HAWK TALK

June 2015

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6 • Soccer – Two NSCAA All-Great Lakes Region • Women's Basketball – Perfect 18-0 record on Mediacom Court inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena • Women's Basketball – Samantha Logic, 10 th player selected in 2015 WNBA Dra • Women's Basketball – Samantha Logic, consensus All- American • Women's Basketball – Samantha Logic, USWBA All- American • Women's Basketball – Four All-Big Ten selections – Samantha Logis (First team), Melissa Dixon (Second), Ally Disterho (Second), Bethany Doolittle (Second) • Men's Basketball – Aaron White, NABC All-District 7 • Men's Basketball – Aaron White, first-team All-Big Ten • Men's Basketball – Jarod Uthoff, third-team All-Big Ten • Men's Basketball – Gabe Olaseni, Big Ten Conference Sixth Man of the Year • Wrestling – Five All-Americans - omas Gilman, Brandon Sorensen, Mike Evans, Nathan Burak, Bobby Telford • Men's Indoor Track and Field – 51 st place in NCAA; three NCAA participants, two All-Americans (Aaron Mallett, 60-meter hurdles; Babatunde Amosu, triple jump) • Women's Gymnastics – One All-Big Ten selection (Sydney Hoerr, second team) • Men's Gymnastics – One All-American (Jack Boyle, high bar) • Baseball – Two All-America selections (Tyler Peyton, Blake Hickman) • Baseball – School-record six All-Big Ten selections (Blake Hickman, Eric Toole, Calvin Mathews, Nick Hibbing, Nick Roscetti, Tyler Peyton) • Baseball – Tied a school-record with five players selected in the 2015 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Dra (Blake Hickman, Nick Hibbing, Eric Toole, Kris Goodman, Tyler Peyton) • UI Athletics Department – 50 Fall Academic All-Big Ten selections; list included student-athletes from football (15), women's soccer (9), volleyball (7), women's cross country (7), men's cross country (6), and field hockey (6); five UI student-athletes maintained perfect 4.0 GPAs • UI Athletics Department – 58 Winter Academic All- Big Ten selections; list included student-athletes from women's basketball (7), men's basketball (3), women's gymnastics (4), men's gymnastics (8), women's swimming and diving (15), men's swimming and diving (12), and wrestling (9); Seven UI student-athletes maintained perfect 4.0 GPAs • UI Athletics Department – 45 Spring Academic All-Big Ten selections; the list included student-athletes from baseball (4), women's golf (3), rowing (15), soball (3), men's tennis (1), women's tennis (3), men's track and field (8), and women's track and field (8). • Field Hockey – Two named NFHCA Division I Scholars of Distinction (Bryn Gitt, Jessy Silfer) • Field Hockey – Eight named NFHCA Academic Honors (Chandler Ackers, Brynn Gitt, JoElla Guagliardo, Mallory Leowitz, Taylor Omweg, Melissa Progar, Jessy Silfer, Sara Watro) • Soccer – Caitlin Brown, Emily Scott named NSCAA Scholar All-North/Central Region • Soball – Megan Blank earned first-team All-Big Ten and All-Midwest Region honors. She is a four-time first-team All-Big Ten and four-time NFCA All-Midwest Region selection. • Women's Basketball – Kathryn Reynolds, recipient of WBCA 2015 Charles T. Stoner Law Scholarship Award, presented annually to one female collegiate basketball player who intends to pursue a career in law. • UI Athletics Department – Hosted NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championship • UI Athletics Department – Hosted Big Ten Conference Men's Swimming and Diving Championship • Women's Basketball – Lisa Bluder, head coach, 2015 U.S. Pan American team • Women's Basketball – Samantha Logic, recipient, 2014- 15 Senior CLASS Award for NCAA Division I women's basketball; the award is presented annually to the most outstanding senior student-athlete in Division I women's basketball who has notable achievements in four areas of excellence: classroom, community, character, and competition • Women's Basketball – Kali Peschel, nominee, 2015 Allstate NABC and WBCA Good Works Team; this prestigious community service award recognizes a distinguished group of student-athletes who have demonstrated a commitment to enriching the lives of others and contributing to the greater good in their communities • Men's Basketball – Aaron White, nominee, 2015 Allstate NABC and WBCA Good Works Team; this prestigious community service award recognizes a distinguished group of student-athletes who have demonstrated a commitment to enriching the lives of others and contributing to the greater good in their communities • Fran and Margaret McCaffery, recipients, 2015 Coaches vs. Cancer Champion Award • Fran McCaffery, partnered with Applebee's to create the "Franwich" and generated $34,000 for the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center • Field Hockey -- Brynn Gitt, Big Ten Conference/Iowa Sportsmanship of the year selection • Men's Basketball –Mike Gesell, Big Ten Conference/Iowa Sportsmanship of the Year selection • Men's Gymnastics – Del Vecchio Orozco, Big Ten Conference/Iowa Sportsmanship of the Year selection

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