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Best Iowa HS athlete of all time

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Ben Kueter from Iowa City HS just won the U20 world championship in Bulgaria for wrestling at 97 kg. He's a top 10 overall pound for pound recruit in wrestling. He is a Iowa football and wrestling commit- a 4 star linebacker, 2x state wrestling champ, and also a standout in baseball + T&F. It got me thinking he has to be high on the list of best Iowa HS athletes of all time. Some others that came to mind:

Tim Dwight - won a billion T&F titles + elite all state football

Jeff Clement - Broke the national all time hs homerun record, don't remember if he played other sports though

Jeff Horner - 4x elite all state basketball, standout in football, baseball, and track

Harrison Barnes - At times was the consensus #1 overall bball recruit in the country, did some high jump and long jump in T&F but otherwise didn't play any other sports

Austen Arnaud - One of the best HS quarterbacks I have seen play in person. Also played basketball, baseball, and ran track, was a standout in all 3 but not near as elite as he was in football


Who did I leave off the list?
 
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HGoat1 said:
Ben Kueter from Iowa City HS just won the U20 world championship in Bulgaria for wrestling at 97 kg. He's a top 10 overall pound for pound recruit in wrestling. He is a Iowa football and wrestling commit- a 4 star linebacker, 2x state wrestling champ, and also plays baseball + runs track. It got me thinking he has to be high on the list of best Iowa HS athletes of all time. Some others that came to mind:

Tim Dwight - won a billion T&F titles + elite all state football

Jeff Clement - Broke the national all time hs homerun record, don't remember if he played other sports though

Jeff Horner - 4x elite all state basketball, standout in football, baseball, and track

Harrison Barnes - At times was the consensus #1 overall bball recruit in the country, did some high jump and long jump in T&F but otherwise didn't play any other sports

Austen Arnaud - One of the best HS quarterbacks I have seen play in person. Also played basketball, baseball, and ran track, was a standout in all 3 but not near as elite as he was in football


Who did I leave off the list?
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Me.
 
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Shawn Johnson and Lisa Uhl are two off the top of my head.

Or is this only competition and success at the HS level? Kurt Warner would be a good one to consider for success at HS and Pro levels.
 
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IASTATE07 said:
I'm not sure I would list Arnaud or Horner in the best list. Jerry Moses will be brought up.
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Yeah, I mostly included them because they were both 4 sport athletes like Kueter. I may be biased because I watched both in person growing up.
 
HGoat1 said:
Ben Kueter from Iowa City HS just won the U20 world championship in Bulgaria for wrestling at 97 kg. He's a top 10 overall pound for pound recruit in wrestling. He is a Iowa football and wrestling commit- a 4 star linebacker, 2x state wrestling champ, and also a standout in baseball + T&F. It got me thinking he has to be high on the list of best Iowa HS athletes of all time. Some others that came to mind:

Tim Dwight - won a billion T&F titles + elite all state football

Jeff Clement - Broke the national all time hs homerun record, don't remember if he played other sports though

Jeff Horner - 4x elite all state basketball, standout in football, baseball, and track

Harrison Barnes - At times was the consensus #1 overall bball recruit in the country, did some high jump and long jump in T&F but otherwise didn't play any other sports

Austen Arnaud - One of the best HS quarterbacks I have seen play in person. Also played basketball, baseball, and ran track, was a standout in all 3 but not near as elite as he was in football


Who did I leave off the list?
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Tavian Banks.
 
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Brandon Scherff, dominant in football at 3 positions, also dominant in basketball and track and field while being a solid baseball player who could drop bombs. Plus post HS he's gotta be the highest paid athlete to come out of Iowa right?
 
I don't think he measures up against the top of that list but he certainly does against some on that list:

Sage Rosenfels
- FB - QB, DB, punter, kicker. All District Off and Def, All Eastern Iowa, All State DB
- BB - All State
- Baseball - All State (x2)
- Tennis - 4 year letterwinner
- T&F - 4x200 relay State Champion
 
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