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2025-26 Wrestling Roster

KJ Monaco

  • Height 5-7
  • Class Junior
  • Weight 157
  • Hometown Montville, N.J.
  • Previous School Montville Township
  • College CC

Biography

2023-24 (First-Year): Finished freshman year with a 1-2 overall record at 149 pounds.

High School: A four-year letterwinner for coach John Krip at Montville Township High School … Team captain as a senior … Helped the team claim the 2019-20 Group III Championship … New Jersey state qualifier as a sophomore … 2021-22 Second Team All-Conference … District Champion as a junior … Two-time district place winner … Three-time regional place winner … Quickest pin was 12 seconds … Also played baseball.
 
Personal: Uncle, Robert Monaco wrestled at Columbia … Father, Karl wrestled at Montclair State.

Career Records:
2023-24: 1-2, 0-0 EIWA, 0-0 Ivy
Overall: 1-2, 0-0 EIWA; 0-0 Ivy

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24First Year

    5'7" 157 lbs

  • 2024-25Sophomore

    5'7" 157 lbs

  • 2025-26Junior

    5'7" 157 lbs