COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — University of Iowa forward Hannah Stuelke was selected to join the 2025 USA Basketball Women’s Americup roster on Thursday. USA Basketball announced the roster following three days of trials in at the U.S. Olympic Training Center.

The team will compete at the 2025 FIBA Women’s AmeriCup from June 28-July 6 in Santiago, Chile. The 2025 USA Women’s AmeriCup Team includes Raegan Beers, Mikayla Blakes, Madison Booker, Audi Crooks, Joyce Edwards, Hannah Hidalgo, Flau’jae Johnson, Gianna Kneepkens, Olivia Miles, Kennedy Smith, Hannah Stuelke and Grace VanSlooten.

Beers, Crooks, Johnson, Kneepkens and Stuelke will be making their competitive debuts with USA Basketball.

Kara Lawson (Duke University) will serve as head coach with assistant coaches DeLisha Milton-Jones (Old Dominion University) and Jennie Baranczyk (University of Oklahoma). They will be assisted by court coaches Jim Flanery (Creighton University) and Robyn Fralick (Michigan State University) at trials.

The 2025 USA Women’s AmeriCup Team will open Group B with host nation Chile, followed by Colombia, Puerto Rico and Mexico. The winner of the 2025 FIBA Women’s AmeriCup will earn a berth to the 2026 FIBA Women’s World Cup, set to be held in Berlin next summer.

Since the event’s inception in 1993, the United States has captured four AmeriCup gold medals, including titles in 2019 and 2021.

The Griswold baseball team is gaining strength and confidence as the season progresses. The Tigers are 5-11-1 on the season and still looking to hit their stride.

Griswold is led by their upperclassmen mainly with a combination of four juniors and senior starters hitting above .300.

Head Coach Ryan Lockwood says he is appreciative of the drive and work ethic his team has put in so far.

In the five games the Tigers have won, they have held opponents to five runs or less. One of the young pitchers on the roster, Sophomore Cavyn Turner has an earned run average under three and just one walk in nine innings pitched.

The Tigers begin Corner Conference Tournament play next week with two regular season games to follow to close out the regular season.

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Eight University of Iowa football players received Phil Steele preseason honors, it was announced Wednesday by the college football publication. Five Hawkeyes garnered preseason All-America laurels, while eight earned preseason All-Big Ten accolades.

Senior offensive tackle Gennings Dunker, senior defensive tackle Aaron Graves and senior return specialist Kaden Wetjen were tabbed second-team All-Americans. Senior center Logan Jones was named a third-team All-American, while sophomore punter Rhys Dakin was picked as a fourth-team All-American by the publication.

Iowa also had two preseason second-team all-conference honorees in senior offensive guard Beau Stephens and senior kicker Drew Stevens, and a third-team selection in senior defensive end Ethan Hurkett.

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.

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 rushing for more than 200 yards in seven games last season.

Graves started all 13 games in 2024, recording 33 tackles, including eight tackles for a loss (six sacks), three forced fumbles, three pass break-ups and two quarterback pressures. His three forced fumbles led the Big Ten. The native of Dayton, Iowa, was an honorable mention All-Big Ten selection last season. Off the field, Graves was a second-team Academic All-American. Last month, Graves was one of 42 players named to the 2025 Lott IMPACT Trophy Watch List.

Wetjen returns for his senior season after winning the 2024 Jet Award and Rodgers-Dwight Return Big Ten Specialist of the Year, as well as being voted first team all-conference. Wetjen’s 1,055 combined kick return yards in 2024 led the country by a wide margin. He was first in the FBS in kickoff return yards (727) and second in punt return yards (328). The  Williamsburg, Iowa, native had two returns for scores in 2024, including a 100-yard kickoff return against No. 19 Missouri in the Music City Bowl. Wetjen also returned a punt 85 yards for a score against Northwestern, the seventh-longest in school history. He had 100+ kickoff return yards in three straight games (Washington, Michigan State and Northwestern) in 2024, a first by a Hawkeye since at least 1978.

Dakin averaged 44.1 yards on 64 punts in 2024, which ranked fourth in the Big Ten and 24th nationally. His efforts earned the Australia native freshman All-America distinction by the Football Writers Association of America and second-team All-Big Ten accolades. Thirty-three of his punts were fair caught, 29 were downed inside the 20 and 16 traveled 50+ yards. Only five of his punts were touchbacks.

Hurkett, who will be a sixth-year senior in 2025, started all 13 games on the defensive line last season. The Cedar Rapids, Iowa, native led all defensive linemen, and ranked fifth on the team, with 56 tackles. He led the team with 11.5 tackles for loss, including 6.5 sacks, while also forcing three fumbles and registering two hurries. The Cedar Rapids, Iowa, native was an honorable mention all-conference honoree in 2024.

Stephens started 11 games at left guard in 2024. The native of Blue Springs, Missouri, helped the Hawkeyes average 197.2 rushing yards per game, which ranked third in the Big Ten and 24th nationally, and was the most for the program since 2002.

Stevens, a two-time all-conference honoree, connected on 20-of-23 field goals in 2024. He tied the school and SECU Stadium record with five made field goals in Iowa’s win at Maryland, and converted two field goals, including a 53-yard game winner as time expired, in the regular season finale versus Nebraska. The North Augusta, South Carolina, native has made a school-record eight field goals of 50 yards or more in his career, while his 1.54 field goals made per game in 2024 ranked fourth best in the Big Ten and 17th nationally.

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

Phil Steele Preseason All-America Teams
Rhys Dakin, fourth team
Gennings Dunker, second team
Aaron Graves, second team
Logan Jones, third team
Kaden Wetjen, second team

Phil Steele Preseason All-Big Ten Teams
First Team: Gennings Dunker (OT), Aaron Graves (DT), Logan Jones (C), Kaden Wetjen (KR/PR)
Second Team: Rhys Dakin (P), Beau Stephens (OG), Drew Stevens (PK)
Third Team: Ethan Hurkett (DE)

Former Iowa State star Tyrese Haliburton hopes to be in the lineup this evening when the Indiana Pacers host the Oklahoma City Thunder in game six of the NBA Finals. Haliburton suffered a strained calf early in a game five loss. The Pacers need a win to send the series back to Oklahoma City for a seventh and deciding game.

Haliburton on the treatment he has been getting the last couple of days.

Wednesday, June 18

• Coastal Carolina 11, Louisville 3 (Colby Thorndyke doubled and homered and drove in 5 runs)
• LSU 6, Arkansas 5 (The Tigers rallied with 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th to steal the win)

Coastal Carolina and LSU will face off in the best-of-three College World Series finals.  Game one is scheduled for Saturday, June 21 at 6:00 pm in Omaha.  Game 2 will be Sunday afternoon.  Game 3, if needed will be held Monday night.

Non-Conference 

Atlantic – 15 vs Griswold – 5

Bedford – 20 vs Southwest Valley – 5

Fremont-Mills – 2 vs AHSTW – 0

Exira/EHK – 3 vs IKM-Manning – 0

West Central Valley – 18 vs Nodaway Valley – 8

East Union – 9 vs East Mills – 4

Pleasantville – 4 vs Southeast Warren – 1

Ankeny Christian – 19 vs AGWSR – 3

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Harlan – 12 vs Clarinda – 2

Western Iowa Conference 

Treynor – 10 vs Missouri Valley – 0

Rolling Valley Conference

Coon Rapids-Bayard – 2 vs Woodbine – 1

Missouri River Conference 

Sioux City West – 14 vs Le Mars – 8

Le Mars – 7 vs Sioux City West – 4

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Atlantic – 13 vs Kuemper Catholic – 2

Clarinda – 7 vs Harlan – 2

Western Iowa Conference:

Treynor – 5 vs Missouri Valley – 2

Rolling Valley Conference 

Woodbine – 10 vs Coon Rapids-Bayard – 0

Non-Conference 

West Central Valley – 10 vs Nodaway Valley – 2

Thomas Jefferson – 11 vs Tri-Center – 10

Shenandoah – 11 vs Sidney – 0

St. Albert – 12 vs East Mills – 0

Fremont-Mills – 9 vs Lenox – 8

Lamoni – 10 vs East Union – 5

Southeast Warren – 13 vs Twin Cedars – 3

Bishop Heelan Catholic – 5 vs Spencer – 3

The Atlantic baseball team is starting to warm up as the middle of the season approaches including a road victory at Hawkeye Ten Rival, Kuemper Catholic Monday. The 3-11 Trojans put together their all-around best team effort according to Head Coach Nathan Block.

Hudson McLaren is one of eleven juniors on the roster and the chemistry is only growing.

Outside of the juniors, Sophomore duo Collin Harris and Grant Petty both have 30+ at bats this season and have appeared in every game so far. On the pitching side of things, Jack Muller leads the team with a 1.50 ERA and hitters are slugging a low .154 average against him. The quality pitching has given the rest of the team both confidence and energy.

The Trojans have look to hit their stride as the 2025 season has hit its halfway point.