Stephen Hunt

In 18 games with the NBA G League’s Wisconsin Herd this season, former Cyclone Lindell Wigginton is averaging 18.8 points, 5.7 assists, 3.7 rebounds, and 1.0 steals per game.

Landen Akers is only months removed from being one of the final cuts of the NFL’s Los Angeles Rams. However, the former Cedar Rapids Washington all-stater and Iowa State receiver is looking at his present, being on the roster of the XFL’s San Antonio Brahmas, and to hopefully one day returning to the NFL.

Former Iowa standouts Bob Stoops, Jonathan Hayes and Chuck Long are back together again with the Arlington Renegades in the new XFL.

Catching up with former Iowa State guard Monte Morris: Now with the Washington Wizards, he has seized an opportunity to be a regular starter in the NBA.

Tyler Cook has something many players in the NBA G League seek, a resume featuring a substantial amount of NBA experience. The former Iowa standout is now playing for the Salt Lake City Stars after appearing in 65 games for the Cavaliers, Nuggets, Nets, Pistons and Bulls between 2019 and 2022.

On a two-way contract, AJ Green divides his time between the Milwaukee Bucks and their NBA G League affiliate, the Wisconsin Herd. Thus far, he has made 12 appearances for the Bucks and is averaging 3.2 points per game. He has played eight games in the G League, with six starts, and is averaging 20.3 points.

Xavier Foster has been in Texas for only a few months, but the Iowa native and former Iowa State Cyclone already has taken to his new surroundings.

If Megan Gustafson’s first three-plus seasons in the WNBA have been defined by anything, it’s been change. She landed with the Phoenix Mercury this season and is averaging 3.2 points.

Former Linn-Mar prep Kiah Stokes has won titles in high school and college and wants another in her first season with the WNBA’s Las Vegas Aces.

Minnesota Lynx forward and former Iowa State Cyclone Bridget Carleton is doing what she loves, whether it’s in the United States or overseas.