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Look out, Kansas City! Here comes a Bison tennis star
McCOOK, Neb. — Long-time Kansas City Royals Tom Wiemers (seated left) had to be thrilled oldest daughter Rowen Wiemers (second from right) signed to play tennis for the University of St. Mary in Kansas City Tuesday afternoon at McCook High.
The ceremony featured many attending which included mom Becky Wiemers and younger sister/Bison tennis teammate Roslyn Wiemers. Standing in back are McCook national award-winning tennis coach icon Matt Wiemers, super assistant Karlie Dueland and younger brother Trev Wiemers.
The second-year NAIA tennis program will welcome a 64-13 varsity player who medaled in Class B No. 2 doubles last spring with Roslyn. She also went 24-5 during her sophomore season and stepped up to play No. 2 singles for another Class B Top 10 McCook High girls team.
Rowen also owns a 35-1 junior varsity career record and can’t wait to play one more season with the Bison this spring.
University of St. Mary coach Alex Hale offered these insights: “We launched the University of Saint Mary tennis program in the fall of 2023 as a completely new program. We currently have 11 girls in our program and we compete in the KCAC conference in the NAIA. Rowen will be a vital member of our squad and bring a great amount of depth to our program next year as we strive to be a top national NAIA team. We can’t wait for Rowen to join our family, and I have no doubts that she will be a great teammate and player for us.”
Rowen plans on pursuing a political science and business degree as she also earned an academic scholarship to University of St. Mary. Watch for more about Rowen and other Bison signing to play for collegiate programs.