Dean Morrison - 1994
Dean Morrison, a native of Amityville, New York, who competed for the Mountaineers from 1991-94, produced the West Virginia University wrestling program’s second individual national title at the 1994 NCAA Championships held in Chapel Hill, N.C.
Morrison accumulated 103 wins during the course of his career, the sixth-most in WVU history at the time, became the first wrestler in program history to win three consecutive Eastern Wrestling League titles and qualified for the NCAA Championships three times.
During Morrison’s run to the national title, he notched 33 victories, which then stood the 10th-most in a season by a WVU grappler, second-most at 177/184 pounds and fifth-most by a senior.
At the 1994 NCAA Championships, Morrison entered his bracket as the No. 2 seed and defeated three ranked opponents to reach the finals. In the championship match, Morrison beat Wyoming’s Reese Andy, 3-2, to cap a season that saw him win 22 of his final 23 matches and earn his second straight season of 30 wins or more.