Best athlete from Montana RIGHT NOW

[Colter_Nuanez]

Thought this was a fun debate from last week's show...

[TomCat88]

I haven’t listened yet, but this is obviously about me. Enjoy!

[AFCAT]

Thought this was a fun debate from last week's show...

[mslacatfan]

Thought this was a fun debate from last week's show...

Ha! Yeah, pretty much my reaction. Some talk about the WNBA... and the wingate hotel...... am I missing something here?

[kwcat]

Since we are making no sense......

[Colter_Nuanez]

Oops...try this one.

[utucats]

Troy ****** Andersen

[Cataholic]

I haven’t had a chance to listen yet, but I was thinking Will Dissly or Josh Huestis. Both playing and drafted in the NFL and NBA. Huestis is was actually a 1st round pick.

[Hi-Line Bobcat]

Initially, they both seemed like they didn't want to mention Troy. However, after they did, they then spent over 10 minutes talking about him specifically.

That's all you need to know folks.

[kennethnoisewater]

I've said this before, but the best athletes in their sport have to be some of the female distance runners in MT. Troy Andersen is a generational athlete in Montana, but on a national scale, does he even crack the top 100 athletes in football? 500? Makena Morley is an all-american in track and cross country. That doesn't necessarily make her as athletic as TA, but it depends on what the criteria is. If the criteria is pure athleticism, who's to say it's not some decathlete or wrestler or soccer player or something? If it's success in their sport, I don't think there's anybody better right now in their respective sport than Makena Morley.

Couple of disclaimers: 1, I haven't listened to the podcast. 2, I coached Makena in track and think pretty highly of her.

[iaafan]

They talk about her a lot. I think the sport that requires the most athletic ability is basketball. Especially the guards and forwards. Football is up there too. Track, skiing and a lot of the other sports they talked about just don’t have the same degree of difficulty.

So I’d put players that excel in hoops and football ahead. You also need to factor in that a lot more people go out for football and basketball so the odds of rising to the top are higher.

[Hi-Line Bobcat]

For the podcast, they used each athletes success in their respective sports as the baseline for determining the best athlete in MT right now. They talked in length about Makena Morley as well, which was a good listen, because I had no clue about her.

The combination of size, speed, agility, smarts, and the ability to play multiple positions within one's sport is how I define athlete.

So for me it's Troy.

[kennethnoisewater]

They talk about her a lot. I think the sport that requires the most athletic ability is basketball. Especially the guards and forwards. Football is up there too. Track, skiing and a lot of the other sports they talked about just don’t have the same degree of difficulty.

So I’d put players that excel in hoops and football ahead. You also need to factor in that a lot more people go out for football and basketball so the odds of rising to the top are higher.

Gotcha, I look forward to listening when I'm not at the office. I tend to think basketball players are the most athletic in Montana too. I think in other states where hockey and baseball are more prominent, they deserve to be in the conversations more. It's funny though, we love basketball in Montana but it's one of our worst sports on a national level IMO.

[Mr Lisle]

Sonny Holland

[mslacatfan]

I had never heard about or noticed Troy Andersen's "Running Knee to the Defenders head move"... hahahaha. so awesome! I will definitely be watching for that next fall.

I want to see a video of the play colter was referencing against Cal Poly. When the Cal Poly defender tried to tackle Troy, and troy apparently just ran him over while jumping up and kneeing him in the head.... hahaha.... To quote Colter- "I thought the Cal Poly guy was dead!"

[AFCAT]

Sonny Holland

Sonny was a fantastic athlete in his day, but he’s 81 years old now. If you want to rate all time great Montana athletes, he’d definitely be on the list.

[Colter_Nuanez]

They talk about her a lot. I think the sport that requires the most athletic ability is basketball. Especially the guards and forwards. Football is up there too. Track, skiing and a lot of the other sports they talked about just don’t have the same degree of difficulty.

So I’d put players that excel in hoops and football ahead. You also need to factor in that a lot more people go out for football and basketball so the odds of rising to the top are higher.

Gotcha, I look forward to listening when I'm not at the office. I tend to think basketball players are the most athletic in Montana too. I think in other states where hockey and baseball are more prominent, they deserve to be in the conversations more. It's funny though, we love basketball in Montana but it's one of our worst sports on a national level IMO.

I argued pretty hard for Morley as well as the Aragon sisters, who still run professionally.

Others considered:

- Jamie Pickens, Helena High

- Tres Tinkle, Oregon State from Missoula

- Ryggs Johnston, Arizona State from Libby

- McKenna Morley, Colorado from Bigfork

- Hannah Feilzer, UM track, from Missoula

- Josh Huestis, NBA, from Great Falls

- Sadie Henderson, Boise State/San Fran, from Corvallis

- Troy Andersen, Montana State

- Brock Coyle, former NFL player, from Bozeman

- Jill Barta, Gonzaga, from Fairfield

- Gabe Sulser, Montana football

- Robby Hauck, Montana football

- Brayden Konkol, Montana State football

- Ashley McElmurry, Missoula Sentinel, headed to Nebraska

- Lauren Heggen, Missoula Sentinel, heading literally wherever she wants. She's a 4.0 student and I'm hearing Stanford

- Delaney Bahn, Bozeman High track

- Mike Person, NFL, Montana State alum, Glendive

- Patrick Casey, Laurel, MSU/Oklahoma, runs professionally.

- Danielle Aragon, Billings native, Notre Dame, runs professional

Olivia Roberts, former Mountain West MVP at Wyoming, Missoula

Darian Stevens, Olympic mogul skier

Maggie Voison, Olympic skiier

Christina Aragon, Stanford, Billings, runs professionally

Seth Swanson, ultra marathon runner

Averie Collins, Stanford soccer player

Taylor Mims, All-Pac 12 volleyball player at Washington State from Billings

Morgan Ray, Ohio State pitcher, from Frenchtown

Nikki Kimbal, ultra distance runner

[Buckaroo Bonzi]

They talk about her a lot. I think the sport that requires the most athletic ability is basketball. Especially the guards and forwards. Football is up there too. Track, skiing and a lot of the other sports they talked about just don’t have the same degree of difficulty.

So I’d put players that excel in hoops and football ahead. You also need to factor in that a lot more people go out for football and basketball so the odds of rising to the top are higher.

Gotcha, I look forward to listening when I'm not at the office. I tend to think basketball players are the most athletic in Montana too. I think in other states where hockey and baseball are more prominent, they deserve to be in the conversations more. It's funny though, we love basketball in Montana but it's one of our worst sports on a national level IMO.

I argued pretty hard for Morley as well as the Aragon sisters, who still run professionally.

Others considered:

- Jamie Pickens, Helena High

- Tres Tinkle, Oregon State from Missoula

- Ryggs Johnston, Arizona State from Libby

- McKenna Morley, Colorado from Bigfork

- Hannah Feilzer, UM track, from Missoula

- Josh Huestis, NBA, from Great Falls

- Sadie Henderson, Boise State/San Fran, from Corvallis

- Troy Andersen, Montana State

- Brock Coyle, former NFL player, from Bozeman

- Jill Barta, Gonzaga, from Fairfield

- Gabe Sulser, Montana football

- Robby Hauck, Montana football

- Brayden Konkol, Montana State football

- Ashley McElmurry, Missoula Sentinel, headed to Nebraska

- Lauren Heggen, Missoula Sentinel, heading literally wherever she wants. She's a 4.0 student and I'm hearing Stanford

- Delaney Bahn, Bozeman High track

- Mike Person, NFL, Montana State alum, Glendive

- Patrick Casey, Laurel, MSU/Oklahoma, runs professionally.

- Danielle Aragon, Billings native, Notre Dame, runs professional

Olivia Roberts, former Mountain West MVP at Wyoming, Missoula

Darian Stevens, Olympic mogul skier

Maggie Voison, Olympic skiier

Christina Aragon, Stanford, Billings, runs professionally

Seth Swanson, ultra marathon runner

Averie Collins, Stanford soccer player

Taylor Mims, All-Pac 12 volleyball player at Washington State from Billings

Morgan Ray, Ohio State pitcher, from Frenchtown

Nikki Kimbal, ultra distance runner

Ty Erickson " half Bignell " Helena, knocking on the door of a WORLD Championship in Steer Wrestling .

[BelgradeBobcat]

How about Tejay Van Garderen? Best young rider and 5th place overall in the 2012 Tour de France and still a top level pro cyclist. He grew up in Bozeman.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tejay_van_Garderen

[Mr Lisle]

Sonny Holland

Sonny was a fantastic athlete in his day, but he’s 81 years old now. If you want to rate all time great Montana athletes, he’d definitely be on the list.

oh.......Sonny Holland