AMES, Iowa – Iowa State sophomore Ashley Joens was named the Big 12 Player of the Week and ESPNW National Player of the Week after averaging 33.5 points and 12.5 rebounds in two games on the week.

Joens’ Big 12 Player of the Week honor is her second of the season, while her national recognition is the first of her career and the first by any Cyclone player in program history.

Joens started the week with 26 points and 12 rebounds against Iowa. On Sunday, Joens dominated Wright State, scoring 41 points and grabbing 13 rebounds. Her 41 points ranks second in school history. Joens was incredible in the 4^th quarter, as Wright State pulled within two possessions of the Cyclones, Joens scored 18, 4^th-quarter points to put the game away for ISU.

Joens drew 25 fouls on the week and leads the nation in free-throw attempts (86) and makes (77). Joens also ranks second in the nation in scoring, averaging 24.4 points per game.

Iowa State is back in action on Sunday at 5 p.m. against Northern Iowa.

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Three members of the University of Iowa football team have been named to the 2019 Associated Press All-America Team, the AP announced Monday.

Junior kicker Keith Duncan was named first-team All-America, while junior offensive tackle Tristan Wirfs and junior defensive end A.J. Epenesa were named second team All-America.

Duncan (5-foot-10, 180-pounds), a Lou Groza Award finalist and Walter Camp second-team All-American, set Big Ten and Iowa single-season records with 29 made field goals, a total that ranks sixth-best all-time in the NCAA. Duncan also set a school record with six field goal attempts in Iowa’s win over Purdue. His 34 attempts on the season are also a school record.

Duncan, a native of Grapevine, Texas, attended Weddington (North Carolina) High School. He was named Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week for his efforts in wins over Iowa State, Illinois, and Nebraska. Duncan booted a game-winning 48-yard field goal with one second to play at Nebraska. He connected on four field goals (23, 45, 24, 29) in Iowa’s win over Illinois, and also had four in the 18-17 win at Iowa State.

For the season, Duncan is 29-of-34 on field goal attempts, 14-of-18 on field goals of 40 or more yards, and a perfect 25-of-25 on PATs. Duncan’s 38 career made field goals are the sixth-most all-time in program history.

Duncan earned the Bakken-Andersen Kicker of the Year Award in the Big Ten and was a unanimous first-team All-Big Ten selection by the AP.

Wirfs (6-foot-5, 322-pounds), who attended Mount Vernon (Iowa) High School, was named the Big Ten’s Rimington-Pace Offensive Lineman of the Year and was a first-team All-Big Ten selection by league coaches and media. He was also a Walter Camp second-team All-American and a unanimous first-team All-Big Ten selection by the AP.

He started nine games at right tackle and three at left tackle, with 32 career starts in three seasons. He was one of six semifinalists for the 2019 Outland Trophy. He earned honorable mention honors in 2018, and in 2017 was the first true freshman to start at tackle under head coach Kirk Ferentz.

Epenesa (6-foot-6, 280-pounds), a native of Glen Carbon, Illinois (Edwardsville High School), earned Walter Camp second-team All-America honors, first-team All-Big Ten honors for the second straight year, and was a first-team All-Big Ten selection by the AP.

He was Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week following wins over Minnesota and Nebraska. He leads the Hawkeyes in tackles for loss (13-69), sacks (9-54), quarterback pressures (nine) and forced fumbles (three). He also has three pass break-ups.

Iowa (9-3, 7-3) will face USC in the 2019 Holiday Bowl in San Diego on Dec. 27 (7 p.m. CT, FS1). For ticket and bowl game information, visit hawkeyesports.com/bowlcentral.

Travis Kelce has never cared much about individual statistics, even though the Kansas City Chiefs tight end has been putting up some eye-popping numbers ever since he arrived in the NFL seven years ago. All he cares about is wins. And with another big performance against Denver on Sunday, the Chiefs hit the 10-win mark with two games left in the regular season. Now the trick for Kelce is to keep producing with the No. 2 seed in the AFC playoffs still in play, and with Super Bowl hopes once the postseason finally begins.

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State sophomore tight end Charlie Kolar was selected as an Associated Press All-American today, earning a spot on the third team.

Kolar is the first Cyclone in school history to be named to an All-American team and an Academic All-American. Kolar earned Academic All-America First Team accolades from CoSIDA last week.

A native of Norman, Okla., Kolar is one of the best tight ends in the nation. The sophomore is producing one of the best seasons by a tight end in school history, leading all Big 12 tight ends in receptions (48), receiving yards (675) and receiving touchdowns (7).

His 675 receiving yards is a school record by a tight end.

Kolar’s yards per game average (56.3) and touchdown reception (7) totals rank in the top-five nationally among FBS tight ends.

Kolar, who has five 70+ yard receiving games, has been a key target for Brock Purdy, recording 36 catches for first downs or touchdowns and has three receptions resulting in fourth down conversions.

In the classroom, Kolar is just as stellar. The two-time First Team Academic All-Big 12 selection holds a cumulative 3.98 GPA in mechanical engineering. He won the team GPA Award during the 2018-19 school year with a perfect 4.0 GPA.