Athlete of the Week: Karleigh Creasey

Jonah Kramer, Sports Editor • Nov 17, 2021

Jeff Christopherson

Creasey is a four year varsity player. Her sophomore year she was voted team MVP and earned Second Team All-Big 12 honors. Her junior season she was named First Team All-Big 12 and helped Community win the Big 12 Tournament. Creasey averaged 8.6 points, 6.4 rebounds, and 3.8 assists per game last season.

Pre-Game Routine: Creasey eats apple slices before every game, and she likes to shoot around at halftime of the JV game while listening to music.

Post-Grad Plans: Creasey is committed to play basketball at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls where she plans to study on a Pre-Physician Assistant track.

Favorite Moment of Career: “Going to Arizona my freshman year for our winter trip.”

Hardest Part of Basketball: “Not letting your emotions show on the court and moving on after every play, even if you make a mistake.”

Biggest Strength: “I’m a big leader and I’m very encouraging … I just love the relationships that basketball brings.”

Team Defense School Record: Creasey and the Community defense held opponents to a record low 30.5 ppg last season. “We’re basically … playing defense how we wouldn’t want to be guarded ourselves,” she said. “We’re just trying to be annoying in the best way possible.”

Individual Goal for the Season: Creasey views herself as a “pass first” point guard and wants to become more of a scoring threat this season.

Favorite Pro Athlete: Lebron James

Favorite Pro Basketball Team: Chicago Bulls

Favorite Subject: Psychology

What’s Next: After defeating Central Catholic 62-38, the Lady Iron continue play in the Intercity Tournament with a game against U-High, Friday Nov. 19 at Bloomington High School.

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About the Contributor

Jonah Kramer, Sports Editor

Jonah Kramer is a senior at Normal Community High School and participates in Best Buddies, FBLA and cross country. This is his second year working with the Inkspot, where he is a senior staff reporter. A random fact about me is that my front tooth has been broken five different times. My favorite film is Knives Out. What inspires me is Jesus Christ.