State College wrestling’s Pierson Manville is the Centre Daily Times’ Athlete of the Winter Season
State College wrestling’s Pierson Manville is the Centre Daily Times’ Athlete of the Season for the winter. Manville won with 30% of the vote (798 votes), followed by Bald Eagle wrestling’s Coen Bainey with 26% of the vote (675) and Bellefonte boys basketball’s Blair Eckley-Jones, who finished with 16% of the vote (425).
Manville won the PIAA 3A state championship at 138 pounds to finish off a 38-3 sophomore season. He discussed the importance of his championship to his family around the country.
“(I was thinking about) how proud my grandparents, and my granddad especially, is being in Alabama. He brags about me in the paper all the time,” Manville said after winning his medal. “I was just so happy. (I thought) about all the time I wrestled with my brother, Mason, and John (Ross), a younger coach who graduated from Lock Haven. He was coaching junior high, and volunteered his time to help me in the mornings of the last two days, and my brother for the last four afternoons. I’m just really happy that I have people that care about me, and want to see me succeed in life. It’s probably the greatest thing to happen.”
