You could field a pretty good team with the D1 kids that are currently coming from Kansas.
a short list:
Austin DeVoe (Missouri)
Tyler McCormick (Missouri)
Chris McCormick (Missouri)
Shawn Bunch (Edinborough)
Tanner Gardner (Stanford)
Earl Jones (UCO), DII
Joe Johnston (Iowa)
Eric Leudke (Iowa)
Jacob Klein (Nebraska)
Justin Dyer (Oklahoma)
Ian Bork (Stanford)
Josh Carrol (Apalachian State)
...and there are many others that I haven't mentioned. I think that Kansas does an alright job producing quality wrestlers without travelling all over the world on our minimal budgets. There are very few schools that have the budget and the program combined to travel to tournaments that aren't going to do much more than cause a kid to miss more school than he/she already would because of this sport.
I think that the current system has little to do with coaches or athletes will to compete and travel. This will be the second time I've gone to High School Nationals, and I've coached at Fargo. I have no problem making those trips because coaches did it for me when I was competing. I put in what the sport has given me, and I think the majority of KS coaches and wrestlers do the same.
