PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Rutgers University is mourning the loss of former RU wrestler Jim McLean, who passed away on Sunday, Jan. 20, after a snowboarding accident in Breckenridge, Colo. McLean was a four-year letterwinner and a team captain at Rutgers from 1994-98. He ranks tied for 14th place on Rutgers' all-time career wins list with 87. McLean received the RU wrestling scholar-athlete award in 1995-96 and the Wilfred-Cann Award for the most inspirational athlete in 1995. Former Rutgers wrestling coach John Sacchi remembers McLean as "the kind of kid that you'd say, 'That's how I want my son to grow up.' He was a wonderful person, everybody liked him." McLean was working at the University of Kansas Hospital as an assistant professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine. Although he had only been there for eight months he was asked to head up an expansion of the hospital's spine program. He is survived by his parents, Jim and Jackie McLean, and his brother Justin McLean. Wakes will be held at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 25, at the Gallaway & Crane Funeral Home in Basking Ridge, N.J. Funeral services will be at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 26, at St. James Church, 184 S. Finley Ave., Basking Ridge, N.J. For more information or stories about Jim: Jim McLean