University of Minnesota Athletics
Gopher Athletics: Week in Review (June 13-19)
6/19/2020 12:04:00 PM | Athletics
StarTribune.com: Former Gopher and current Minnesota Lynx Rachel Banham is hoping her family's law enforcement background can help her be a bridge to the community.
Newsday.co.tt: Trinidad & Tobago native and current Track & Field student-athlete Akilah Lewis spoke to her hometown newspaper about Covid-19 and the Minneapolis protests.
GopherSports.com: Student-athletes Seth Green (Football) and Gadiva Hubbard (Women's Basketball) are among 10 with Gopher ties that will be a part of the Big Ten's Anti-Hate and Anti-Racism Coalition.
GopherSports.com: Swimming & Diving's Lindsey Kozelsky became the fourth Gopher student-athlete to earn CoSIDA Academic All-America honors in 2019-20. She joins Amber Fiser, Sam Renner and Blaise Andries as honorees.
GopherSports.com: Softball's Amber Fiser was named a first-team CoSIDA Academic All-American.
PGATour.com: Former Gopher Erik van Rooyen finished just two shots off the lead after Thursday's first round of the PGA's RBC Heritage in South Carolina. You can watch on The Golf Channel and CBS.
@GopherWGolf: Women's Golf's Grace Curran won the Minnesota Women's Amateur Match Play Championship on Friday in Prior Lake.
MNDaily.com: Wrestling's Gable Steveson talked with the Daily's Paul Hodowanic about a variety of topics including offseason workouts, WWE aspirations and the Minneapolis protests.
Gophersports.com: The Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) introduced Don Lucia, Gopher Hockey's all-time leader in coaching wins, as its new commissioner.
GopherSports.com: Twenty-seven Gophers have finalized their plans for summer baseball.
GopherSports.com: Men's Basketball announced the transfer of Austin, Minn., native Both Gach after he spent two seasons at Utah.
KSTP.com: Former Gopher Damian Johnson talked with Chris Long about being named boys basketball coach at Benilde-St. Margaret's.
GopherSports.com: Football took advantage of Twitter's new Twitter Voice feature.
GopherSports.com: Athletic Communications caught up Swimming & Diving's Abbey Kilgallon.
@GopherMTennis: Jackson Allen reflects on the team's identity with Head Coach Geoff Young.
GopherSports.com: Women's Basketball's Gadiva Hubbard was this week's guest on the Golden Gopher Podcast.
GopherSports.com: Athletic Communications wraps up a three-part series with a Q&A with assistant coach Kelly Curry.
GopherSports.com: In the first of a Summer Spotlight series, Women's Tennis' River Hart reflects on the 2020 season and looks ahead to 2021.
GopherSports.com: Katelyn Kemmetmueller became Softball's first graduate from the University of Minnesota nursing program.
TheRinkLive.com: Incoming Hockey freshman and likely NHL Draft selection Brock Faber was featured by The Rink Live.
GopherSports.com: A look back at the top moments from the 99th season of Gopher Men's Hockey continues.
@MinnesotaScore: John Anderson joined MN Score Radio to talk about Max Meyer and the 2020 MLB Draft.
GopherSports.com: Junior pitcher Sam Thoresen signed a free-agent contract with the Chicago Cubs.
GopherSports.com: A look back at the top moments from the 2019-20 Wrestling season begins with Minnesota's four-pin performance at Indiana.
GopherSports.com: Six Rowers earned Scholar Athlete accolades from the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association, while Lauren Burrows-Cheng is a nominee for 2020 Pocock All-America honors.
GopherSports.com: Athlon Sports has announced its preseason 2020 All-Big Ten Football teams with seven Gophers featured.
GopherSports.com: Get to know new Gopher offensive coordinator Mike Sanford Jr., in the latest Gopher Talk with Mike Grimm.
@GopherMTennis: Jackson Allen recalls attending a Gopher Tennis match eight years ago and the impact it had on him.
RunnersWorld.com: Former Gopher Sarah Klecker is helping Paralympians as part of her master's project at the University of Oregon.
GopherSports.com: Three Men's Hockey student-athletes – Jackson LaCombe, Ryan Johnson and Brock Faber – will take part in the 2020 World Junior Hockey Summer Showcase in late July.
GopherSports.com: Gopher alum Stu Bickel has been named head coach of the Minnesota Magicians of the North American Hockey League.
Gophersports.com: Women's Hockey's Taylor Heise appeared on a recent Gopher Talk with Mike Grimm.