As we have shared – SportsGuysIowa was founded to cover Iowa Small Colleges and Universities the best we can. We focus on those DIII, DII, and NAIA teams inside the Iowa State Borders and the former Iowa High School Athletes who play for those teams.
Since we are all volunteers we can’t possible cover every sport in year one the way we want to. We really appreciate it when the Conferences make it easy for us to quickly repost their key press releases on former Iowa athletes.
Thank you to the A-R-C team for doing just that and sharing their releases with SGI.
ARC Female Athlete of the Week – Women’s Volleyball – Offensive Performer of the Week – Delainey Winkel (Ankeny, Iowa/Ankeny Centennial), University of Dubuque
- Winkel and the Spartans kicked off the 2025 campaign with a perfect 4-0 mark with wins over Carroll University, Grinnell College, Knox College, and an upset reverse sweep of (RV) Calvin University.
- She recorded 48 kills throughout four games, averaging 3.20 kills per set.
- Winkel had a weekend high of 15 kills against Calvin.
- She averaged a .248 hitting percentage and added five service aces.
- She was also named to the Central-Grinnell Invitational All-Tournament Team.
Women’s Cross Country – Runner of the Week – Haley Meyer (New Albion, Iowa/Kee), Wartburg College
- Meyer competed on opening weekend at the John Kurtt Invite, a 5k event.
- She posted a time of 18:30.01 to take first out of 45 total runners.
- She was 29.1 seconds ahead of the runner-up.
- The Knights took first out of four teams with 15 team points.
Women’s Golf – Golfer of the Week – Madyson Mummelthei (Waverly, Iowa/Waverly-Shell Rock), Wartburg College
- Mummelthei hit the ground running during her freshman season for the Knights as she picked up a third-place finish out of 69 golfers to begin the year.
- She posted rounds of 71 and 78 at the Kohawk Classic at Pheasant Ridge.
- The Knights finished third with team rounds of 314 and 317.
Women’s Soccer – Offensive Performer of the Week – Lauren Linkletter (Des Moines, Iowa/Dowling Catholic), Luther College
- Linkletter was a consistent force during the opening weekend, where the Norse grabbed two wins.
- She scored two goals and tallied two assists against Bethany Lutheran in the Luther home opener.
- The Norse earned wins over Bethany Lutheran (5-1) and St. Scholastica (1-0).
Source – American River Conference 9.2.25
Athletes of the Week & Weekly Report Announced by A-R-C – September 2, 2025 – American Rivers Conference The full list of all honored Athletes of the week, including those who did not attend an Iowa High School is in the link above.
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