Spencer Lee named for John Smith Award

Spencer Lee and David Taylor were named co-winners of 2024 John Smith Award winner as USA Wrestling’s Men’s Freestyle Wrestlers of the Year. The award is named in honor of two-time Olympic champion and four-time World champion John Smith. Lee joins a list of past Iowa...

Harlee Hiller signs to compete at Iowa

The Iowa Women’s Wrestling program announced that Harlee Hiller of Evanston(Loyola Academy), Illinois signed to become a Hawkeye. Hiller is ranked #8 at 115 lbs. and #4 for seniors in the April 3 National High School Girls Rankings. She is projected to compete at 117...

NCAA Finalist streak – 35 years and 49 of 50

Every year heading into the NCAA National Wrestling Championships, throughout the tournament and during the Finals you will hear about the consecutive NCAA National Tournament streak for Finalist by Iowa Wrestling. In the recent 2025 Nationals Iowa Wrestling extended...

Chun named USA Women’s Wrestling Coach of the Year

For the second straight year head coach Clarissa Chun of the University of Iowa has been named as the USA Women’s Wrestling Coach of the Year. Chun was co-winner of the award with Sarah McMann. Iowa repeated as NCWWC national champions in their second year of...

Blades, Welker and Kilty to compete at Senior Pan Ams

Kennedy Blades(68 kg), Kylie Welker(76 kg) and Macey Kilty(65 kg) will represent Team USA at the Senior Pan American Championships in Monterrey, Mexico. Blades will compete on Friday, May 9th and Welker and Kilty on Saturday, May 10. Welker was a Pan Am champion in...