LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Iowa State had placed 14 student-athletes on the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-America Scholar-Athlete team following the 2022-23 academic year.

To earn the honor, a student-athlete must earn a 3.5 grade point average or higher.

Players that earned the honors from the 2023 Cyclone softball team were Angelica Gonzalez, Angelina Allen, Ashley Minor, Carli Spelhaug, Ellie Spelhaug, Janessa Jasso, Lea Nelson, Makaylin Powers, McKenna Andrews, Milaysia Ochoa, Natalie Wellet, Olivia Wardlow, Sarah Tyree and Sophie Maras.

Angelica, Lea, Carli, Ellie and Olivia all earned the recognition for the second straight season.

Over 8,000 collegiate softball players from NAIA to Division One earned the honor.

Football (0-0, 0-0 B1G)
9/2 Utah State
9/9 at Iowa State *
9/16 Western Michigan
9/23 at Penn State
9/30 Michigan State
10/7 Purdue
10/14 at Wisconsin
10/21 Minnesota
11/4 vs. Northwestern ^
11/11 Rutgers
11/18 Illinois
11/24 at Nebraska
* Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series
^ Wrigley Field – Chicago, Ill.

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Volleyball (0-0, 0-0 B1G)
8/19 Black & Gold Scrimmage
8/25 vs. Cal Poly *
8/26 at Sacramento State *
8/27 vs. Nevada *
9/1 Middle Tennessee State ^
9/2 Kent State ^
9/3 South Dakota State ^
9/6 Iowa State +
9/8 Central Michigan $
9/9 Missouri State $
9/10 Grand Canyon $
9/15 at Syracuse %
9/16 vs. Cornell %
9/20 Minnesota
9/24 Ohio State
9/29 at Indiana
9/30 at Illinois
10/4 Wisconsin
10/7 at Purdue
10/13 Penn State
10/14 Michigan State
10/20 at Penn State
10/21 at Maryland
10/27 Rutgers
10/28 Maryland
11/3 at Michigan
11/4 at Michigan State
11/10 Illinois
11/12 Northwestern
11/17 at Minnesota
11/19 Nebraska
11/24 at Northwestern
11/25 at Wisconsin
* Sacramento State Invite – Sacramento, Calif.
^ FryFest Invite – Iowa City, Iowa
+ Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series
$ Hawkeye Invite – Iowa City, Iowa
% Syracuse Invite – Syracuse, N.Y.

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Soccer (0-0, 0-0 B1G)
8/5 at South Dakota (Exhibition)
8/12 at Drake (Exhibition)
8/17 at Florida Gulf Coast
8/20 Kansas City
8/24 Iowa State *
8/31 at Mississippi State
9/3 Southeast Missouri State
9/7 at Virginia
9/10 at George Mason
9/17 Illinois
9/21 at Wisconsin
9/24 Minnesota
9/28 at Purdue
10/1 Rutgers
10/7 at Nebraska
10/12 Northwestern
10/15 Maryland
10/19 at Michigan
10/22 at Michigan State
* Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series

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Men’s Cross Country
9/1 Hawkeye Invite
9/9 at Badger Classic
9/22 at Redbird Invite
9/29 at Joe Piane Notre Dame Invite
10/13 at Bradley Pink Classic
10/27 at B1G Championships *
11/10 at NCAA Midwest Regional ^
11/18 at NCAA Championships +
* Madison, Wis.
^ Stillwater, Okla.
+ Charlottesville, Va.

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Women’s Cross Country
9/1 Hawkeye Invite
9/9 at Badger Classic
9/22 at Redbird Invite
9/29 at Joe Piane Notre Dame Invite
10/13 at Bradley Pink Classic
10/27 at B1G Championships *
11/10 at NCAA Midwest Regional ^
11/18 at NCAA Championships +
* Madison, Wis.
^ Stillwater, Okla.
+ Charlottesville, Va.

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Field Hockey (0-0, 0-0 B1G)
8/12 at Saint Louis (Exhibition)
8/19 Northwestern (Exhibition)
8/25 vs. Wake Forest *
8/27 at North Carolina *
9/1 Fairfield
9/3 at Albany
9/8 Central Michigan
9/10 UMass Lowell
9/15 Merrimack College
9/22 at Michigan
9/29 Ohio State
10/1 Michigan State
10/6 Northwestern
10/13 at Indiana
10/15 at Louisville
10/20 at Maryland
10/22 at Penn State
10/27 Rutgers
11/2-5 at B1G Championships ^
11/10-19 at NCAA Championships
* ACC/Big Ten Challenge – Chapel Hill, N.C.
^ Ann Arbor, Mich.

IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa junior defensive back Cooper DeJean has been named to the 2023 Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List, announced by the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) on Tuesday.

Presented by the FWAA and the Charlotte Touchdown Club, the Nagurski Trophy is awarded to the best defensive player in college football. Former Hawkeye linebackers Josey Jewell (2017) and Pat Angerer (2009) were finalists for the award.

DeJean (6-foot-1, 209 pounds) was a first-team All-Big Ten selection by the media and second team by the coaches in 2022 after finishing with 75 tackles, five interceptions and eight pass breakups. He set Iowa’s single season record with three pick 6’s in 2022. He also averaged a team-best 16.5 yards on 10 punt returns a year ago.

The Odebolt, Iowa, native was voted the 2022 Music City Bowl Most Valuable Player after notching seven tackles (six solo), including one for loss, and notching a 14-yard pick-6 against Kentucky. DeJean was named the Rose Bowl Defensive Player of the Week versus Wisconsin (Nov. 12, 2022) after totaling 10 tackles (seven solo), including one for loss, and returning an interception 32 yards for a score. He was the recipient of Iowa’s Reggie Roby Special Teams Award (overall) and Team Hustle Award (defense) last season.

DeJean has also been named to the Athlon Sports and Phil Steele 2023 preseason All-America second teams, as well as being voted to the Big Ten Conference Preseason Honors List and first-team All-Big Ten accolades by Phil Steele, Athlon Sports and Pro Football Focus.

The award is named after Bronislau “Bronko” Nagurski and his legendary talents. He was a consensus All-American defensive tackle in 1929, and also an All-American fullback in 1929, becoming the only player ever picked at two positions in the same season.

The FWAA All-America Committee, after voting input from the association’s full membership, selects a 26-man All-America Team and eventually the Nagurski Trophy finalists. The Bronko Nagurski Trophy winner will be chosen from the five finalists named in November. Committee members, by individual ballot, select the winner they regard as the best defensive player in college football.

DeJean and the Hawkeyes open their season against Sept. 2 against Utah State. The sold-out game is set for an 11 a.m. (CT) kickoff.