A new look Big 12 Conference gets ready for a new football season. Texas and Oklahoma are gone and the league is adding Utah, Colorado, Arizona and Arizone State. It is the second straight year there are four new members. Big 12 Football Media Days are underway in Las Vegas.

With the changes the Big 12 enters the new season as a 16-team conference.

LAS VEGAS – The Big 12 Conference and Microsoft have announced a partnership that will see Microsoft Surface devices provided to each Big 12 football program for use throughout the 2024 season. This is Microsoft’s first partnership in college athletics and across A4 conferences.

These tablets will be available for usage on the sideline and in the coaching booth, allowing players and coaches access to video review in-game. Microsoft has served as the Official Technology Partner for the National Football League since 2013, where all 32 NFL clubs utilize Microsoft Surface devices.

“The Big 12 is excited to announce our partnership with Microsoft that will see their Surface devices across our sidelines and in our coaching booths this fall. We look forward to continuing to be innovative and grow Big 12 Football, and we are thrilled to do so alongside a pioneering company such as Microsoft.” – Scott Draper, Chief Football & Competition Officer, Big 12 Conference. 

“We are thrilled to partner with the Big 12 Conference for the 2024 NCAAF season as they continue to innovate in football and technology. We look forward to bringing our joint expertise together to evolve the game and further empower student-athletes and coaches.” – Gabe Rudolph, Sr. Manager, Sports Partnerships, Microsoft.

Earlier this year, the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel approved the use of tablets to view in-game videos. Teams can have up to 18 active tablets for use in the coaching booth, sideline, and locker room. Tablets cannot be connected to other devices to project larger additional images and cannot include analytics, data or data access capability or other communication access. All team personnel will be allowed to view the tablets during the game.

AMES, Iowa – David Carr has been named the recipient of the Big 12’s 2024 Bob Bowlsby Award, league Commissioner Brett Yormark announced Tuesday during his State of the Conference address to kick off football media days in Las Vegas.

Named in recognition of the conference’s former commissioner, the award is the Big 12’s most prestigious individual accolade. It is presented to a male and female student-athlete who represent the absolute best in the conference for their leadership and excellence, on and off the field of competition. The winners were determined in a vote by Big 12 athletics directors.

Carr led Iowa State wrestling to its best season in more than a decade, helping the Cyclones to their first Big 12 title since 2009 and a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Championships, ISU’s best finish since 2010.

Adding to a season in which Carr won his second national title to cap a storied career, he has been named the Big 12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year, Iowa State Male Athlete of the Year, Amateur Wrestling News’ Hammer Award winner, a National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) Scholar All-American and a First Team Academic All-Big 12 selection.

Carr compiled a 27-2 season record with a 40:3 takedown ratio (80 for, 6 against) en route to winning his national title. He received the Hammer Award, given to the athlete who wins the most competitive weight class at the NCAA Championships, by defeating the No. 1, 2 and 5 seeds in the national tournament. Four of his five opponents in the tournament either finished on the podium or had earned All-American honors at some point in their career.

Carr is active in growing the sport of wrestling in central Iowa, providing free clinics, camps and practices at area schools. He was also an active member of the ISU Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

In May, the Canton, Ohio native completed his master’s degree in education with a 3.74 GPA. He was a four-time Academic All-Big 12 selection and a four-time NWCA Scholar All-American in his career.

Carr is the second Iowa State student-athlete to receive the honor in the Bob Bowlsby Award’s two-year history, joining Ashley Joens, who was the first female recipient in 2023.

IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa women’s golfer Madison Dabagia was named to the 2023-24 Women’s Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar Team.

Dabagia is one of more than 1,500 women’s collegiate golfers from 419 programs recognized with the prestigious honor.

In order to be selected to the All-American Scholar Team, student-athletes must have an overall cumulative grade point average of 3.50 or higher, be an amateur and on the team’s roster through the conclusion of the team’s season and have played in 50 percent of the team’s regularly scheduled competitive rounds during the year through the team’s conference championship.

Dabagia had a team-best 73.20 scoring average during the 2023-24 season, posting one top 10 and four top 20 finishes in 10 tournaments. Off the course, the Fort Wayne, Indiana, native has a 3.54 cumulative grade point average, majoring in elementary education.

IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa senior Mariel Bruxvoort was named to the CSC Academic All-American Third Team on Tuesday.

Bruxvoort is the first Academic All-American at Iowa since 2012 and the first women’s track and field athlete to earn the honor since Lisa Skidmore in 1990.

College Sports Communicators (formerly CoSIDA) began the Academic All-America program in 1952. The recognition is the longest running and premier award for athletic and academic success across championship college sports at all levels.

On the track, Bruxvoort capped a stellar Hawkeye career with a third-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles at the Big Ten Championships, qualifying for the NCAA West Preliminary.

Bruxvoort was Big Ten Athlete of the Week for her 400-hurdle win at the USF Alumni Invite.

Previously, Bruxvoort was a first team All American in the outdoor 4×400-meter relay in 2022 and an All-American Honorable Mention in the outdoor 400 meters in 2023. Bruxvoort was the leading leg on the 2022 squad that owns the program record in the 4×400, racing 3:32.28 at the Tyson Invitational.

IOWA CITY, Iowa – The University of Iowa Athletics Department announced Tuesday updates to its season ticketing procedures for the 2024-25 men’s and women’s basketball season.

The Hawkeye women’s basketball team is coming off a season where it won a school-record 34 games, claimed a Big Ten Tournament title and advanced to the NCAA Championship game for a second consecutive season. Iowa returns a pair of starters in 2024-25 under first-year P. Sue Beckwith, MD, Head Women’s Basketball Coach Jan Jensen.

The Iowa men’s team won 19 games in 2023-24 and advanced to the second round of the National Invitation Tournament. The Hawkeyes welcome back three starters, including All-Big Ten selection Payton Sandfort and the reigning Big Ten Co-Freshman of the Year Owen Freeman.

Women’s basketball renewal season tickets will be priced at $210 for adults, $175 for faculty/staff and senior discounts and $100 for youth tickets. New season tickets will be priced at $225 for adults, $190 for faculty/staff and senior discounts and $115 for youth.

Prices for the upcoming men’s basketball season tickets/renewals remain the same as last season. Prices range between $325-$375 (plus per-seat contribution) depending on location for public and $280-$320 (plus 50 percent off per-seat contribution) for faculty/staff.

Men’s basketball deposit fulfillment will begin July 10, while general public sales will start on July 22 at 9 a.m. (CT). Iowa sales tax and $10 processing fee will be added to each order.

The renewal/upgrading deadline for men’s basketball season tickets is Aug. 1, while the women’s basketball deadline is Aug. 9.

The process for securing student tickets for both men’s and women’s basketball seasons will be announced later this summer.