Education
Stave attended Whitnall in Greenfield, Wisconsin and was a three-year letter winner in football and track and field and two in basketball. As a junior, Stave passed for 2,459 yards and 19 touchdowns and ran for an additional five touchdowns. He was honorable mention all-state by the WFCA, first-team all-region, all-suburban, all-conference and second-team all-area as a junior.
As a senior, Stave threw for 2,635 yards and 22 touchdowns and ran for an additional seven touchdowns.
He earned first-team all-state honors by the WFCA, honorable mention A.P. all-state honors, unanimous conference player of the year, first-team all-conference and second-team all-region as a senior. In his career, Stave threw for 5,094 yards and 41 touchdowns and added 12 rushing touchdowns.
Following his high school career, Stave was rated a two-star recruit by Scout.com and Rivals.com. He was rated the number 17th rated or top 10th player from the state of Wisconsin and the 110th ranked quarterback in the country.
