IOWABASE BALL IOWABASE BALL DONALD W. & MARILYN HEINEKING BASEBALL SCHOLARSHIP Don Heineking established the Donald W. and Marilyn Heineking Baseball Scholarship in 2004. Don is a long-time supporter of Iowa athletics, a member of the Johnson County I-Club Board of Directors and member of the Iowa Scholarship Fund Board of Directors. In 2002, Don and Marilyn established scholarships in football and women’s basketball. Then, in 2003, they added a wrestling scholarship and men’s basketball manager’s scholarship. Most recently, they added baseball, softball and volleyball scholarships.
S C H O L A R S H I P S / C A L E L D R E DS CLHI GO H LA TR S SFHUINP D S Hawkeye coaches Duane Banks and Scott Broghamer -- who they said are their good friends and longtime mentors -- as reasons for making the gift. The gift was commemorated by a plaque at the field. Cal Eldred, who grew up in Urbana and attended Iowa for three years before being drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in 1989, said, “My experience at Iowa helped shape me as a player and person. Coach Banks has stayed involved in my life and has always been there for me. I couldn’t be happier about making this gift for Hawkeye baseball. I hope others will consider helping out however they can.”
Don lives in Iowa City and is a member of the President’s Club of the UI Foundation. Marilyn passed away in February of 2004. CAL ELDRED LIGHTS FUND Cal Eldred lit up Hawkeye baseball once again,instead of employing his expert pitching, the former Major League Baseball star and his wife, Christi, made a gift to fund the installation of lights at Iowa’s Duane Banks Field. The Cedar Rapids couple gave $245,000 for the installation of lights at the baseball field named after Cal Eldred’s former coach. The gift, the largest ever from a current professional athlete’s family to Iowa athletics, allowed the project to be completed in Sept. 2001. The Hawkeyes won the first night game played at Banks Field, April 10, 2002, against Northern Illinois, 11-9. The University of Iowa officially dedicated the lights Sat., April 13, 2002.
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MIKE BODDICKER SCHOLARSHIP Former Iowa standout Mike Boddicker, and his family, have established the Mike Boddicker Scholarship. The scholarship goes each year to a member of the Iowa baseball team who is in good academic standing and displays outstanding character and personality. Boddicker, a native of Norway, Iowa, earned All-Big Ten honors as a pitcher and infielder during his Hawkeye career (1976-78). In 1983, he was named the American League “Rookie of the Year.” After pitching in the major leagues for 11 years, Boddicker retired in 1993. He played for the Baltimore Orioles and Kansas City Royals.
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The Eldred’s said their desire to give back to Iowa and to honor former
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