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FROM UI SPORTS INFORMATION: IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa senior linebacker James Morris has been named to the 2013 Lott IMPACT Trophy Watch List. Named after Pro Football Hall of Fame member, Ronnie Lott, the Lott IMPACT Trophy is awarded to college football’s Defensive IMPACT Player of the Year. Those selected to the [...]
FROM UI SPORTS INFORMATION: IOWA CITY, Iowa – The NCAA announced today that 23 student-athletes from the University of Iowa have qualified for the 2013 NCAA Track and Field Outdoor Championships. The NCAA first round will be held May 23-25 in Austin, Texas, at Mike A. Myers Stadium. “We are very proud of the Iowa [...]
FROM UI SPORTS INFORMATION: IOWA CITY, Iowa — The University of Iowa women’s basketball team will host Syracuse as part of the seventh annual Big Ten/ACC Challenge. The game is scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 5, in Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Start time and television information will be released at a later date. Syracuse begins a new era [...]
The top two returning scorers on Iowa’s men’s basketball team will be competing for the same thing next month. Junior forward Aaron White and senior guard Devyn Marble have both been invited to tryouts for the 2013 USA Basketball Men’s World University Games team. USA Basketball will release the entire list of invitees at a [...]
University of Iowa Athletics news release: Junior wrestler Derek St. John and senior field hockey player Jessica Barnett have been named the University of Iowa’s 2013 Male and Female Athletes of the Year. The duo will be Iowa’s nominees for the 2013 Big Ten Athletes of the Year awards. Winners will be announced in late [...]
The Philadelphia Eagles released former Iowa football star Marvin McNutt on Tuesday. McNutt was promoted to the Eagles’ 53-man roster on Nov. 30, 2012, after spending Weeks 1-12 on the team’s practice squad during his rookie season. He played in four games with no stats. The Eagles selected McNutt in the sixth round of the [...]
The Big Ten Network announced its own primetime football schedule Monday, with eight conference teams featured among the network’s dozen games. The Iowa Hawkeyes were among the four teams left off the initial evening slate. Five of the games feature a pre-season top-25 Big Ten team, while three of the 12 matchups feature games versus teams from the [...]
Three former Iowa football players have signed free-agent contracts with NFL teams after not being selected in the draft. They are: Keenan Davis — wide receiver, Cleveland Browns Matt Tobin — offensive lineman, Philadelphia Eagles James Vandenberg — quarterback, Minnesota Vikings
