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Mya Stemberger Takes on Collegiate Basketball
Rosanne Fortier - News Correspondent
Mundare resident’s Mya Stemberger is a familiar face in the world of sports for Vegreville and area teams.
Mya’s mother, Shelia Stemberger explained that Mya has moved on to collegiate sports and is on the Women’s Basketball NAIT OOKS where they played a game versus Lakeland at Vegreville Composite High School on October 4 where Lakeland won 76-74. Other local people on the team are Coach Kiera Lyons from Ryley and one of the referees, Kelsey Bortnick, lives on a farm outside of Lavoy.
When Mya Stemberger was asked about her journey getting started on this and how it was going, she replied, “I started in Grade six at Mundare School. I always wanted to continue sports after high school, so after finding interest in basketball, I really knew that is something I wanted to keep playing.
So, after seeing that NAIT held ID camps and wanting to continue my education there already, I had reached out to the coach showing interest in the team. After attending the camps and keeping in touch, I was offered to sign with their team. This level is very different from what I was used to in high school. It is very intense but exciting as well; being able to learn so much more in depth about the sport and being pushed by not only my coaches but also my teammates.
We played another exhibition the week prior to the game versus Lakeland where this game was against Red Deer Polytechnic and our team won 72-67. It is really exciting being able to participate at this level and having such a supportive team to work with really makes it special.”
