Drew Hennigan is ecstatic to be the first Kid Captain for the 2021 Hawkeye football season.
“It’s kind of cool because even my jersey says No. 1 and I’m the first game,” he said. “......
The Iowa Hawkeyes won’t be taking to the field in Kinnick Stadium in 2020, and neither will the team’s youngest leaders – its Kid Captains.
The 2020 Kid Captain season will be postponed...
Cooper Leeman will be leading the Hawks with a heart of gold as the honorary Kid Captain when Iowa takes on Southern California on Dec. 27 for the annual Holiday Bowl.
At 14-months-old, young Cooper...
Charlotte Keller travels to the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital for treatment every three months. This weekend, Keller will not have to travel far from home to cheer on the Hawkeyes...
Six-year-old Jeg Weets often travels back and forth from his hometown of Morrison, Illinois, to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. This time around, though, he won’t be coming to Iowa for...
Soon-to-be 9-year-old Aubrey Bussan-Kluesner will be granted a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity as the Iowa Hawkeyes Kid Captain for her birthday this weekend at the game against Minnesota.
Aubrey’s...
Skylar Hardee’s parents were told before he was even born that their son had about a 1 percent chance of survival. Unwilling to give up, the pair traveled to four different specialists before arriving...
At 2 years old, Lucy Roth — who is this week’s Kid Captain in Saturday’s Hawkeye game against Northwestern —was struggling with vision problems, holding books close to her face and struggling to...
During week 18 of Teresa Hines’ pregnancy, blood tests revealed her baby had Down syndrome. Although Kendra, now 10, was born seven weeks early in a Cedar Rapids hospital, Teresa said she was unfazed...
With a spunky personality and sparkly pink glasses, Kid Captain Gabby Yoder is excited to hit the field this weekend as the Hawkeyes take on Penn State.
Abigail Yoder, mother to Gabby and her two...
Enzo Thongsoum passed every test he needed to as a 21-month-old with flying colors — until he began having unexplained seizures.
His family took him to the hospital in their hometown of Des Moines,...
As a five-month-old, Cien Currie began suffering from seizures so terrible he once lost the ability to breathe entirely.
After several visits to a Des Moines hospital with no diagnosis, Cien was helicoptered...
