Royals star athlete and his rise to being the basketball player he is today. Kamden Steffen is son of Jared and Kristin Steffen. He grew up in Remsen, Iowa where he plays varsity basketball for his high school, Marcus-Meriden -Cleghorn-Remsen-Union. Kamden’s passion for basketball has grown ever since first grade city league. Since then Kamden has been on four different AAU teams: Showtime Hoopers, Eagles United, Sioux City Extreme, and Sioux City Arena. Adding up to a total of eight years of basketball with out a single off-season.
Last year, as a freshman on varsity, Kamden scored a total of 321 points towards his high school basketball career, averaging 14.6 points per game. He lead his team with a total of 142 rebounds, 23 blocks, 41 steals, and 32 assists. Kamden has a field goal percentage of 48.2 and a 3-pointer percentage of 34.5. When it comes to free throws Kamden has a free throw percentage of 64.1.
When it comes to game time Kam plays all around the court. He is shooting guard, point guard, and shooting forward. Kamden has had many lasting memories throughout his life as a year round basketball player. He says, “One of my favorite memories is when I juked the Akron teams forward and broke his ankles on live television.” Channel 4 news broadcasted this moment of the game for all to see.
Kamden’s teammate, KC Nicks, says, “Kamden is an awesome all around player. It would be really hard to play any of our games without him.” His other teammate Preston Astidias also says, “As an athlete he is the least selfish person I know. We can always count on him to show up to each and every game and give his all.”
To further his career Kamden hopes to beat the school’s record of 46 points in a single game and he is working towards 1,500 total points in his overall high school career. After high school Kamden hopes to continue his career in basketball at the college level. He doesn’t have any specific college in mind, but is hoping for the opportunity to advance his skills and have the experiencing the honor of getting to play for a college.
This upcoming season you can see Kamden repping numbers 0 and at MMCRU high school.