Mickey O’Malley’s Road To The NCAA Championship

Mickey O'Malley

Drexel’s own Close School graduate student, Mickey O’Malley, was recently interviewed by 6 ABC alongside his wrestling coach, Matt Azevedo, to discuss the highly anticipated NCAA Wrestling Championship. The event, which took place March 20th – 22nd at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, brought together the nation’s elite collegiate wrestlers, with Drexel University proudly co-hosting.

In the interview, Mickey and Coach Azevedo shared insight into their journey to the championship, discussing the hard work and perseverance it took to get them to this big moment. Watch the full interview below to hear more about Mickey’s path to the mat, Coach Azevedo’s influence on his team’s success, and the impact Drexel made on this year’s competition.

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