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Local youth lead march for gun control A march for gun control was organized and led by a group of local students.

The protest comes less than a month after the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting.

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A protestor chants while marching from College Green Park to the University of Iowa Pentacrest during a protest against gun violence on Monday.

Meg Doster News Editor A group of middle school friends organized a gun control march that caught the attention of local politicians.

The protest comes less than a month after the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting that resulted in the deaths of over 20 people.

“Why the hell am I and a bunch of other kids fresh out of middle school up on this stage right now?” Eli Bolander, an ICCSD student, said. “It’s because we’re angry and you should be too. Almost every single day that I’ve been in school this year I’ve wondered if today is my last.”

Protesters gathered at College Green Park during the late hours of the morning. After 11 a.m., the protestors marched through downtown Iowa City where they stopped to gather in front of the University of Iowa Pentacrest.

The protest was made up of over two dozen people, most of them being the teenagers who had organized

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Bolander says that for as long as he can remember, he has feared school shootings, but he only got into political activism a few months earlier.

“Since the fifth grade, I have had countless plans of what I would ever do if I was in a school shooting,” Zee Lauer, a 14-year-old student, said at the protest. “I’m going to City High next year and one of the first things I’m going to do is memorize the school and make another plan. I should not have to worry about these things. I should not be predicting my death.”

Lauer spoke at the protest, calling out the government’s perceived unwillingness to protect its citizens from gun violence.

“What’s more important, the lives of children and other people, or guns?” Bolander said.

Lauer brought up the mass shooting in Las Vegas in 2017 where the shooter had legally bought 47 firearms.

“Why the f*** would anybody need 47 guns?”

Lauer said. “You do not need 47 guns for protection. You

do not need 47 guns for hunting. You do not need 47 guns, period.”

The protest’s organizers collected money for the Sandy Hook Promise, an organization that works to prevent gun violence. The organization is named after the Sandy Hook mass shooting that took place in 2012.

“There was a lot of talk this year at the Iowa legislature about books,” Janice Weiner, the Democratic nominee for Iowa’s senate district 45, said. “I don’t know of a single book that’s ever killed anyone, but guns kill people every day.”

Jon Green, a member of the Johnson County board of supervisors who attended the protest, said the board is working on an intervention initiative to prevent gun violence in the county.

“We haven’t sketched out exactly what that looks like yet, but we’re going to be following best practices,” Green said. “One life saved is a triumph.”

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Runner takes on Iowa’s 99 counties North Liberty resident, Tyler Sullivan, decided to explore every county in Iowa by running a mile through each county on the Iowa road map.

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UI professor takes the stage in New York City

University of Iowa professor of dance George de la Peña is perDaniel McGregor-Huyer/The Daily Iowan forming at the Ellen Stewart The- Runner Tyler Sullivan jogs on a trail at City Park in Iowa City on Saturday, June 11. ater in New York City to perform *God’s Fool,* written by Martha Kate Murphy a seventh grader in 2000.

“I went through all county on his Iowa tour.

Clarke.

News Reporter “My friend from 2018 Sullivan started out as a these counties on my way Page 5 there that I’d never even asked me ‘why haven’t sprinter, but then shifted A North Liberty res- heard of, and I’ve lived in you run these?’ I was a to long distance running ident, Tyler Sullivan, Iowa my whole life,” Sul- runner for years,” Sul- thanks to his coach, Bob livan said. “So I did re- Brown. made up his mind in 2015 livan said.

Coach Bob Brown died He hopes to inspire search on all 99 counto run through all of Iowa’s 99 counties. He’s other Iowans to explore ties and decided to run from pancreatic cancer in the fall of 2007. Sulthe small towns and hid- through all of them.’’ made it to 92 so far.

Sullivan, born and livan said having him as While driving to visit den gems that make Iowa Watch for campus and city news, weather, raised in the Iowa City his running coach is one his girlfriend in Mason special. and Hawkeye sports coverage at dailyiowan.com City in 2015, Tyler SulliFor the past four years, area, discovered his pas- of the biggest reasons he van noticed that he didn’t Sullivan has been run- sion for running when decided to run through recognize any county he ning a mile in every he went out for track as all the counties. drove by.

Sullivan has been to 92 counties so far. One of his favorite stops is in Ida County.

“It’s a town with manmade castles I visited in 2018 or ‘19. It’s an awesome hidden gem that people should check out.”

Sullivan named Preparation Canyon in Harrison County as one of his favorite lesser-known spots in Iowa, with its 344-acre park that offers hiking, picnicking, and camping.

Sullivan has had a couple of friends join him on his mission, too.

“My good friend Ryan joined me for a bit and another friend Rick joined me when I went to Pocahontas County, which is one of my favorite counties,” Sullivan said. “I had three rules for joining me: pick a county, don’t ever pay for gas, and I promise a good time.”

Sullivan said the people he’s met along the way are part of what makes the journey so special.

“Everybody is so welcoming.” he said. “I’ll post pictures of where I am on my Facebook, and I’ll have people ask, ‘Are you living on foot?

Do you need a place to stay?’”

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SULLIVAN Continued from Front fame, which started on his Facebook page, “Iowa Scenic Views By Foot,” where he updates his latest whereabouts.

“It’s crazy that a year ago I only had 400 followers; now I have over 10k,” Sullivan said. “I’m just an ordinary guy exploring a great state.”

Sullivan’s most recent visit was to the Ice House

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Carrie Eilderts, executive director of the Cedar Falls Historical Society, said she remembers Sullivan visiting the establishment the first weekend in June.

“By documenting his journey online, Sullivan is able to bring a lot of positive publicity to the state by showing that Iowa can be a tourist destination with lots of unique things to see and do,” Eilderts said. “Hope-

fully, people who are following his journey online will be inspired to visit the same places he has visited, which they may have never heard of otherwise.”

Sullivan wrote poems for each county he’s visited so far.

“I visited The Kaleidoscope Factory in Pocahontas, and I wrote a poem all about it,” Sullivan said.

Sullivan said he’s also working on a book series, starting with the north-

west corner counties. He plans to write multiple books like this that will soon be created as one book of Iowa.

Sullivan said he’ll take about three more years to get to the seven counties he has left to visit.

“Cool thing is, I’m only going to one more this year; I’m saving them because I don’t want the journey to end,” he said.

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A protestor speaks at a protest against gun violence at the University of Iowa Pentacrest on Monday.

GUN CONTROL Continued from Front Green graduated high school in 2001, just two years after the Columbine shooting in 1999. He said the active shooting drills are traumatizing a generation of students, and the only way to make change is to take it up

with legislation.

“It’s good for all of the organizers and participants to stand in solidarity with one another to remind ourselves [of ] important work that remains to be done,” Green said.

Weiner said because modern bullets were not invented when the Sec-

ond Amendment was written, she does not consider bullets to be protected under the Constitution.

A bipartisan gun deal was announced on Sunday with the support of 10 Republican senators.

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said he is encouraged to see the bipartisan

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group making headway on the issues of mental health, school safety, and curtailing gun violence.

“As we work toward improving safety, it’s important that we safeguard rights enshrined in the Constitution and Bill of Rights,” Grassley wrote in a statement. “I need to see legislative text, which

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has yet to be written, before making a final decision on how I’d vote.”

Grassley has an “A+” rating from the NRA, and has been endorsed by them.

Bolander said he is glad about seeing local politicians like Green, Weiner, and Elinor Levin, the Democratic nominee for

Iowa City City Councillor Janice Weiner, who’s running for Iowa Senate District 45, speaks at a protest against gun violence at the University of Iowa Pentacrest on Monday.

Protestors chant while marching from College Green Park to the University of Iowa Pentacrest during a protest against gun violence on Monday.

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district 89, at the protest to show their support for the cause.

“Teachers don’t talk about it, a lot of kids don’t talk about it,” Bolander said. “It’s sort of just normalized to the point where nobody bats an eye.”

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Opinions

Reproductive justice discussions need marginalized voices The media has been filled with stories about how overturning Roe v. Wade could cause exaggerated harm in nonwhite and LGBTQ+ communities. What’s been missing from a lot of these stories?

Community representation in leadership.

Yasmina Sahir Opinions Columnist As a predominantly white state, activism in Iowa has always included an element of white saviorism and/or supremacy.

The same has been true for media reporting and other public platforms against recent news challenging the security of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.

To help marginalized Iowan residents, reproductive justice in the state needs to start addressing the high cost, limited access, along with diversity among providers; and start placing the power of organizing and media publication into the hands of people from these communities who are disproportionately affected.

But overrepresentation of white, straight voices goes beyond the media.

Iowa City clinics who advocate for non-white communities are lacking representation within their own staff.

The contexts around reproductive care coverage explain community-held trauma common within all non-white and marginalized groups.

Because of a history of mistreatment in healthcare, many non-white and LGBTQ+ identifying patients are not inherently comfortable when white, cisgender doctors enter the room.

In Iowa City, there are no doctors of color in any of the low-cost or free clinics, a representative of the Emma Goldman Clinic confirmed on June 10. This includes Planned Parenthood, Emma Goldman Clinic, or the free medical clinic.

When medical professionals reflect their patients’ culture, ethnicity,

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The Emma Goldman Clinic is seen in Iowa City on June 13. and race, non-white patients feel heard and comforted by those helping them make life and death choices.

Mica Doolan, a local Planned Parenthood affiliate, community organizer, and creator of the Repros for Iowa podcast, provides insight on their perspective of recent reproductive justice conversations happening in Iowa City.

“Abortion is not cheap,” Doolan said. “Going to the doctor for a regular check up isn’t cheap. Many people can’t afford a simple, effective, basic medication abortion yet so many people need them.”

Doolan goes on to explain how this disportionality affects non-white communities.

“A lot of people, specifically non-white and LGBTQ communities have been living in a post-Roe

world with restrictions like waiting periods [for abortions or other services], defunding Medicaid and other welfare benefits, the Hyde amendment, gag rules, and more,” Doolan said.

Kennisha Entsminger, an Iowa Planned Parenthood affiliate, recognizes universal healthcare and changes to insurance policies as a solution to making clinics more accessible.

“Allowing state insurance (Medicaid) to cover abortions would overwhelmingly help so many low income people, which is disproportionately filled with non-white,” Entsminger said.

To reassure marginalized communities when our rights to bodily autonomy are being threatened, white, cisgender society must go a step beyond

thinking of legal avenues in their problem solving.

Creating safe spaces to ensure positive experiences and confidence in the autonomy a patient has over their own body and reproductive capabilities can look like:

Avoiding organ first language

“I try not to refer to people just by having uteruses to not have an organ-first/ dehumanizing approach,” said Enstminger. “Trans men, intersex people, and nonbinary people receive abortions, get pap smears, can have cervical cancer, amongst a myriad of other services and conditions,”

Remembering that reproductive care and choices carry stigmas outside of clinical settings

Reproductive autonomy over one’s body and

safe emotional spaces include non-judgmental care regarding: number of sexual partners, access to abortion and contraception, preferred labor practices, childraising, familial structure, use of state insurance, lack of insurance altogether, as well as number of children within a family and the choice to breastfeed in public.

Allowing Black and Brown people access to reproductive care training at all levels from doctors to doulas could also: help improve the current racial disparity in maternal health, ensure comfort in care, and allow non-white people an opportunity to give back to their communities. The Iowa Black Doula Collective is one organization committed to this goal.

Making clinics accessible and reliable

Most low-income families - which heavily overlaps with other marginalized identities - cannot afford to travel or may not have a vehicle to take them to a clinic that is miles away.

“The solution [I see to inclusive and accessible healthcare in Iowa] is reopening closed clinics, retaining adequate and inclusive staffing at said clinics, and free services,” Entsminger said.

It is not easy to admit the possibility that Roe v. Wade may be overturned this summer. To most, that reality is terrifying. That is, only if you are someone who has benefited from the Roe decision in the first place.

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Inequities in infant food security What affects everyone does not affect everyone equally.

More resources are needed in the state amidst the nationwide infant formula shortage.

Sophia Meador Opinions Editor Every parent wants to give their child the best start in life. But with a national shortage of baby formula, many parents find themselves struggling to provide the most basic nutrition for their infants.

The largest supplier for infant formula, Abbott Nutrition, recalled their formula because of a contamination of a bacteria that can be fatal in infants. While this national shortage has affected all parents and infants, it has not affected all parents and infants equally.

Low-income households face great disparities in accessing infant formula. Iowa can do more to give infants in low-income households a better start to life through governmental programs.

This February, Abbott Nutrition recalled powder formulas manufactured in one facility after an infant who tested positive for Cronobacter sakazakii passed away.

Cronobacter sakazakii is a germ natural-

es an ideal nest. While the germ has less severe effects on most people, it can be fatal when ingested by an infant.

When cronobacter was traced to the Abbott Nutrition facility, the company recalled certain lots with expiration dates of April 1, 2022, or later.

The recall included many of the most purchased formulas, leading to nationwide shortages of formula.

While this shortage has affected all parents

While this national shortage has affected all parents and infants, it has not affected all parents and infants equally. ly found in dry places, making food items like powdered infant formula, powdered milk, herbal teas and starch-

and infant-caregivers, low-income households in Iowa face more barriers in accessing formula.

This disproportionate-

STAFF Caleb McCullough, Executive Editor Hannah Pinski, Opinions Editor Yassie Buchanan, Peyton Downing, Dylan Hood, Shahab Khan, Luke Krchak, Sophia Meador, Yasmina Sahir Columnists COLUMNS, CARTOONS, and OTHER OPINIONS CONTENT reflect the opinions of the authors and are not necessarily those of the Editorial Board, The Daily Iowan, or other organizations in which the author may be involved.

Caleb McCullough, Rylee Wilson, Josie Fischels, Hannah Pinski, Sophia Meador, Yassie Buchanan, Editorial Board EDITORIALS reflect the majority opinion of the DI Editorial Board and not the opinion of the publisher, Student Publications Inc., or the University of Iowa.

ly impacts non-white households.

The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is a nutrition assistance program for low income and nutritionally at risk women, birthing people, infants, and children up to the age of five.

Abbott Nutrition is the main supplier of commercial milk formula for individuals on WIC. About half of infant formula nationwide is purchased by participants using WIC benefits; therefore, this shortage has had a disproportionate effect among low-income households.

The Iowa WIC served approximately 59,200 participants each month, as of October 2021. Although Iowa is 90.6 percent white, less than 70 percent of people on WIC identify as

white.

This leaves not just low-income households, but low-income nonwhite households at a disadvantage in accessing infant formula.

More than 75 percent of Iowa households on WIC contain at least one working adult. Iowa follows the rest of the country in offering no statutory national paid maternity leave. People who breastfeed must often return to work and provide sufficient nutrition to their infants.

Every child deserves the best start in life.

While there is more to be said about the FDA regulations in infant formula facilities, we need to address the outcomes of this problem as it presents itself.

WIC is a federally funded program, and states are not required to pro-

vide funds. But, Iowa proclaims itself to be a pro-life state, as all levels of the state government are held by Republicans.

Iowa needs to do its part to ensure all infants have the basic means to live.

When parents cannot provide the most basic forms of nutrition for their infants, for reasons they can not always control, people with power need to step in to help.

Iowa needs to give more resources and funding to programs like WIC so low-income households can access infant formula.

More funding is needed for parents and infants amidst this national shortage. Formulas outside of Abbott should be supplied amidst this shortage. Iowa needs to step in to ensure the health of all infants.

sophia-meador@uiowa.edu

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Arts & Culture

UI professor takes the stage in New York City University of Iowa professor of dance George de la Peña is performing God’s Fool, written by Martha Clarke, at the Ellen Stewart Theater in New York City to perform.

Contributed of George de la Peña.

Jami Martin-Trainor Arts Reporter From Iowa to New York City — University of Iowa dance professor George de la Peña is taking the stage at the Ellen Stewart Theater to perform God’s Fool. Written by Martha Clarke, wellknown for her work as a director and choreographer, the musical intersects various forms of the performing arts.

God’s Fool follows Saint Francis of Assisi, a historical religious figure, at the end of his life. The performance tackles questions of

life, nature, and humanity, which de la Peña said was one of his favorite parts of the show.

“It’s the last hours of life, so he’s living many deep moments of his existence and what made him the passionate man,” de la Peña said. “It’s celebrating nature and humanity and compassion.”

Initially, God’s Fool was intended to take stage three years ago. However, due to COVID-19-related concerns, the opening date was pushed back. The show opened on June 12 and will close July 2.

De la Peña said his involvement in this project came out of a casual conversation. Clarke, the creator and director of God’s Fool, asked de la Peña what his availability was like. At the University of Iowa, de la Peña said that the university was very flexible, allowing him time to work with Clarke on this piece.

As a dancer, de la Peña said working with Clarke on the performance process was an educational experience. He said Clarke’s thorough creative strategy makes for streamlined and efficient rehearsals.

“One of the great things about working with Martha is that her process is so incredibly well researched,” de la Peña said. “She does extraordinary research before she begins anything.

She’s so well informed on the subject and the subject matter that it’s easy for us to develop the scenes.”

De la Peña said the entire cast was full of talent. *God’s Fool* intersects a multitude of arts, including dance, poetry, and music.

De la Peña attested to the talent of the entire team. He said that from the lighting to the director herself, he is

honored to be able to work with such a gifted cast.

“Martha always attracts very, very talented people, so the cast is extraordinarily gifted,” de la Peña said.

“Singing multiple languages is very demanding vocal work, but also everybody is an excellent mover.”

De la Peña also noted the professionalism the entire team brought to the show. As a professor, de la Peña said he takes his professional experiences and brings them to his students.

In this instance, de la Peña said the professionality he experienced throughout

this process was something he intends to pass on to his students.

“It’s such a great gift to work with such an incredibly talented cast of eight people — seven men, one woman — and they are all triple threats. They can do so much of the performing arts,” de la Peña said.

“Bringing that professionalism back to the students at the university and that experience is, I think, invaluable… I get to pass that on to students in what they do.” jami-martin-trainor@uiowa.edu

Kieron Dwayne Sargeant visits UI dance department Kieron Dwayne Sargeant, a dancer originally from the Caribbean country of Trinidad and Tobago, plans to introduce spiritual dances to a more international community.

Ariana Lessard Arts Reporter Kieron Dwayne Sargeant became interested in dancing at age 16. Up until then, he played the drums for his sisters while they danced for a local performing arts company, located in the southern area of Trinidad and Tobago.

After watching his sisters perform, Sargeant realized he wanted to be both a dancer and a drummer.

“I was just fascinated by how their bodies moved in space and the stories they would tell through ritual, movement, and gestures they used that symbolized certain attributes of

our culture and history,” Sargeant said.

Since then, Sargeant has received a master’s in dance performance and choreography from Florida State University, a master’s in community dance practice from Ohio University, and a bachelor’s degree in dance from the University of West Indies.

In 2020, Sargeant was awarded a place in the Helen Pickett Choreographic Essentials Program, as well as being awarded a dance fellowship from UNESCO South Africa. More recently, he was given the 2021 International Artist Award: Ayjano Folklore Heritage of Nigeria.

Sargeant researches the spiritual dances from this region before and after colonialism. He plans to introduce these dances to an international community earned him the Grant Wood Fellowship, among other career milestones.

Sargeant’s research, and what he hopes to share with UI students and surrounding communities, is Trinidad and Tobago historiographies, choreographies, and ethnographies from a “Caribbeanist and Africanist perspective.”

He said these perspectives open students up to other histories, and dance from a more global point of view.

“The mutual challenge

Contributed photo of Kieron Dwayne Sargeant’s first choreographic work as a visiting assistant professor.

Contributed photo of Kieron Dwayne Sargeant teaching Intro to African Caribbean Dance Practices. that the University of Iowa offers both the students and myself is to make the global, local…to expand beyond western technical practices. To ultimately live in an ‘and’ not ‘or’ world,” Sargeant said. “It’s not ballet or African-Caribbean Dance, it is ballet and African-Caribbean dance.”

Sargeant tied in the dance department’s goal to create “dance citizens of the world at large.” He said by studying multiple disciplines of dance, one can become a more diverse dancer, as well as gain the opportunity to develop an appreciation for various cultures’ dance styles and genres.

Sargeant believes, students can develop cultural and spiritual awareness, critical thinking skills, improvisation abilities, problem-solving skills, and

better overall wellness through dance.

Sargeant’s research focuses on how commercial and ritual dance are not mutually exclusive, nor are they often a part of competitions.

“Rather than imagining ritual dance and commercial dance as being polarized or diametrically opposed, I seek through the use of embodied ethnographic practices to illustrate how the Limbo dance of Trinidad and Tobago can be enacted in both ritual and commercial dance stages,” Sargeant said.

Sargeant said his research allowed him to explore how capitalism and colonialism resulted in the displacement of sacred rituals for monetary gain.

“Traditional Trinidadian dance is unique, it serves the history of our country

and its people,” Sargeant said. “By observing our cultural dances, one can see how pre- and post-colonialism, the migration and mobilities of various ethnic groups to Trinidad and Tobago has influenced our dance heritage and culture, making our country a cosmopolitan island.”

He uses the Limbo dance as an example of his research, saying it can function as a genealogical archive.

“This research seeks to locate itself both along the continuum of traditional African practices as they are utilized in the contemporary world by examining the Limbo dance, as practiced in Trinidad and Tobago, and as it migrated to other spaces and practices,” Sargeant said.

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The Annual 4th of July LINCOLN HIGHWAY NITTY GRITTY Antique Show Surrounded by vintage, antique, specialty shops and cafes, this open-air show is located on the old historic Lincoln Highway in "Uptown" Mount Vernon, IA. Vendors will be open on July 4th from 7 am to 4 pm. All booths are on paved surfaces. Come explore Mount Vernon, IA on the 4th!

Our dealers feature vintage, industrial, repurposed, primitive and traditional antique treasures.

Find us on Facebook at Lincoln Highway Nitty Gritty and at www.visitmvl.com/nittygritty for more information.

June 17 - Friday Night Concert Series

Surf Zombies AND Plastic Relations 6:30 – 9:00 PM

Pedestrian Mall Stage, 210 S Dubuque St

June 18

Winterland 6:30 – 9:30 PM

Northside Market Place, Market St & Linn St

Field of Dreams 9:00 – 10:50 PM

Napoleon Park, 2501 S Gilbert St

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Sports

DI best of the year

The Daily Iowan’s sports section voted in six categories to determine the best Hawkeye performances of 2021-22.

Gabby Drees/The Daily Iowan Iowa players celebrate after a basketball game between No. 2 Iowa and No. 5 Indiana during the Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament Championship Game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on March 6. The Hawkeyes beat the Hoosiers, 74-62.

Chris Werner Summer Sports Editor In 2021-22, both the Iowa men’s and women’s basketball teams stood their tallest in March.

While neither squad made a deep run in March Madness, both groups cut down the nets after making their way through their respective Big Ten tournaments.

The men’s team beat Purdue, 75-66, to win its first conference tournament since 2006 and the women defeated Indiana, 74-67, in the championship game. The women’s team became the first in school history to win the Big Ten regular season and tournament titles.

While both teams had earlier-than-expected departures from their NCAA tournaments — the men lost in the first round and the women exited in the second — The Daily Iowan sports staff didn’t forget what either team did on the Big Ten’s biggest stage.

Below are The DI best of the year. The sports staff voted on men’s and women’s team of the year, men’s and women’s athlete of the year, Coach of the Year, and Newcomer of the Year.

Redshirt freshmen were excluded from Newcomer of the Year voting.

Full features on all the winners will be available online in the next few weeks.

Men’s Team of the Year — Basketball

2021-22 wasn’t supposed to be the men’s basketball

team’s year.

After Luka Garza and Joe Wieskamp left for the NBA, and C.J. Fredrick and Jack Nunge each transferred after the 2020-21 season, this year was dubbed by many media members as a rebuilding one for the Hawkeyes.

But the Murray twins, a young group of guards, and multiple veteran leaders had other plans.

After they were picked to finish ninth in the Big Ten by ESPN, the Hawkeyes posted a 12-8 regular season conference record to finish fourth in the league.

Then Iowa won the Big Ten tournament for the first time since 2006, something that few people outside of Iowa City predicted.

The first conference tournament title in 16 years during a season where Iowa played with four new starters and was supposed to finish in the bottom half of the Big Ten? Yeah, that’s grounds for some DI hardware.

Women’s Team of the Year — Basketball

This winner didn’t surprise anyone. Unlike their male counterparts, the Iowa women’s basketball team had sky-high preseason expectations, and the Hawkeyes delivered.

With all five starters returning from the 2020-21 team, including Caitlin Clark — her list of freshman season awards is way too long to list here — head coach Lisa Bluder’s team entered the season ranked ninth in the country and was projected to finish

Ayrton Breckenridge/The Daily Iowan Iowa pitcher Adam Mazur throws the ball during a baseball game between Iowa and Purdue at Duane Banks Field in Iowa City on May 6. The Hawkeyes defeated the Boilermakers, 5-2. third in the conference.

Instead, when the Big Ten regular season and tournament were over, Iowa held both titles.

The Hawkeyes shared the regular season crown with Ohio State, winning their fifth conference title since 1995.

The 2021-22 team became the first group to win the conference regular season title and tournament championship in program history.

Male Athlete of the Year — Keegan Murray

Keegan Murray was the

engine that made the Iowa men’s basketball team go.

The sophomore from Cedar Rapids — after starting just four games as a freshman — racked up a list of accolades in 2021-22 longer than a halftime line for Carver cones.

Murray was named a Consensus first-team All-American, the Power Forward of the Year, a finalist for the Wooden Award, and the Big Ten Tournament’s most outstanding player, just to name a few.

Murray’s 822 points this season broke Iowa’s sin-

gle-season scoring record and his 23.5 points per game ranked fourth in the nation.

The All-Big Ten first teamer also led the Hawkeyes in rebounds, minutes played, made field goals, attempted field goals, free throws made, free throws attempted, blocks, and steals.

Murray became the second player in NCAA history to put up over 800 points, 60 blocks, and 60 3-pointers in a season, the other player is Kevin Durant.

Female Athlete of the Year — Caitlin Clark

Clark is the DI’s only repeat winner this season, and the question is: how could she not be?

Clark, a sophomore from West Des Moines, was a popular choice for 2021-22 national player of the year.

The unanimous firstteam All-American led the country with 27.0 points per game and 8.0 rebounds per game. The No. 2 scorer in the nation averaged 25.3.

Clark also amassed eight 30-point games and five triple-doubles in 20212022 — both led the NCAA. So, Clark won every award she was up for, except national player of the year which Aliyah Boston took.

In short, Caitlin Clark was the face of Iowa women’s basketball, last year, this year, and will be until she graduates. Might as well copy and paste this section for next year and just update the stats.

Dimia Burrell/The Daily Iowan Iowa forward Keegan Murray celebrates with his Big Ten Tournament MVP award after a men’s basketball game between No. 5 Iowa and No. 3 Purdue in the Big Ten Basketball Tournament Championship at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on March 13. The Hawkeyes defeated the Boilermakers, 75-66.

Murray led the team in scoring with 19 points.

Coach of the Year — Fran McCaffery

As mentioned above, the 2021-22 Iowa men’s bas-

ketball team overachieved by everyone’s standards, except maybe the players’.

Winning the Big Ten tournament title after Luka Garza, the 2020-21 player of the year, left for the NBA, has a lot to do with coaching.

That’s why Fran McCaffery was our choice for Coach of the Year.

McCaffery guided a squad without three of its top four scorers from 2020-21 to a conference championship and a No. 5 seed in the NCAA Tournament after the Hawkeyes were dubbed a bubble team at best by many media members at the start of the 2021-22 season.

Newcomer of the Year — Adam Mazur

Friday night games at Duane Banks Field were usually short contests where a lot of Hawkeye fans left happy. Those relatively quick Hawkeye wins were thanks in large part to Adam Mazur.

Mazur, the Hawkeyes’ ace all season long, transferred in from South Dakota State after last season and didn’t miss a beat.

Mazur was named Big Ten Pitcher of the Year last month after he posted five conference wins and pitched 55 2/3 innings in the Big Ten regular season.

During conference starts, Mazur compiled a 2.59 ERA. He led the league in each of those categories.

Mazur also tossed one complete game this season in a shutout win over Nebraska on April 27. He has two more years of college eligibility.

christopher-werner@uiowa.edu

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