Known to her coaches and teammates for her intensity and a hunger to win, one athlete is doing all the right things to be successful on the court.
Logan Moncks, post for the Kodiaks women’s basketball team, is in her first year with the club after spending last year with the SAIT Trojans in Calgary.
A native of Cardston, Moncks says the decision to leave the Trojans and join the Kodiaks was an easy choice.
“Being close to home gives my family the chance to make the trip out on game days to watch me play,” said Moncks.
It was coach Brad Karren who singled Moncks out during the recruiting process and knew right away she would be an important piece to the team.
“We needed a post player to rebound, add toughness and some who could also run the floor and add speed to our team,” said Karren.
With the season half over the team remains undefeated and Karren’s pre-season assessment of Moncks has been accurate.
“She’s someone who plays with a lot of intensity, she likes to win and she fits into our program,” said Karren.
Moncks averages 15.2 points per game, good for third on the team, and says although she was a little nervous, the move from SAIT to Lethbridge College has been great.
“This year has been awesome, we laugh and have fun during practice, which is something that didn’t always happen at SAIT,” said Moncks. We respect and trust each other and we play as a team. We don’t care if someone shoots an air ball, we just move onto the next play.”
Her teammate, Shantaya Strebel, says Moncks brings much more to the team than just her offensive prowess.
“Logan is awesome, there are times where I struggle with confidence and she will always be cheering me on,” said Strebel. Whenever she passes to me she always encourages me to take the shot and it really helps with my confidence.”
Karren isn’t surprised that she gets a long with her teammates based on how she treats the coaches.
“She’s easy to coach, she listens, she does what we ask her to do, she’s not selfish and she does all the things that we like as a coaching staff,” said Kerren.
Moncks is currently enrolled in the Business Administration program and it set to graduate next year. However, before she finishes up at the college she has one goal that she would like to accomplish: to win a championship.
