Nathan Galloway
State College
Impact Statement
Galloway was a 3x PA State Champion and stayed “at home” to excel at Penn State University.
Biography
“Athletes like Nathan Galloway are among the success stories produced in high school athletics today,” NHSCA executive director Bob Ferraro said. “He has worked extremely hard to develop his skills and has become one of the best wrestlers not only in the state of Pennsylvania, but the entire nation, and we are proud to be honoring him.”
Galloway was a three-time Class 3A state champion at State College High, winning titles at 140, 145, and 152 pounds to lead his team to a second-place state finish. He also was the Cadet National Greco-Roman and freestyle champion in 2000 and was a Junior National Greco-Roman All-American in 2001.
Galloway also won the 145-pound championship in the 13th annual NHSCA National High School Seniors Wrestling Championships in April at Cleveland, Ohio, and was voted the winner of the Jeff Reese Memorial Award as the tournament’s Outstanding Wrestler.
Galloway wrestled for the Nittany Lions for three years before transferring as a Senior to Rider University. He was a 4x NCAA National Qualifier
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