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PHOTO GALLERY: Iowa Women's Basketball Summer Practice

by:Kyle Huesmann•06/26/25•

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Freshman Layla Hays awaits a post entry pass. (Photo by Dennis Scheidt)

Although the 2025-26 Iowa Women’s Basketball is still months away, the work starts early, and summer workouts are in full swing for the Hawkeyes. It’s a roster with a number of new faces, both on the floor and the coaching staff. Three new freshman, two transfers and three new coaching hires. On Thursday morning, the media was given the opportunity to come in and observe some of those fresh faces in action at the first of four open media practices this summer.

LINK: Iowa WBB Summer Practice No. 1: Notes, Nuggets & Thoughts

HawkeyeReport.com photographer Dennis Scheidt was at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Thursday morning to capture the best shots of the action as the Hawkeyes took the floor for practice.

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