Iowa Conference News

Iowa Conference may be gone (in name) but the history and stories live on.

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🏀 #FridayFacts: No Division III Women’s Basketball player has scored more points than Buena Vista graduate Jeannie Demers and her 3,171 Career Points. Demers also holds the Single Season Scoring record with 891 Points. 🏀

@BVUAthletics / @BVU_WBBALL

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#TBT to Coe’s Fred Jackson. He rushed for 5,746 yards during his 9 year NFL career with the @BuffaloBills and @Seahawks.

Jackson was a 2x IIAC MVP leading the conference in scoring and all-purpose yards in 01 & 02.

@CoeAthletics / @KohawksFootball
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DID YOU KNOW: The agent who helped Russell Westbrook sign the largest contract in NBA history is Dubuque grad Thaddeus Foucher ‘78.

@UDubuqueSports / @UDHoops
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[Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespn]

Westbrook has the biggest total contract in NBA history -- six years, $233M. Westbrook agent Thad Foucher and GM Sam Presti finalized today.

[American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) @AmerRiversConf]

Two @AmerRiversConf student-athletes nominated for @NCAA Woman of the Year. @CentralDutch Mariah Fritz and @WartburgKnights Adrienne Boettger https://t.co/8pn04CWbYE #rollrivers

[Trackwrestling @trackwrestling]

Jim "@CoachMilboy" Miller -- 10-time @ncaawrestling championship coach -- finally made the Big Leagues in 2013. Find out how he reach @MLB at the age of 60 on this week's edition of #MillerMonday

[Iowa Conference News @IIACATHLETICS]

DYK: The GM behind the @Pacers moves this off-season is Simpson grad Chad Buchanan ‘95.

Buchanan was 2nd Team All-IIAC in 1994-95 averaging 15.6 ppg for the conf. champion Storm. He shot 94.0% from the line and 50.3% from three.

@StormSports / @SCStorm_MBB
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[Bleacher Report @BleacherReport]

Pacers trade 1st and 2nd round picks to Bucks for Malcolm Brogdon, per @wojespn

Brogdon has agreed to 4-year, $85M contract with Indiana

[Iowa Conference News @IIACATHLETICS]

🤼‍♀️ #FridayFacts: Wartburg Wrestling has won 213 (and counting) straight conference dual matches and 27 consecutive conference championships. The Knights have also won 14 Division III National Titles in that time. 🤼‍♂️

@WartburgKnights / @wartburgwrestle

[Iowa Conference News @IIACATHLETICS]

#TBT to Loras’ (St. Joseph’s College in 1909) Urban “Red” Faber who played 20 seasons of MLB and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1964. Faber played all 20 years with the @WhiteSox, winning 254 games with a 3.15 career ERA.

@LorasAthletics / @LorasBaseball

[Central Dutch @CentralDutch]

Have yourself a debut @GSaunders32! In his first game with the @DanvilleBraves on Tuesday night, he went 2-for-4 with an RBI and started a pair of double plays.

📊: https://t.co/AUzk4AzzgW

#GoDutch #rollriversBB #d3baseball

[Iowa Conference News @IIACATHLETICS]

DID YOU KNOW: You can pre-order "The Seven Longest Yards" by Luther graduate Chris Norton and his wife Emily. Norton has been defying the odds since his injury in 2010 and continues to do amazing things every day.

@NorseSports / @LutherFootball

https://t.co/ytIl46liK7

[Iowa Conference News @IIACATHLETICS]

A clean sweep of headlining honors for the conference! Congratulations to Will Daniels of @CentralDutchTF and Elizabeth Jones of @NWU_TRKnFLD.

Jones has won 7 National Championships in the 4x4 Relay while Daniels is a 2x National Champion in the Heptathlon!

[College Sports Communicators @CollSportsComm]

Congratulation to today's Academic All-America® honorees receiving @googlecloud @CoSIDAAcadAA @NCAADIII Academic All-America® Track & Field/Cross Country Teams: https://t.co/3rHNoVLqWg

[Iowa Conference News @IIACATHLETICS]

Today marks 10 years since the passing of legendary coach Ed Thomas.

Thomas played QB at former Iowa Conference member William Penn.

@WPUAthletics / @WPU_Football
#IowaConferenceAlum

[Scott Dochterman @ScottDochterman]

Ten years after his shocking death, coach Ed Thomas continues to bind the Aplington, Parkersburg communities together with Faith, Family, Football.

Devotion, Love, Perseverance.

“I think he’d be kind of proud of us,” says Parkersburg barber Tom Teeple.

https://t.co/5UPvDDqtD1

[Central Dutch @CentralDutch]

After standout @DutchBaseball career, Saunders gets his shot! #GoDutch #d3bsb https://t.co/MJFNLYwEYJ

[Iowa Conference News @IIACATHLETICS]

🏈 #FridayFacts: Dubuque graduate Michael Zweifel ‘11 holds the NCAA Division III Record with 463 career receptions! He also ranks 2nd in yards (5,979) and 6th in TD’s (55). 🏈

@DubuqueFootball / @UDubuqueSports
#IowaConferenceAlum

[Iowa Conference News @IIACATHLETICS]

#TBT to Central’s Vern Den Herder ‘71 who played 13 years in the NFL. The 2x Super Bowl Champion helped the @MiamiDolphins go 17-0 in 1972. He was also one of the first two DIII athletes inducted into the College Football HOF.

@CentralDutch / @CUI_Football
#IowaConferenceAlum

[KCRG-TV9 @KCRG]

Doug "Dougie" Petes has spent over 38 years as Coe College's equipment manager. Once you meet him, it's not hard to tell what makes him one of the most popular people on campus. https://t.co/9stVeA5IrH

[Iowa Conference News @IIACATHLETICS]

DYK: 2x Iowa Conference Men’s Basketball MVP Jim Bushkofsky of @UIUPeacocks was drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 9th Round of the 1974 NBA Draft.

Bushkofsky holds 5 conference records including most points in a game (53). He was also featured in SI Faces in the Crowd.

[Iowa Conference News @IIACATHLETICS]

Congratulations to Nebraska Wesleyan graduate and NWU Hall of Famer Pamela Samuelson on being named the Commissioner of the Little East Conference.

Samuelson played Volleyball and Basketball for the Prairie Wolves.

@NWUSports / @NWUVolleyball / @NWU_WomensBB

[Little East Conference @LittleEastConf]

Pamela S. Samuelson, PhD Named Next Commissioner of Little East Conference #NCAAD3 @NCAADIII @NCAA https://t.co/52ef93tjIB

[Iowa Conference News @IIACATHLETICS]

Konrardy put up big numbers on the diamond for Coe Baseball as well. An impressive accomplishment in the weight room for the current Storm S&C Coach.

@CoeBaseball / @StormBaseballSC
#IowaConferenceAlum

[Simpson Baseball @StormBaseballSC]

Our strength coach is stronger than yours...

[Iowa Conference News @IIACATHLETICS]

⚽️ #FridayFacts: Luther graduate Katie Pettigrew holds the NCAA Division III Career Record with 298 points and sits second with 124 goals scored! ⚽️

@LCwomenssoccer / @NorseSports
#IowaConferenceAlum