Former Iowa basketball player Jamie Cavey-Lang dies at age 41

On By Littum

Especially for the registry
| Des Moines Register

Former Iowa basketball player and radio analyst Jamie Cavey-Lang died Saturday after a battle with cancer.

Cavey-Lang, 41, stepped away from his analytics duties after the 2022-23 season. She had been part of the radio team since the beginning of 2016-17.

Cavey-Lang played at Iowa from 2001-05 and was part of four postseason teams. She graduated from North Cedar High School.

She finished her Hawkeye career with 1,265 points (27th in program history) and 506 rebounds. Cavey-Lang was a three-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree and two-time All-Big Ten selection.

She earned her master’s degree in higher education from Iowa, was a college career counselor and served on the President’s Committee on Athletes for several years.

Cavey-Lang is survived by her husband Mike and children Vincent, Bennett and Sydney.

Visitation will be 4-7pm on Thursday at The Celebration Farm in Iowa City. Funeral Mass will be Friday at 10.30 in St. Mary Catholic Church in Solon.

The University of Iowa sports information department contributed to this report.