Hawkeye Sports

Did You Know???

• Quaker Oats, in Cedar Rapids, is the largest cereal company in the world
• The famous "American Gothic" painting above was painted 20 minutes south of Iowa City in Eldon, IA.
• Iowa is the only state whose east and west borders are 100% formed by water. The Missouri and Mississippi rivers.
• The population of Iowa is 2,944,062.
• Iowa produces approximately 17 percent of the nation’s corn for grain and about 14 percent of the nation’s soybeans.
• Iowa ranks first in beef, pork, corn, soybean and grain production
• The high school graduation rate is 88%; 17% above the national average
• Iowa City/Coralville, with a population of 85,000, was ranked the Editor and Publisher #1 metropolitan area to live in the U.S. and USA Today’s #3 Most educated metropolitan area in the U.S.
• Ripley's Believe It or Not has dubbed Burlington's Snake Alley the most crooked street in the world
• There are 29,745 students at the University of Iowa, 20,233 undergrads, 5,470 graduate students, and 4,042 professional students.
• Of the 1,679 tenure track faculty members 98% hold the highest degree available in their field.
• The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics have been ranked among US News and World Report’s “America’s Best Hospitals” for 14 years straight.
• A “Best Buy” for quality education (Fiske Guide to Colleges)
• #1 graduate programs in creative writing, audiology, nursing services administration, and speech language pathology, with 15 more programs ranked in the top ten. (U.S. News and World Report)
• The Hawkeyes are a member of the Big Ten Conference.
• Iowa has 12 varsity women’s teams and 10 men’s teams.
• Kinnick Stadium, named for Heisman Trophy winner Nile Kinnick, holds 70,397 fans, but current construction will add and upper deck and luxury boxes.
• Athletic Director Bob Bowlsby is recognized as one of the most influential people in sports.