At the time of his death, Alex Meade was 32 years old. He was born in 1990 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Alex Meade earned his bachelor’s degree in communication from Oklahoma State University on January 1, 2010. He went to West Virginia University to study communication and received his bachelor’s degree in 2012.
Dicky Howell coached Alex Meade at Caesar Rodney High School in Camden, Del. He finished 44-0 as a senior en way to capturing his third state championship.
He had a 125-4 record in high school and had won his weight class at the Beast of the East for the second year in a row.
Meade won the Beast of the East and Walsh Ironman Tournaments as a junior, went 39-0, and won the Delaware 145-pound state title match by a 20-5 tech fall.
