The Kirkwood Community College Rec Center is a premier fitness and wellness facility and one of the pillars of the Student Life Program at the college. As the 2025 spring semester comes to a close, Recreation Services Supervisor Brett Baumgart looked back over the 2024-25 academic year and [Continue Reading »]
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By the time redshirt freshman Lucas Lueth, Eagle basketball’s dynamic guard, ICCAC All-Region Academic award winner, and NJCAA Division 2 National Tournament MVP, was approaching graduation from Ames High School, he had already garnered several collegiate offers, including offers from NCAA Division II schools. Lucas had also attracted [Continue Reading »]
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In her two years at Kirkwood Community College, sophomore guard Jenna Twedt, science, averaged 15.1 points per game on 38.7% shooting from three, won 68 games and helped deliver a national championship as a freshman. In the fall, she will be taking her talents to Cedar Falls to [Continue Reading »]
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Kirkwood Community College fans, athletes and their families came together at Johnson Hall on April 1 to celebrate the men’s basketball team’s fourth National Championship. On display were the team trophies for the NJCAA North Central Championship, Region 11 Championship and the Division II National Championship. Also [Continue Reading »]
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Despite starting the season 33-0, the Kirkwood Eagles could not complete the perfect season to bring home their ninth national championship. Instead, they finished fourth in the nation. “Being undefeated heading into the nationals was a great achievement,” said head coach Kim Muhl. “It is extremely difficult for [Continue Reading »]
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Following a program record 33 wins, the Kirkwood Community College men’s basketball team has brought home its fourth national championship. The Eagles took down the Parkland College Cobras in a 55-54 thriller led by redshirt freshman guard Lucas Lueth and freshman point guard Germaine Benson, who combined [Continue Reading »]
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A casual player of the game of golf could claim that hitting a golf ball isn’t all that difficult. Babe Ruth, the legendary baseball player, observed, “It took me 17 years to get 3,000 hits in baseball, but I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.” [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]With March right around the corner, Kirkwood Community College students will find the days growing longer and warmer, but the hottest place to be on campus will still be Johnson Hall. Both the men’s and women’s basketball teams could potentially play all of their ICCAC playoff tournament [Continue Reading »]
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Editor’s Note: Due to reporting deadlines, games played on Feb. 19 are not included. Just two regular season games remain before the 15-1 Bears of Des Moines Area Community College and the 14-2 Eagles of Kirkwood Community College meet on Feb. 26, for the final game of the [Continue Reading »]
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Kirkwood Community College athletics is entering the spring semester with a ton of momentum. Last November, while the volleyball team was finishing in the top eight at the National Junior College Athletic Association Division II Championships, the men’s and women’s basketball teams got off to a hot start. [Continue Reading »]
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