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Kenny Monday

Residence: Garland, TX
College: Oklahoma State University
High School: Booker T. Washington

Olympic gold medalist and three-time All-American wrestler from Oklahoma State University. He began wrestling at age six at a YMCA after-school program and grew up idolizing Olympic wrestler Wayne Wells.

Monday attended Booker T. Washington High School and won four state titles and the 1977 Junior National championship. He never lost a dual from seventh grade through the end of high school and finished with a record of 140-0-1.

As an All-American at OSU, Monday won the NCAA title in 1984 at 150 pounds. His collegiate record of 121-12-2 contributed to the Cowboys winning two Big Eight titles. He won the 1983 World Championship and a series of USA Freestyle championships in 1985, 1988, 1991, and 1996. He won the World Championship title in 1987 in a 2-2 overtime against the Soviet Union's Adlan Varayer.

Monday was a silver medalist in the 1992 Olympics and placed sixth in the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics. He is a member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame