2025-26 Wrestling Roster

David Katzenmaier
Taylor Newton
David Katzenmaier

Stephan Monchery

  • Position Heavyweight
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Middletown, N.Y.
  • High School Middletown

Biography

2024-25: SoCon champion and automatic NCAA qualifier at heavyweight as a true freshman, with his victory in the SoCon final clinching the team tournament title for App State in the final match ... Went  19-11 overall record, including a 7-4 record in duals and a 7-1 mark in SoCon duals, after starting the season with a 6-6 record ... Went 0-2 at the NCAAs with losses to Purdue’s Hayden Filipovich and Wyoming’s Sam Mitchell … Seeded No. 2 in Asheville, had a SoCon quarterfinal win by major decision and a 4-2 semifinal win (with a first-period takedown) against VMI’s Josh Evans before winning the final by a 6-5 decision against The Citadel’s Jonathan Chesser ... Quickly followed escape to open second period of the final with a takedown for a 4-0 lead, before a pair of escapes and then a takedown with 49 seconds left in the third period gave Chesser a 5-4 lead ... Clutch two-point reversal with 14 seconds left (while coming close to near fall points) delivered a 6-5 lead, and a Chesser reversal occurred moments after time expired ... SoCon All-Freshman Team honoree ... Had eight total pins ... Among seven SoCon dual wins, there were three pins, three major decisions and one forfeit ... Taking the mat with App State ahead 20-17 against Chattanooga with one match remaining, won by a 9-1 major decision to clinch the dual, using a takedown in the second period to move ahead 3-1 and going ahead 7-1 on a third-period takedown ... Won by an 11-2 major decision against Campbell to give App State a 15-12 team lead ... Won first two SoCon duals (by fall vs. VMI and by major decision against The Citadel) after making dual debut against West Virginia, then improved to 3-0 in SoCon duals with a forfeit win against Presbyterian ... Won by fall in the first period at Gardner-Webb ... Went 3-0 at the Wilkes Open to reach a final that wasn’t contested against a teammate ... In the Freshman/Sophomore Division at the Southeast Open, won his first collegiate match by fall and advanced to the final of his bracket with a 5-1 decision.

High School: Went 42-0 and won a state championship as a senior.
 

Historical Player Information

  • 2024-25Freshman

    Heavyweight
  • 2025-26Sophomore

    Heavyweight