Geneva product Kat Yelle went to Ohio University on a mission to help build a winning women’s basketball program and – despite a series of injuries that forced her to miss most of last season and virtually all of this season – she plans on completing that mission.

Yelle was highly recruited by college coaches during a successful high school career that included first team all-state honors as a senior. She had offers from higher profile NCAA Division I programs, but turned them down in favor of Ohio.

“I could’ve went bigger,” Yelle said. “I wanted to go someplace where I was actually going to be needed. I wanted to go someplace where I could help turn it around.”