About

Ryan Murken

A Cedar Rapids native and graduate of Concordia University (Nebraska), Ryan Murken has nearly 20 years of experience covering high school and college sports. Ryan returned to Eastern Iowa in 2013 and has been the Director of Content at Your Prep Sports since the site launched in 2016.

When Ryan isn’t covering a local event for Your Prep Sports you can probably find him attending the activities of one of his own three children, running, reading or watching sports.

Pat Harty

Born and raised in Des Moines, Pat Harty has lived in Iowa City since 1991. He has covered University of Iowa athletics throughout that time, including for 23 years as a beat reporter/columnist for the Iowa City Press-Citizen newspaper from 1991 to 2014. He grew up playing sports and is the younger brother of former Iowa linebacker Frank Harty. His twitter is @PatHarty.

Susan Harman

Born and raised in Cedar Rapids, Susan is a graduate of Washington High School and Lawrence University. She worked for nearly 30 years at daily newspapers in Missouri, Washington and Iowa. Susan was the Sports Editor at the Ames Tribune for 6 years and covered prep and college sports at the Press-Citizen for 10 years. She enjoys focusing on the accomplishments of the local high schools’ student athletes.


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VORTEX Digital Business Solutions Inc is an Iowa City based, full stack, digital marketing agency with the creative of the West coast, the moxie of the East coast and the values of the Midwest.

As a dedicated business accelerator, VORTEX Digital Business Solutions helps our clients in all aspects of digital business including business marketing and social media strategy, traffic (including SEO), customer-facing communications, web and graphic design, social media implementation, commercial photography and video, short film production and analog and digital advertising.

Since the launch of our first business-focused, customer-driven website in 1996, VORTEX has applied the principles of benefit-driven, attraction-based advertising and direct response marketing accumulating over more than four decades of in-the-trenches experience as a small business owner/operator.

We’ve assisted hundreds of businesses, locally and across North America, in telling their stories strategically to attract and retain more clients and help them cost-effectively and efficiently achieve their revenue and related business objectives.

Vortex Digital Business Solutions Iowa City Cedar Rapids Corridor Business Journal CBJ Best of the Corridor 2020 badgeThis year, Vortex Digital Business Solutions has been chosen as Best of the Corridor Website/App Developer, first runner up for Best Business Consulting, and second runner up for Best PR/Marketing/Creative AgencyJonathan David Sabin – Infinity Photographic was also selected as Best Photographer/Videographer in the corridor.

Team VORTEX is honored to design and develop YourPrepSports.com and work with the amazing crew at Your Prep Sports, who are an absolute pleasure to work with!

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