Mental toughness, patience, and poise excelled Kenny to Olympic gold in 1988, silver in 1992, and sixth in 1996. He made winning look easy and wrestling a pleasure to watch.
In high school Kenny chalked up an almost unbeaten record of 140-0-1. He recorded 4 state championships at 4 different weights and placed 1st in 1977 at Junior Nationals. In seven trips to the Junior Olympics, he won 5 times.
At Oklahoma State University, the 150 pounder had a career record of 121-12-2. In 1984 Monday placed 1st at the NCAA tournament and finished 2nd twice. He ranked 2nd on OSU's all time list for pins. In 1986 he 
won the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Classic. In 1987 he placed 1st in both the Sunkist International Open and the World Cup.
Kenny's international victories came at the 1988 Tblisi Tournament, the 1989 World Championships, the 1991 Pan American Games and the President's Cup in Turkey, the 1992 Roger Coulon in France and the 1996 Dan Kolov tournament in Bulgaria. At he Tblisi Tournament in Soviet Georgia, he was honored with the prized animal-skin cloak, as the outstanding wrestler.
At the US National Championships Kenny was a 4 time winner and also won the 1989 US Olympic Festival crown. His 1988 Olympic Games success brought Kenny the USA Wrestling Athlete of the Year award, as well as the Amateur Wrestling News Man of the year in 1989.
