By Hawk Fanatic IOWA CITY, Iowa – A highly coveted 2027 point guard has scheduled a visit to Iowa. Jaxson Davis, a 6-foot native of Gurnee, Illinois, will visit Iowa City on Sept. 19 according @LeagueRDY, which operates out of Chicago. He is ranked as a four-star recruit by the 247 Composite and the 13th […]
By Pat Harty IOWA CITY, Iowa – The end of the 2026 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships this past weekend also marked the end of the Iowa Hawkeyes’ 2025-26 college sports calendar year. So as part of a long-standing tradition that started when I worked for the Iowa City Press-Citizen; it’s time to release […]
By hawkeyesports.com EUGENE, Ore. – University of Iowa’s 4×400 relay team of Alivia Williams, Damaris Mutunga, Princess Uche and Chioma Nwachukwu crushed the program’s school record en route to a first-team All-America finish on Saturday night at Hayward Field. The Hawkeyes finished fifth overall in 3:25.10, surpassing the previous school record by nearly two seconds (3:26.90 in 2025). The quartet ran […]
By Hawk Fanatic IOWA CITY, Iowa – Iowa men’s basketball coach Ben McCollum has returned to the state where he won four Division II national titles to land his latest recruit. Keller Daugherty, a 6-foot-10 power forward from Lee’s Summit, Missouri, has committed to Iowa’s 2027 recruiting class. The three-star prospect picked Iowa over reported […]
By hawkeyesports.com EUGENE, Ore. – University of Iowa’s men’s 4×400 relay placed fifth and earned first-team All-America honors on Friday night at the 2026 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Hayward Field. The team of David Akhalu, Zidane Brown, Tyrese Miller and Landon Fontenot raced to a season-best 3:00.65 to set Iowa’s second-fastest time in school history. It is the 10th […]
Chase Grove visited Iowa Football in late April. A few weeks later, Hawkeye position coach Tim Lester extended a scholarship offer after watching the 2028 Indianapolis North Central High quarterback throw at his school. With that, Grove could have passed on camping at Iowa last month. He had nothing to prove to the Hawkeyes. He […]
By Pat Harty IOWA CITY, Iowa – In early April of 1956, Iowa football coach Forest Evashevski, still frustrated with how poorly his offense had performed during the 1955 season, made a change in offensive philosophy that would help pave the way to Iowa’s first appearance in the Rose Bowl just one year later. Evashevski […]
Iowa Football made its move on Wyatt VanBoening, a highly-ranked 2028 offensive lineman out of Illinois. He reported receiving a scholarship offer from the Hawkeyes on June 1. They jumped into what has become a very competitive recruitment. National champion Indiana, Illinois, UCLA, Washington, Kentucky, Penn State, Duke, Ole Miss, Kansas State, Auburn, Notre Dame, […]
Hawkfanatic for 6/10/26 NOTE: There will be no Hawkfanatic segment on Friday (6/12) due to the KCJJ Radio Auction
Kristian Chadick is a prospect on the rise. Iowa Football decided to get on board early on June 1, when the 2028 Illinois defensive lineman reported a scholarship offer from the Hawkeyes. Iowa has had the 6-foot-5, 230-pound Mundelein (IL) Carmel Catholic junior-to-be at a camp. He’s begun building a relationship with the Big Ten […]
By Pat Harty IOWA CITY, Iowa – Maybe this isn’t the best way to say it under the circumstances, but the odds of quarterback Brendan Sorsby playing for Texas Tech this fall are shrinking with each passing day. The odds will soon become slim to none, as resistance to Sorsby playing will keep growing over […]
By Hawk Fanatic IOWA CITY, Iowa – The Iowa football team is known for producing highly successful defensive backs and Jonathan Harris wants to be a part of that tradition. Harris, a 6-foot-2, 175-pound three-star defensive back from Oak Lawn, Illinois, committed to Iowa on Monday, announcing his commitment on social media. He is the […]
By hawkeyesports.com IOWA CITY, Iowa – The Big Ten Conference announced Monday the single and double play opponents for each of the 18 teams for the 2026-27 season. Among the 18-game conference slate, the Hawkeyes will play 16 opponents once (eight at home, eight on the road) and Nebraska twice. The Hawkeyes will play home […]
By Hawkeyesports.com IOWA CITY, Iowa – The University of Iowa is seeking approval from the Iowa Board of Regents to move forward with plans to construct a new field hockey operations building adjacent to Grant Field and to proceed with planning renovations to Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Field Hockey Operations Building Designed to better support student-athletes and bring team […]
By Hawk Fanatic IOWA CITY, Iowa – A defensive lineman from Ohio is the latest player to commit to the Iowa football team’s 2027 recruiting class. Bariyus Allen, a 6-foot-5, 300-pound native of Dayton, Ohio, visited Iowa over this weekend and then announced his commitment Sunday on social media. He picked Iowa over reported scholarship […]
By Pat Harty IOWA CITY, Iowa – Okay, I’ll admit it. I mistakenly assumed that Kyle Alivo had played his last game for the Iowa baseball team. I assumed that some deep-pocketed team from the south would sweep in with an NIL offer that was too good to pass up, and that Alivo would ultimately […]
Iowa Football has found success when recruiting Michigan. Much of that history includes guys that grew up in the Detroit area and eastern side of the state. The Hawkeyes have expanded their zone in the 2028 Class. On may 12, they offered a scholarship to Grand Rapids Catholic Central Athlete Grayson Tidd, who they like […]
Hawkfanatic for 6/3/2026 By Hawk Fanatic IOWA CITY, Iowa – Sophomore Luke Knepp made his first quest appearance on the Hawk Fanatic radio show and podcast on Wednesday and he talked about his rise in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. Knepp, who is from Bettendorf and a graduate of Pleasant Valley High School, never had competed in […]
By Pat Harty IOWA CITY, Iowa – Sedrick Shaw is now finally where he deserves to be as a member of the 2026 Iowa Athletics Hall of Fame class. And though his induction should have happened much sooner, better late than never for the Iowa football team’s all-time leading rusher, a distinction Shaw has held […]
By hawkeyesports.com IOWA CITY, Iowa — The Iowa Letterwinners Club and the University of Iowa Athletics Department announced its 2026 Hall of Fame Class on Wednesday. The 37th Hall of Fame class includes Kim Baker-El Abiad (women’s gymnastics), Klas Bergstrom (men’s tennis), Diane DeMiro Simmons (field hockey), Amy Herrig Tanny (women’s basketball), Matt McDonough (men’s wrestling), Janet Moylan Ritter (volleyball) and Sedrick Shaw (football). The seven-person class will be inducted […]
By hawkeyesports.com IOWA CITY, Iowa – The University of Iowa women’s basketball team will face Vanderbilt in a neutral site contest in Sioux City, Iowa next season. Tipoff is set for Sunday, Nov. 15 inside the Tyson Events Center at 3 p.m. (CT). Tickets go on sale, Friday, June 5 at 10 a.m. (CT) at TicketMaster, TysonCenter.com, […]
When you’re a prep running back being recruited by colleges, a few football factors rise to the top of the wish list. Indianapolis Warren Central ball carrier Keyon Thomas sees them at Iowa. “The main reasons I’m considering Iowa are their offensive line and the running back coach (Jay Norvell),” he said. The Hawkeyes offered […]
By Hawk Fanatic IOWA CITY, Iowa – Former Iowa women’s basketball player Hannah Stuelke is headed to Italy to launch her professional career. The 6-foot-2 Cedar Rapids native has signed an overseas contract with Italy’s Serie A1 side Broni. Stuelke finished her college career ranked 14th on Iowa’s all-time scoring with list 1,565) career points, […]
By Pat Harty IOWA CITY, Iowa – The NCAA has become an easy target for criticism, and in some cases, deservedly so, especially its handling, or its lack of handling, of NIL and the transfer portal. But there are times when the primary governing body of college athletics gets it right; like in the case […]
By hawkeyesports.com IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa women’s wrestling head coach Clarissa Chun has received a contract extension through 2031, the announcement was made Friday by Henry B. and Patricia B. Tippie Director of Athletics Chair Beth Goetz. Chun was named the first head coach in the history of the program on Nov. 18, 2021. Chun […]
It would be naive thinking Iowa Football impresses prospects equally on both sides of the ball. The Hawkeye reputation of defensive success precedes it, while the offense is trying to flip a negative narrative. Iowa’s history of holding opponents down reaches all corners of the country. That includes Florida, a state that has provided the […]
By hawkeyesports.com IOWA CITY, Iowa — The University of Iowa football program has named 17 players to the 2026 Leadership Council, it was announced Thursday by Moon Family Head Football Coach Kirk Ferentz. The group includes one graduate, seven seniors, seven juniors and two sophomores. The purpose of the group is to assist in formulating policies […]
