Stephen Hunt

Jones started his college career at Indian Hills Community College in Iowa where he played from 2020 to 2021. His next stop was Buffalo, where he’d stay through 2023 when he earned third-team All-MAC honors. He finished his collegiate career with two seasons in Ames for the Cyclones, earning first-team all-Big 12 and Big 12 Sixth Man honors as a senior in 2025.

This is Murray’s third season in the Association and with the Blazers running a more up-tempo offense than in his first two seasons, he is thriving, averaging career-highs in minutes (22.8), 3-point percentage (31.6) and effective field goal percentage (53.6).

Iowans in the NBA: Former Cedar Falls High School standout and UNI star has found a home in professional basketball

Brett Yormark said “I’m excited about our future. This conference today is not the best version of itself, but we will be sooner than later.”

Senior offensive lineman Tyler Miller speaks for the entire team in saying they all know what a strong challenge starting the 2025 season with four games in four weeks presents for the Cyclones, but they know they’re up for it and ready to embrace such adversity.

Jack Dreyer became the 36th former Hawkeye to reach “the show”

Former Iowa State standout tight end has some familiar faces around him with the St. Louis Battlehawks

Former Cedar Rapids Prairie prep and Iowa standout still learning in third season in the league

Iowans in NBA: Kris Murray, former Cedar Rapids Prairie and Iowa Hawkeye feels more comfortable in the league in the early part of 2024-25 season.

Since his time at Iowa State, Monte Morris has played in all sorts of situations in the NBA and is now with his fifth different team in Phoenix. Despite only appearing in 13 games thus far for the Suns, the ex-Cyclone isn’t getting antsy about his current lack of burn.

Iowans in WNBA: Megan Gustafson is now back with Las Vegas after the Olympics and playing a key role for the 2-time defending champion Aces as the playoffs near.

Former Iowa State women’s basketball star Bridget Carleton will head to France to play for Canada in her second Summer Olympics. The Minnesota Lynx starter can’t help but thank longtime Cyclones women’s basketball coach Bill Fennelly, without whose tutelage she wouldn’t have reached the heights in the game she has.

Bo Porter is grateful for everything baseball has given him over the years. Now in his first season as first base coach for the Los Angeles Angels, his focus remains simple.

Longtime ISU head coach Bill Fennelly brought Stephanie Soares back as a graduate assistant, which allowed her to delve into coaching while also practicing with the team and rehabbing her knee. The fourth pick in the 2023 WNBA Draft by Washington, which traded her rights to Dallas for two draft picks, Soares, 24, signed with the Wings in February and recently started training camp with them.

Former Hawkeye star scored 21 points as Indiana Fever fell at Dallas in preseason opener, Clark’s first game as a professional basketball player