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2013 Iowa State Athletics Hall of Fame class announced

Des Moines Register — Thu, 16 May 2013 18:26:19 +0000

FROM IOWA STATE SPORTS INFORMATION: AMES, Iowa – The Iowa State Letterwinners Club announced today Iowa State’s Athletics Hall of Fame class of 2013. Six former Cyclone greats will be inducted into the Iowa State Hall of Fame on Aug. 30 in a special ceremony at the ISU Alumni Center in Ames. The inductees will [...]

Big 12 Conference honors 3 Iowa State softball players

Des Moines Register — Tue, 14 May 2013 20:32:03 +0000

FROM IOWA STATE SPORTS INFORMATION: AMES, Iowa – Senior Erica Miller led a trio of Cyclones named to the All-Big 12 teams on Tuesday, earning her second consecutive first team honor. Freshman Brittany Gomez was named to the All-Big 12 second team while Lexi Slater was named the league’s top defensive shortstop. This season is [...]

Iowa State men’s basketball’s opponent in Big 12/SEC Challenge is announced

Des Moines Register — Tue, 14 May 2013 18:26:16 +0000

FROM IOWA STATE SPORTS INFORMATION: IRVING, Texas – The Iowa State men’s basketball team will play host to Auburn on Dec. 2, 2013 in the first season of the Big 12/SEC Challenge, announced today by the Big 12 Conference. The majority of the games are scheduled for December 2-6. ESPN will provide exclusive coverage of [...]

Cyclones nab a 3-star football recruit from Wisconsin

Randy Peterson — Sat, 11 May 2013 22:12:44 +0000

Sam Seonbuchner knows he has a big reputation to uphold once he starts playing for the Iowa State football team whose scholarship offer he accepted Saturday afternoon. “I know all about what A.J. Klein did,” Seonbuchner said. “I hope I can carry on Iowa State’s Wisconsin linebacker tradition.” Klein, an all-Big 12 Conference linebacker from [...]

Iowa State football lands another Texas recruit

Randy Peterson — Mon, 06 May 2013 19:36:44 +0000

Shortly after landing one Texas high school football recruit, Iowa State got another. Victor Holmes, a 5-foot-11, 180-pound cornerback from LaPorte (Texas) High School, accepted the Cyclones’ scholarship offer late Sunday, according to 247sports.com. DeMonte Ruth, also a cornerback, from Wilmer-Hutchins High School in Dallas, committed to Iowa State on Sunday afternoon. Holmes, who had four [...]

Like father, like son? No. This Reiners is a Cyclone

Randy Peterson — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:55:17 +0000

How does a son break it to his former Iowa quarterback dad that he’s playing football for Iowa State? “Easy,” Randy Reiners said. “He says he’s going to play football for Iowa State.” Ezra Reiners, a former star at Iowa City West, will be a Cyclone walkon in the fall, and that’s just fine with [...]

Fred Hoiberg shuffles Cyclone basketball staff

Randy Peterson — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:52:31 +0000

Micah Byars has a new job with the Iowa State men’s basketball program. After a two-year stint as Director of Player Development, Byers replaces Jeff Rutter as Director of Basketball Operations. Rutter left to become an assistant at Drake. Byars monitored players’ academic progress while helping the team achieve its highest grade-point average in the [...]

Betsy Saina becomes No. 3 all-time collegian at 10k

Des Moines Register — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:40:40 +0000

FROM IOWA STATE SPORTS INFORMATION: Palo Alto, Calif. — Iowa State’s Betsy Saina raced to a 10,000-meter Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational title late Sunday, winning in 31:37.22, the third-fastest time ever run by a collegiate performer. Saina’s time is the second-fastest clocking in the world this season, trailing only U.S. Olympic Trials champion Shalane Flanagan’s [...]

Wrong! New ISU transfer Nader didn’t think Cyclones ‘were that into me’

Randy Peterson — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:48:13 +0000

The first question Iowa State basketball coach Fred Hoiberg asked Abdel Nader wasn’t about reasons surrounding his transfer from Northern Illinois. “Get this,” Nader said Friday. “The first thing he asked me when I was in his office was what the hell happened in the Eastern Michigan game.” What happened was that the Huskies scored [...]

Cyclones, Hoiberg get Northern Illinois transfer

Randy Peterson — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:48:01 +0000

Abdel Nader, who led Northern Illinois in scoring the past two seasons, is transferring to Iowa State. “I committed to Iowa State following my visit earlier in the week,” the sophomore told chicagohoops.com. “I just felt it was everything I was looking for and then some. “Iowa State has a great history with transfers, and I [...]

Jake Knott’s signature play? “Sealing the deal against Iowa” (video)

Randy Peterson — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:01:33 +0000

AMES, Ia. – Jake Knott looked straight into the camera. He didn’t flinch. He spoke from the heart when asked about his highlight moment as an Iowa State football player. “Sealing the deal against Iowa,” he said of clinching his second win against the Hawkeyes last season with an interception. “Senior year, game-winning or tying [...]

Must-see video: Fred Hoiberg, Johnny Orr, Cyclone coaches say ‘cheers’

Des Moines Register — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:23:01 +0000

Check out former Iowa State coach Johnny Orr and current Cyclone coaches Fred Hoiberg, Paul Rhoads, Bill Fennelly, Kevin Jackson and Christy Johnson-Lynch in this fun video.

Iowa State golfer Scott Fernandez to play in 2013 Palmer Cup

Des Moines Register — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:51:14 +0000

FROM IOWA STATE SPORTS INFORMATION: AMES, Iowa – Iowa State sophomore golfer Scott Fernandez is one of eight players representing Europe at the 2013 Palmer Cup, announced today by the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA). The Ryder Cup-style event will be played June 7-9 at Wilmington Country Club in Wilmington, Del. The Palmer Cup [...]

Bryce Miller’s 3 for 3: Wild hockey situation, spring football and Danica Patrick’s rant

Bryce Miller — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:30:27 +0000

The 3 for 3 blog hits pucks, shoulder pads and gas pedals … == 1: PEACE PROCESS AT WELLS FARGO — Iowa Energy owner Jerry Crawford expressed some pointed opinions about the American Hockey League’s return to Des Moines last week. Crawford said the league failed to stick in its first two laps in Des [...]

Live updates: Iowa State spring game

Des Moines Register — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 18:00:33 +0000

Iowa State football kicks off its football season today with its spring game today. Follow along with Register staffer via Twitter below: Tweets about "from:randypete OR from:tommybirch OR from:markemmert OR #cyclones"

Iowa State women’s basketball adds player to 2013-14 recruiting class

Des Moines Register — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 21:43:58 +0000

FROM IOWA STATE SPORTS INFORMATION: AMES, Iowa – Iowa State women’s basketball head coach Bill Fennelly has announced the addition of junior college center Rosie Gambino to the 2013-14 recruiting class. Gambino is the fifth member of the class. “We are very excited to add Rosie to our program,” Fennelly said. “She made an immediate [...]

Chat Iowa State football with Randy Peterson at 12:30 p.m. today

Randy Peterson — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:00:03 +0000

The Iowa State football team concludes spring drills with the annual spring game on Saturday at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames, beginning at 2 p.m. Randy Peterson is covering the Cyclones for The Des Moines Register and will host a live chat today that begins at 12:30 p.m. Bring your thoughts and questions and join [...]

Hand over the 2014 Big 12 men’s basketball trophy to Oklahoma State

Randy Peterson — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 20:01:01 +0000

Given that Oklahoma State’s Marcus Smart shocked the basketball world – at least the college segment of the world – by saying he’s returning to the Cowboys. . . Here’s one person’s Big 12 Conference predictions for next season. Actually, it’s pretty simple – assuming Baylor loses a player or two to the NBA draft: [...]

Cyclones football: Everything from kickers to linebackers (video)

Randy Peterson — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:33:03 +0000

AMES, Ia. – Iowa State football coach Paul Rhoads will be looking for more big plays, primarily from a deep group of running backs, during Saturday’s 2 p.m. spring game at Jack Trice Stadium. He’ll also continue watching the development of first-time starting linebackers Jevohn Miller and Jared Brackens, but don’t expect a lot from [...]

Michael Moreno, Kyven Gadson named Iowa State’s outstanding wrestlers

Des Moines Register — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:44:07 +0000

FROM IOWA STATE SPORTS INFORMATION: AMES, Iowa – All-American Iowa State wrestlers Michael Moreno and Kyven Gadson each took home three awards Sunday at the Cyclone wrestling post-season banquet in Heartland Hall of the Jacobson Athletics Building. The sophomore duo shared the Outstanding Wrestler award, given to the individual who has consistently performed in all [...]

Talking football with the Cyclones braintrust — Rhoads, Burnham and Messingham

Randy Peterson — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 22:09:10 +0000

AMES, Ia. — Two scrimmage down, one to go for the Iowa State football team. Here are comments after Saturday morning’s session at Jack Trice Stadium. Coach Paul Rhoads Defensive coordinator Wally Burnham Offensive coordinator Courtney Messingham

Cyclone Willie Scott “indef. suspension from competition,” but OK for spring game

Randy Peterson — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 02:26:01 +0000

AMES, Ia. – Iowa State football coach Paul Rhoads said defensive end starter Willie Scott was “suspended indefinitely from competition” after an April 3 arrest in which campus police found a substance they believed to be marijuana in a car he was driving. Suspended indefinitely from competition? That’s how Rhoads termed it after practice Thursday. [...]

Iowa State women’s basketball ranks 2nd nationally in attendance

Des Moines Register — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:47:54 +0000

FROM IOWA STATE SPORTS INFORMATION: AMES, Iowa – The Iowa State women’s basketball team finished second nationally in average attendance in 2012-13, the highest finish in the history of the program. Iowa State averaged 9,970 fans per game, the fourth highest average in program history. The Cyclones finished behind Tennessee (11,390) and ahead of Louisville [...]

Is Cyclones’ Rhoads starting to see a smidge of Troy Davis again?

Randy Peterson — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 02:03:38 +0000

AMES, Ia. – It was just a scrimmage. The first of three big Iowa State spring scrimmages inside Jack Trice Stadium Saturday. But. . . Transfer tailback Aaron Wimberly impresses even a veteran who has seen it all since arriving on campus back in 2009. “Aaron Wimberly – he has unbelievable blazing speed,” senior back [...]

Chelsea Poppens named Senior CLASS Award first-team all-American

Des Moines Register — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:17:12 +0000

FROM IOWA STATE SPORTS INFORMATION: AMES, Iowa – Iowa State senior forward Chelsea Poppens has been named a Senior Class Award First-Team All-American. Deleware’s Elena Delle Donne earned the 2012-13 Senior CLASS Award. Earlier this season, Poppens was named a finalist for the award, which focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use [...]

Chelsea Poppens, Hallie Christofferson named honorable mention all-Americans

Des Moines Register — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 19:42:11 +0000

FROM IOWA STATE SPORTS INFORMATION: AMES, Iowa – Iowa State senior forward Chelsea Poppens and junior forward Hallie Christofferson have been recognized as honorable mention All-Americans by The Associated Press. Christofferson, a Hamlin, Iowa native, had a breakout season for the Cyclones, leading the team with 15.6 points to go along with 6.7 rebounds per [...]

Cyclones profit from Liberty Bowl setback

Randy Peterson — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:45:31 +0000

Iowa State profited from a 31-17 loss against Tulsa in the Dec. 31 Liberty Bowl football game in Memphis, Tenn. The school made $15,366, according to the bowl expense form released Tuesday. Iowa State spent $949,134 of its $964,500 bowl revenue share distributed by the Big 12 Conference.

Will Clyburn to play for Hoiberg’s team in all-star game

Des Moines Register — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:37:56 +0000

FROM IOWA STATE SPORTS INFORMATION: ATLANTA, Ga. – Iowa State senior Will Clyburn is one of 20 players selected to the 2013 Reese’s College All-Star Game held Friday April 5th at the Final Four in Atlanta Ga. The game is sponsored by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC). Clyburn will get one last chance [...]

Bryce Miller’s 3 for 3: Drake’s Giacoletti has ‘it’ – and where will Vandenberg land?

Bryce Miller — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 15:40:30 +0000

The 3 for 3 blog hits Drake, Iowa and Iowa State … == 1: GIACOLETTI HAS THE “IT” — One gut impression of how new Drake men’s basketball coach Ray Giacoletti differs from former coach Mark Phelps … he seems more “presidential.” You know how voters judge whether a candidate for America’s highest office comes [...]

Tyrus McGee invited to compete in Final Four 3-point shooting contest

Des Moines Register — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 18:16:58 +0000

FROM IOWA STATE SPORTS INFORMATION: ATLANTA, Ga. – Iowa State senior sharpshooter Tyrus McGee is one of eight players invited to participate in the 2013 State Farm College 3-Point Championship, Thursday April 4th at the Final Four in Atlanta, Ga. The event, which also includes a slam dunk contest, will be televised nationally on ESPN [...]

Fred Hoiberg never was going to Minnesota, he’s a Cyclone

Randy Peterson — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 03:26:58 +0000

Fred Hoiberg wasn’t going anywhere. Not even to Minnesota, other than to spend a few getaway days with his wife at the residence they own in a pricey lake-area development. Did he talk to Gophers athletic director Sherwood Teague about replacing Tubby Smith? They talked, Teague even supposedly telling him that the new coach eventually [...]

Cyclones 2013 football players combined for 156 starts in 2012

Randy Peterson — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:35:38 +0000

Here is Iowa State’s 2013 spring football depth chart. The annual spring game is at 2 p.m. April 20 at Jack Trice Stadium. OFFENSE QUARTERBACK Coach Paul Rhoads: “I’m excited about two quarterbacks, primarily, competing, giving us the opportunity to give them both a high number of reps.” Sam Richardson, 6-2, 205, Soph. Grant Rohach, [...]

Fred Hoiberg to coach in all-star game

Des Moines Register — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 21:04:04 +0000

FROM IOWA STATE SPORTS INFORMATION: ATLANTA, Ga. – Iowa State head men’s basketball coach Fred Hoiberg will coach one of the two teams at the 2013 Reese’s College All-Star Game, April 5 at the Final Four in Atlanta, Ga. The game is sponsored by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC). The Reese’s College All-Star [...]

Video: Former Cyclone football players work out for NFL scouts

Mark Emmert — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 18:50:26 +0000

Former Iowa State football players Jake Knott, A.J. Klein and Josh Lenz worked out in front of NFL scouts today in Ames. Look for Mark Emmert’s story later on DesMoinesRegister.com/CycloneInsider.

Melvin Ejim and Will Clyburn named to all-district team

Des Moines Register — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:21:09 +0000

FROM IOWA STATE SPORTS INFORMATION: KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Iowa State men’s basketball players Melvin Ejim and Will Clyburn were named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) All-District 8 Second Team, announced today by the NABC. Ejim, a junior from Toronto, Ontario, led the Big 12 in rebounding (9.3) and double-doubles (15) in [...]

Bryce Miller’s 3 for 3: Iowa State, officials – again – and wrestling’s history-aiding diner

Bryce Miller — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:06:46 +0000

Fans and experts alike continue to debate and discuss the controversial end to Iowa State's NCAA Tournament loss Sunday to Ohio State.

Video: Aaron Craft beats Iowa State at the buzzer

Des Moines Register — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 22:36:25 +0000

Despite the controversy surrounding Iowa State’s 78-75 loss to Ohio State in the third round of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday, the game was tied in the final seconds before the Buckeyes’ Aaron Craft stuck a dagger in Cyclone fans’ hearts. If you can bear it, here’s the video below:

Video: Georges Niang’s emotional interview after Cyclones’ loss

Randy Peterson — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 20:24:04 +0000

An emotional Georges Niang talks about the Cyclones’ final game of his freshman season and the painful way it ended, with Ohio State’s Aaron Craft hitting the game-winner over his outstretched arm:

Hoiberg’s heart is fine, but valve replacement is coming sometime

Randy Peterson — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 21:39:01 +0000

DAYTON, Ohio – Iowa State has played three overtime men’s basketball games this season. The Cyclones lost a two-pointer at Oklahoma State. So coach, how’s your once-bad heart? “Good,” he said Saturday. Hoiberg knows though, that sometime he will need a new valve – later rather than sooner, he hopes of the planned procedure. “I [...]

When will Melvin Ejim start getting the respect he deserves?

Randy Peterson — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 16:17:18 +0000

DAYTON, Ohio – Someday Melvin Ejim will get the respect he deserves from basketball coaches in the Big 12 Conference not named Hoiberg. Someday, Iowa State’s silent assassin will be appreciated. “I can’t explain it,” freshman sensation Georges Niang said two weeks ago. “Every game, Melvin shows up. Every practice, he’s out there grinding.” He [...]

Keep an eye on these Iowa State and Notre Dame players

Randy Peterson — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 17:55:37 +0000

PLAYERS TO WATCH FOR IOWA STATE Forward GEORGES NIANG needs eight points to become Iowa State’s fifth-best freshman scorer. He has averaged just more than 15 points during the past four games. Forward MELVIN EJIM has 14 double-doubles this season. He led the Big 12 Conference with an average of 9.3 rebounds a game. Guard [...]

What does Iowa State coach Fred Hoiberg do for excitement before a Cyclones’ March Madness game?

Randy Peterson — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:15:15 +0000

DAYTON, Ohio – While Iowa State players were trying to impress fans attending Thursday’s NCAA Tournament public workout with eye-popping dunks – emphasis on trying – their coach walked. While Tyrus McGee swished five relatively long 3-pointers in a row, their coach continued to walk. While the guys worked on fast break drills. . . [...]

Cyclones must own lane, where Irish average nearly 30 points a game

Randy Peterson — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:23:10 +0000

DAYTON, Ohio – ]Here are a handful of keys to Iowa State success during Friday’s 8:45 p.m. game against Notre Dame in the NCAA West Regional in Dayton. Perimeter scoring Iowa State usually is undersized, anyway, but there’s really a size disadvantage against Notre Dame. The Irish have five players who stand 6-9 or taller, so [...]

Poll: Do you agree with Obama’s ISU-Notre Dame pick?

Randy Peterson — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:39:18 +0000

DAYTON, Ohio – Notre Dame is a 1-point favorite to defeat Iowa State at 8:45 p.m. Friday in the second round of the NCAA West Regional in Dayton. President Barack Obama picked the Irish in his bracket on Wednesday, but has them losing against Ohio State in the next round. He also knocked Notre Dame’s [...]

Video: Cyclone coach and wrestlers talk about this week’s NCAA Championships

Tommy Birch — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 22:53:33 +0000

Replay chat: Iowa State men’s basketball with Randy Peterson (March 19)

Randy Peterson — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 15:00:12 +0000

Time for college basketball’s biggest week of the season as the Iowa State Cyclones prepare for Friday night’s NCAA Tournament opener against Notre Dame. Randy Peterson will be making the trip to Dayton, Ohio, and you can chat with the veteran Register reporter today, beginning at 12:30 p.m. Iowa State men's basketball with Randy Peterson

Cyclones’ TJ Otzelberger has shed the recruiter-only label

Randy Peterson — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:22:43 +0000

Fred Hoiberg’s former chief recruiter has become chief strategist, a behind-the-scenes architect who has drawn blueprints resulting in Iowa State making consecutive NCAA Tournaments for the first time in a decade. T.J. Otzelberger has rid himself of the recruiter-only label the past two seasons, and that’s why he was in the office late Sunday and [...]

Bryce Miller’s 3 for 3: Iowa State’s NCAA edge vs. Notre Dame, and McDermotts dance again

Bryce Miller — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:47:09 +0000

The 3 for 3 blog, embraces the Madness … == 1: MARCH IS IN THE MATCHUPS — Iowa State could exploit NCAA Tournament foe Notre Dame away from the basket, with its roster stacked with 3-point shooters. We’ve documented how the Cyclones use long-range spots on the court to shape games, as it did during [...]

Bad hip won’t keep Cyclones’ Korie Lucious out of NCAA

Randy Peterson — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 04:36:43 +0000

Bad hip won’t keep Cyclones’ Lucious out of NCAA KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Iowa State point guard Korie Lucious was off his offensive game Friday, but refused to blame a sore hip for missing eight of 10 shot attempts. “I got a little shot to take some of the pain away in my hip,” he [...]

Updates from today’s Iowa State-Kansas men’s basketball game

Des Moines Register — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 20:50:41 +0000

Randy Peterson and Bryce Miller of The Des Moines Register are in Kansas City to cover the Big 12 Conference Tournament men’s basketball game between the Cyclones and Jayhawks. The semifinal-round game begins at 6:30 p.m. Tweets about “from:RandyPete OR from:Bryce_A_Miller”