New Identity After a season where Kirkwood’s volleyball team finished fifth in the NJCAA DII National Tournament with a 37-3 record and two-time First-Team All-American setter Kaci Johnson went on to play Division-I volleyball at Lindenwood University, the Eagles found themselves with a new identity coming into the [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]On May first, the Kirkwood Eagles athletic department announced that Nate Oakland, assistant coach with the Northern Iowa Panthers, would be taking over as the head coach of the women’s basketball program following the retirement of Hall of Fame coach Kim Muhl. In his 20 years of experience, [Continue Reading »]
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After 37 years as the Kirkwood Community College women’s basketball coach, Kim Muhl has announced his retirement, closing a career that began long before he became an Eagle. Before Kirkwood In 2007, “The Final Season”, a movie about the Norway high school baseball team, was released to theaters. [Continue Reading »]
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On July 25, 2025, the Iowa High School baseball season came down to its final game: the 4A state championship against Bettendorf High School. There is no higher level of high school baseball competition in the state of Iowa. Then Kirkwood commit and current Eagle Jaxton Schroeder stole [Continue Reading »]
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On April 1, Kirkwood Community College women’s basketball head coach Kim Muhl announced his retirement. After 37 seasons of pure excellence, Muhl has engraved himself as one of the most successful coaches in sports history. His career as a head coach consists of a 1,108-178 record (.862 [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]The Kirkwood Community College Eagles are known for dominant play on the playing field, but what does it take to unlock that strong play? The unsurprising answer is practice, and lots of it. Every athlete at Kirkwood had to work hard to get to where they are. They’ve [Continue Reading »]
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Kirkwood has historically shown excellence across its six sports. Whether it is winning the majority of games, sending student-athletes to four-year colleges or garnering national attention from NJCAA media, the Eagles consistently perform at a high level. In sports, there is frequent discussion about home-field advantage and for [Continue Reading »]
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The Kirkwood women’s basketball season came to an end as the team finished in second place at the NJCAA Division II national tournament. Going into the tournament, Kirkwood had the sixth seed after a 26-3 regular season. The Eagles first matchup was against the 11th-seed Community College of [Continue Reading »]
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Luke Werling is a first-year student at Kirkwood Community College, and he is studying horticulture sciences with a focus in athletic turf management. This summer, Werling is getting an extraordinary experience where he will be doing an internship with the Pittsburgh Pirates, a Major League Baseball team. There [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]Students choose to attend junior, or community, colleges for an array of reasons: They are more affordable and closer to home, or people are unsure of what they want to get out of a college education. For student-athletes considering junior college, they also have their own reasons that [Continue Reading »]
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