More than 700 talented student-athletes are currently busy preparing for the 2011-12 athletics year at the University of Iowa.
Some will be freshmen, new to the University of Iowa and the highest level of intercollegiate athletics competition. Others will bring to their team a season or two of experience in competition and in the classroom. Still others will be upperclassmen who will have experienced each of the 11 Big Ten Conference campuses, Big Ten tournament competition, NCAA championship competition or the fun and excitement of a postseason bowl game.
Beginning July 28, hawkeyesports.com will introduce you to 24 Hawkeyes who, for one reason or another, are poised to play a prominent role in the intercollegiate athletics program at the University of Iowa in the coming year. The list will include student-athletes from football and field hockey to soccer, women's basketball and baseball.
A tentative list of Hawkeyes to be profiled, as well as the date they will be featured, is listed below:
- Thursday, July 28
| Mike Daniels (football) |
- Tuesday, Aug. 23
| Megan Eskew (volleyball) |
- Monday, Aug. 29
| Betsy Flood (women's cross country) |
- Wednesday, Sept. 14
| Morgan Showalter (women's soccer) |
- Wednesday, Sept. 21
| Kathleen "Merty" McGraw (field hockey) |
- Tuesday, Oct. 11
| Kevin Lewis (men's cross country) |
- Thursday, Oct. 13
| Matt Gatens (men's basketball) |
- Tuesday, Nov. 8
| Montell Marion (wrestling) |
- Friday, Nov. 11
| Kamille Wahlin (women's basketball) |
- Thursday, Nov. 17
| Becky Stoughton (women's swimming & diving) |
- Thursday, Dec. 1
| Ryan Phelan (men's swimming & diving) |
- Thursday, Jan. 12
| Justin Austin (men's indoor track & field) |
- Monday, Feb. 6
| Majesty Tutson (women's indoor track & field) |
- Wednesday, Feb. 8
| Jessa Hansen (women's gymnastics) |
- Thursday, Feb. 23
| Javier Balboa (men's gymnastics) |
- Tuesday, March 20
| Johnnie Dowling (softball) |
- Tuesday, April 3
| Garret Dunn (men's tennis) |
- Thursday, April 5
| Chelsea Harris (women's golf) |
- Thursday, April 18
| Barrett Kelpin (men's golf) |
- Saturday, April 21
| Nicole Erickson (women's outdoor track & field) |
- Wednesday, May 2
| Mike McQuillan (baseball) |
- Friday, May 4
| Jeffery Herron (men's outdoor track & field) |
- Thursday, May 10
| Annemarie Bernhard (rowing) |
- Wednesday, May 16
| Shelby Talcott (women's tennis) |
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