If you want to find Hays High senior Edwin Muller in the morning you will have to head for the gym. Most mornings at seven o'clock he will be getting shots up. During the basketball season or in the offseason, Muller's mornings are spent in the gym. So to are many of his evenings.
All of that work, along with his high school season, have culminated with an opportunity to play basketball at Hastings College in Hastings, Nebraska.
The trajectory for Muller to make it to this point took a steep incline over the past few years. He barely made the team as a freshman.
The adage of "hard work pays off" came true for the 6'1" guard.
Muller appeared in 47 varsity games in his career. He started all 21 games in 2023-2024.
Scoring in double figures five times this year he averaged 6.5 points per game and shot 33% from beyond the arc. He went 14-32 on three pointers over the last six games, good for 43.8%.
It was the defensive side of the ball though that Edwin made his biggest improvement and impact over the past two seasons according to head coach Sean Dreiling.
The Indians went 13-8 this past season and won the Western Athletic Conference crown at 7-1. Muller joins a Hastings College squad that was 23-9 and 15-5 in conference games.
Muller is a three sport athlete competing in soccer in the fall and track this spring where he runs the hurdles.