By MATT PIKE
St. Joseph Post
Benton’s Eliana Arambula can now focus on the upcoming basketball season, after signing to continue her basketball career at Nebraska Kearney of the MIAA.
Arambula received several offers, including from other schools within the MIAA, but says she chose the Lopers after feeling the atmosphere of practice
“Really love the coaches, coach Drew (head coach Drew Johnson), K.C (assistant coach K.C Bassett), and Nicole (head assistant coach Nicole Ohlde-Johnson), they’re really great,” Arambula tells KQ2 reporter Darren Doyle. “They really made me feel at home right away, so that was something I was looking forward to.”
She joins a UNK team working their way back up in a tough MIAA conference, finishing fourth in the conference last season, one year after finishing seventh.
Arambula says she’s excited to have this part done so she can now focus on her final year with the Cardinals
“I’ve been working towards this since like seventh grade, kind of college decision stuff,” Arambula explains. “So, been really excited to kind of, wouldn’t say get it out of the way, but kind of just have this decided and then go into my senior year just focused on all things Benton and being successful this year.”
Arambula was phenomenal last season for the Cardinals, averaging just over 16 points a game and being named All City, All District, and All Conference Player of the Year. She also last season passed 1,000 career points scored.
Arambula has been to two Final Fours in her career as well, and hopes to return in her senior year, saying she’s excited for the upcoming season
“I think we’ve yet to finish the job, and I think that this year we’re really motivated to work as hard as we can and control what we can control,” Arambula says. “And then really just finish it out the best way possible.”
Benton begins their season November 24th against St. Michael the Archangel
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