BRANDON SNYDER: MAKING NW IOWA PROUD

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West Lyon product and current Iowa Hawkeyes starting free safety Brandon Snyder is making Northwest Iowa proud, both on and off the field.  Recently the Iowa City Press-Citizen published a GREAT article about Snyder, linked here.  Here are a few cool quotes from and about Snyder in the article that can be applied to any athlete at any level:

“You can’t just work hard, you’ve got to be the hardest worker every day,” (former Hawkeye Sean Considine to Snyder)

"Dad, there’s nobody else in the state who’s going to be lifting tonight."

“As you progress and make more plays and continue to evolve and get better, you start to earn respect from the coaches and from the players. It’s not something that happens overnight. You don’t come to a position and just everyone listens to you.”

“It’s to continue evolving as a player so I can add value to this team.”

WILL VOIGT

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There are many fantastic individual stories at this year's Olympic games, but one of the most interesting and fascinating has to be the story of well-traveled Will Voigt, head coach of the Nigeria men's national basketball team.  Check out the article linked here