2019-20 Wrestling Roster

Stephen Maloney

  • Height 5-9
  • Weight 149
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Fleetwood, Pa.
  • Highschool Bethlehem Catholic

Biography

2019-20 Season – Senior
Wrestled 42 matches for the Falcons… Named a NWCA Third Team All-American… Put together a 36-6 record with five falls… Qualified for the NCAA National Championship’s for the third time in his career (2017-18, 2018-19) by finishing third at 157 lbs. in the NCAA Regionals… Led all of NCAA wrestling with 16 technical falls this season… Holds the program record with 257 career nearfalls after adding 80 nearfalls this season… Won the title at 157 lbs. in the Messiah Invitational… Finished second at 157 lbs. in the Petrofes Invitational… Claimed third at 157 lbs. in the MAC Championships… Recorded 74 takedowns, 17 escapes, and three reversals… Messiah’s season was cut short before the NCAA National Championship’s due to COVID-19.

2018-19 Season - Junior
National Championship qualifier in the 149-pound weight class…Became the All-Time program leader in nearfalls with 207…Wrestled 38 matches for the Falcons…32-6 record…Led the team with 90 nearfalls…Second on the team with 153.5 team points…Recorded 60 takedowns, 18 escapes, and five falls…first at Petrofes Invitationalsecond at Messiah Invitationalsecond at Roger Williams Invitational.

2017-18 Season - Sophomore
Went 35-11 overall … second on team with 70 nearfalls … second at Messiah Invitesecond at Roger Williams Invitefirst at Messiah Petrofesfirst at MAC Championshipsfirst at Pete Willson Invitesecond at NCAA Southeast Regionals … 2018 National Championships Qualifier.

2016-17 Season - Freshman
Went 20-12 overall with four falls … Second on team with 47 nearfalls … Runner-Up at MAC ChampionshipThird place at Messiah Petrofes.

High School
Maloney comes to Messiah with a lot of high school hardware. Individually he qualified to the PIAA state championships four times placing sixth both as a sophomore and a junior. He also has a District and Regional title to his name and three team titles.
 
Record Conference Region NCAA Pins Takedowns Nearfalls Reversals Escapes
2016-17 20-12 2nd - - 4 45 47 6 29
2017-18 35-11 1st 2nd NQ 8 53 70 13 29
2018-19 32-6 - 2nd NQ 5 60 90 7 18
2019-20 36-6 3rd 3rd NQ 5 74 80 3 17
Career 123-35 - - - 22 232 287 29 93

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

    5'9" 149 lbs
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    5'9" 149 lbs
  • 2018-19Junior

    5'9" 149 lbs
  • 2019-20Senior

    5'9" 149 lbs