Mario Morgan. Rio as his Harvey Twisters teammates often called him, piled up 565 wins over an 18 year career.

A very quick, technical and high scoring wrestler, the slight built Mario had the flair for exciting moves with dramatic endings. He was always a crowd favorite with plenty of must watch matches.

Dominating at the kids level for the legendary Twisters, with 3 state titles he moved on to state high school power, Mt. Carmel. Mario had national tournament success while with the Caravan as well as freestyle and greco championships, but the state folkstyle title eluded him.

At the collegiate level he returned to dominating fashion as a 3x team and the 2011 individual 141lb NCAA national champion for the University of Nebraska (Omaha) closing his career with 29 straight wins and 130 overall. When UNO moved to eliminate the powerhouse program an hour after Mario won his title, the senior captain became the national media spokesman for the program’s fight to save wrestling.

Mario is currently starting his 9th year as a college wrestling coach for NCAA DII power, Maryville University (St. Louis) as well as their Executive Communication Specialist to the University President.