CAREER HONORS
• NCAA Finalist (2019)
• All-American (2016, 2018, 2019)
• Big Ten Champion (2018, 2019)
• Pac-12 Champion (2016, 2017)
• U.S. Open Champion (65 kg. 2018)
• U23 World bronze medalist (65 kg. 2017)
• Pac-12 Freshman/Newcomer of the Year (2016)
• NWCA Scholar All-American (2017, 2018, 2019)
• Academic All-Big Ten (2018, 2019)
• OSU Scholar-Athlete (2018, 2019)
• Pac-12 All-Academic First Team (2017)
YEAR-BY-YEAR
2018-19 (Senior)
• NCAA Finalist and Big Ten Champion (his fourth consecutive conference crown)
• Posted a season record of 24-3 with eight major decisions, four tech falls and four pins
• 6-1 in Big Ten duals
• Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational Champion
• Corralled 11 wins over top-20 opponents (five vs. top-10 foes)
• Russ Hellickson Award winner (Most Outstanding Wrestler) for the Michigan dual with an 18-3 tech fall of No. 5 Kanen Storr
• Defeated No. 4 Kaid Brock (Oklahoma State) in the preseason’s NWCA All-Star Classic
• Received Ohio State’s Most Courageous Award
• Corwin A. Fergus Memorial Award recipient (Fergus scholars are athletes who have excelled in athletics, achieved academically, demonstrated positive qualities of character and citizenship, and shown potential for success in a graduate or professional program.)
2017-2018 (Junior)
• Placed third at the NCAA Championships, defeating four nationally-ranked foes in the process
• Big Ten champion (141 lbs), third conference title in as many seasons (Pac-12 titles in 2016 and 2017)
• Did not surrender a single point in the B1G title run
• Posted a 21-2 overall record which included a 9-2 mark versus nationally-ranked opponents and three top-5 triumphs
• Went 12-1 in duals and 8-1 during his first Big Ten slate
• Tallied four major decisions, three tech falls and two pins
• Win over No. 2 Kevin Jack (North Carolina State) in the regular season finale earned him both Big Ten and NCAA Wrestler of the Week accolades
PRIOR TO OHIO STATE
• Spent first two collegiate seasons competing for Stanford University
• Compiled an overall record of 58-6 (21-1 dual record) which included 15 falls and four tech falls
• Placed third (141 lbs.) in the 2016 NCAA Championships hosted at Madison Square Gardens
• Crowned Pac-12’s 141-pound champion in both seasons at Stanford
• Champion of the 2016 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite (Dec. 2-3), 2016 Roadrunner Open (Nov. 20) and 2015 Hokie Open (Nov. 8)
• Placed third in the 2017 Southern Scuffle (Jan. 1-2)
• Racked up 15 victories over nationally-ranked opponents while at Stanford
• Named a team captain for sophomore season
• Pushed Blair Academy (N.J.) to 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
• 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 Division III All-American at Johnson & Wales
• Cousin, Allyson Martell, was a competitive cheerleader at the University of Maryland
