IOWA CITY, Iowa — According to the NCAA’s annual report on the academic successes across the country, University of Iowa student-athletes graduated at a rate of 89 percent, when the rate was calculated using the criteria for the NCAA’s Graduation Success Rate (GSR).

Eleven Hawkeye teams posted a score at or above their score from 2022, eight teams were at or above the national average GSR., and all of Iowa’s teams are above a 75 percent GSR.

“This year’s Graduation Success Rate is a reflection of the continued dedication and hard work of our student-athletes, coaches, staff and faculty,” said Henry B. and Patricia B. Tippie Interim Director of Athletics Chair Beth Goetz. “Hawkeye student-athletes have demonstrated that academic achievement can be coupled with athletics success. We are incredibly proud of our student-athletes for maintaining academic excellence and earning degrees at such a high rate.”

The Graduation Rates Institution Report gives graduation information about the most recent six-year graduating class of students and student-athletes who entered as freshmen in 2016-17. The Federal Graduation Rate indicates the percentage of freshmen who entered and received athletics aid during a given academic year who graduated within six years. The GSR adds to the first-time freshmen, those students who entered midyear as well as student athletes who transferred into an institution and received athletics aid.

Iowa’s 75 percent of the 2016 cohort is competitive with non-student-athletes (74 percent-2016 cohort). Iowa’s FGR of 69 four-class average percent ties the national average.

The NCAA introduced the GSR in 2005 to more accurately assess the academic success of student-athletes. Unlike the federal graduation rate, the GSR holds institutions accountable for transfer students. The GSR also accounts for midyear enrollees.

The Iowa State men host Iowa Thursday night in the 77th meeting in the series. The home team has won seven of the last eight games and the teams traded blowout victories the past two seasons.

That’s ISU coach T.J. Otzelberger who says the Cyclones need to excel in the areas they can control.

It will be the first taste of the Cy-Hawk rivalry for several new players.

Otzelberger says the first key against the Hawkeyes is defense.

Cyclone sophomore guard Tamin Lipsey is coming off a triple-double in a win at DePaul and as a native of Ames has followed this series.

Lipsey’s first game in the rivalry was a 75-56 loss in Iowa City last season.

Iowa is 5-3 overall and after getting manhandled at fourth ranked Purdue the Hawkeyes face another difficult road test.

That’s Iowa coach Fran McCaffery who says the Cyclones are a balanced team.

McCaffery on sophomore guard Tamin Lipsey leading the Cyclones in scoring, rebounding and assists.

The Hawkeyes have won four of the last five and lead the all-time series 48-28.

IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa women’s rowing coach Jeff Garbutt announced on Monday that Mia Lawrence, Karen Carey, Sophia Foreman, Poppy Brooke Turner, and Alli Merritt signed a National Letter of Intent to attend the University of Iowa.

JEFF GARBUTT on SIGNEES

“I am excited to welcome this new class of Hawkeyes to Beckwith Boathouse and the University of Iowa. They have shown an incredible level of rowing ability through their school/home club racing, but also with their level of international experience.  To be able to represent your country is a special thing.  Their talent and experiences will only help our team to take another step in our growth.  I look forward to getting them all here in Iowa City!”

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Three University of Iowa football players have been named to All-America teams on Wednesday. Junior Cooper DeJean and seniors Jay Higgins and Tory Taylor were recognized by CBS and/or The Athletic.

DeJean was recognized as a first-team honoree by The Athletic and CBS.

The Odebolt, Iowa, native was one of top defensive players in the nation before going down with a season-ending injury in Week 12. He finished the season with 41 tackles, two TFL, two interceptions and five pass breakups in 10 games. DeJean did not allow a touchdown pass in 388 snaps in coverage in 2023.

As a punt returner, DeJean was one of the nation’s best. He had a 70-yard punt return for a game-winning touchdown against Michigan State and he had a second touchdown return for the game-winning score negated because of an “invalid fair catch signal” against Minnesota. DeJean is second in the Big Ten and ranks 14th nationally, averaging 11.5 yards per return.

DeJean is a finalist for the Jim Thorpe Award. He also was a finalist for the Bronko Nagurski Award and a semifinalist for the Lott IMPACT Trophy. DeJean was named the Tatum-Woodson Big Ten Defensive Back of the Year and the Rodgers-Dwight Big Ten Return Specialist of the Year last month.

Higgins was recognized on the second team by CBS.

Higgins has been a tackling machine for Iowa’s defense, racking up 155 tackles — the most in the Big Ten, the third-most nationally (most by a Power 5 player) and the fourth-most in a single season in school history. The Indianapolis native has led the team in tackles in 11 of 13 games with two 15+ tackle games and nine games with 10 or more stops. He has been a leader on an Iowa defense that is fourth nationally, allowing 13.2 points per game.

Taylor was a first-team honoree by The Athletic and unanimous first-team selection by CBS.

The Australia, native is leading the Big Ten and ranking fourth nationally with a 47.9 average. Taylor had 86 punts — the most in FBS — in 2023, booming 36 punts 50 or more yards (six punts of 60+), 27 have been fair caught and 30 have been downed inside the 20, 12 inside the 10 and six inside the 5. The Australian, who set the Iowa single-season punt yardage mark for a third straight season and both the career punts and career yardage records, only has six touchbacks in 2023.

Taylor is a finalist for the Ray Guy Award and was named the Tatum-Woodson Big Ten Defensive Back of the Year and the Eddleman-Fields Big Ten Punter of the Year last month.

The No. 17 Hawkeyes will play 21sr-ranked Tennessee on Jan. 1, 2024, in the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida. The game will start at noon (CT) and will be televised on ABC.

IOWA CITY, Iowa – Four University of Iowa football student-athletes – junior Cooper DeJean, senior Jay Higgins, senior Tory Taylor and senior Sebastian Castro — have been named Associated Press All-Big Ten selections, it was announced on Wednesday. DeJean, Higgins and Taylor were first-team selections, while Castro was named to the second team.

DeJean was tabbed first-team All-Big Ten at both the defensive back and all-purpose positions. The Odebolt, Iowa, native was one of top defensive players in the nation before going down with a season-ending injury in Week 12. He finished the season with 41 tackles, two TFL, two interceptions and five pass breakups in 10 games. DeJean didn’t allow a touchdown pass in 388 snaps in coverage in 2023.

As a punt returner, DeJean was one of the nation’s best. He had a 70-yard punt return for a game-winning touchdown against Michigan State and he had a second touchdown return for the game-winning score negated because of an “invalid fair catch signal” against Minnesota. DeJean is second in the Big Ten and ranks 14th nationally, averaging 11.5 yards per return.

DeJean is a finalist for the Jim Thorpe Award. He also was a finalist for the Bronko Nagurski Award and a semifinalist for the Lott IMPACT Trophy. DeJean was named the Tatum-Woodson Big Ten Defensive Back of the Year and the Rodgers-Dwight Big Ten Return Specialist of the Year.

Taylor was a unanimous first-team selection after leading the Big Ten and ranking fourth nationally with a 47.9 average. He had 86 punts — the most in FBS — in 2023, booming 36 punts 50 or more yards (six punts of 60+), 27 have been fair caught and 30 have been downed inside the 20, 12 inside the 10 and six inside the 5. The Australian, who set the Iowa single-season punt yardage mark for a third straight season and both the career punts and career yardage records, only has six touchbacks in 2023.

Taylor is a finalist for the Ray Guy Award and was named the Tatum-Woodson Big Ten Defensive Back of the Year and the Eddleman-Fields Big Ten Punter of the Year.

Higgins has been a tackling machine for Iowa’s defense, racking up 155 tackles — the most in the Big Ten, the third-most nationally (most by a Power 5 player) and the fourth-most in a single season in school history. The Indianapolis native has led the team in tackles in 11 of 13 games with two 15+ tackle games and nine games with 10 or more stops. He has been a leader on an Iowa defense that is fourth nationally, allowing 13.2 points per game.

Castro has been a menace in the CASH position, amassing 61 tackles, nine tackles for loss, one sack and a team-best three interceptions. The Illinois native had a 30-yard pick six in Iowa’s road win at Iowa State and he had the game-sealing interception in the road win at Wisconsin.

The No. 17 Hawkeyes will play 21st-ranked Tennessee on Jan. 1, 2024, in the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida. The game will start at noon (CT) and will be televised on ABC.

Glenwood 2-0, Harlan 2-1, St. Albert 1-1, SW Iowa 0-2
Glenwood 63, Harlan 18
Glenwood 78, St. Albert 5
Harlan 66, Southwest Iowa 12
Harlan 63, St. Albert 18
St. Albert 30, Southwest Iowa 19

Underwood 2-0, AHSTW 1-1, Tri-Center 0-2
Underwood 53, AHSTW 24
Underwood 61, Tri-Center 18
AHSTW 39, Tri-Center 36

Logan-Magnolia 3-0, MO Valley 2-1, CB-TJ 0-2, Woodbine 0-2
Missouri Valley 59, Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson 24
Missouri Valley 74, Woodbine 6
Logan-Magnolia 48, Missouri Valley 24
Logan-Magnolia 66, Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson 11
Logan-Magnolia, 83, Woodbine 0

Earlham 3-0, Panorama 2-1, West Central Valley 1-2, Van Meter 0-3
Earlham 42, Panorama 33
Earlham 51, Van Meter 24
Earlham 57, West Central Valley 23
Panorama 57, Van Meter 16
Panorama 45, West Central Valley 33
West Central Valley 48, Van Meter 36

Hawkeye Ten Conference:
Clarinda 58 Atlantic, 53
Denison-Schleswig 32, Glenwood 28
Kuemper Catholic 69, Harlan Community 52
Red Oak 73 Shenandoah, 46
St. Albert 61 Creston, 56

Western Iowa Conference:
Treynor 67, Audubon 37
Underwood 64, Riverside 37
Missouri Valley 66 Logan-Magnolia, 62
AHSTW 49 IKM-Manning, 48

Rolling Valley Conference:
Coon Rapids-Bayard 51, West Harrison 39
Exira-EHK 60, Glidden-Ralston 30
Woodbine 69 CAM, 51
Ar-We-Va 64 Paton-Churdan, 44

Corner Conference:
East Mills 72, Fremont-Mills 22
Essex 69 Hamburg, 33
Stanton 67 Griswold, 44

West Central Conference:
Van Meter 65, ACGC 63
Ogden 66, Interstate-35 25
Woodward-Granger 63, Woodward Academy 32
Des Moines Christian 64, West Central Valley 31
Earlham 56 Panorama, 53
Madrid 68 Pleasantville, 40

Hawkeye Ten Conference:
Atlantic 53, Clarinda 40
Glenwood 54, Denison-Schleswig 45
#7 St. Albert 81, Creston 21
Harlan Community 56, Kuemper Catholic 41
Shenandoah 66, Red Oak 27

Western Iowa Conference:
Logan-Magnolia 60, Missouri Valley 33
Underwood 55, Riverside 32

Rolling Valley Conference:
#13 Coon Rapids-Bayard 67, West Harrison 29
#15 Exira-EHK 69, Glidden-Ralston 34
CAM 49, Woodbine 41
Ar-We-Va 47, Paton-Churdan 17

Corner Conference:
Fremont-Mills 54, East Mills 13
Essex 45, Hamburg 30
Stanton 66, Griswold 25
East Atchison 46 Sidney, 23 (NC)

West Central Conference:
#3 Des Moines Christian 31, West Central Valley 20
Van Meter 58 ACGC, 56
Interstate-35 47 Ogden, 20
#3 Panorama 72 #9 Earlham, 39

The Audubon Wheelers took a tough home loss vs a conference opponent the Treynor Cardinals 67-37. The Cardinals jumped out to a fast start right off the opening tip where they rode the hot hand of senior Jace Tams in the first half where the senior could do no wrong. Tams would single handily put the Cardinals offense on his back as he scored 25 of his game high 28 points in the first half including six threes. The Wheelers trailed 39-14 going into the half time break and Head Coach Darran Miller said the major difference in the game was Tams 25 first half points as well as the Wheelers having 13 first half turnovers.

The second half started with the Cardinals picking right up where they left the first half at getting seniors Karson Elwood and Ethan Konz in the scoring action to go along with Tams. The Cardinals would take a 60-23 lead into the fourth quarter where the running clock would be in place.

But give credit to the Audubon Wheelers as they didn’t give up and continued to play hard and had their best quarter of the night in the fourth. The Wheelers would outscore the Cardinals 14-7 in the quarter. The difference in the quarter was the Wheelers ability to handle the basketball as they had just one turnover in the quarter and just 5 in the second half. Wheelers senior leader Edward Miller was able to get some shots falling as he finished the night with 16 points and two and one’s in the second half. Head Coach Darran Miller was happy with how his team battled and played hard in the final quarter.

The Cardinals would take the game by a final score of 67-37 to improve to 2-1 on the early season and 2-0 in Western Iowa Conference play. For the Wheelers they fell to 1-2 but now 0-2 in Western Iowa Conference play. The Wheelers will be back in action on Friday night when they travel to take on the AHSTW Vikings in a 7:30pm tipoff.

Full meet notes for Iowa’s track and field home opener this Saturday, Dec. 9, at the Hawkeye Indoor Track Facility. The Hawkeyes welcome Western Illinois and Wisconsin for this weekend’s competition. The meet begins with the start of the pentathlon at 10:30 a.m. (CT) at the indoor track. The weight throw kicks off the field events at the Hawkeye Tennis and Recreation Complex at 11 a.m. Running events begin at the indoor track at 2:45.

HOW TO FOLLOW: Results can be found on the live results link on the track and field schedule page at hawkeyesports.com. Updates and results are posted on the team’s official ‘X’ account (iowaXC_TF).