Ryan Murken

Your Prep Sports

The Your Prep Sports Alumni Report is a weekly segment that recognizes the accomplishments of graduates from YPS area schools that are continuing their careers as student athletes at the collegiate level. Alumni News is a way for readers to keep tabs on former area standouts.

Ella Cook

City High graduate and current University of St. Thomas senior Ella Cook extended her hitting streak to 10 with a hit in every game of a three-game sweep of Kansas City in St. Paul.

Cook went 5-for-8 with a home run and six RBI in the three-game series and is hitting .454 with four home runs and 19 RBI during a 10-game hitting streak that coincides with an 11-game winning streak for the Tommies.

In an 8-0 win over Kansas City on Sunday that closed off the weekend sweep Cook went 1-for-3 with an RBI and also pitched a complete-game, three-hit shutout as St. Thomas improved to 31-16 on the season and 12-3 in Summitt League play.

On the season Cook is hitting .354 with 14 doubles, seven home runs, 40 RBI and 22 runs scored and is 12-8 with a 3.19 ERA while striking out 74 in 101 2/3 innings pitched.

Kaia Holtkamp

Solon graduate and current Iowa State junior Kaia Holtkamp helped the Cyclone 4×800 relay team to a runner-up finish at the Drake Relays in Des Moines on Friday.

Holtkamp helped Iowa State post the third-fastest time in program history at 8:40.86 while finishing runner-up to Oregon which won the event in 8:30.12.

Ashley Webb

Regina graduate and current Mount Mercy sophomore pitcher Ashley Webb tossed five hitless innings while picking up a pair of saves in a doubleheader sweep of Culver-Stockton on Saturday in Canton, Missouri.

Webb struck out two in three hitless innings in a 5-1 win in the opener and worked two hitless innings while striking out one in a 2-0 win in the nightcap as Mount Mercy improved to 26-21 on the season and 15-9 in Heart of America Athletic Conference play.

On the season Webb is 7-10 with five saves and a 3.50 ERA in a team-high 104 innings pitched.

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