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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

Football leadership group members chosen

DI STAFF April 21, 2010

On Tuesday, the Iowa Hawkeyes announced its 15-member leadership group, as chosen by the players. Headlining the group are seven seniors, including defensive end Adrian Clayborn and quarterback Ricky...

Printy named frosh All-American

DI STAFF April 21, 2010

Iowa women’s basketball guard Jaime Printy has been named to the second team Freshman All-American by Full Court Press. She was just one of 15 freshman players chosen in the country. The native of Marion...

Hawkeye draft crib sheet

SCOTT MILLER and BRENDAN STILES April 20, 2010

Seven Iowa players could be drafted to the NFL this weekend, which could mean a new record for the program since the process changed to seven rounds in 1994. BRYAN BULAGA (OT, 6-5, 314 lbs.) Agent Tom...

Hawkeyes lead literacy effort in local schools

HOLLY HINES April 20, 2010

When Iowa football player Julian Vandervelde was a kid, he liked to read The Berenstein Bears and Curious George. But in lieu of Curious George, Vandervelde settled for a dramatic reading of Aliens are...

Freshman catcher controls plate against Western Illinois

J.T. BUGOS April 20, 2010

His voice doesn’t boom across Banks Field or reverberate in the clubhouse, but Dan Sheppard can be heard in the Iowa baseball program. Hoping to hear what his soft-spoken catcher says when forced to...

Unity on the diamond

JORDAN GARRETSON April 20, 2010

The player-coach relationship is continually evolving in sport. Just ask Iowa head baseball coach Jack Dahm. When he played at Creighton from 1986-89, players rarely questioned their coaches. Now, athletes...

Family matters to men’s tennis

SETH ROBERTS April 20, 2010

When it comes to tennis, distance is not a problem for the Vasos and McGeorge families. The McGeorges from Tucson, Ariz., and the Vasos clan from Fort Collins, Colo., live a combined 2,000 miles away...

Technology adds new twist to college golf

JESSIE SMITH April 20, 2010

The Iowa men’s golf team has competed in 16 different states and one other country during the last four years. While the Hawkeye golfers may view the time away as a break from the notoriously unfriendly...

Taylor denied medical redshirt

DI STAFF April 20, 2010

Iowa women’s basketball head coach Lisa Bluder announced on Monday that freshman guard Theairra Taylor did not qualify for a medical-hardship redshirt. The St. Paul, Minn., native tore her ACL in the...

Men’s gymnastics wraps up season with eye on bright future

NICK GANS April 20, 2010

Youth and inconsistency were thematic for the Iowa men’s gymnastics team this season. The Hawkeyes didn’t improve on their sixth-place Big Ten finish from a year ago, but Iowa head coach Tom Dunn...

Women’s tennis won’t make losing a habit

JON FRANK April 20, 2010

When the Iowa women’s tennis team opened Big Ten play with a 6-1 loss to Minnesota in February, it looked as though it would be a year of frustration similar to last spring. In 2009 the Hawkeyes went...

Sand volleyball means sun fun

ETHAN SEBERT April 20, 2010

Sun, sand, and 74 students. That was the scene at the Hawkeye Recreational Fields sand-volleyball courts when 18 teams showed up for the 2010 Intramural Co-Recreational 4-on-4 sand volleyball tournament...