AMES, Iowa – For five Iowa State women’s basketball seniors, summer school and pick-up games mark the beginning of the end. It’s the last time they will go through the summer rituals of preparing for the upcoming season. But three Cyclone freshmen are just beginning the journey.
Ashley Arlen (Cascade, Iowa), Whitney Williams (Ft. Worth, Texas) and Alexis Yackley (Onida, S.D.) have all made the trek to Ames and after attending
ISU’s elite camp in early June, the trio officially moved into the dorms and became college students.
“It definitely helped to go through the summer transition, because we got into the weight room, got to play with the older players and got into the flow of things,” senior Heather Ezell recalled of her freshman summer experience. “It gave us an idea of what things would be like later once school started. It’s a good time to take classes and figure out that it’s your responsibility to get up and go and motivate yourself to put in the work, because it’s a lot different from high school.”
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