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The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

DI Story of the Year: Men’s basketball resurgence

BEN SCHUFF May 11, 2012

The Iowa men's basketball team posted an overall winning record in 2011-12 for the first time in five years. And for the first time in what seemed like forever, Hawkeye basketball became exciting to watch...

Point/counterpoint: Aside from men’s hoops, what was Iowa’s Story of the Year?

DI STAFF May 11, 2012

Olympic wrestling trials in Carver-Hawkeye Arena A statue of wrestling legend Dan Gable stands outside Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Thousands of fans gathered in April to pose for pictures with the figure before...

Iowa baseball’s Kuebel continues to shine

BEN SCHUFF May 11, 2012

Iowa's top starting pitcher models his game after a former major-league journeyman shortstop. When freshman Sasha Kuebel was asked if he tries to emulate a big-league pitcher when he toes the rubber,...

Hawkeye softball in hunt for Big Ten title

BEN ROSS May 11, 2012

The Iowa softball team is just one year removed from a 9-11 conference record and an eighth-place finish, but it is now in the midst of a three-team race for the top finish in the Big Ten. Iowa, second...

Iowa track’s mercury rising

TORK MASON May 11, 2012

Many track and field athletes keep track of "paper points" — the number of points the team would score in a meet based on performances throughout the season. The Iowa track and field team...

DI Story of the Year: Men’s basketball resurgence

BEN SCHUFF May 11, 2012

The Iowa men's basketball team posted an overall winning record in 2011-12 for the first time in five years. And for the first time in what seemed like forever, Hawkeye basketball became exciting to watch...

DI Female Athlete of the Year: Becky Stoughton

TORK MASON May 10, 2012

Becky Stoughton set the record books ablaze in 2011-12. The freshman from Peoria, Ill., holds five school records — in the 200, 500, 1,000, and 1,650 freestyles and the 400 individual medley — and...

Point/counterpoint: Without Stoughton, who was Iowa’s Female Athlete of the Year?

DI STAFF May 10, 2012

Sonja Molnar, tennis Iowa women's tennis player Sonja Molnar should have been named The Daily Iowan's Female Athlete of the Year. Molnar was a five-star recruit coming out of high school, and she lived...

Hawkeye softball’s Hoffman getting jump start on college career

MOLLY IRENE OLMSTEAD May 10, 2012

The Iowa softball team is half a game behind Michigan in the Big Ten standings, and the Hawkeyes have three games to try to jump ahead of the Wolverines. Final exams will be over for the athletes and they...

Women’s soccer leads college sports in concussion regularity

CODY GOODWIN May 10, 2012

Junior Seau's recent death has once again sparked conversation about concussions and their effects on the athletes of today and the retirees of tomorrow. It's easy to assume football is the college leader...

DI Female Athlete of the Year: Becky Stoughton

TORK MASON May 10, 2012

Becky Stoughton set the record books ablaze in 2011-12. The freshman from Peoria, Ill., holds five school records — in the 200, 500, 1,000, and 1,650 freestyles and the 400 individual medley — and...

DI Male Athlete of the Year: Marvin McNutt

SAM LOUWAGIE May 9, 2012

Try to imagine what the 2011 Iowa football season would have been like without Marvin McNutt. It's not easy. And it's not pretty. The Hawkeyes finished the season with a 7-6 record. They lost to Iowa...