Prospect Spotlight: Emma Ingersoll-Weng
An impact player on Class 4A’s sixth-ranked team, Iowa City West freshman Emma Ingersoll-Weng is well on her way to solidifying herself as one of the state’s premier young guards. The lengthy 5-foot-5 prospect is already highly regarded by PGHIA, she currently…
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Continue ReadingAn impact player on Class 4A’s sixth-ranked team, Iowa City West freshman Emma Ingersoll-Weng is well on her way to solidifying herself as one of the state’s premier young guards.
The lengthy 5-foot-5 prospect is already highly regarded by PGHIA, she currently checks in at No. 5 in the Class of 2022 prospect rankings. Her fast start with Iowa City West is justification of that high mark.
“(I’m a) really good ball-handler and passer. I spent a lot of time at Breakthrough Basketball Camps in the last year, and working out with former Iowa players Darryl Moore and Duez Henderson,” said Ingersoll-Weng, who also works to get it done on the defensive end.
“My goal (on defense) is to stop the point guard from doing whatever they usually do. To make them uncomfortable and force turnovers or get steals.”
Her long wing-span gives her a certain advantage, too. Ingersoll-Weng is strikingly lengthy, that, paired with fast hands, athleticism and a high vertical make her one of Iowa’s more dynamic young players.
Ingersoll-Weng is a product of the state’s best girl’s grassroots program, All Iowa Attack. She’s embraced the opportunity to practice against some of Iowa’s best talent withing the Attack program. And it’s prepared her for a role with one of the state’s premier high school programs.
“Playing with and against other All Iowa Attack elite level players prepared me to play with one of the best varsity high school teams this year,” said Ingersoll-Weng.
Now, as a freshman with the Trojans’ varsity, she’s averaging 7.0 points and 2.3 steals through three games. She’s doing so while playing alongside some of the best players in Iowa, including fellow underclassmen, sophomore standout Audrey Koch.
“I’m trying to follow the example of Audrey Koch. She has stepped up this year as a sophomore and had 23 (points) and 26 in the last two games,” said Ingersoll-Weng. “I’m going to try to follow her example and step up offensively the same way, but do it this year rather than wait until I’m an upperclassman.”
And though it’s still a bit early in her career for recruitment to be a big factor, Ingersoll-Weng is already dreaming about her future, and what it might be to play in a big-time college atmosphere, like, say, Carver Hawkeye Arena.
Last summer, Ingersoll-Weng hit a half court buzzer beater in Carver Arena, during the Iowa Hawkeyes’ Elite Skills Camp — she winked and said, “I’d like to do that again in four years.”