Baxter’s Tuhn tabbed for IPSWA all-state

Baxter senior Emie Tuhn spent her final season on the hardwood chasing down a lot of school records her older sister Elie set when she finalized her basketball career a few seasons back.

And when Emie Tuhn’s career ended, she capped it all off with an all-state honor that matched her sisters.

Emie Tuhn finished her Bolts’ career with school records in career points, career made 3-pointers, career assists and career steals and her single-season school record 84 made 3s helped her to a Class 1A second team all-state honor by the Iowa Print Sports Writers Association, which released its all-state squads to the public on Tuesday at 12:01 a.m.

Cedar Rapids Xavier’s Libby Fandel was named Miss Iowa Basketball by IPSWA, too.

Fandel led the Saints to the 4A state championship after averaging 26 points and 10.5 rebounds per game this season. Fandel, who will attend Kansas University, finished her career with 1,995 points.

Tuhn was a four-year starter for the Bolts and her 1,290 career points are the most in school history.

Freshman Kamdyn Krampe is on pace to be a four-year starter at Baxter and her strong first season helped her join Tuhn on the Iowa Basketball Coaches Association’s 1A Region 8 squad.

Tuhn’s 18 points per game ranked 18th in 1A but she ranked just 52nd in shot attempts per game. She also averaged 5.0 rebounds and 3.4 steals per contest and ranked 22nd in 1A in assists per game at 4.0.

The school-record 84 3s she dropped led 1A and her 3.7 made 3s per game ranked first in 1A and was the second-highest in the 5-on-5 era.

Tuhn also ranked 17th in 1A in 3-point percentage at 36 and buried 70 percent of her free throws. Her school-record 259 career made 3s rank in the top 15 all-time regardless of class.

Her 1.88 assist to turnover ratio this season ranked 17th in 1A. She scored 411 points, which passed her sister Elie for most in a single season in school history and ranked 17th in 1A.

Tuhn also has the career school record in both assists and steals at 314 and 285, respectively. She overtook her sister Elie’s career steals record, too.

Krampe’s all-region honor came after the Bolts’ freshman averaged 14.1 points, 6.3 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 2.6 steals per game in 23 starts. She also buried 29 shots from downtown.

Tuhn and Krampe helped Baxter improve its win total by 10 games this season. The Bolts lost to state qualifier and No. 8 Gladbrook-Reinbeck in the regional semifinals.

The IPSWA all-state teams include eight players on the first team, eight on the second and eight more on the third.

Gladbrook-Reinbeck’s Kennedy Brant was a first-team selection, Montezuma’s Ellen Cook and Clarksville’s Paige Kampman joined Tuhn on the second team and Dunkerton’s Kylee Pexa, Lynnville-Sully’s Kate Harthoorn and Sigourney’s Brynn Clarahan all were third-team selections.

The 1A Region 8 squad featured eight players, including Lynnville-Sully’s Harthoorn, Gladbrook-Reinbeck’s Brant and Elly Sieh, BCLUW’s Grace Farnsworth and Martensdale-St. Marys Ellie Baker and Rylie Fugate.