Two girls basketball alums from the Wellman and Kalona area are continuing their collegiate hoops careers this season.
Former Mid-Prairie Golden Hawk Addie Rath is in her senior season at Mount Mercy University in Cedar Rapids. This season she has appeared in all 13 games the Mustangs have played. She averages 10 minutes per game, two points and two rebounds. Mount Mercy is 4-9 on the season. Rath was a member of the Kirkwood Eagles during her freshman and sophomore years. Rath, a 2018 Mid-Prairie graduate, was an all-state performer in her time with the Hawks. She is one of only four members in program history to reach 1,000 career points.
Former Iowa Mennonite School standout Suzanna Yoder is in the middle of her junior campaign at Goshen College in Indiana. This season she has appeared in 13 of the Leafs 15 games. She’s shooting 24% from the floor and averages two points per night. The 2019 graduate, led class 1A in scoring her junior and senior seasons. She left the school as the program leader in points in a season, points per game, points in a single game, three point field goals made in a season, and is top five in career points, assists, made three point goals, steals and rebounds. The Leafs are 7-8 this year.