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In just his second year on campus, Menomonie graduate Nate Stanley has emerged as Iowa’s starting quarterback

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Cadott’s Bailey Gillett

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Always up for a challenge, Memorial graduate Haley Hartkemeyer dropped everything, transferred and fought her way onto the Minnesota roster

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