Four (Or More) Time State Champions in College = Wisconsin

 Before I even began doing the research I figured the nearly all if not all of the four timers from Wisconsin would continue their careers beyond high school. I was right. Only found one who didn't. 

Matt Hanutke

Wisconsin's first four time state champion was Matt Hanutke of Pittsville who won titles from 87'-90'. He went on to wrestle for Wisconsin where he became a four time NCAA All American. From 92'-95' he was 7th, 6th, 5th & 4th. 

Kraigh Underwood 

Kraig Underwood of Athens won four Wisconsin State titles from 92'-95'. From what I have been able to gather, he did not wrestle in college. 

Brian Slater 

Winning four Wisconsin State titles for New Lisbon from 93'-96', Brian Slater wrestled collegiately for Wisconsin. 

Scott Hady

Winning four Wisconsin High School State championships for North Crawford from 94'-97', Scott Hady competed collegiately for Army. 

Kevin Black 

Representing River Falls, Kevin Black was undefeated in his quest for four Wisconsin High School State titles from 95'-98'. He went on to wrestle for Wisconsin where he earned an All American finish of 4th place his junior season of 2002. 

Josh Miller 

Josh Miller was a four time Wisconsin High School State champion from 99'-02' for Arcadia. He went on to wrestle collegiately for UW-Whitewater. 

Cole Wunnicke

Cole Wunnicke won four Wisconsin High School State titles for Ithaca from 99'-02'. He wrestled collegiately for Wisconsin. 

Bobby Wunnicke 

Bobby Wunnicke won four Wisconsin High School State titles from 05'-08' for Dodgeville. Collegiately he wrestled for Northern Illinois. 

Zac Cibula 

Representing Luxemburg-Casco, Zac Cibula won four Wisconsin High School State titles from 05'-08'. Collegiately he competed for Rider. Winning a CAA title in 2011 as a sophomore, he was 3rd in 2012 & runner-up in 2013. 

Nick Hager 

Nick Hager won four Wisconsin High School State crowns from 06'-09' for Tomahawk. He wrestled collegiately for South Dakota State. 

Jesse Thielke

Jesse Thielke won four Wisconsin High School State titles for Germantown from 08'-11'. Collegiately he wrestled for Wisconsin, where he was a two time NCAA qualifier in his freshman & sophomore seasons. He decided post his sophomore year to give up collegiate wrestling to concentrate on his Greco-Roman career. 

Jared Donar 

Jared Donar won four Wisconsin High School State titles between both Cuba City & Southwestern from 09'-12'.  He began his collegiate career at Minnesota & then transferred to Wisconsin. 

Jens Lantz 

Jens Lantz won four Wisconsin High School State titles from 11'-14' for Ellsworth. Collegiately he competed for Wisconsin. In his senior season, he took 8th place at the Midlands championships. 

Hunter Marko 

Hunter Marko won four Wisconsin High School State titles from 13'-16' for Amery. He began his collegiate career at Minnesota & then transferred to South Dakota State. 

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Jeremy Schoenherr of Strattford is at Wisconsin 

Sam Stuhl of Prescott/Ellsworth was at North Dakota State, then transferred to Augsburg. He was R12 at DIII's last season. Has this year left. 

Brock Schlough of Boyceville is at St Cloud State 

Keegan O'Toole of Arrowhead is at Missouri. A two time All American, he won the NCAA title last season. Has three seasons of eligibility left. 

Matty Bianchi of Two Rivers is at Little Rock 

Kole Marko of St. Croix Falls is at Minnesota State Mankato

Clayton Whiting of Oconto Falls is at Missouri 

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I think the state of Wisconsin helps to prove something.  How having programs in your state make all the difference in the world. Look at how many of these studs competed for the Badgers.  Try to imagine if Wisconsin didn't have a program. What would it look like then? Would all of these talents still have wrestled in college?  I'd love to see wrestling reinstated at UW-Milwaukee, UW-Green Bay and Marquette, but am very thankful for wrestling still being a stronghold at Wisconsin. I ask this because I wonder what the landscape of wrestling would look like with some of these other states, if they had but just one major program, or for some, just one program at all.  I think it's a fair question. I think looking at Wisconsin in this light helps to hypothesize the situation.