Jesse Meaney - 2016-17 Wrestling - LIU Post
| Jesse Meaney Height: 5-9 Class: Senior Hometown: Toms River, N.J. Previous School: Manchester Township 2016-17: D2WCA All-Academic Second Team ... posted a 5-10 record (4-3 in duals) between the 149- and 157-lb. weight classes ... won a 6-0 decision over NYU's Nicholas Matthews at the New York State Championships (Nov. 20) ... earned a hard-fought 2-0 victory against NYU's Matt Coppola on Dec. 2 ... claimed a 4-3 win versus Merchant Marine's Frank Jilling on Dec. 10 ... pinned West Liberty's Carlos Kusic in 2:18 on Feb. 4.
2015-16: Did not wrestle.
2014-15: Primary wrestler at 141 lbs. for the Pioneers ... went 16-10 overall and 10-4 in duals ... picked up five pins, nine wins by decision and one major decision victory ... posted a seven-match winning streak from Jan. 3-24, including a third-place finish at the Long Island Open (Jan. 3) ... recorded the fastest pinfall on the team this season, defeating Ferrum's Austin Jenkins in 43 seconds at the UNC-Pembroke Quad on Feb. 7 ... won three of his last seven matches via pinfall, including a pin against Sam Jones of Alderson-Broaddus in the Super Region One Tournament on Feb. 27.
Prior to LIU Post: Transfer from Elizabethtown College ... Mid-East Region champion and NCAA Division III qualifier ... 2012 New Jersey State place-winner.
Personal: Parents are William and Ellen Meaney ... one of four brothers ... brothers, Bill and Julian, were both All-Americans at Elizabethtown ... enjoys weightlifting and CrossFit ... aspires to teach and coach wrestling ... majoring in education. | |
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