COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Women’s Basketball head coach Robin Pingeton announced the signing of Iowa native Grace Berg. Berg, a 6-foot explosive scorer from Indianola, Iowa, inked a National Letter of Intent to play for Mizzou on Wednesday.
“I chose Mizzou because I love the coaches and Mizzou feels like a second home to me,” Berg said. “I felt that Mizzou was the best fit for me.”
Berg is No. 37 in the nation and No. 2 in the state of Iowa in espnW’s 2018 HoopGurlz Recruiting Rankings. She is a two-time Class 5A Iowa Girls Coaches Association First Team All-State honoree and three-time state tournament qualifier. Entering her senior campaign, she has already racked up 1,276 career points, 575 career rebounds, 161 career assists and 184 career steals.
As a junior, Berg averaged 20.4 points and 10 rebounds per game while leading Indianola High School to a 24-1 record and a No. 1 ranking for the majority of the season. She garnered First Team All-Little Hawkeye Conference and Newspaper Association First Team All-State recognition. In postseason play, Berg set the 5A single-game state tournament scoring record with a career-high 36 points in Indianola’s quarterfinal win.
In 2015-16, Berg was the Class 5A Iowa state leader in field goal percentage, shooting a scorching 63.6 percent. She also led all classes in the state in field goal percentage during her freshman season as she shot 68.3 percent from the field.
As a sophomore, she poured in 17.3 points per game and added 7.0 rebounds and 3.2 steals per contest. She was a unanimous First Team CIML Metro Division selection following both her freshman and sophomore campaigns.
Berg is also a standout runner, competing and succeeding at a high level in both cross country and track & field. She is a three-time individual state qualifier in cross country and holds the 5K school record with a time of 19:07. Additionally, last spring, she helped her 4×800-meter relay team place sixth overall at the Iowa State Track & Field Championships.
Berg boasts a 3.7 GPA. She is a member of Indianola’s National Honor Society and has received Academic All-Conference recognition every season in each of the three sports she has lettered in.
Mizzou Women’s Basketball opens the 2017-18 season at the Hawkeye Challenge on Friday as the Tigers take on Western Kentucky at 2:30 p.m. CT in Iowa City, Iowa.
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