IOWA CITY, Iowa — Wednesday’s University of Iowa baseball game against Grand View at Duane Banks Field has been cancelled due to the impending weather.  There is no makeup date scheduled.

The Hawkeyes will return to action Friday, hosting Central Michigan at 4:05 p.m. (CT) in the opening game of a three-game series.

Atlantic Alumnus Ryan Hawkins just finished up a stellar college basketball career. He won three National Championships and notched record marks at Northwest Missouri State before using an extra year of eligibility to join the Creighton Bluejays this past season and lead them to the round of 32 at the NCAA Tournament. During a recent interview on KJAN Ryan talked about the thrill of this season and playing in the NCAA Tournament.

Hawkins finished his lone season at Creighton with 482 points, 272 rebounds, 53 assists, 32 steals, and 13 blocks. Hawkins finishes his college basketball career with 2,580 points, 1,220 rebounds, 257 steals, 229 assists, and 82 blocks. Ryan has kept his options open for what the future holds but before anything else he wants to give basketball at the next level a chance.

Ryan has had a big following of fans from Atlantic and Northwest Missouri State that have kept up with his basketball career. He said it’s been fun to see all the support and how it’s continued this year.

Hawkins ended up taking on a big leadership role on a young Creighton team and he said it was just natural to try to share his knowledge gained from experience with the younger guys.

Ryan has had some conversations with NBA teams and believes he will get a shot to prove himself at the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas this year. He’s certainly been a great representative of Atlantic and a strong inspiration for youth in the community. It’s been a joy to follow his career and we will continue to follow his journey.

Catch the full interview Jim Field conducted with Ryan HERE

BOSTON – Iowa State head coach T.J. Otzelberger has been named a finalist for the 2022 Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year award.

The Jim Phelan Award, which is presented annually to the nation’s top Division I coach, is named in honor of a legendary bow-tied coach who spend his entire career at Mount Saint Mary’s University.

Otzelberger, who is in his first season leading the Cyclones, has orchestrated one of the nation’s top stories, helping ISU improve from a 2-22 record last season to a 22-12 record and a Sweet Sixteen appearance this season. The +20 win improvement is the second-best in college basketball history and ISU is the first team to go from two wins the season before to the Sweet Sixteen.

The Cyclones started the season 12-0, the second-best start in school history and rose to as high as No. 8 in the Associated Press Top-25 Coaches Poll. ISU won the Upsie NIT Season Tip-Off with wins against Xavier and Memphis and owns wins against Big Ten regular season champions Wisconsin and Big Ten Tournament champions Iowa.

Otzelberger broke the school record with five wins over top-25 teams, the most-ever by a first-year head coach at Iowa State.

The Cyclones earned their 21^st NCAA Tournament berth and reached the sixth Sweet Sixteen in school history.

Otzelberger and the Cyclones will face Miami on Friday at approximately 8:45 p.m. on TBS.

Iowa Hawkeyes forward Keegan Murray (15) during a photo shoot at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, IA on Monday, September 13, 2021. (Stephen Mally/hawkeyesports.com)

IOWA CITY, Iowa — The Atlanta Tipoff Club announced on Tuesday the four finalists vying for the honor of the 2022 Naismith Trophy, which includes University of Iowa men’s basketball sophomore forward Keegan Murray. The prestigious award recognizes the most outstanding men’s college basketball player.

Joining Murray as a finalist for the award are Ochai Agbaji of Kansas, Wisconsin’s Johnny Davis, and Oscar Tshiebwe of Kentucky. The University of Iowa is the only school to have both a men’s and women’s basketball student-athlete represented as a 2022 finalist; Iowa’s Caitlin Clark is a finalist for the women’s trophy.

This marks the third consecutive season that Iowa has had a Naismith Trophy Finalist: Luka Garza (2020 and 2021) and Murray (2022). Garza was the recipient of the award last year.

Hawkeye fans can vote for Murray from March 22-29, by visiting naismithfanvote.com. Fans may also vote on the @NaismithTrophy Twitter page. The fan vote will account for five percent of the overall vote.

The men’s ceremony to award the 2022 Naismith Trophy for Men’s Player of the Year will take place Sunday, April 3, at the Naismith Awards Brunch during the Final Four in New Orleans.

University of Iowa women’s basketball sophomore Caitlin Clark was named a Naismith Player of the Year Finalist, the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced Tuesday.

The list of finalists include Clark, South Carolina’s Aliyah Boston, NC State’s Elissa Cunane and Baylor’s NaLyssa Smith.

Clark, a Des Moines, Iowa, native, led the nation in points per game (27.0), assists per game (8.0), total assists (257), total points (863), free throws made (200), triple doubles (5) and 30-point games (11). Clark is the only women’s basketball player to lead the country in both assists per game and points per game in a single season.

Clark registered five triple-doubles this season, leading the country in most career triple-doubles by an active player with six. Clark’s six career triple-doubles ties former Hawkeye Sam Logic’s Big Ten record (2011-15) for most in a career and ties for the fifth most single season (5) and career (6) triple-doubles in NCAA Division I history.

Clark broke the 1,000-career point barrier against Evansville in early January and became the fastest Division I player (men’s or women’s) to reach 1,500 career points over the last 20 seasons, reaching the feat in 56 games.

Clark was named Big Ten Player of the Year and Big Ten Tournament MVP, while earning unanimous first team All-Big Ten honors and an All-Big Ten Tournament spot. She was named a Nancy Lieberman Point Guard of the Year finalist, Dawn Staley Award finalist, Naismith semifinalist and to the WBCA Wade Trophy Midseason Watch List and John R. Wooden Award National Ballot Top-15. She is a 2021-22 first team AP All-American, USBWA All-American and first team CoSIDA Academic All-American.

JUPITER, Fla., March 22, 2022 – The St. Louis Cardinals announced today that they reached agreement on 2022 contracts with five of their seven salary arbitration eligible players and 20 of their 21 pre-arbitration players.

Pitchers Jack Flaherty, Giovanni Gallegos, Jordan Hicks, Dakota Hudson and Alex Reyes agreed to terms to avoid salary arbitration, while outfielders Harrison Bader and Tyler O’Neill did not.

Of the pre-arbitration players, those agreeing to terms were Génesis Cabrera, Brendan Donovan, Tommy Edman, Junior Fernandez, Ryan Helsley, Ivan Herrera, Andrew Knizner, Lars Nootbaar, Johan Oviedo, Freddy Pacehco, Johan Quezada, Angel Rondón, Ali Sánchez, Edmundo Sosa, Brendon Waddell, Jake Walsh, Kodi Whitley, Jake Woodford, Juan Yepez and T.J. Zeuch.

Outfielder Dylan Carlson had his contract renewed.

The St. Louis Cardinals announced today that they have optioned or re-assigned six players to their minor league camp, reducing the number of players in Major League camp to 55.

The team optioned pitcher Brandon Waddell to the Memphis (AAA) roster and re-assigned pitcher Trent Baker, first baseman Luken Baker, infielders Delvin Perez and Jordan Walker and catcher Pedro Pages to minor league camp.