Bennett Stirtz named University of Iowa Men's Athlete of the Year
After a spectacular senior year with Iowa basketball, Bennett Stirtz has won Iowa Athletics' Men's Athlete and Hawkeye of the Year awards.
After a spectacular senior year with Iowa basketball, point guard Bennett Stirtz won Iowa Athletics' men's Athlete of the Year and men's Hawkeye of the Year awards at the athletic department's 10th annual Golden Herky awards ceremony. Stirtz, who made stops at Northwest Missouri State and Drake before his lone season at Iowa, finished with a career Division I average of 19. 5 points, 5.
0 assists, 3. 4 rebounds, and 1. 7 steals per game on 48.
7% field goal shooting, 37. 2% 3-point shooting, and 82% from the free-throw line. This past season, the 6-foot-4, 190-pounder from Liberty, Missouri, averaged 19.
8 points and 4. 4 assists per game on 47. 7% field goal shooting and 35.