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21 and that's always been the case. So now what we're adding are resources to fill the gap between that and what it costs to attend an institution. ings like trips back and forth to see family, maybe some extra money — we used to call it laundry money back in the day. So each institution is now going to be able to add that to the scholarship. At Iowa, that's going to be somewhere between $2,500 and $3,500 a year more that we're going to add to the scholarship for every student-athlete. In addition to that, we took a look nationally at how the food rules were in feeding student-athletes. We now have much more opportunity on every campus to feed student- athletes so that they would never be hungry. ey weren't hungry before, but there were situations, if a student-athlete had a 7 a.m. practice and had to be to class, or practice at 6:30 a.m. and had to be at class by 8, they didn't have enough time to go grab breakfast. Now the rules allow us to have what we call refueling stations. We have food in the training centers, in the Gerdin Learning Center, and the combination of those two things are going to add $2 million to our budget, all of that going to benefit student-athletes, which I believe is a good thing, in place of and in lieu of paying student-athletes for play. HTM: Can you just offer your thoughts, opinions, commentary on the work done throughout her career, but most importantly, this last year by Lisa Bluder? GARY BARTA: One of the things that gives you a hint that a coach is doing the right things and is successful is their longevity. Across the country there aren't many coaches who have coached as long as Lisa Bluder. Combine that with how long Kirk Ferentz has been at Iowa and how long with Tom Brands, and if you go through our coaching ranks. But in Lisa's case, her success is across the board. at three-legged stool, win, graduate, do it right. Her graduation rates across the course of her career, they're not 100 percent, but they're not that far off, and they're certainly among the best in the country. Again, the highlight this year of her career, having two student-athletes, academic All-Americans. e win part, going to eight straight NCAA tournaments, we're the only program — her program is the only basketball program in the Big Ten to do that and one of less than 15, who have done it — I think 10 who have done it across the country. And so that type of success doesn't happen by accident, and the ability to sustain it overall those years is really incredible. And she still gets up every day and loves coming to work. She's done something that she would be the first to admit is a big part of her success. She's kept a core group of assistant coaches with her while she was at Drake. She brought them here to Iowa. ey continue to work together, and I think she would also reiterate that that's a big part of her success. So I couldn't be more pleased. She's so proud, and she should be. And she's not ready to call it quits any time soon. She has plans. Her foundation is strong and she's ready to go starting next year. And what was nice about this summer, she's been invited to be the head coach for the Pan Am Games, and so what a great way to cap off a terrific year. Barta on the "Win" leg of the three-legged stool… As I noted earlier our plan is achieve at a high level in the classroom, contribute to our community, and to compete for championships. To compete for championships you need superior coaches and superior student-athletes. en, you have to provide these very talented people with the tools they need to achieve and that's where facilities and other resources are important.