Add Lorri Bauman to the list,for sure— high school and college. I’ll leave it to this disrespectful poster to look her up and learn.
Best Iowa HS athlete of all time
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Pick 6 against CU.
At one time had the record for 2nd longest pick 6 in ISU history (I believe).
His stats are better than I thought. Still that's a lot of coin for playing hoops.
Kyle Van De Bosch, and Darren Natjes from West lion. They crushed it in Nw Iowa Kirk Heinrich was a freak at SC West.
West Lion just pounded us in fb in the late 90's
West Lion just pounded us in fb in the late 90's
She was probably still the best high school athlete in the state at that time. There were no specifics in original post. Just High school and athlete. Anybody that played pro sports or won Olympic gold was a way better athlete than 99% of those who ever played a high school sport in Iowa IMO. Stats be damned.
Banks was an incredible athlete, but Dwight was like nothing I have seen in Iowa HS.
But then again I remember Dwight being down to Iowa and South Carolina, while Craig going to Nebraska at that time suggests he was a better HS player. Looks like Craig was also a state wrestler and track guy, but was not dominant in either.
It gets really hard to judge smaller school guys. Guys like DeJean and Graves are incredible, but it’s quite a difference between the different classes.
He averaged 16.4 in 2 years at UNC. ACC rockie of the year and was all-acc both years. His jersey is honored there. He certainly wasnt a flop there. He has a 14ppg career NBA average. He's had a nice career.
Those guys were studs! Add ISU Luke VanDeSaden (sp) to that list for area and time.
Kyle had a very good NFL career.
Natjes played baseball at Stanford; was drafted and got as high as AA I believe. Track stud, Mr IA baseball player of year I believe. Maybe some high level FB and MBB prep awards as well?
Everyone should be aware of KH prep alcolades.
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He was very very good. He wasn't the best high school player in the country though.
Who was that year? Jared Sullinger? The only person in that class better than him was maybe Kyrie Irving. He was the national player of the year. 1# ranked recruit. I seem to remember him dominating everyone during summers that year.
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I was going to say those two especially Najates as he played minor league baseball as well didn't he?
Best and most accomplished are two completely different animals. If your looking for strictly best athlete Timmy Dwight is going to be very tough to replace from the top spot.
She was incredible to watch.
There wasn't anything she couldn't do. She now lives in the St.Louis area.
I'm too lazy to read the whole thread, and I'm sure the correct answer has been given already. But I wanted to throw in Levi Ferguson's name. Not sure if he still is, but he graduated as the all-time state rushing leader, was a starter on North Mahaska's 2005 state championship basketball team, and was a 4-time first-team all-state selection in baseball. I got to see him play football a couple times and my school played North Mahaska once in basketball. Dude was an absurdly athletic kid.
