Fred Hoiberg Traditional Cache
M4ISU: I decided today I was going to visit the area and either enable or archive. There’s still damage in area and I don’t feel it is safe. It had a good run, thanks to those that visited
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Series of gravel road caches placed to honor and recognize Iowa State University. This one is near the entrance to an ISU farm. It is a camoed bison tube. It is not a white pill bottle . It is a D 2.5. Please do not throw down a cache just because you can't find it. I have raised D due the DNF logs, thx to those that log their DNF's !
Fred Hoiberg - a favorite son and native of Ames, a Cyclone basketball legend, a 10-year NBA veteran and former executive with the Minnesota Timberwolves - was introduced April 28, 2010 in front of a packed audience in the Jacobson Athletic Building as the 19th head men's basketball coach in Iowa State University history. The versatile and heady guard/forward, who grew up in Ames, was called "The Mayor" by his teammates. As his popularity skyrocketed on campus and in his hometown, people started calling him simply "Fred" or "the Mayor" and you knew who they were talking about. That nickname was, apparently, appropriate evidenced by the fact he received multiple write-in votes in the 1993 Ames mayoral race. The Cyclones won 78 games and played in three NCAA Tournaments in his career. Hoiberg's sweet stroke from long distance may have been his calling card, but his overall game was outstanding and fundamentally sound. He played in 126 career games (the first three years for Coach Johnny Orr and the last one for Coach Tim Floyd) with the Cyclones and was a major contributor each year. As a rookie, he earned AP Big Eight Freshman of the Year honors after scoring 12.1 ppg and establishing a school record with 34 consecutive made free throws. That Cyclone club made the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1989. In his second season, Hoiberg's role changed slightly and he was the top rebounder (6.3 rpg), despite standing just 6-foot-4, for another post-season team. Hoiberg averaged 20.2 points per game, ranked in the conference's Top 10 in seven categories and was named second-team All-Big Eight as a junior. In his senior season and second year as team captain, he led the Cyclones to a then-school record 23 wins and the NCAA Tournament's second round. Hoiberg averaged 19.9 ppg on the way to All-America and first-team all-league honors. He was named co-Big Eight Male Athlete of the Year. Hoiberg had many memorable games as a Cyclone. He poured in 32 points, including a remarkable 17 straight in the second half, of a 69-65 upset of third-ranked Kansas in 1995. Later that season, Hoiberg tallied a career-best 41 points in a conference win over Colorado. His three-point play (layup and then the game-winning free throw) with 9.4 seconds left helped ISU defeat second-ranked Oklahoma State 84-83 in overtime in 1992. The contributions that Hoiberg made to both his school and home city have been recognized many times. His jersey #32 was retired by ISU in 1997 and hangs in the rafters at Hilton Coliseum. Hoiberg was inducted into the Iowa State Letterwinners' Hall of Fame in 2005 and recognized as part of the men's basketball program's All-Century team in 2008. On Feb. 9, 1997, Mayor Larry Curtis proclaimed it to be "Fred Hoiberg Day" during a Cyclone game.
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