Iowa freshman point guard Connor McCaffery’s hardship waiver petition has been approved by the Big Ten Conference. McCaffery will have four years of men’s basketball eligibility remaining after averaging 13.3 minutes in only four games in December as a true freshman. The native of Iowa City missed two games due to a sprained ankle, eight contests due to mononucleosis, and 19 games after undergoing a tonsillectomy in December.
An Iowa woman has been honored by the Associated Press. Iowa Hawkeye junior Megan Gustafson has been named a second team All-American by the Associated Press.