IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa senior Megan Gustafson has been named the U.S. Basketball Writers Association National Player of the Year, the USBWA announced Friday.

Gustafson will be formally presented with the award at the USBWA College Basketball Awards Dinner at the Missouri Athletic Club in St. Louis on Monday, April 15.

Gustafson is the first Hawkeye and first Big Ten women’s basketball student-athlete to win the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award. The USBWA has named a National Player of the Year since the 1987-88 season and the award was named for Meyers Drysdale, four-time All-American at UCLA from 1975-78, in 2012.

Yesterday, Gustafson earned AP National Player of the Year honors, becoming the first Big Ten women’s basketball student-athlete to receive national player of the year recognition of any kind since Purdue’s Stephanie White won the Wade Trophy and the Honda Sports Award in 1999.

This season, Gustafson led the nation in five categories, including points per game (27.9) and field goal percentage (69.6). She ended her career with 2,804 points and 1,460 rebounds. On Monday, Gustafson became just the fourth NCAA women’s basketball student-athlete and the first ever post player to score 1,000 or more points in a single season.

NATIONAL AWARDS TRACKER

USBWA Ann Meyers Drysdale National Player of the Year Award
AP National Player of the Year
espnW National Player of the Year
Senior Class Award Winner
Lisa Leslie Top Center Award
AP First Team All-American
espnW First Team All-American
WBCA First Team All-American
United State Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) First Team All-American

Gustafson, a two-time Big Ten Player of the Year, is also a finalist for the Naismith Trophy and the John R. Wooden Award.

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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Iowa’s Megan Gustafson has won The Associated Press women’s basketball player of the year award. Baylor’s Kim Mulkey is the AP women’s coach of the year. Gustafson led the nation in scoring for the second straight season averaging 27.9 points and tied the NCAA mark for double-doubles in a single season. Mulkey also earned coach of the year honors in 2012. She has led Baylor to a 35-1 record, a No. 1 ranking and a spot in the Final Four.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State sophomore Lindell Wigginton is declaring for the NBA draft for the second year in a row. He withdrew from last year’s draft at the last minute but says this time he intends to stay in. Wigginton’s numbers dipped a bit last season after a foot injury cost him 10 games. But Wigginton still averaged 13.5 points and 4.1 rebounds a game off the bench while shooting 40 percent on 3-pointers.

DETROIT (AP) — Spencer Turnbull struck out 10 in six innings, and the Detroit Tigers drew four straight walks to start the bottom of the seventh, taking the lead for good in their 5-4 victory over the Kansas City Royals. Josh Harrison stole two bases and scored three times for the Tigers in their home opener.

Girls Soccer

Tri-Center 4, Atlantic 2
CB Abraham Lincoln 1, Glenwood 0
Des Moines Christian 5, AHSTW 1
Nodaway Valley/WCV 4, Creston 1
St. Albert 8, Denison-Schleswig 0

Boys Soccer

Atlantic 3, Tri-Center 1
CB Thomas Jefferson 2, Glenwood 1
Creston 3, West Central Valley 1
Denison-Schleswig 4, St. Albert 0
Lewis Central 3, CB Abraham Lincoln 0
Riverside 10, Clarinda Academy 0
Treynor 3, Conestoga 1

Girls Tennis

Boys Tennis

Clarinda 9, Lewis Central 0
St. Albert 7, Shenandoah 2

Girls Golf

• Creston 188, Atlantic 210 (Medalist: Rylie Driskell, Creston 41) (Atlantic Scores: Alyssa Ginther 41, Baylee Newell 45, Hannah Alff 61, Anna Weiser 63, Belle Wickman 67. From Coach Kathy Hobson: “Alyssa’s 2nd and 3rd shots on first hole were very atypical of her but she played well after that. Baylee was consistent with some good shots into the green. We had to take some penalty shots for lost balls and balls in the lake. And we weren’t focused on our individual games like we should have been. I look for that to improve as we practice and play more. To be competitive in our conference and meet our goals the entire lineup has to focus and when we do have those shots we don’t plan on shake them off and go on.”
• Exira-EHK 221, Coon Rapids-Bayard 224, West Central Valley 259 (Medalist: Jacey Anthofer, Exira-EHK 45)
• Kuemper Catholic 201, Carroll 209 (Medalist: Mariah Naberhaus, Kuemper 45)
• Missouri Valley 191, Logan-Magnolia 225 (Medalist: Madison Lease, Missouri Valley 40)
• Red Oak 234, Griswold 267, Sidney 273 (Medalist: Jenna Reynolds, Griswold 48)
• St. Albert 256, CB Thomas Jefferson 268 (Medalist: Lainey Sheffield, St. Albert 52)

Boys Golf

• Bedford 189, Southwest Valley NTS (Medalist: Monte Wehrkamp, Bedford 45)
• Exira-EHK 176, Coon Rapids-Bayard 182, West Central Valley NTS
• Missouri Valley 180, West Monona 215 (Medalist: Nick Tennis, Missouri Valley 35.)
• Rock Port 193, Sidney 195 (Medalist: Ethan Brumbaugh, Rock Port 41)

The Red Oak Lady Tiger Relays were contested in a two class format on Thursday night. Glenwood came away with the win in the Class AA portion, while Southwest Valley won the Class A division.

Class A Division Scores

1. Southwest Valley 113
2. Sidney 96
3. Griswold 90
4. Bedford 85
5. Lenox 75
6. Stanton 34
7. Glenwood JV 33
8. Essex 27
9. Clarinda Academy 25

Southwest Valley had only one event win but were consistent enough across the board to pull away for the team win. Charli Adams won the 3000M for Griswold and finished second in the 1500M behind Bedford’s Emma Lucas.

Class AA Division Scores

1. Glenwood 184
2. Creston 147
3. Shenandoah 73
4. St. Albert 58
5. Clarinda 55
6. Red Oak 54

The Rams notched wins in 11 events to lead the field. Audrey Arnold won the 100M Hurdles and the Long Jump to aid the Glenwood effort.

Full results here.

The Nodaway Valley girls track team came away with a team title at the I-35 Girls Relays on Thursday. The Wolverines racked up 121 points, Mount Ayr was second with 108.

Reagan Weinheimer won the 800M and Lexi Shike took the 100M Hurdles for Nodaway Valley. Natalie Yonker won the Long Jump. The Wolverines also won the 4x100M, Shuttle Hurdles, Sprint Medley, and Distance Medley.

Team Scores

1. Nodaway Valley 121
2. Mount Ayr 108
3. I-35 89
4. East Union 50
5. Martensdale-St. Marys 40
6. Melcher-Dallas 40
7. Lincoln High 39
8. Lamoni 36
9. Southeast Warren 28
10. West Central Valley 25
11. Murray 9
12. Orient-Macksburg 4

Full results here.

The Panorama girls and ADM boys track teams came away winners at the Van Meter Invitational on Thursday night. CAM and AC/GC both competed at the meet as well.

On the girls side Jade Jackson won the High Jump and Molly Venteicher won the Shot Put for CAM. AC/GC took a win in the 4x800M and Kate Crawford won the 1500M.

Girls Team Scores

1. Panorama 164
2. Van Meter 127
3. AC/GC 115
4. ADM 114
5. Greene County 88
6. CAM 72
7. Coon Rapids-Bayard 7

On the boys side of the meet CAM’s DeShawn Carr won the 100M and the Long Jump. Mitchell Williamson won the Shot Put. AC/GC’s Clay Billheimer won the 400M and 800M. Noah Nelsen won the 1600M and 3200M for the Chargers.

Boys Team Scores

1. ADM 141.5
2. AC/GC 123.5
3. CAM 106
4. Van Meter 104.5
5. Winterset 103.5
6. Earlham 64
7. Panorama 49
8. Greene County 43

Full results here.

The Logan-Magnolia girls track team took the crown at the Boyer Valley girls meet on Thursday.

The Panthers took the top spot in 9 events on their way to claiming the team victory.

Team Scores

1. Logan-Magnolia 145
2. West Monona 104.5
3. Woodbine 87.5
4. MVAOCOU 64
5. Boyer Valley 64
6. West Harrison 28
7. Ar-We-Va 12

Full results here: BVGirls2019