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Iowa Hawkeyes
University University of Iowa
Conference Big Ten Conference
NCAA Division I
Athletics director Gary Barta
Location Iowa City, IA
Varsity teams 24
Football stadium Kinnick Stadium
Basketball arena Carver-Hawkeye Arena
Baseball stadium Duane Banks Field
Soccer stadium Iowa Soccer Complex
Other arenas Iowa Field House
Mascot Herky the Hawk
Nickname Hawkeyes
Fight song Iowa Fight Song
Colors Black and Old Gold

             
Homepage HawkeyeSports.com

The Iowa Hawkeyes are the athletics teams that represent the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa. The University of Iowa, is a major teaching service and Research university located on a campus in Iowa City Iowa, on the banks of the Iowa River The National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA, often pronounced "N-C-Double-A" is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions conferences organizations Division I (or D-I) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States Gary Barta, born September 4, 1963, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is the current Athletic director at the University of Iowa Iowa City is a city in Johnson County, Iowa, United States. It is the principal city of the Iowa City Iowa Metropolitan Statistical Area which The State of Iowa ( is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States of America. Kinnick Stadium, formerly known as Iowa Stadium, is a Stadium located in Iowa City, Iowa. Carver-Hawkeye Arena is a 15500-seat multi-purpose indoor Arena located in Iowa City, Iowa. Duane Banks Field is a Baseball Stadium in Iowa City Iowa. It is the home field of the University of Iowa Hawkeyes College baseball The Iowa Field House is a multi-purpose Arena in Iowa City, Iowa. Herky the Hawk is the athletics mascot of the University of Iowa Hawkeyes. The " Iowa Fight Song " is one of three Fight songs currently used by the University of Iowa Hawkeye Marching Band along with On Iowa The University of Iowa, is a major teaching service and Research university located on a campus in Iowa City Iowa, on the banks of the Iowa River Iowa City is a city in Johnson County, Iowa, United States. It is the principal city of the Iowa City Iowa Metropolitan Statistical Area which The State of Iowa ( is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States of America. The Hawkeyes have varsity teams in 24 sports, 11 for men and 13 for women. In the United States and Canada, varsity sports teams are the principal athletic teams representing a College, University, High The teams participate in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and are members of the Big Ten Conference along with 10 other universities. Division I (or D-I) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States The National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA, often pronounced "N-C-Double-A" is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions conferences organizations Currently, the school's athletic director is Gary Barta. Athletic director (commonly "athletics director" is a position at many American Colleges and universities, as well as in larger High schools Gary Barta, born September 4, 1963, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is the current Athletic director at the University of Iowa

Historically, Iowa has been very successful in wrestling, with 32 Big Ten championships and 21 national championships. Collegiate wrestling is the commonly-used name of the style of Amateur wrestling practiced at the College and University level in the United States The Hawkeyes have also won national championships in two other sports: men's gymnastics, and field hockey. Gymnastics is a Sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength agility and coordination Field hockey is a Team sport in which players attempt to score goals by hitting the Ball across the pitch with a stick In basketball, Iowa has reached the Final Four on four occasions. College basketball most often refers to the American Basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA The men's team has done this three times, most recently in 1980, while the women's team has done it once, in 1993. The baseball team has reached the College World Series once, in 1972; the softball team has played in the Women's College World Series on four occasions, most recently in 2001. College baseball is Baseball as played on the intercollegiate level at institutions of Higher education, predominantly in the United States. The College World Series or CWS is a Baseball Tournament held in Omaha Nebraska that is the culmination of the NCAA Division I Baseball College softball is Softball as played on the intercollegiate level at institutions of Higher education, predominantly in the United States.

The term "Hawkeye" originally appeared in the book, The Last of the Mohicans, and was later used in its plural form to describe the people of Iowa. The Last of the Mohicans is a Historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper, first published in January 1826 Soon thereafter, the University of Iowa borrowed this nickname for its athletic teams. A nickname is a Name of an entity or thing that is not its Proper name. [1]

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Nickname and mascot

See also: Herky the Hawk

The University of Iowa borrowed its nickname from the state of Iowa years ago. Herky the Hawk is the athletics mascot of the University of Iowa Hawkeyes. The State of Iowa ( is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States of America. The term "Hawkeye" originally appeared in the novel, The Last of the Mohicans, written by Fenimore Cooper. James Fenimore Cooper (September 15 1789 &ndash September 14 1851 was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century In the book, a character named Natty Bumppo is given the word "Hawkeye" as a nickname from the Delaware Indians. Nathaniel "Natty" Bumppo is the fictional Protagonist of James Fenimore Cooper 's pentalogy known as the Leatherstocking Tales. 12 years following the publishing of the book, the nickname was also given to people in the territory of Iowa (now sometimes known as the Hawkeye State). Two men, Judge David Rorer and James G. Edwards, sought out to popularize the nickname, and were rewarded when territorial officials gave their approval. [1]

The nickname gained a palpable symbol in 1948 when a cartoon character was created. Later named Herky, it was created by Richard Spencer III. The mascot was instantly popular among fans and gained its name through a statewide contest. A man named John Franklin suggested the Herky name. Since the mid-1950s, Herky has been a fixture at Iowa football games and has played a prominent role in all Iowa athletic events. [1]

Varsity sports

Men's sports

  • Baseball
  • Basketball
  • Cross country
  • Football
  • Golf
  • Gymnastics
  • Swimming
  • Tennis
  • Indoor track
  • Outdoor track
  • Wrestling
  

Women's sports

  • Basketball
  • Cross country
  • Field hockey
  • Golf
  • Gymnastics
  • Rowing
  • Soccer
  • Softball
  • Swimming
  • Tennis
  • Indoor track
  • Outdoor track
  • Volleyball

Men's sports

Baseball

Iowa began playing baseball in 1890, when the Hawkeyes went 2–1 against two teams, Cornell and Vinton. This article is about the liberal arts college in Mount Vernon Iowa Since then, Iowa has won eight Big Ten titles, and has also played in the College World Series once, in 1972. [2] The Hawkeyes play their home games at Duane Banks Field, whose namesake is the winningest baseball coach in school history. Duane Banks Field is a Baseball Stadium in Iowa City Iowa. It is the home field of the University of Iowa Hawkeyes College baseball [3]

Basketball

Players warm up before a men's basketball game at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on January 26, 2008.
Players warm up before a men's basketball game at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on January 26, 2008. Carver-Hawkeye Arena is a 15500-seat multi-purpose indoor Arena located in Iowa City, Iowa.
Main article: Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball

Iowa started men's basketball as a varsity sport in 1902,[4] but it was on January 18, 1896, that Iowa played the University of Chicago in the first five-on-five college basketball game. The Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represents the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, as a member of the Big Ten Conference and the The University of Chicago is a Private university located principally in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. The Maroons won that game, 15–12,[5] but since then the Hawkeyes have won eight Big Ten titles, their last in 1979, and have played in three Final Fours. The University of Chicago 's intercollegiate sports teams are called the Maroons (after the color) and they compete in the NCAA 's Division III Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Iowa has also won the Big Ten Tournament on two occasions, in 2001 and 2006. The Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament is held annually at the end of the men's College basketball regular season Currently, the Hawkeyes' coach is Todd Lickliter,[6] who replaced the outgoing Steve Alford in 2007. Todd Lickliter (born April 17, 1955) is the head coach of the University of Iowa Hawkeyes men's Basketball team Stephen Todd Alford (born November 23 1964) is a former American Basketball player and the current head coach of the University of New Mexico Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

Cross country

The Hawkeyes' men's cross country team won team Big Ten titles in 1961 and 1966 and have also had nine individual Big Ten champions, most recently with Larry Wieczorek in 1967. Cross Country running is a Sport of running Compete to complete a course over open or rough terrain faster than other teams Deacon Jones is, to date, Iowa's lone national champion. He won this award in 1957. [7]

Football

Main article: Iowa Hawkeyes football

Football began as a club sport at Iowa in 1872 and games were played against other schools beginning in 1882, but it was not until 1889 that football officially became a varsity sport at the University of Iowa. The Iowa Hawkeyes football team is the interscholastic football team at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa. Iowa lost that year to Grinnell, 24–0,[8] but since then, the Hawkeyes have won 11 Big Ten championships, four of them outright. Grinnell College is a private liberal arts college in Yearly Big Ten Conference football champions Championships by school Iowa's current coach is Kirk Ferentz, who was preceded by Hayden Fry. Kirk J Ferentz (born August 1, 1955, in Royal Oak Michigan, USA is an American College football Head coach of the University John Hayden Fry (born February 28, 1929) was a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I-A College football coach from 1962 to In 20 seasons under Fry, Iowa had 143 wins and 14 bowl trips. In the United States, a bowl game is traditionally a post-season College football game however the term "bowl" has become synonymous with a major American [9]

Since 1929, the Hawkeyes have played their home games in Kinnick Stadium, which was renamed in 1972 in honor of Iowa's lone Heisman Trophy winner, Nile Kinnick. Kinnick Stadium, formerly known as Iowa Stadium, is a Stadium located in Iowa City, Iowa. Nile Clarke Kinnick Jr (born July 9, 1918 in Adel Iowa; died June 2, 1943, in the Gulf of Paria, Venezuela [9] The stadium can currently hold up to 70,585 fans. [10]

Golf

Gymnastics

1937 1967 1968 1972
1974 1986 1998

Swimming

1936 1981 1982

Tennis

Indoor track

1926 1929 1963

Outdoor track

1963 1967

Wrestling

Main article: Iowa Hawkeyes wrestling
1915 1916 1958 1962 1974 1975 1976 1977
1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985
1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 2000 2004 2008
1975 1976 1978 1979 1980
1981 1982 1983 1984 1985
1986 1991 1992 1993 1995
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
2008        

Women's sports

Basketball

1987 1988 1989 1990 1992
1993 1996 1998 2008
1997 2001

Cross country

Field hockey

1981 1982 1983 1985
1986 1987 1992 1995
1996 1999 2004

Golf

Gymnastics

Rowing

Soccer

Softball

1997 2000 2003
2001 2003
1995 1996 1997 2001

Swimming

Tennis

Indoor track

Outdoor track

Volleyball

Championship history

National championships

Regular season Big Ten championships

List of Iowa's athletic directors

References

  1. ^ a b c The Hawkeyes and Herky. Forest Evashevski (born February 19, 1918) was a College football player at the University of Michigan and a College football coach Chalmers W "Bump" Elliott (born January 30 1925 in Detroit Michigan) was an American football halfback at Purdue University (1943&ndash1944 Christine Grant is a former athlete and athletic director at the University of Iowa. Bob Bowlsby (born January 10, 1952) is the Director of Athletics at Stanford University. Gary Barta, born September 4, 1963, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is the current Athletic director at the University of Iowa HawkeyeSports. com. Retrieved on 2008-05-08. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen
  2. ^ Baseball all-time results. HawkeyeSports. com. Retrieved on 2008-05-16. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1204 - Baldwin IX Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire.
  3. ^ Duane Banks Field. HawkeyeSports. com. Retrieved on 2008-05-16. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1204 - Baldwin IX Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire.
  4. ^ Iowa Basketball Yearly Record. HawkeyeSports. com. Retrieved on 2008-05-30. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1416 - The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund a supporter of Antipope John XXIII burns Jerome of Prague following
  5. ^ 2007–08 Men's Basketball Media Guide: Section 1. HawkeyeSports. com. Retrieved on 2008-05-30. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1416 - The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund a supporter of Antipope John XXIII burns Jerome of Prague following
  6. ^ Todd Lickliter. HawkeyeSports. com. Retrieved on 2008-05-30. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1416 - The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund a supporter of Antipope John XXIII burns Jerome of Prague following
  7. ^ Cross Country: Honors & Awards. HawkeyeSports. com. Retrieved on 2008-05-31. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1279 BC - Rameses II (The Great (19th dynasty becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt.
  8. ^ Lamb, Dick; McGrane, Bert (1964). 75 Years with the Fighting Hawkeyes. Dubuque, Iowa: WM. Dubuque is a city in the US State of Iowa, located along the Mississippi River. The State of Iowa ( is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States of America. C. Brown Company.  
  9. ^ a b "Iowa". ESPN College Football Encyclopedia. (2005). New York City, New York: ESPN Books. The City of New York New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous 1-4013-3703-1.  
  10. ^ Kinnick Stadium. HawkeyeSports. com. Retrieved on 2008-06-08. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 68 - The Roman Senate accepts emperor Galba. 536 - St Silverius becomes Pope (probable
  11. ^ Iowa's First National Championship. iowagymnast. com. Retrieved on 2008-05-15. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the
  12. ^ Iowa Field Hockey: 1986 NCAA Champion. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved on 2008-05-15. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the

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