Minnesota Heat: The Ten Best – Heat ALWAYS Rises

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>We give you our ten best players from the [program_tooltip program_id='2075674' first='Minnesota' last='Heat'] over the years. Have a look!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Jeremy Beckler of White Bear Lake. The 6'8 big man went on to have an outstanding career at Carleton where Beckler had a career average of 19 points per game. Shot nearly 40 percent for his career at Carleton.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Ryan Dufault of Waseca. Won a state title in high school after playing with the legendary Heat Tauer squad and is now a senior at St. Thomas as a hard working role player for the Tommies. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Parker Fox of Mahtomedi. The Zephryr standout became an D2 All American for Northern State and then he was at Minnesota where Parker was on the team for four years and he played two. The activity, intelligence and hard work of Fox as a Gopher will forever make him a fan favorite. Was just hired by the Big Ten network. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Jake Knupp of East Ridge. Jake led the Raptors to a league title in 2014 and then went to have a good four year career at Washington University in St. Louis. Knupp was the conference defender of the year as a college senior and he played some overseas after college. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Mitchell Kuck of Centennial. A 2012 graduate of the Cougars that moved on to play at St. John's averaging 16 points per game as an upperclassmen. A 1,000 point scorer for the Johnnies. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Andrew Morgan of Waseca. A state champion with Dufault, Morgan went on to be an all league player at North Dakota State and then finished up his career as a reserve in the Big Ten for the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Another member of that Heat Tauer famed team. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Tait Nelson of Saint Anthony Village. Tait was one of the best players at St. Anthony ever as a four year starter, he then went on to play for Dakota Wesleyan and Hamline. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Brady Rudrud of Eden Prairie. Rudrud had a great career at Eden Prairie and led the Heat to some good seasons. He then played for the University of Minnesota joining three former Heat players to wear the maroon and gold.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Sean Sutherlin of Irondale. Sutherlin is the other Heat talent to play for the Gophers. Sutherlain averaged seven points and four rebounds a game for [player_tooltip player_id='2834075' first='Ben' last='Johnson'] and before that he gave New Hamphsire 13 points and eight rebounds a game.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Will Tschetter of Michigan. The player often looked at as the best Heat player ever, Will is now in his final year playing for the Wolverines. Will opened the season with 16 points in 21 minutes on Monday against Oakland. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Kyreese Willingham of Waseca. After winning a state title with Waseca, Kyreese has won a national title at Minnesota State-Mankato. A three year starter for Mankato, Kyreese is forever a Maverick legend after hitting the game winner in the D2 national title game. As a senior last year, Kyreese averaged 20 points a game. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Quashigm Smith-Pugh of St. Paul Johnson. Smith-Pugh might be best known for his terrorizing efforts as a 17u player on Heat Reese. After an excellent career at Johnson and with the Heat, Smith-Pugh played for St. Mary's. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->