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      <title>More than 80 student-athletes named to Academic All-Region teams</title>
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      <description>"Our student-athletes did a great job during the fall semester and have set an amazing precedent for semesters to come, achieving an overall department grade point average of 3.30,&#x201d; Athletic Director Nick Weinmeister said.</description>
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      <title>Cougars land first round of 2026 commits</title>
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      <description>"I couldn't be more excited about the 2026 recruiting class,&#x201d; Athletic Director Nick Weinmeister said. &#x201c;Our coaches have spent a lot of time securing commitments and continue to raise the competitiveness of our athletic programs."</description>
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      <title>Cougar Dancers compete at State</title>
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      <description>The NICC dance team competed at their first competition in program history on Dec. 4 at the Iowa State College Championships in Des Moines. The Cougars received a Division I rating, which means they scored high enough to be a top scoring divisional team.</description>
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      <title>Cougar athletics complete first fall season</title>
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      <description>Student-athletes arrived at Northeast Iowa Community College&#x2019;s (NICC) campus in the middle of August, and this was the official start for Cougar athletics programs.</description>
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      <title>PODCAST: Goedken Kirman joins Maneman on Dubuque Area Sports Podcast</title>
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      <description>NICC Cougars Head Dance Coach Kylie Goedken Kirman joined Nick Maneman to discuss her experience with the sport of dance, her studio (Xtreme Dance) and her coaching journey on the Dubuque Area Sports Podcast.</description>
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      <title>Cougars new dance coach plans to climb to &#x201c;Xtreme&#x201d; heights</title>
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      <description>A Dubuque native, she graduated from Dubuque Senior High School in 2019 and Loras College in 2022 with a degree in business administration. Since then, she has coached large, nationally recognized competition teams with over 100 dancers and 200+ students at the studio.</description>
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      <title>Board of Trustees approve new athletics programs</title>
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      <description>NICC is building its athletics capacity to include baseball, softball, men's and women's cross country and dance, in addition to the College's growing sports shooting and esports teams.</description>
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      <description>Northeast Iowa Community College has been developing athletic programs over the last few years in hopes of growing its student population. On May 1, the College officially hired Nick Weinmeister to fill the athletic director position.</description>
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