Jon Morales Season 2018-19

• Two-time Academic All-Big Ten selection (2018, 2019)

• Academic All-Big Ten

• Competed at 184 pounds in Open Division at Michigan State Open (11/3)

• Placed third at 184 pounds in Open Division at Maryville Kaufman/Brand/Bayly Open (11/10)

• Competed at 184 pounds at Midlands Championships (12/29)

• Placed fourth at 184 pounds at Greyhound Open (1/20)
 
2017-18 / AS A JUNIOR
• Stats

Awards & Honors
• Academic All-Big Ten

Tournaments
• Competed at Michigan State Open (11/5)
• Competed at Navy Classic (11/18)
• Placed fifth at Northern Iowa Open (12/9)
• Placed fifth at Purple Raider Open (12/9)

Season Notes
• Wrestled all but two matches at 184 ... made a pair of dual starts filling in at 197 (Princeton, Michigan).
• Beat Missouri’s Matt Striegel 8-7 in the fifth-place match of the Northern Iowa Open.
• Took fifth-place match of the Purple Raider Open with 5-2 decision over Central Michigan’s Hunter Rollins.

2016-17 / AS A SOPHOMORE
• Stats

Tournaments
• Competed at Eastern Michigan Open (11/5)
• Competed at Purple Raider Open (1/15)
• Placed sixth at Greyhound Open (unattached) (2/5)
• Competed in freestyle at University Nationals at 86 kg (6/4)

Season Notes
• Wrestled at 197 pounds at season-opening Eastern Michigan Open ... competed at 184 pounds at two other tournaments during his second season with the Boilermakers.
• Went 3-3 at Greyhound Open with two wins by fall ... recorded quick pin of career with a 1:32 stick of IU Southeast’s Joseph Bortka in first round ... had another first-period pin in wrestlebacks.

2015-16 / AS A FRESHMAN
• Stats

Tournaments
• Competed in Freshman/Sophomore Division at Michigan State Open (11/15)
• Competed at Pat Flanagan Open (1/9)
• Placed fourth at Purple Raider Open (1/17)
• Placed sixth at Greyhound Open (2/6)

Season Notes
• Wrestled at 184 pounds
• Seven reversals tied for third most on the team ... averaged 4.7 points per match
• Made first career dual start at 184 vs. Eastern Michigan
• Went 4-2 to place fourth at Purple Raider Open ... picked up first technical fall of career in 4:33, beating Garrett Smead of Mercyhurst North East 16-1 ... three other wins were decisions
• Pinned Kenneth Campbell of Cumberlands (Ky.) in 1:58 for first career fall ... win was the first of three straight in wrestlebacks on his way to a sixth-place finish at the Greyhound Open ... went 3-3 at the tournament

HIGH SCHOOL
• 2015 Cliff Keen USA Wrestling Folkstyle Nationals All-American with fourth-place finish at 182 pounds
• 2015 Indiana High School Athletic Association state finals qualifier at 182 pounds
• Placed fifth at 182 pounds at 2014 IHSAA tournament
• Named Western Boone’s Most Valuable Wrestler during senior season
• High school record of 125-32 (18-9, 28-9, 40-8, 39-6)
• 2014 Indiana High School Wrestling Coaches Association Academic All-State Honorable Mention

PERSONAL
• Full Name: Jonathan Morales
• Majors: Agricultural systems management, agricultural economics
• Minor: Farm management
• Birthday: January 22, 1997
• City Born: Kokomo, Indiana
• Parents: Vitalino and Heidy Morales
• Siblings: Two younger brothers, Kevin and Andres