KENT, OHIO-Senior Tim Rooney and junior Andrew McNally both ranked third in their respective weight classes as the Mid-American Conference released its preseason rankings Wednesday morning, and placed Kent State at 11th. out of 15 teams.
Last season saw Tim Rooney go 24-15 on the season with eight dual wins. Rooney won the Cougar Clash at 133 pounds and later went 5-1 and finished third at the Navy Classic. That latter performance earned Rooney the Mid-American Conference Male Scholar Athlete of the Week. The fifth-year senior earned an automatic NCAA bid by placing third at MAC championships, going 3-1 with a pin and was named to academic All-MAC team.