How they’re doing

A look at former Gazette-area preps and what they are doing now:

Iowa colleges - Bryan Forbes of Lone Tree was a freshman on the Briar Cliff men's basketball team, starting the final 18 games and averaging 10 points and a team-leading 4.1 rebounds per game ... Jarrod Uthoff of Cedar Rapids (Jefferson) earned academic all-Big Ten honors as a member of the Iowa men's basketball team ... Coe senior Mary Halvorson of Waterville (Waukon) earned all-Iowa Conference honors in women's basketball along with Luther's Logan Hjerleid of Waukon and Simpson's Morgan Terpstra of Cedar Rapids (Linn-Mar) ... Hannah Maher and Allie of Decorah and Samantha Wagner of Marion (Linn-Mar) earned all-Big Ten academic honors as members of the Iowa women's swimming and diving team ... Coe's Lindsey Meade of Cedar Rapids (Kennedy) and Kendallyn Recker of Coggon (North-Linn) earned all-academic honors in the Iowa Conference in women's swimming and diving, along with Luther's Margaret Yepp of Iowa City (City High), Nicole Larsen of Marion (Linn-Mar) and Lexi Scharmer (Kennedy) and Christina Scharmer (Washington) of Cedar Rapids ... Josh Haug of Mount Vernon earned all-Big Ten academic honors as a member of the Iowa wrestling team ... Central's Nile Eckermann of Cosgrove (Clear Creek Amana) and Aaron Rosenstiel of Oelwein and Loras' Regan Takes of Cascade earned all-academic honors in men's basketball from the Iowa Conference ... Brandon Shulista and Nick Day of Solon, Sean Moore of Coralville (I.C. West), Ryan Rumpf of North Liberty (I.C. West) and Colby Brecht of Norway (Xavier) are members of the Iowa baseball team ... Luther's Conner Herman of Cedar Rapids (Jefferson) and Tyler Walls of Oxford (Clear Creek Amana) earned all-Iowa Conference academic honors in wrestling ... Tara Walls of Oxford (Clear Creek Amana), Erin Weno of Iowa City (City High), and Brittney Lash (Prairie) and Jenna Schulte (Xavier) of Cedar Rapids are members of the Kirkwood softball team, which entered the weekend with a 34-5 record ... Mallory McArtor of Riverside (Mid-Prairie), Aaran Weeces of Solon, Alison Givens of Lisbon, Abby Flannagan of Manchester (West Delaware), Maliah Fligg of Tiffin (Clear Creek Amana), McCall Meade of Holbrook (Williamsburg), Danielle Schlotterbeck of Central City, Brenna Winn of Walker (North-Linn) and Jacqueline Naeve of Alburnett are members of the nationally ranked Coe softball team ... Zeva Light of Lisbon, Shannon Stone of Center Point (Center Point-Urbana), Hannah Petersen (Jefferson), Carson Burgart (Jefferson), Kaitlyn Davidson (Jefferson), Kirsten Peterson (Washington), Amanda Gaffey (Kennedy), Mackenzie Blaha (Prairie) and Megan Jonas (Washington) of Cedar Rapids, Brianna Sturtz and Kira Dailey of Iowa City (West), Maddie Vaske of Dyersville (Beckman), Rachel Clemens of Vinton (Vinton-Shellsburg), Morgan Sickles of Urbana (Center Point-Urbana), Brianna Bemiss of West Union (North Fayette) and Catie Flaucher of Independence are members of the Mount Mercy softball team.

Missouri colleges - Alex Jacobson of Cedar Rapids (Jefferson) recently was named Great Lakes Valley Conference softball player of the week. A senior third baseman, Jacobson batted .435 with a home run and 11 RBIs during a six-game span.