(Indianola) Former IKM/Manning star and Simpson College junior Kia Rasmussen earned second-team All American Rivers Conference honors in women’s basketball.
The junior averaged 9.8 points per game this season, shot 37.7-percent from behind the three-point line, and 77.8 percent from the free-throw line. Rasmussen follows her second-team all-conference accolade with an honorable mention all-conference award last season. Other honors for Rasmussen include; 2019-2020 team offensive most valuable player award, and Milikin Holiday Classic All-Tournament Team.
Kia Rasmussen’s Honors and awards:
Honors & Awards
- Team Offensive MVP (2019-20)
- All A-R-C Honorable Mention (2019-20)
- Millikin Holiday Classic All-Tournament Team (2019)
- Two-time letterwinner (2018-20)
2019-20 | sophomore
- Named All-A-R-C Honorable Mention
- Selected to the Millikin Holiday Classic All-Tournament Team
- Started in all 26 games for Simpson
- Won Offensive MVP for the Storm
- Averaged 11.5 points, 1.6 rebounds, 2.1 assists in 27.3 minutes per game
- Led the team in 3-point percentage at 48.4%
- Recorded a career-high 21 points in a loss against Coe on Feb. 12
2018-19 | freshman
- Appeared in all 27 games for the Storm
- Averaged 4.4 points, 1.6 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 16 minutes per game
- Had a season-high 12 points in two games (Wartburg and Buena Vista)