The following is a press release courtesy of Iowa State Athletic Communications.
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State redshirt junior Ray Kasongo will be transferring from Iowa State, head coach Steve Prohm announced on Tuesday.
“We appreciate Ray’s contributions to the program over the last year. I recently had a conversation with Ray and we agreed that it would be in his best interest to transfer to another program,” Prohm said. “My staff and I will continue to support him in any way possible and wish him the best in the future.”
Kasongo, a native of Toronto, Canada, sat out the 2016-17 season after transferring to Iowa State from Tennessee.
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