Pat Lugo named USA Wrestling Athlete of the Week
Robert Read, Sports Editor
June 30, 2020
After his senior season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Pat Lugo is back on the wrestling mat, and he's already earning accolades. The former All-American Hawkeye and current member of the Hawkeye Wrestling Club was named the USA Wrestling Athlete of the Week on Tuesday. At the c...
Highlighting Spencer Lee’s impressive Iowa career through three seasons
Isaac Goffin, Sports Reporter
June 29, 2020
Few wrestlers can say that they had the career Iowa senior Spencer Lee has had so far. With a 63-5 record, two NCAA National Championships, a Hodge Trophy, and numerous other accomplishments, Lee has already made a permanent mark in Hawkeye Athletics history. It’s almost a guarantee that ...
Iowa wrestler Michael Kemerer determined heading into final year as a Hawkeye
Austin Hanson, Assistant Sports Editor
May 5, 2020
For Iowa wrestling’s Michael Kemerer, 2019-20 was shaping up to be a comeback season for the ages. After missing the entirety of 2018-19 with knee and shoulder injuries, Kemerer hit the mat in a new weight class for the Hawkeyes. At 174 pounds, Kemerer finished the season 15-1. His only loss ...
Eight Hawkeyes named NWCA Academic Honorees
Austin Hanson, Assistant Sports Editor
April 30, 2020
Iowa wrestling's 2019-20 season ended nearly two months ago, but the Hawkeyes have continued to rack up achievements. The National Wrestling Coaches Association announced Thursday afternoon that eight Hawkeyes have been named to its Division I All-Academic Team. Iowa led the nation in NWCA Acade...
Lee named co-winner of AAU James E. Sullivan Award
Austin Hanson, Assistant Sports Editor
April 29, 2020
For just the second time in the award's 90-year history, two athletes have been named AAU James E. Sullivan Award recipients. Iowa wrestling's Spencer Lee and Oregon women's basketball's Sabrina Ionescu were named co-winners of the award Wednesday evening. “I am incredibly humbled,” Lee s...
Iowa wrestling earns three postseason awards
Austin Hanson, Assistant Sports Editor
April 24, 2020
Despite losing the end of its 2019-20 season to the COVID-19 pandemic, Iowa wrestling has had no trouble finding postseason awards and accolades to add to its trophy case. FloWrestling announced Friday evening that the Hawkeyes had earned three of its postseason awards. The announcement came ...
Iowa wrestling sets NCAA attendance record
Austin Hanson, Assistant Sports Editor
April 24, 2020
The 2019-20 Iowa wrestling team never got its chance to enter the record books with a national championship. However, the Hawkeyes found another way to make history this season. The National Wrestling Media Association announced Friday afternoon that Iowa wrestling had set a new NCAA wrestling recor...
NCAA grants Kemerer another year of eligibility
Austin Hanson, Assistant Sports Editor
April 19, 2020
After a 15-1 2019-20 season, Michael Kemerer will be suiting up in the black and gold singlet again in 2020-21. Kemerer announced via Twitter Sunday evening that the NCAA had officially granted him an extra year of collegiate eligibility. The All-American lost the entirety of his 2018-19 campa...
Ten Hawkeye wrestlers earn All-American honors
Robert Read, Sports Editor
April 18, 2020
The National Wrestling Coaches Association announced Friday that 10 Iowa wrestlers have earned All-America honors for the 2020 NCAA wrestling season. Nine Hawkeyes — Spencer Lee, Austin DeSanto, Max Murin, Pat Lugo, Kaleb Young, Alex Marinelli, Michael Kemerer, Jacob Warner, and Tony Cassioppi — w...
Lineup preview: The 2020-21 Iowa wrestling team
Austin Hanson, Assistant Sports Editor
April 16, 2020
Despite a bevy of achievements in 2019-20, Iowa wrestling was left dissatisfied when the season came to an end. The Hawkeyes were 13-0 in duals, Midlands Champions, and Big Ten Champions. However, Iowa never got its shot at a national title. The NCAA cancelled all of its postseason championships for t...
Brands nabs NWCA National Coach of the Year honor
Austin Hanson, Assistant Sports Editor
April 8, 2020
Iowa wrestling head coach Tom Brands claimed the National Wrestling Coaches Association's National Coach of the Year award Wednesday afternoon. Brands has now won the NWCA honor twice in his coaching career. Brands' first NWCA National Coach of the Year award came in 2008 after his Hawkeyes won a national...
Pat Lugo reflects on 2019-20 wrestling season, Hawkeye career
Austin Hanson, Assistant Sports Editor
April 6, 2020
After a long day of practice, a short walk is all that stands between Pat Lugo and the comforts of his apartment. On March 12, the short stroll from Carver-Hawkeye Arena proved to be agonizing. At practice, Lugo had learned that the NCAA was forced to cancel its 2020 Division I Wrestling Champ...