Cinnaminson Honors Sean Cullen During Wrestling Match Against Rancocas Valley

CINNAMINSON, NJ — The Cinnaminson High School wrestling team honored one of its all-time great wrestlers during its match with Rancocas Valley on Monday night.

The match came secondary to a fundraiser for Sean Cullen, a New Jersey State Trooper who was killed in an accident on 295 in West Deptford last year. He was struck by a passing driver while responding to the scene of an accident and active fire.

Monday night’s match featured raffles for Cullen’s family, the Courier Post reports. Money collected from the raffles, as well as concession money and sales from t-shirts made for the occasion, went to Aryn McCormick, Cullen’s fiancee, and his sons, Conor and Seamus.

Cullen was an all-American wrestler who graduated from Cinnaminson High School.

He was born in Dublin, Ireland, emigrated to the United States with his family when he was a child, and graduated from Cinnaminson High School in 2003.

Cullen was the first wrestler in school history to win 100 matches, according to the Burlington County Times.
On Monday night, Cinnaminson heavyweight Keith Swartley won his 100th match when he pinned Rancocas Valley's Daniel Pierre.

It’s a feat Swartley might’ve accomplished on Saturday, if snow hadn’t led to the Pirates’s match being canceled. Swartley told the newspaper it felt good to go out and honor Cullen this way.

Cinnaminson won the match, 39-28.