Johnson and Wales University Wrestling

Lonnie Morris was an NCAA Div. III Wrestling All-American, a two-time New England Champion and earned All-New England honors four times in the heavyweight weight class during his career on the mat from 1990-94. Morris is one of a select group of Rhode Island College wrestlers to accumulate 100 or more wins during his career. He was named to the New England Wrestling Association (NEWA) Hall of Fame and to the Rhode Island College Hall of Fame in 2006.  In 1997 Coach Morris became Johnson & Wales University first Head Wrestling Coach, and has built the Wildcats’ squad into a regional and national power from the ground up. He was named the NEWA Rookie Coach of the Year in 1998 and was the Coach of the Year in 2000,2004 and 2007. The program has been ranked as high as 4th nationally, won the NEWA Duals four times(2002,2006,2008,2009) and captured the Pilgrim Wrestling League title seven times(2000, 02,05,06,07,08,09), and captured the teams first ever NEWA Conference Championship in 2007. Serving as Head Coach for the last 13 years Morris as accumulated 8 All-Americans, 12 Academic All-Americans, 17 Conference Champions and has a 158-91-2 Dual meet record.                                                 He is currently the Vice Principal in the Coventry Public School System. He resides in Barrington, Rhode Island with his wife Katherine. He is the proud father of two daughters, Cortney and Taylor and  son Jackson.

Brian Allen ’91 is one of the finest wrestlers in Rhode Island College history. He was a two-time NCAA All-American, earning honors in 1989 at 126 pounds and in 1991 at 134 pounds. He owns a collegiate career record of 141-33 with 45 wins by fall. After college, Allen continued to wrestle and owns a lifetime record of 376-49. He was a four-time Conference Champion, winning at 126 pounds in 1988, ’89 and ’90, and at 134 pounds in 1991. Allen has 14 individual titles to his credit.  Allen has been inducted into the inaugural 2002 NEWA Hall of Fame, the 2002 RIC Hall of Fame, 2004 Rhode Island Wrestling Hall of Fame and the 2004 Burrillville Hall of Fame.  After his college career was over, Allen went on to coach wrestling at Burrillville High School (1992-97) and was the Assistant Coach at RIC in 1997-98.  In 1999 he joined the newly formed JWU wrestling team started by Coach Morris. In his 11 years at the helm he has been named the NEWA Assistant Coach of the Year twice (2004,2007). He is a physical education teacher in the Providence Public School System. He resides in Burrillville, Rhode Island with his wife Melissa and two daughters Haley and Riley.

 Christopher Wells is a 2007 graduate of JWU, where he not only captained, but led the Wildcats to their first ever NEWA Conference Championship.  Chris's career was one of great achievement as he had an overall record of 114-60 with 38 pins and holds the season reversals record of 17.  He was not only a 3x NEWA conference place winner, but a 3x Academic All-American. His hard work and dedication on and off the mat has landed Chris a position with the current Wildcat Staff.