After he introduced himself to me, Kurt Walding led us to the seats of his choice in the auditorium of Arizona State’s student-athlete facility. Walding quickly gave off a vibe most people do growing up in the Midwest. The walk-on redshirt sophomore from Iowa Western is the typical laid-back, very polite guy, that is raised in that part of the country.
“It’s just a great place to grow up. That’ll be my home for forever, I definitely love it there,” he said to answer the question of how he felt about his home state of Iowa.
Some might be surprised by this answer, thinking Iowa is just cornfields.