Athletics

Image of retiring UI Recreational Services Director Harry Ostrander

UI Recreational Services director retiring

Thursday, June 27, 2013
Retiring UI Recreational Services Director Harry Ostrander has operated through a campus shooting, fire, three floods, and a tornado, and he has overseen millions of dollars in facility investment, most notably the Campus Recreation & Wellness Center in 2010.
UI Senior Men's Baskeball player Roy Devyn Marble will be one of 29 players vying for 12 spots at the 2013 USA Basketball Men's World University Games Team Training Camp on June 24-30 in Colorado Springs.

Marble out to prove he belongs

Monday, June 24, 2013
When Roy Devyn Marble attends the 2013 USA Basketball Men's World University Games Team Training Camp this week, the UI men's basketball player is out to show he belongs.

'Today, everybody wins'

Wednesday, June 19, 2013
There aren't many win-win situations when football is played inside Kinnick Stadium. An exception was made on Saturday, June 8, as the third annual Ladies Football Academy raised more than $230,000 for the UI Children's Hospital.

A look inside the Iowa Ladies Football Academy

Friday, June 14, 2013
Solon's Anne Edwards learned about the Hawkeye football game day experience from a player's perspective by participating in this year's Iowa Ladies Football Academy, which raised $230,000 for Iowa Children's Hospital.
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UI diploma in 2012; U.S. Open in 2013

Friday, June 7, 2013
A year ago, Chelsea Harris was closing out her University of Iowa women's golf career and finishing up a degree in business, and now she's preparing for the U.S. Women's Open Championship.

O say can he sing

Tuesday, May 14, 2013
If you've been to a Hawkeye athletic event over the last four years, chances are good that you've seen Nils Thorson perform. Not as an athlete, but as the guy who sings the national anthem before the start of the game.

Tippie gift to support athletics and business

Monday, May 13, 2013
A $5 million gift to the University of Iowa Foundation from Henry B. Tippie (1949 B.S.C.) is benefiting students in the UI Henry B. Tippie College of Business, and student-athletes and building projects in the UI Department of Intercollegiate Athletics.

From practice field to elementary classroom

Friday, April 19, 2013
The University of Iowa football team views spring practice as a time for development. Members of the team have taken that view to the community this month, sharing the message of literature with Iowa City youth.
Coach Chip Kelly, with Oregon last fall, has moved on, long before penalties will be issued.

Matheson provides insights on NCAA infractions

Thursday, April 18, 2013
Dan Matheson, who spent nine years as an NCAA investigator before joining UI’s faculty as a recreation and sport business lecturer, comments on the release of information about the University of Oregon’s ongoing NCAA infractions case.
aaron white fights for the ball against baylor

NIT title run falls one game short

Friday, April 5, 2013
It was the most inopportune time for the University of Iowa men's basketball team to have an off shooting night. The Hawkeyes tied a season low with a 26.1 field goal percentage in a 74-54 loss to Baylor Thursday, April 4, in the championship game of the National Invitation Tournament in Madison Square Garden.

Prairie burns promote renewed landscape April 5

Thursday, April 4, 2013
UI Facilities Management Landscape Services staff will be conducting prairie burns on three prairie remnants located along the bike trail connecting Hawkins Drive and Mormon Trek Blvd, and along the Hawkins Drive right-of-way on Friday, April 5.
Men's basketball players celebrate a victory over Maryland

Next up: NIT title

Wednesday, April 3, 2013
The University of Iowa men's basketball team has a championship date Thursday after downing Maryland, 71-60, Tuesday night in the National Invitation Tournament semifinals in Madison Square Garden. The Hawkeyes will face Baylor for the NIT title.