IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa senior offensive linemen Gennings Dunker and Logan Jones have been named to the Big Ten Conference Preseason Honors List, it was announced Tuesday by the league office.

Fifteen student-athletes from all 18 conference schools were selected by a media panel.

Dunker started 11 contests as a junior and was a dominant force on the right side of Iowa’s offensive line that was recognized as a semifinalist for the Joe Moore Award in 2024. The Lena, Illinois, native was a second-team all-conference honoree, as well as an academic all-district selection. Dunker helped pave the way for Iowa’s offense that rushed for more than 200 yards in seven games last season.

Jones, who started 12 games as a junior, was a first-team all-conference selection and Phil Steele honorable mention All-American in 2024. The native of Council Bluffs, Iowa, anchored the Hawkeye offensive line that allowed just 17 sacks and helped Iowa rush for 2,564 yards, the most since 2002. Jones was named a preseason second-team All-American yesterday by Walter Camp.

The Hawkeyes have had 13 players named to the Big Ten Preseason Honors List in the last 12 seasons. They include Dunker and Jones (2025), Jay Higgins (2024), defensive back/return specialist Cooper DeJean (2023), linebacker Jack Campbell (2022), center Tyler Linderbaum (2021), defensive end A.J. Epenesa (2019), tight end Noah Fant (2018), linebacker Josey Jewell (2017), quarterback C.J. Beathard (2016), defensive back Desmond King (2016), defensive end Drew Ott (2015) and offensive tackle Brandon Scherff (2014). DeJean, Campbell, Linderbaum, Epenesa, Fant, Jewell, Beathard, King, and Scherff were selected in the NFL Draft after making the list.

The Hawkeyes open the 2025 season against UAlbany on Aug. 30, on Duke Slater Field at Kinnick Stadium, at 5 p.m. (CT).

Tickets remain for five home Hawkeye games in 2025: UAlbany (Aug. 30), UMass (Sept. 13), Penn State (Oct. 18), Oregon (Nov. 8) and Michigan State (Nov. 22). Tickets can be purchased online at hawkeyesports.com/tickets or by calling 1-800-IA-HAWKS. Home contests against Indiana (Sept. 27; Homecoming) and Minnesota (Oct. 25) are sold out.

2025 Big Ten Preseason Honors*
QB Luke Altmyer, ILL
OLB Gabe Jacas, ILL
DL Mikail Kamara, IND
DB D’Angelo Ponds, IND
OT Gennings Dunker, IOWA
C Logan Jones, IOWA
DB Koi Perich, MINN
OLB Matayo Uiagalelei, ORE
DB Dillon Thieneman, ORE
SAF Caleb Downs, OSU
WR JEREMIAH SMITH, OSU
LB Sonny Styles, OSU
QB Drew Allar, PSU
DE Dani Dennis-Sutton, PSU
RB Nicholas Singleton, PSU

Unanimous selections in ALL CAPS
*Additional honorees due to ties

Iowa guard Tate Sage did not even need to visit the campus to know he wanted to be a Hawkeye. The native of Weatherford, Oklahoma, had committed to play at Drake but decided to follow coach Ben McCollum to Iowa City.

Sage says McCollum contacted him after taking the Iowa job.

Sage says a big part of his decision to follow McCollum to Iowa was his style of play.

Iowa State junior forward Milan Momcilovic wants to be more aggressive at the offensive end next season. Momcilovic connected on nearly 40 percent from three point range last season and averaged a shade over two threes per game. With Curtis Jones and Keshon Gilbert gone from last season he will need to pick up the slack.

Momcilovic wants more makes from behind the arch, even if his overall percentage drops.

Momcilovic has spent this summer working on contested shots.

Momcilovic is one of three starters returning from a team that finished 25-10 and made it to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

(Griswold, Iowa) – Members of the Griswold School Board, Monday evening, approved the purchase of an app for all students, athlete and non-athlete alike, that will help determine their cognitive ability, following a concussion. The idea came from Griswold Athletic Director Cole Cooper, who conducted a lot of research on ways to better serve the District’s kids.

(That’s Griswold Superintendent Dave Henrichs) Henrichs says Cooper found a program called SWAY that is available to students and parents on a phone app.

The Griswold School Board liked the idea so much, Henrichs said they will ask all students in seventh-through 12th grade to download the app, whether they are an athlete or not.

The app will cost the District roughly $700 plus four-dollars for every student over the 150 student athletes that wishes to use it.

Second-ranked Clarksville will take on ninth ranked Mason City Newman this evening in a class 1A quarterfinal at the state softball tournament in Fort Dodge. Clarksville is 28-4 and making its seventh all-time appearance. Unlike past state tournament runs, Head Coach Katie Burman says this year’s strength of schedule has the team as prepared as possible, having frequently played teams from Classes 3A and 4A along with some of the best teams in 1A and 2A.

Newman had two shutout wins on its way to the state tournament, and enters with the lowest ERA in the 1A tournament field at 0.84. Burman says confidence is key, especially with how well junior pitcher Syndey Lovrien has performed lately. She enters with a 1.58 ERA.

1A Quarterfinals in Carroll

#8 Hillcrest Academy – 3 vs #1 Remsen St. Mary’s – 1

#4 Martensdale-St. Marys – 2 vs #5 Kee – 0

#7 East Buchanan – 12 vs #2 Lynnville-Sully – 1

#3 Saint Ansgar – 3 vs #6 Logan-Magnolia – 1

3A Quarterfinals in Sioux City

#1 Wahlert Catholic – 3 vs #8 Boone – 1

#5 Saydel – 6 vs #4 Assumption – 4

#2 Pella – 12 vs #7 Sergeant Bluff-Luton – 5

#3 Bishop Heelan Catholic – 3 vs #6 Carlisle – 2

4A Quarterfinals

#8 Pella – 5 vs #1 Xavier – 1

#5 ADM – 4 vs #4 Dallas Center-Grimes – 1

#7 North Scott – 7 vs #2 Norwalk – 1

#3 North Polk – 8 vs #6 Western Dubuque – 7 (9 inn)

5A Quarterfinals

#1 Waukee Northwest – 4 vs #8 Dowling Catholic – 0

#4 Ankeny Centennial – 9 vs #5 West Des Moines Valley – 0

#2 Linn-Mar – 5 vs #7 Pleasant Valley – 1

#3 Southeast Polk – 12 vs #6 Cedar Falls – 11

3A Quarterfinals

#1 Wahlert Catholic – 1 vs #8 Center Point-Urbana – 0

#4 PCM – 5 vs #5 West Liberty – 4

IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa men’s and women’s track and field were named to their respective 2025 USTFCCCA All-Academic teams, the organization announced on Monday. Nineteen individuals earned All-Academic honors.

Teams with a collective GPA of 3.0 or higher earned the distinction. Individuals needed a cumulative GPA of 3.25 or higher, while also finishing top 96 in an individual event (top 48 relay) during indoor season and/or competing at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.

Iowa’s individuals that earned the recognition are below:

Alivia Bauer (Elementary Education)
Alli Bookin-Nosbisch (Sport and Recreation Management)
Gabby Cortez (Exercise Science)
Holly Duax (Psychology)
Alexandria Edison (Political Science)
Nicholas Gorsich (Computer Science)
Luke Knepp (Pre-Business)
Austin Kresley (Sport and Recreation Management)
Lia Love (Public Health)
Paige Magee (Sport and Recreation Management)
Emmanuel Njoku (Sociology)
Chioma Nwachukwu (Sport and Recreation Management)
Carlee Rochford (Sport and Recreation Management)
Ryan Schreiner (English & Creative Writing)
Sydnie Smith (Biology)
Abraham Vogelsang (Business)
Alivia Williams (Pre-Vet Medicine)
Annie Wirth (Management)
Maud Zeffou-Poaty (Art)