Senior Clay Steadman heads into his final season at Penn State having missed last season for medical reasons. Steadman is a two-year letterman for the Nittany Lions and is a product of Edinboro's General McLane High School.
Lion Career 2010-11: Missed entire season for medical reasons.
2009-10: Key 3-1 win over Bloomsburg's Jake Dabashinsky on 11/15 in PSU's win over the Huskies...outstanding effort at Sprawl and Brawl Duals going 2-1, with tough tie-breaker loss to No. 16 Lamar Brown of Rutgers...went 2-1 at the 2009 Nittany Lion Open on 12/6...went 1-2 at Reno TOC on 12/20...downed Lock Haven's Harry Turner 6-2 on 1/3...went 1-2 at Virginia Duals on 1/8-9, getting 4-1 win over Virginia Tech's Chris Penny...dropped close 9-5 decision to #10 Patrick Bond of Illinois on 1/22.
Big Ten Championships (0-2, DNP): Went 0-2 in his first run at the Big Ten Championships.
2008-09: Steadman mans the 197-pound spot after starter Andrew Haile was injured in Penn State's season opener vs. Hofstra on 11/16...went 1-1 at MSU Open...stepped in for injured starter Andrew Haile and made Penn State dual meet debut at Cornell on 11/21...picked up first career dual meet win with convincing 12-3 major over West Virginia's Brandon Boyer in PSU's 27-10 win on 12/14...was named Ridge Riley winner for that dual as well...went 0-3 at National Duals on 1/10-11, including loss to #1 Craig Brester of Nebraska...dropped major decision to Indiana's Matt Powless on 1/23 in conference dual debut...sustained injury in that bout that has kept him out of the line-up since...got first career Big Ten dual meet win over Michigan State's Tyler Dickenson on 2/13 (4-1 decision)....dropped hard-fought 4-2 decision to Penn's Thomas Shovlin on 2/20.
Big Ten Championships (0-2, DNP): Steadman went 0-2 in his first trip to the Big Ten Championships, falling to Indiana's Matt Powless and Minnesota's Gordon Bierschenk.
2007-08:
Red-shirt season.
High School/Personal
Steadman wrestled at General McLane High School in northwestern Pennsylvania's Erie County...a native of McKean, Pa., just north of Edinboro.
