The 5-foot-10 senior guard averaged 24.6 points and 11.9 rebounds per game this past season, leading the Comets (17-7) to the Class 3A regional final. Joens also averaged 4.0 steals, 3.5 assists and 1.2 blocks en route to recording 13 double-doubles and one triple-double in 24 games. A two-time Class 4A First Team All-State selection at Iowa City High, Joens transferred as a senior to play her final season for her sister, Courtney, the West Liberty head coach. Another sister, Ashley, was the state’s 2017-18 Gatorade Girls Basketball Player of the Year.
Joens has maintained a weighted 3.61 GPA in the classroom. She has signed a national letter of intent to play basketball on scholarship at Iowa State University this fall.
Joens has volunteered locally on behalf of the Salvation Army. She has also donated her time to an elementary school literacy program and as a youth basketball coach.
