It’s been a busy summer for Iowa superstar Caitlin Clark. Fresh off seeing Taylor Swift in concert, to winning the Honda Cup, which recognizes the best female college athlete of the year, she’ll now be hitting the links in the John Deere Classic.
Iowa basketball star Caitlin Clark was honored as the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year. She received the Honda Cup in a ceremony at UCLA. It’s the second consecutive year that a women’s basketball player won the award as South Carolina’s Aliyah Boston was the recipient in 2022.
Simon Gregersen struck out six of the 10 outs he recorded to close out Indiana State’s 11-8 win over Iowa to win the Terre Haute Regional championship and earn a berth in the super regionals. Indiana State (44-15) knocked Iowa into the elimination round with a 7-4 win Saturday night and the Hawkeyes earned the rematch by out-lasting North Carolina 6-5 in 13 innings earlier Sunday.
Michael Seegers ripped an RBI triple in the top of the 13th inning to lift second-seeded Iowa past North Carolina 6-5 in an elimination game at the Terre Haute Regional. Iowa (44-15) will take on top-seeded Indiana State later Sunday.
Miguel Rivera and Grant Magill hit back-to-back two-run doubles in the eighth inning and top-seeded Indiana State rallied past Iowa 7-4 at the Terre Haute Regional and is now a win away from a berth in super regionals. The Sycamores (44-15) await the winner of a loser-out game between Iowa (43-15) and North Carolina (36-23) on Sunday.
Kevin Keister and Nick Lorusso hit fifth-inning home runs and Maryland used five pitchers in a four-hit 4-0 victory over Iowa in the championship game of the Big Ten Tournament
Ty Langenberg allowed two hits in seven innings, three relievers finished the three-hit shutout, and Iowa advanced to the Big Ten Tournament championship game with a 5-0 victory over Michigan.
More than 40 student-athletes from Iowa and Iowa State are being investigated for their involvement in sports gambling. The investigation is still ongoing, but three University of Iowa coaches say this is just another aspect of the ever-evolving college sports landscape.
Two have come to light in the past week, the first at Alabama involving its head baseball coach and then an investigation of Iowa and Iowa State athletes participating in online gambling.
One Iowa softball slugger packs a punch at the plate. Denali Loecker leads the Hawkeyes in long balls, RBI and continues to climb the program's all-time list.
One of the best hitters in college softball wears black and gold. Senior Nia Carter has 87 hits on the season put her in first in the Big Ten Conference, second in the NCAA and third in Iowa history for hits in a single season.
The New York Jets selected Iowa State edge rusher Will McDonald with the No. 15 overall pick in the NFL draft. McDonald was one of college football’s most prolific pass rushers during his career with the Cyclones with 33 sacks.
The Green Bay Packers addressed one of their major positional needs by selecting Iowa edge rusher Lukas Van Ness with the 13th overall pick in the NFL draft.
Former Iowa Hawkeye, and current San Francisco 49ers, tight end George Kittle will be in Iowa City in May to host the 2023 George Kittle Youth Football Camp at Kinnick Stadium.
Iowa sophomore kicker Drew Stevens has put on nearly 30 pounds from spring ball last year to spring ball this year. He says he's seen a giant jump in terms of his power behind the ball, but he's planning to keep putting on even more muscle.