IOWA CITY — Junior guard from the University of Iowa, Caitlin Clark, was named the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Division I Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year for all sports in 2022-23 on Wednesday.

“I’m honored to have been selected for this award because there’s a ton of excellent student-athletes across the United States,” Clark said. “My academic craft is something that I take very seriously while playing basketball at the highest level. I want to thank the CSC for selecting me for and Division I Academic All-America Team Member of the Year.”

Clark also won the 2023 Big Ten Female Athlete of the Year Award, Honda Cup and was named Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year as by THE Collegiate Women Sports Awards (CWSA). She also won the 2023 Naismith, Wooden and Wade Trophies along with the Associated Press and USBWA Ann Drysdale Player of the Year honors. She also was the ESPY award winner for Best College Athlete, Women’s Sports.

“I’m thrilled that Caitlin has been selected for this award,” said P. Sue Beckwith, MD, Iowa women’s basketball coach Lisa Bluder. “She truly exemplifies what it means to be a student-athlete at the highest level and the way she represents the University of Iowa. Our program couldn’t be prouder of what she has accomplished this year.”

She is also a two-time winner of the Nancy Lieberman Point Guard Award and is the first-ever three-time winner of the Dawn Staley Award. She also won the Honda Sport Award for Basketball in April.

Clark led her team to its first-ever NCAA Championship game and helped post the Hawkeye’s most wins in a single season. During the NCAA Tournament, she posted the first 40-point triple-double in NCAA Tournament history (men’s or women’s) and broke the NCAA single-tournament records for most 3-point FG made (24) and most points scored (191). This season, she is the only player in the nation with 1,000 points, 240 rebounds, 310 assists and 45 steals.

Overall, Clark became the first player in Division I women’s basketball history to record more than 1,000 points and 300 assists in the same season and was fastest Division I player (men’s or women’s) to reach 1,500 career points over the last 20 seasons.

Off the court, she is a two-time First Team Academic All-American and was named the 2023 CSC Academic All-America of the Year for women’s basketball.

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State head coach Matt Fannon has finalized his 2023 coaching staff, officially announcing the hiring of Kathleen Duwve (DOO-vee) as assistant coach/goalkeeper coach.

Duwve will reunite with Coach Fannon in Ames, as she was a standout goalie for Bowling Green and played under Fannon from 2017-19. Duwve will also reunite with DePaul transfer Kristin Boos who signed with the Cyclones earlier this summer. She will join new additions Olivia Seddon and Jermima Job as soccer staff members.

A Sylvania, Ohio, native, Duwve arrives in Ames after spending two years as an assistant coach at DePaul University. With the Blue Demons, Duwve worked primarily with the goalkeepers. Across her two years, Duwve’s keepers posted 143 saves and eight shutouts.

Prior to her stint in Chicago, Duwve played professionally for Apulia Trani ASD in Italy’s Serie C before returning to the United States to play for the Gotham Reserves (NJ/NY) in the WPSL.

Before becoming a professional athlete, Duwve starred for Coach Fannon’s Falcons at BGSU, starting 56 games across her four years. She totaled 216 total saves and toted a .797 save percentage. Duwve earned 32 career wins and tallied 14 clean sheets.

In her freshman campaign with the Falcons, Duwve started 11 of 13 matches and recorded 10 saves in three different outings. Her sophomore season was cut short, as she sustained an injury that limited her to just three contests.

Duwve bounced back from injury in a big way, helping to lead Bowling Green to two straight MAC Championships and NCAA Tournament appearances over her junior and senior years in 2018 and 2019. She started all 22 matches during her junior campaign and tied the BGSU single-season wins record, tallying 14. In the postseason, she made three saves against the No. 14 Penn State Nittany Lions.

Duwve built on her stellar junior season and turned in an equally impressive senior year which again resulted in BGSU making the postseason. She posted six complete-match shutouts and started 22 of 23 matches (missing one due to injury). She totaled 54 saves and again made three postseason saves, this time against Michigan.

Duwve finished her collegiate career as Bowling Green’s all-time leader in career winning percentage and goals against average while ranking among the top five all-time in every goalkeeping category.

She earned first-team All-Conference honors in the MAC twice, as well as once earning a United Soccer Coaches All-Midwest Region award. Academically, Duwve was on the Academic All-MAC Team, a MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete and earned the MAC Commissioner’s Award.

The Iowa State soccer program will kick off its season on August 17, welcoming Arizona to the Cyclone Soccer Complex for the start of the 2023 regular season. Admission to all home matches is free.

On Friday, July 14th the Atlantic Community School District Booster Club held their annual golf tournament at Nishna Hills Golf Course.

This year’s tournament boasted a roster of 32 teams, 38 hole sponsors, 7 corporate sponsors, and multiple volunteers. Volunteers manned a variety of areas including individual betting holes, registration tables, and a team that helped prepare lunch.

The 2023 Booster Club Golf Tournament raised just over $20,000. Funds from the tournament funded the new shed at the Atlantic High School tennis courts. 

Megan Roberts, ACSD Booster Club Scheduler commented,”Our partnership with Beth Johnsen, ACSD Superintendent and Lisa Jones, ACSD SBO have begun as both were out in full support of the event and were in attendance throughout the day!” 

“The Boosters Club put on a well-organized golf outing to fundraise money that supports our activities program!  The turnout of teams and local business support was outstanding. The Atlantic Community support was speaking loudly with how they are loyal supporters for taking care of the needs of our kids. I am very impressed with the overwhelming advocacy for the school district. I met a lot of awesome people at the event and I look forward to being part of the growing support and energy in Atlantic.” ACSD Superintendent Beth Johnsen commented on the overwhelming support from the community she witnessed as she attended her first official ACSD event. 

Booster Club member Tina Zellmer commented on the vital support from all involved. “The tournament’s success is paramount to all those who step up and offer support!” This year’s tournament offered corporate sponsorship opportunities. The 2023 Booster Club Golf Tournament Corporate Sponsors included: Meredith Communications,

Duke rentals, Brocker Karns & Karns, Rolling Hills Bank & Trust, Olsen Fuel Supply, AM Choron & Son, Mutual of Omaha – Stuart Dusenberry, State Farm – Megan Roberts

The 2024 ACSD Booster Club golf tournament is scheduled for Friday, July 19th at the Atlantic Golf and Country Club. 

Your ACSD Booster Club holds monthly meetings on the third Monday of the month at 630pm, in the Atlantic High School media center. 

You can also stay up to date by following the Booster Club’s Facebook page:  “Atlantic School Booster Club“.

Questions pertaining to this press release should be directed to ACSD Communications Specialist, Mallory Robinson. 

Questions pertaining to the ACSD Booster Club should be directed to: boosterclubhelp@gmail.com

CHICAGO, Ill. –With 40 game broadcasts surrounded by studio coverage, the Big Ten Network’s 2023 football season features a lineup of new faces and experienced voices.

Game broadcasts:

BTN’s rotation of game analysts for this season will include Jake Butt, a former All-American tight end at the University of Michigan, two-time NFL All-Pro and four-time Super Bowl Champion Matt Millen, and All-Big Ten and NFL alumni Anthony Herron and Brock Vereen.

They will accompany a veteran group of play-by-play talent, including Cory Provus, Mark Followill, Lisa Byington, Connor Onion, Jason Ross Jr., and Joe Beninati.

On-field reporters, including Brooke Fletcher, Elise Menaker, Meghan McKeown and Justine Ward, will provide updates from the sidelines.

Former NFL Vice Presidents of Officiating Mike Pereira and Dean Blandino will also return as rules analysts.

Studio:

B1G Tailgate is back for its seventh season with a new look, hosted in-studio by Rick Pizzo and featuring analysts Gerry DiNardo, Howard Griffith and Vereen. Host Mike Hall, and first-year analyst Tyvis Powell, will travel to a different Big Ten campus each week for interviews and on-site analysis. B1G Tailgate is the home for Big Ten football fans on Saturdays with original features, special guests and Big Ten analysis.

B1G Tailgate’s on-site locations for September has been confirmed:

Saturday, Sept. 2 (Noon ET)

Fresno State at Purdue

Saturday, Sept. 9 (3:30 p.m. ET)

Richmond at Michigan State

Saturday, Sept. 16 (Noon ET)

Georgia Southern at Wisconsin

Saturday, Sept. 23 (Noon ET)

Rutgers at Michigan

Saturday, Sept. 30 (Noon ET)

Louisiana at Minnesota

Dave Revsine, Pizzo and Hall will once again anchor studio coverage for the network, including The B1G Show, B1G Today, B1G Live: Football Game Break, B1G Live: Football Postgame and The Final Drive. The hosts will be joined by an accomplished group of analysts, including former NFL head coach Dave Wannstedt, Illinois standout J Leman, The Athletic’s Senior Writer Nicole Auerbach, Sports Illustrated’s Senior Writer Pat Forde, DiNardo, Griffith, Butt and Herron.

Urban Analysis, featuring Urban Meyer and DiNardo, will also return this fall.

Big Ten Network Originals:

The Emmy-nominated franchise The Journey: Big Ten Football 2023 will debut its 12^th season this fall, and The B1G Moment returns for its third season with several football centric episodes. Those include:

• The first night game at Michigan Stadium (2011), in which Denard Robinson led a fourth quarter comeback and threw the game-winning touchdown pass with two seconds remaining.
• Ohio State’s 30-27, walk-off win in double overtime against Michigan in 2016.

ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Big Ten Conference announced its 2023 football preseason honors on Wednesday ahead of the start of Big Ten Football Media Days at Lucas Oil Stadium. A media panel selected the 10-member preseason list, with five representatives each from the East and West Divisions.

The East Division list highlighted by a pair of returning consensus All-Americans in Michigan’s Blake Corum and Ohio State’s Marvin Harrison Jr. Corum and Harrison Jr. were joined on this year’s preseason East Division squad by Maryland quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa, Wolverine quarterback J.J. McCarthy and Penn State offensive lineman Olumuyiwa Fashanu.

Four different schools placed students on the West Division preseason list, led by two representatives from Minnesota in tight end Brevyn Spann-Ford and defensive back Tyler Nubin. They were joined on the list by Illinois defensive lineman Jer’Zhan Newton, Iowa defensive back Cooper DeJean and Wisconsin running back Braelon Allen.

The 2023 Big Ten preseason honors list features two recipients of conference individual awards from a season ago in Corum (Ameche-Dayne Running Back of the Year) and Harrison Jr.  (Richter-Howard Receiver of the Year).

Corum, Harrison Jr., and Newton were also 2022 first-team All-Big Ten selections, joining second-team selections Allen, DeJean, Fashanu, Nubin and Tagovailoa, as well as third-team honoree McCarthy.

Nine of this year’s Big Ten preseason honorees — Allen, Corum, DeJean, Fashanu, Harrison Jr., Newton, Nubin, Spann-Ford, Tagovailoa — are scheduled to attend Big Ten Media Days this week in Indianapolis.

The full list of Big Ten football preseason honorees is as follows:

EAST

Taulia Tagovailoa, QB, Maryland

Blake Corum, RB, Michigan

J.J. McCarthy, QB, Michigan

Marvin Harrison Jr., WR, Ohio State

Olumuyiwa Fashanu, OL, Penn State

WEST

Jer’Zhan Newton, DL, Illinois

Cooper DeJean, DB, Iowa

Brevyn Spann-Ford, TE, Minnesota

Tyler Nubin, DB, Minnesota

Braelon Allen, RB, Wisconsin

IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa junior defensive back Cooper DeJean has been named to the Big Ten Conference preseason honors list. The announcement was made by the league office on Wednesday.

Ten members were selected by a media panel, with five representatives from the East and West Divisions.

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 6s 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 earning preseason first-team All-Big Ten accolades by Phil Steele, Athlon Sports and Pro Football Focus.

The Hawkeyes have had 10 players named to the Big Ten Preseason Honors List in the last 10 seasons. They include DeJean (2023), linebacker Jack Campbell (2022), center Tyler Linderbaum (2021), defensive end A.J. Epenesa (2019), tight end Noah Fant (2018), linebacker Josey Jewell (2017), quarterback C.J. Beathard (2016), defensive back Desmond King (2016), defensive end Drew Ott (2015) and offensive tackle Brandon Scherff (2014). Campbell, Linderbaum, Epenesa, Fant, Jewell, Beathard, King, and Scherff were selected in the NFL Draft after making the list.

The Hawkeyes open the 2023 season against Utah State on Sept. 2, on Duke Slater Field at Kinnick Stadium, at 11 a.m. (CT).

Iowa’s first five home games are sold out. Tickets remain for the Hawkeyes’ final two home games of 2023 (Rutgers on Nov. 11; Illinois on Nov. 18). The UI Ticket Office phone number is 1-800-IA-HAWKS and ticket information is available at hawkeyesports.com/footballtickets.

EAST
Taulia Tagovailoa, QB, Maryland

Blake Corum, RB, Michigan

J.J. McCarthy, QB, Michigan

Marvin Harrison, Jr., WR, Ohio State

Olumuyiwa Fashanu, OL, Penn State

WEST
Jer’Zhan Newton, DL, Illinois

Cooper DeJean, DB, Iowa 

Brevyn Spann-Ford, TE, Minnesota

Tyler Nubin, DB, Minnesota

Braelon Allen, RB, Wisconsin