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IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa Professor, Liz Hollingworth, PhD was named the new faculty athletics representative to the board for the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association on Thursday.
Hollingworth was appointed by NCAA Division I FAR and is a nonvoting member. She is joined by three other nonvoting members; Carol Callan, president, FIBA Americas, Lynn Holzman, vice president, women’s basketball, NCAA, and Binh Nguyen, director, academic and membership affairs, NCAA.
Hollingworth is one of two faculty voting members on the UI Presidential Committee on Athletics, which provides advice and recommendation to the UI president and athletics director on policies governing the UI Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. She earned the 2023 Learning and Teaching in Educational Leadership Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award.
Last November, she was one of 16 faculty athletics representatives across the nation honored for significant contributions by the National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame. She was inducted into the Iowa Academy of Education (IAE) in October 2017. The IAE is composed of outstanding Iowa scholars whose work has earned respect and recognition among peers for making a significant contribution to the broad field of educational studies.
Hollingworth has also served as the director of the Center for Evaluation and Assessment since 2015, working with a team of staff and graduate students to conduct multiple forms of program evaluation in collaboration with colleges, universities, and school systems.
About the WBCA
Founded in 1981, the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association is the professional association for coaches of women’s and girls’ basketball at all levels of competition. The WBCA offers educational resources that coaches need to help make themselves better leaders, teachers and mentors to their players; provides opportunities for coaches to connect with peers in the profession; serves as the unifying voice of a diverse community of coaches to the organizations that control the game; and celebrates those coaches, players and other individuals who excel each year and contribute to the advancement of the sport. Visit WBCA.org for more details about the association.
NFL training camps are getting underway and former Iowa star T.J. Hockenson is getting ready for his first full season with the Minnesota Vikings. Hockenson spent part of the summer at Travis Kelce’s “tight ends retreat” in Nashville.
The Vikings are looking to build off last year’s 13-4 record that saw them win the NFC Central.
(Oakland) — The start of volleyball season is looming and that means a new year for the Riverside Lady Dawgs. While last season is one, they do not want to forget. Considering they had an impressive record of (33-6) and made it to the state volleyball tournament for the first time in program history. Coach Brooke Flathers is present with this year’s squad and sees the abundance of competitive players.
Amongst those players a few names stick out. Senior, Carly Henderson, being one with some of the most experience on the team. Henderson played in every match last season and had 10 assists. Junior, Sophia Taylor, another player who was involved in every match of the season. Adding 150 kills on 409 kill attempts and boasting one of the best kill efficiency percentages on her squad with .025.
This offseason has not only been about seeing which players stepping up to becoming leaders. But, also adopting a mentally stronger culture with learning to have “Grit and Grace” while they play.
The mantra of “Grit and Grace” came from the Lady Dawg’s trip to Nebraska for a volleyball camp. Coach Flathers observed in that camp how many of her players embodied those characteristics.
Riverside will start their season at Clarinda August 18th.
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Iowa State basketball coach T.J. Otzelberger knows Colorado coach Tad Boyle well and helped him with the team USA selection process this summer. They will soon be conference foes. Colorado announced it is rejoining the Big-12 after spending the last 12 years as a member of the PAC-12.
It continues the expansion mode for the Big-12 which has added Houston, Cincinnati, BYU and Central Florida for the upcoming season.
Iowa linebacker Jay Higgins is ready for his senior season. The native of Indianapolis had 39 tackles in 12 games last season and likes the way the linebackers progressed during summer workouts.
Higgins and several new faces will need to help offset the loss of Seth Benson and Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year Jack Campbell.
The Hawkeyes open on September second at home against Utah State.
Reigning national player of the year Caitlin Clark says the Hawkeyes wll be a much different team next season. Clark is one of three starters returning from an Iowa team that finished 31-7 and made it to the national championship game.
Junior guard Kylie Feuerbach returns after missing last season with a knee injury and the Hawkeyes get an early start on the rebuild this summer with a three-game trip to Italy and Croatia.
Clark believes the Hawkeyes have a lot of potential even with the loss of center Monika Czinano.
The Hawkeyes will head overseas next month.
The Drake men’s basketball team leaves Saturday for a visit to Spain. Darian DeVries has led the Bulldogs to five straight seasons of 20 wins or more but the Bulldogs lost three starters from last season’s team that finished 27-8 and won the Missouri Valley tournament title.
With nine newcomers on the roster it is a good year for a summer trip.
Among the returnees are Missouri Valley player of the year Tucker DeVries and senior center Darnell Brodie.
The CAM Cross Country Camp is from August 1st-3rd, at CAM High School during 9:00 am-11:00 am. The Camp is open to any 7th-12th grade students. The focus of the camp is to introduce the sport of cross country, build skills, and have fun! Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend. There is no cost to attend this camp. Registration forms are available at the CAM High School, Anita Health + Wellness Center, or Cumberland Fitness Center. For more information, contact Coach Brown at (402)-657-3622.
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State gymnastics coach Ashley Miles Greig announced the hiring of Tory Cohen on Wednesday, naming her as the Director of Gymnastics Operations. The hiring of Cohen rounds out the 2023 staff for the Cyclones.
“I take so much pleasure in welcoming Tory to the Cyclone Family,” said Miles Greig. “She has the skill set, knowledge and passion I was looking for and she will be such an asset to our program and to our student-athletes.”
A 2020 graduate from the University of Florida, Cohen worked as a student manager for the Florida gymnastics program. While with the program as an undergrad, Cohen worked with a Gators squad that went a combined 95-23.
This past winter, Cohen returned to the Gators and served as an assistant to the Director of Operations. After the 2023 campaign, Cohen served as a gymnastics coach at Florida Elite Gymnastics in St. Augustine, Florida. There she worked with children ages 5-17 on all four events.
“I am beyond excited to be a part of Cyclone Nation!” said Cohen. “I can’t wait to share my passion for college gymnastics with the team and to help build a championship program. This is a dream opportunity and there is no other university I would want to start my career at. Go Cyclones!”
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