Category: Sports

AMES – Iowa State senior offensive lineman Jarrod Hufford has earned a spot on the 2023 Outland Trophy Watch List, announced Tuesday by the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA).

ST. LOUIS -Eleven members of the UNI football team earned spots on this year’s Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) preseason team with the Panthers projected to finish third in the league in the upcoming 2023 season.

IOWA CITY – The University of Iowa women’s basketball team embarks on its foreign tour later this week, departing for Italy this Friday, Aug. 4.

IOWA CITY – The University of Iowa men’s basketball team will play three games when it travels to France and Spain for its 2023 foreign trip. The Hawkeyes depart for Paris on Aug. 5.

CEDAR FALLS – Phil Steele and the DraftScout.com have released their 2023 All-Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) and All-America teams on Friday with the Panthers earning 12 spots on the All-MVFC list, as well as and three All-America selections.

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA  – The Iowa Hawkeyes just may have an exciting football team this season, featuring a new quarterback with experienced blockers and receivers, not to mention a schedule that looks promising.

IOWA CITY – An on-going investigation into student-athlete gambling has sidelined a star Iowa Hawkeye lineman from participating in media interviews.

FARGO, N.D. – Incoming University of Iowa wrestler Ryder Block won a national title at the Junior Nationals Freestyle Championships at the Fargo Dome.

MASON CITY – Former NIACC standout Bryce Ball is now a member of the Cleveland Guardians’ organization.

AMES – Iowa State head tennis coach Jaron Maestas has announced the signing of five-star prep Caroline Nicholls to a national letter of intent.

Iowa’s upcoming season is approaching, and four home games are already sold-out, the Hawkeyes announced.

AMES – Dedric Willoughby, an Iowa State Hall-of-Famer and one of the greatest shooters in Cyclone men’s basketball history, died yesterday at the age of 49.

AMES – For the second time in his career, Iowa State wrestler David Carr has been named the Gary Thompson Iowa State Male Athlete of the Year. Carr is the seventh Cyclone to win the award at least twice in his career.

IOWA CITY – The Big Ten Conference announced the opponent rotation for the 2023-24 wrestling season, and Iowa will face rival Penn State at home.

AMES – Iowa State head coach T.J. Otzelberger announced Friday the signing of JT Rock. Originally a member of the 2024 recruiting class, Rock has reclassified and will join the Cyclones this fall as a member of the 2023 recruiting class.

CEDAR FALLS – UNI Athletics and its exclusive multimedia rightsholder, LEARFIELD’s Panther Sports Properties, announced today a multi-year broadcast relationship with Coloff Media, based in Cedar Falls, Iowa.

IOWA CITY – University of Iowa Moon Family head football coach Kirk Ferentz is one of 21 head coaches named to the 2023 Dodd Trophy Preseason Watch List.

LOS ANGELES – Junior guard from the University of Iowa, Caitlin Clark, was named the ESPY award winner for Best College Athlete, Women’s Sports on Tuesday night.

ARLINGTON, TEXAS – Iowa State’s Ashley Joens and TCU’s Max Duggan were named the recipients of the Big 12’s inaugural Bob Bowlsby Award. The honor was established by the Big 12 Board of Directors as the Conference’s most prestigious individual accolade.

IOWA CITY – Junior guard from the University of Iowa, Caitlin Clark, was named a Semifinalist for the 93rd AAU James E. Sullivan Award.

PELLA, IOWA – Former NIACC golfer Thea Lunning is Central College’s nominee for the NCAA Woman of the Year Award. Former Mohawk graduated from Central College with a perfect 4.0 cumulative grade point average.

CEDAR FALLS – UNI men’s basketball will go international this summer as the Panthers embark on a four-game tour in Brazil.

IOWA CITY – Gary Barta, the Henry B. Tippie Director Chair of Athletics, announced on Friday that he has extended Lisa Bluder’s contract through June 2029. She is heading into her 24th year at The University of Iowa as the P. Sue Beckwith, MD, Head Women’s Basketball Coach.

AMES – Iowa State senior defensive back T.J. Tampa has been named to the Preseason All-Big 12 Football team as voted upon by media representatives who cover the league.

IOWA CITY – The University of Iowa women’s basketball team will play Virginia Tech in the Ally Tipoff on Nov. 9, 2023, in Charlotte, North Carolina, inside the Spectrum Center. The neutral site contest will air on ESPN.

IOWA CITY – Junior guard from the University of Iowa, Caitlin Clark, was named 2022-23 Big Ten Female Athlete of the Year, announced today by the Big Ten Conference Office.

IOWA CITY – Junior guard from the University of Iowa, Caitlin Clark, won the 2023 Honda Cup and was named Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year, and was awarded the trophy Monday night.

IOWA CITY – The Big Ten Conference announced on Thursday each institution’s 18-game conference opponent breakdown for the 2023-24 women’s basketball season.

The Cincinnati Reds are the hottest team in baseball, and contributing to the Reds’ success in 2023 is rookie left-handed pitcher Brandon Williamson, the former NIACC Trojan who made his MLB debut on May 16. 

AMES – Iowa State has announced its men’s basketball non-conference schedule for the 2023-24 season.

IOWA CITY – University of Iowa men’s basketball standout Kris Murray was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers with the 23rd overall selection of the 2023 NBA Draft held Thursday evening.

JOHNSTON – The NIACC men’s basketball team will compete in the 2023 ICCAC Summer Series this weekend at Johnston High School. NIACC, under second-year head coach Jeremy Winters, will play two games…

AMES – The Iowa State men’s basketball team will be competing in the Bahamas this summer for a foreign trip. The Cyclones will play three games against international competition at the Imperial Ballroom.

IOWA CITY – The University of Iowa men’s basketball team will conclude its summer with a three-game tour of Paris and Spain in August, the program announced on Tuesday.