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per Randy:
Nate Stanley was that guy you hated to face when you were playing youth sports. He was bigger, stronger, faster and better than his peers in any sport he touched.
Just ask his Little League coach in Menomonie, Wis.
"When he was 12 years old, it was very apparent this is a gifted kid," Joe LaBuda said. "He was way bigger than everybody else. He threw the ball way harder than everybody else. Kids were terrified at the plate because he threw so hard."
By sixth grade, Stanley was playing basketball on the eighth-grade team. By ninth grade, he was a strong-armed quarterback and pitcher on the varsity football and baseball teams. By his sophomore year, he was attracting attention of college football recruiters. He was Menomonie's version of Joe Mauer, with Division I scholarship offers in football, basketball and baseball.
"He was always ahead of the game," said LaBuda, better known as Menomonie High School's longtime football coach.
http://www.startribune.com/iowa-quarterback-nate-stanley-is-a-big-fish-in-a-big-ten-pond/495225791/
Go Gophers!!
Nate Stanley was that guy you hated to face when you were playing youth sports. He was bigger, stronger, faster and better than his peers in any sport he touched.
Just ask his Little League coach in Menomonie, Wis.
"When he was 12 years old, it was very apparent this is a gifted kid," Joe LaBuda said. "He was way bigger than everybody else. He threw the ball way harder than everybody else. Kids were terrified at the plate because he threw so hard."
By sixth grade, Stanley was playing basketball on the eighth-grade team. By ninth grade, he was a strong-armed quarterback and pitcher on the varsity football and baseball teams. By his sophomore year, he was attracting attention of college football recruiters. He was Menomonie's version of Joe Mauer, with Division I scholarship offers in football, basketball and baseball.
"He was always ahead of the game," said LaBuda, better known as Menomonie High School's longtime football coach.
http://www.startribune.com/iowa-quarterback-nate-stanley-is-a-big-fish-in-a-big-ten-pond/495225791/
Go Gophers!!
