Brandon Valley High School’s Navarro Schunke was named the USA Wrestling Athlete of the Week on May 17.

Schunke won a pair of gold medals at the USA Wrestling Northern Plains Regional held at the Woodside Wisconsin Dells Center in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, on May 12-14. 

Schunke won both the freestyle and Greco-Roman brackets in the Junior division at 285 pounds. In the freestyle, he recorded four victories, including a 44-second pin and three technical falls. He posted three technical fall wins in the Greco-Roman bracket. 

Schunke defeated Soren Herzog of Minnesota, a 2022 U17 Greco-Roman Nationals runner up and 2021 16U Greco-Roman Nationals finalist, by technical fall in the championship match of both tournaments. The Greco-Roman final between Schunke and Herzog came in at 9-0, while the freestyle finals contest featured substantially more action with a 22-12 final score.

Currently No. 6 in the FloWrestling National High School Rankings at 285 pounds, Schunke was a double champion at the 2021 16U Nationals held in Fargo, N.D. He was also a Northern Plains Junior freestyle champion in 2021.

In 2023, Schunke won championships at the South Dakota high school state tournament and the NHSCA High School Nationals. Additionally, he posted a runner-up finish at the USA Wrestling Folkstyle Nationals held at the UNI Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa.

Schunke is a four-star offensive lineman with major college football scholarship offers from Arizona State, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Notre Dame, Minnesota and Kansas State, among others.