best 10 falls on the season with the fastest coming in 50 seconds over A.J. Vindici of Penn (Jan. 15)
• 10 falls tied for the 10th-most in a single season in program history
• Won the Roadrunner Open (Nov. 20) and Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite (Dec. 2-3)
• Placed third at the Southern Scuffle (Jan. 1-2)
• Defeated seven ranked opponents - No. 12 Jimmy Gulibon (Penn State), No. 16 Logan Everett (Army), No. 7 Bryce Meredith (Wyoming), No. 10 George DiCamillo (Virginia), No. 4 Matthew Kolodzik (Princeton), No. 19 Ryan Diehl (Maryland) and No. 12 Randy Cruz (Lehigh)
• NWCA Academic All-America
• Pac-12 All-Academic First Team

As a Freshman (2015-16)

• The first freshman All-American in school history, placing third at the NCAA Championships at Madison Square Garden 
• Pac-12 Freshman/Newcomer of the Year (fourth in program history)
• 27-3 overall record, 11-1 mark in duals as Stanford's starter at 141 pounds
• Ranked seventh on Stanford's freshman wins list
• Ranked No. 2 nationally during the season
• Became just the fifth freshman in school history to win a Pac-12 title (Feb. 27)
• First Cardinal to win a conference championship at 141 pounds
• Notched five falls, seven major decisions and a technical fall
• Opened the season with a team-best 11-match winning streak (Nov. 2 - Jan. 2)
• Won the Hokie Open (Nov. 8) by knocking off then-No. 1 Evan Henderson (UNC)
• Placed second at the Southern Scuffle in Chattanooga, Tenn. (Jan. 1-2)
• Also secured top 20 wins over No. 5 Jimmy Gulibon (Penn St.), No. 16/14 Zach Horan (Central Michigan) twice, No. 18 Brock Zacherl (Clarion), No. 6 Solomon Chishko (Virginia Tech), No. 11 Chris Mecate (Old Dominion) and No. 4 Anthony Ashnault (Rutgers)

High School

• A 2014 graduate of Blair Academy in Blairstown, N.J.
• A four-year letterwinner, captained his team as a junior and senior
• Team won three consecutive national titles (2012-14)
• Three-time prep national champion (2011, 2012, 2013)
• Two-time Beast of the East Champion (2012, 2014), runner-up in 2011
• Ironman champion (2013, runner-up in 2011
• Three-time Fargo champion (greco-roman) in 2010, 2011 and 2013
• Two-time Fargo runner-up (freestyle) in 2012 and 2013

National Team

• Two-time U.S. Junior World Team member (freestyle), capturing a silver medal in 2014
• 2012 U.S. Cadet World Team member (freestyle)

Personal

• Son of James and Natalie McKenna
• Has two sisters, Jamie and Jillian
• Cousin, Steven Martell, was a two-time NCAA Divsion III All-American at Johnson & Wales
• Cousin, Allyson Martell, was a competitive cheerleader at the University of Maryland
• Born in Ridgewood, N.J.
• Full name is Joseph Christopher McKenna

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