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Nicholas Baer is a former walk on basketball player to the University of Iowa. Born in Iowa city, he grew up in Bettendorf where he became one of the states best prep basketball players before becoming a Hawkeye. Nick joins the show to talk all things Iowa basketball including his thoughts on some of the current Hawkeyes, playing for Fran Mccaffery, and what he misses most. He also catches everyone up on what his life looks like now in the G league playing for the Raptors affiliate team. Here is a summary of what Nick accomplished as a Hawkeye: Non-scholarship athlete his first two years, academically, before earning a scholarship following his redshirt freshman season (spring of 2016)\u2026 only player in program history to surpass 750 points, 500 rebounds, 100 assists, 100 steals, 100 blocks, and 100 3-point field goals\u2026 third Hawkeye since 1980 to lead the team in steals three consecutive seasons (Dean Oliver, Steve Carfino)\u2026 first Hawkeye since 1980 to lead the team in steals and blocks in the same season twice (2017, 2019)\u2026 first Hawkeye since Jeff Horner in 2005-06 to lead the team in steals in back-to-back seasons (1.3 spg in 2017 and 1.0 spg in 2018)\u2026 only player to win all four games in the seven-year history of the four-team Hy-Vee Classic\u2026 reached double figures 29 times and had four double-doubles\u2026 averaged 8.5 points, 8.3 rebounds, and two steals in four games representing Iowa on the 2016 USA East Coast All-Stars team\u2026 four-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree\u2026 three-time Big Ten Sportsmanship Award honoree for the Iowa men\u2019s basketball team\u2026 averaged 7.3 points, four rebounds, and a team-best 1.75 steals on Iowa\u2019s four-game tour in Europe in August, 2018\u2026 twice named to the NABC Honors Court and earned the team\u2019s Academic Excellence Award twice.
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