Joey McKenna

2025-26 Team USA Ranking: No. 2 at 65 kg/143 pounds

Years on Team USA: 6 (2018-19, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26) 

Residence: Stillwater, Okla.

Regional Training Center: Cowboy RTC 

Club: Titan Mercury WC

Personal Coach: Brandon Slay

High School: Ridgewood, N.J. (Blair Academy)

Born: August 3, 1995

Age-Group World Teams

2017 U23 Worlds (Bronze at 65 kg), 2014 U20 Worlds (Silver at 60 kg), 2012 U17 Worlds (Eighth at 54 kg)

Career Highlights 

• Two-time age-group World medalist
• Two-time Pan American champion
• Three-time Pan American medalist
• Three-time NCAA All-American
• NCAA National Championships runner-up

Career Biography

2026: Bronze medalist at Zagreb Open Ranking Series event in Croatia … 

2025: Silver medalist at Pan American Championships in Monterrey, Mexico … Silver medalist at Zagreb Open Ranking Series event in Croatia … Final X runner-up … U.S. Open champion

2024: Bronze medalist at International D.A. Kunaev Tournament in Taraz, Kazakhstan … Bronze medalist at Zagreb Open Ranking Series event in Croatia … Placed third at U.S. Olympic Team Trials

2023: Gold medalist at International D.A. Kunaev Tournament in Taraz, Kazakhstan … Silver medalist at Polyak Imre & Varga Janos Memorial in Budapest, Hungary … Silver medalist at Ibrahim Moustafa Ranking Series event in Alexandria, Egypt … Silver medalist at Zagreb Open Ranking Series event in Croatia … Bronze medalist at Dan Kolov-Nikola Petrov Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria … U.S. Open runner-up … Placed true third at Final X … Bronze medalist at Senior Nationals

2022: Gold medalist at Pan American Championships in Acapulco, Mexico … Silver medalist at International D.A. Kunaev Tournament … Bronze medalist at Yasar Dogu Ranking Series event in Istanbul, Türkiye … Bronze medalist at Poland Open … Placed fifth at Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix in Krasnoyarsk, Russia … Placed third at World Team Trials Challenge

2021: Gold medalist at Pan American Championships in Guatemala City, Guatemala … Bronze medalist at Waclaw Ziolkowski Memorial Ranking Series event in Warsaw, Poland … Bronze medalist at Matteo Pellicone Tournament Ranking Series event in Rome, Italy … U.S. Olympic Team Trials runner-up … Senior World Team Trials runner-up

2020: Bronze medalist at Senior Nationals

2019: Placed fourth at Bill Farrell Memorial International … Senior Nationals runner-up … Last Chance Senior World Team Trials Qualifier runner-up

2018: World Cup team member … Final X runner-up … U.S. Open champion

2017: Bronze medalist at U23 World Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland … Bronze medalist at Ion Corneanu & Ladislau Simon Memorial … U23 World Team Trials champion

2016: Bronze medalist at Waclaw Ziolkowski Memorial in Warsaw, Poland

2015: Gold medalist at Granma Cup in Habana City, Cuba … UWW Junior Wrestle-Off champion

2014: Silver medalist at U20 World Championships in Zagreb, Croatia … Placed fourth at Bill Farrell Memorial International … Bronze medalist at Copa Brasil … Junior World Team Trials champion

2013: Placed third at Junior World Team Trials

2012: Placed eighth at U17 World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan

College: 2019 NCAA National Championships runner-up … Placed third at 2016 and 2018 NCAA National Championships … Three-time NCAA All-American … Two-time Big Ten champion … Two-time Pac-12 champion

High School: Helped Blair Academy to three-straight national titles … Three-time prep national champion

USA Wrestling Age-Group: 2014 Junior Freestyle Nationals champion … 2013 and 2014 Phil Portuese Northeast Regional champion … 2013 Junior Greco-Roman National champion … 2012 and 2013 Junior Freestyle Nationals runner-up … Bronze medalist at 2012 Phil Portuese Northeast Regional … 2011 Cadet Greco-Roman Nationals champion, fifth in freestyle … 2011 Phil Portuese Northeast Regional Cadet champion … 2010 Cadet Greco-Roman Nationals champion … 2009 Kids Freestyle Nationals champion … 2009 Kids Greco-Roman Nationals champion … 2009 Kids Folkstyle Nationals champion

Personal: Son of James and Natalie McKenna … Two sisters, Jamie and Jillian … Cousin, Steven Martell, was a two-time NCAA Division III All-American at Johnson & Wales 

Awards: 2016 Pac-12 Freshman/Newcomer of the Year