Lindeman, Verhulst earn all-state honors

A pair of local girls’ basketball players have been honored as members of a pair of all-state teams.
Grundy Center junior Katie Lindeman was named Class 2A third-team all-state by both the Iowa Girls’ Coaches Association (IGCA) and the Iowa Newspaper Association (INA) while Dike-New Hartford senior Olivia Verhulst was cited on the IGCA’s 2A all-state third team.
Lindeman led the NICL West and ranked eighth in Class 2A with 18.3 points per game. The junior hit 33 3-pointers and shot 74.5 percent from the free-throw line. She also recorded 171 rebounds and 68 steals.
Verhulst was the standout on a balanced D-NH team that had four players average between 9 and 11 points per game. The guard averaged 10.4 points per game while hitting a team-high 28 3-pointers and shooting 43 percent from the field overall. She shot 73 percent from the foul line and dished out 67 assists while collecting 40 steals.
 
For more of this story see the March 11 Grundy Register.