Ben Wilmes | WUW 497

Washed Up Walkons

Tyler Kluver

College Football, Sports, Hawkeyes, Athletes, Ncaa Team, Iowa, Nfl Draft, Big Ten

4.7 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Ben is from Johnston, Iowa. 2024 will be his Junior year for the Hawkeye Baseball team, where Ben has started over 60 games already, playing 2nd base, 3rd base, and left field. Gary the Intern takes this interview on by himself, and this was recorded back in the fall of 2023. They discuss how special the Iowa pitching staff is, his teammate and superstar 2 sport athlete Brody Brecht, his role as a utility player for the Hawks, his opinion of playing Baseball in the Iowa weather, sunflower seeds, which pancheros location is the best, NIL opportunities, who the GOAT of baseball is, and a whole lot more.If you love the show and want to show support, tell your friends! And, check out our exclusive content at Patreon.com/washedupwalkons where you can find extra podcast episodes, exclusive merchandise, Merch discounts with every tier, private Walkon discord channel access, and more!Find us on social media @washedupwalkonsVisit TheWashedUpWalkons.com for all of our episodes, merchandise, and more!

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0:00.0	Fun little episode here we had this one recorded back in the fall and we just never had a place to put it so it's baseball season
0:06.8	The Iowa Hawkeye baseball team is off and running and we have two baseball episodes back to back for you. This first one with Ben Wilmas.
0:14.6	Grant, Gary, G-bone, G-string the intern, took this one solo, the one-on-one interview.
0:20.5	Please enjoy this episode.
0:21.9	It's a good one. Let's have a day. Let's go. Oh, I was there. Okay, we're now joined by Iowa Baseball Stud. It's Ben Wilmas. Ben, thank you for joining,
0:59.2	but Ben, we're super excited to talk to you today. Where are you joining us from? Is this, is it looks like the
1:04.4	facility or do you just have the giant Iowa logo in your house?
1:09.2	Yeah, thank you for, thank you for having me on. No, I wish I had this. This is what we call Blackboard in my apartment, but I do not because it's probably too expensive for me. But I am in the baseball facility right now.
1:26.0	Okay, so we're back on campus. Yes. How long have you been on campus? I moved in yesterday.
1:32.0	Oh, perfect. Wow. August yesterday. Oh perfect.
1:33.2	August 13th. Yeah. Okay. New place or stay in the same spot.
1:38.9	Same street new apartment complex. Oh, you just went down the street? Yes. Were you like in a hard
1:45.0	negotiating deal? We're like, hey, I'm going to steal your house next year?
1:48.0	No, so actually one of my teammates, his uncle owns the apartment complex that I'm in right now.
1:54.0	Okay. So I mean I just thought it'd be better to know the person who owns it instead
2:00.4	of just going through the city of Iowa City. No that makes a ton of sense. No, it's a absolute mess.
2:06.0	I'm trying to negotiate that in like October. It's a total nightmare.
2:10.2	Living with guys on the team, I'm assuming? Yes. Yes, so I'm living with
2:14.0	uh... the team i'm assuming yes so i'm living with uh... errand savory he's a sophomore pitcher and then
2:17.0	Davis cop he is a transfer not really sure his grade yet haven't officially met him
2:22.4	but he's from the University of Utah.
2:24.3	Have you so you haven't met this guy? I have not not yet. No have you like talked to him on the phone or is this just
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