Atlantic senior Tessa Grooms signed on to play basketball at Iowa Central Community College next season. Grooms signed surrounded by family and coaches at the Atlantic High School Gym. Grooms really didn’t take to basketball until late in her high school career and she became passionate about it this past year.

Grooms is coming off a senior season in which she averaged a little over 6 points per game but her real impact was on the defensive end. She led the team with 6 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per contest. Iowa Central Head Coach Brian Ortmeier sees a lot of growth potential for Tessa.

Coach Ortmeier thinks here defensive capabilities fit in very well to the style of play the Tritons have on that end of the floor. Grooms said after thinking about playing at the next level, Iowa Central immediately stood out as a great place for her.

Grooms will join two other Atlantic senior girls on the Iowa Central Campus this fall. Olivia Engler will play softball for the Tritons and Taylor McCreedy has signed on to run track and cross country there as well.