AS A JUNIOR (2013-14): A member of the PBC Presidential Honor Roll ... Posted a 21-5 record, including a 20-5 (.800) mark in tournaments … Tallied a team-best 11 pins … Went 4-1 against NCAA Division II competition … Placed at three events, including a runner-up finish at the Newberry Open … Also finished third at the Shorter Open and fourth at the Pembroke Classic … Won nine of his first 10 matches, with the only blemish being a 4-2 overtime victory to King’s Garrett Fosdyck at The Citadel Open … Recorded six wins by pin during that span … Went 7-1 at The Citadel Open … Registered a 5-2 mark at the Pembroke Classic … Tallied a 5-1 mark at the Shorter Open, including three wins by pin … Recorded a first-period pin (1:17) of Darton’s Jesse Rowlen in his only dual appearance of the season … Went 3-1 at the Newberry Open.
AS A SOPHOMORE AT NC STATE (2010-11): Competed in nine matches in the heavyweight division … Tallied a 2-7 (.222) clip … Recorded a 6-1 decision over Oklahoma City’s Stanley Lattimore in mid-November, and then posted a similar 6-1 decision over Lattimore two weeks later.
AS A FRESHMAN AT NC STATE (2009-10): Saw action in 14 matches at 197 pounds … Posted a 2-12 (.143) record … Posted a 6-0 decision over teammate Austin Haigler at the NC State Open … Also registered a first-period pin (0:53) of Davidson’s Mark Jeevaratnam in mid-February.
HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Southwest Guilford for coach Jim Coggins … Registered a 90-2 clip over final two prep campaigns … Recorded a 44-1 mark as a senior and finished third at the state tournament … Also finished in the runner-up spot at the Super 32 tournament and grabbed title honors at preseason nationals … Grabbed the 3A state championship as a junior in the midst of a 46-1 campaign … Also lettered in football and baseball for the Cowboys.
PERSONAL: The son of Nancy and Charles McLean … Has a younger brother, Zachary … Maintained a 4.6 weighted (3.8 unweighted) grade point average at Southwest Guilford High School and graduated in the top 10 percent of his 350-member senior class … A science education major at UNCP.
