Ally Fitzgerald
Ally Fitzgerald of Island Park, New York, is a two-time New York girls freestyle state champion who made history in 2020 when she became the first girl in Long Island history to qualify for the Nassau County Championships.
She also made history when she placed third in the regional to qualify for state and was the first female in Long Island history to win a boys varsity tournament. She had a 7-1 record as a senior, but did not compete in the postseason because of the pandemic.
Ranked third at 122 pounds in the National Girls High School Rankings, she will continue her wrestling career at Sacred Heart University.
The daughter of Peter and Rebecca Fitzgerald, she finished fourth at the USA Wrestling World Team Trials in 2021 after finishing second in 2018. She won the National High School Coaches Association Nationals in 2019 and finished second in 2021. Fitzgerald was a Fargo champion in 2018 and an All-American in 2019 with a fifth-place finish. She finished second at Super 32 in 2018 and won the Eastern States championship in 2020.
Fitzgerald is also a two-time Pan American champion in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
She volunteers at the St. Raymond’s Social Ministry Food Bank while also working with at-risk youth wrestlers and the Nassau County Police Department and Friends of Long Island Wrestling’s “Wrestling Takes Down Drugs.”
Awards:
Year
2021
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Award
Tricia Saunders High School Excellence Award
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Chapter/Region
Northeast, New York
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