Jamie Cavey Lang, a former Iowa basketball player and color commentator, has died at age 41

A two-time All-Big Ten player, she was one of the starting post players for Lisa Bluder and Jan Jensen for the Hawkeyes

IOWA CITY — Jamie Cavey Lang, one of the first successful post projects of the Lisa Bluder/Jan Jensen women’s basketball era at the University of Iowa, died Saturday.

She was 41.

Visitation will be held Thursday from 4 to 7 p.m. at Celebration Farm, 4696 Robin Woods Lane NE, Iowa City. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Mary Catholic Church in Solon.

A native of Mechanicsville, Lang was a member of North Cedar’s 2000 Class 2A state championship team.

She played for the Hawkeyes from 2001 to 2005 and amassed 1,265 career points (27th in program history), 506 rebounds (31st) and 94 blocks (eighth). She was a two-time All-Big Ten player, was selected to the second team as a senior and was a member of the 2002 and 2004 NCAA tournament teams.

Cavey Lang earned both a Bachelor of Arts and Master’s degree from Iowa and later played professional basketball in Europe.

She spent several years as a color commentator on the Hawkeye Radio Network alongside play-by-play announcer Rob Brooks.

She is survived by her husband Mike, children Vincent, Bennett and Sydney, parents Patrick and Pam Cavey, siblings Ann (Jack) Jameson, Kelsie (Chad) Dotterer and Jason (Stacey) Cavey, grandmother Sharon Mertka, father and mother in Law Ken and Jayne Lang, sisters-in-law Amie (Joe) Stewart, Melissa (Mark) Storm, Abbie (Eric) Mahoney and Chantelle (Bob) Foote and many beloved nieces and nephews.

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