Iowa’s top academic students were recently chosen by their schools for the 2021 Governor’s Scholar Program.
In the KCII-listening area, Sydney Cuddeback of Washington, Isaac Black of Highland, Eryk Hovde of Mid-Prairie, Aidan Yoder of Hillcrest Academy, Owen Watson of Columbus Community, Layne Kiefer of WACO, and Jenna Buffington of Winfield-Mt. Union were all selected. All students will receive a recognition plaque and certificate to commemorate their achievement. This program which began in 2003 and is sponsored by the Governor’s Office, the Iowa High School Athletic Association, and Iowa Farm Bureau invites schools to select the one senior who was the highest academic achiever for their first seven semesters.
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Not only has several KCII area athletes been recognized for their work on the basketball court this winter, but also in the classroom. Seven area girls basketball players were recently named to the Academic All-State team released by the Iowa Girls Coaches Association.
Five seniors from Winfield-Mt. Union that contributed to an 18-1 season were named to the list in Jenna Buffington, Kyndal Townsley, Jami Wilkerson, Madie Anderson, and Farrah Nelson. A pair of WACO players were recognized for their academic efforts in Morgan Graber and Lindsey Roth.
To be eligible for the award, seniors must have posted a 3.85 or higher grade point average.
With a league title and an undefeated regular season on the resume, you know plenty of postseason accolades will follow and that was the case for the Winfield-Mt. Union girls’ basketball team with six players named to all conference teams.
The North Division of the Southeast Iowa Super Conference had nine first team players and four of them were Wolves including Bradie Buffington, Farrah Nelson, Kyndal Townsley, and Jobey Malone. Sharing the rock was no problem for WMU with seven players recording at least five points a game, but no one averaged double figures. Buffington led the group with 8.6 points a night, hauled in 4.8 rebounds, and her 1.5 blocks a game ranked third in the division. Nelson brought in a team best 7.6 boards and chipped in with 8.5 points. Townsley averaged 7.1 points, 4.5 rebounds, and dished out 2.4 assists a contest while Malone added 6.4 points and 4.6 boards.
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