Myles Sansted
Myles Sansted is an American college football placekicker for the Montana State Bobcats.
Early life
Sansted was born into an athletic family and grew up playing various sports alongside his twin brother, Peter. His father, Rick, played college soccer and basketball at Augsburg University before serving as the superintendent of Alexandria Public Schools while his mother, Katie, ran track and cross country at the University of St. Thomas before she founded KT Design. His mother's twin sister, Molly, was a basketball star at North Dakota State University who married college football coach Brent Vigen.High school career
Sansted attended Alexandria Area High School in Alexandria, Minnesota, where he was a four-sport athlete. In track, he competed in the 400 meters, 800 meters, and the 4 × 800 meters relay. Sansted also played basketball and soccer alongside his brother. As a junior, he hit the game-winning three-pointer that sent his team to the Class 3A state title game, where they subsequently lost to a Chet Holmgren-led Minnehaha Academy team.Sansted decided to try out for the football team his sophomore year as a kicker, despite never having played organized football before. "I wanted to play another sport with my friends," he said. "I could play soccer and football at the same time." Sansted trained under former Minnesota Golden Gophers kicker Joel Monroe and, as a junior, earned the starting nod for the Alexandria Cardinals. That season, he was named the team's special teams MVP after converting 29-of-32 extra points and 1-of-1 field goal attempts. As a senior, he earned all-district honorable mention after he converted 42-of-45 extra points and 6-of-8 field goal attempts, helping Alexandria reach the MSHSL Class 5A state tournament.
Sansted originally had no intention of playing college football and thus never attended any kicking camps in high school. He received some offers from NCAA Division III programs in Minnesota, but he chose to enroll at Montana State University after he received some scholarship money. Sansted also cited family ties to Bozeman and his love for the outdoors as contributing factors to his decision.