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    McGinness to be inducted into Iowa Athletics Hall of Fame

    Two-time NCAA wrestling champ Jeff McGinness is among the honorees to be inducted into the Iowa Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2018, the University of Iowa announced Thursday.

    Jeff McGinness
    As an Iowa Hawkeye, McGinness was a three-time NCAA All-American, winning national titles at 126 pounds in 1995 and at 142 at the 1998 NCAAs. The Iowa City native compiled a 127-16 record as a Hawkeye. In addition, McGinness earned a number of honors at Iowa, including being named Big Ten Freshman of the Year, and in 1998, earned Outstanding Wrestler of the Big Ten Championships and was selected as Iowa's Big Ten Medal of Honor winner.

    McGinness was an inaugural member of the Glen Brand Wrestling Hall of Fame of Iowa in 2002, and welcomed into the Iowa Wrestling Hall of Fame -- a facility that honors wrestlers, coaches and officials from the state of Iowa -- in 2006.

    In addition to McGinness, other members of the Iowa Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2018 include Kineke Alexander, Jared DeVries, Chris Hatcher, Sarah Lynch, Alexis Maday, Bob Sanders, and John Streif.

    The UI Athletics Hall of Fame induction ceremony is Friday, Aug. 31 at 6:30 p.m. inside the Grand Coral Ballroom at the Coralville Marriott Hotel and Convention Center. A hors d'oeuvres and cocktail reception precedes the induction ceremony at 5:30 p.m.

    The induction ceremony and reception is open to the public. Tickets may be purchased for $20 by going online at hawkeyesports.com/HOFtickets. For more information please call the Iowa Varsity Club office at (319) 335-9438.
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