2019-20 Wrestling Roster

SportsPhotoGuy.com for VMI
SportsPhotoGuy.com for VMI
Chuck Steenburgh/VMI

Max Gallahan

  • Weight 184
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Alexandria, Va.
  • Highschool St. Stephen's and St. Agnes

Biography

2019-20: Finished off his VMI mat career with nine wins … had a seventh-place finish at the Keystone Classic on November 24 … had one pin, one technical fall and one major decision victory …had six matches go to overtime, sudden victory or a tiebreaker … picked up three-straight wins in November.

2018-19: Finished the year with five wins, four in dual competition … earned the team’s Most Improved Wrestler Award … went 3-3 in SoCon matches … won five of eight matches in late January through mid-February … defeated conference foes from Chattanooga, The Citadel and Gardner-Webb … won his first bout at the SoCon Championships.

2017-18:  Placed fourth at the Lock Haven Classic at 197 pounds to highlight the season … went 5-18 overall for the season, including a 2-8 dual record and 0-5 mark in SoCon bouts … picked up three wins in tournament bouts … registered six dual points for the team during the season … went 2-2 at the Lock Haven Classic, earning a 4-0 decision over Messiah’s Karrington Washington and a 5-0 decision over George Mason’s Eli Spencer … earned a hard-fought 12-11 decision victory over Clarion’s Edgar Ruano at home on Jan. 13 … a week later picked up his second dual win of the year with a 6-3 decision over Mark Boyle of Sacred Heart … logged his first pin of the year with a fall in 4:44 over Satchel Stauffer of Norwich University at the All-Academy Championship ... named to the SoCon Spring Academic All-Conference team and to the SoCon Honor Roll.

2016-17: Competed early in the year at 184 pounds at the Southeast Open hosted by Virginia Tech in Roanoke ... fell by a 13-9 decision to Notre Dame College's Johnny Garcia at the event before losing by a 16-0 tech fall to Chattanooga's Rod Jones ... Dean's List recipient both semesters ... received Distinguished in Academic Merit status from the Institute for having greater than a 3.5 cumulative GPA ... named to the Cadet-Athlete Honors Society ... SoCon Honor Roll member.

High School: Coached by Trey Humphreys at St. Stephen's and St. Agnes ... three-year letterwinner at 195 pounds ... state champion ... recorded a 113-20 high school record ... member of the school's Century Club ... named to Dean's List on multiple occasions ... also played football for four years as a linebacker, recording over 300 tackles over four seasons.

Personal: Son of Chris and Cathy Gallahan ... has two siblings ... plans to major in history ... grandfather played football at Air Force and father played football at East Carolina ... brother played football at Towson.

 

Year

Overall

Dual

SoCon

MD

TF

WBF

2019-20 9-24 5-14 2-5 1 1 1

2018-19

5-18

4-10

3-3

0

0

0

2017-18

5-18

2-8

0-5

0

0

1

2016-17

0-2

0-0

0-0

0

0

0

Career Totals

19-62

11-32

5-13

1

1

   2

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

    184 lbs
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    184 lbs
  • 2018-19Junior

    184 lbs
  • 2019-20Senior

    184 lbs