University of Minnesota Athletics
Gopher Athletics: Week in Review (June 20-26)
6/26/2020 3:51:00 PM | Athletics
GopherSports.com: Men's Hockey has announced its plans to celebrate the 100th year of the program.
StarTribune.com: Coach Motzko shared his thoughts on being part of the 100-year celebration.
GopherSports.com: Alec Basten, Michael Burke, Bethany Hasz and Jonathan Tharaldsen have earned CoSIDA Academic All-America honors. Minnesota's total of eight honorees in 2019-20 is the second-highest total in school history.
GopherSports.com: Coach Ritter finalized her coaching staff with the hiring of Katie Richardson as assistant coach. Katie was a two-time All-American for the Gophers in 2013-14.
GopherSports.com: Athletic Communications posted the question "What was your first #Gophers game?" to Twitter. Check out some of the responses from fans.
MNDaily.com: Coach Redman spoke to the Daily's Matthew Kennedy about the offseason for Women's Golf.
KSTP.com: Sam Thoresen talked with KSTP's Darren Wolfson about signing a free-agent contract with the Chicago Cubs.
StarTribune.com: Daniel Oturu provided the Star Tribune an update on his preparation for the NBA Draft.
GopherSports.com: Former Gopher and current New York Jet Blake Cashman was this week's guest on the Gopher Sports Podcast.
GopherSports.com: The 2020 Gopher Football season preview continues with a look at the offensive line and secondary positions.
TeamUSA.org: Five Gopher Wrestling alums are participating in the Rumble on the Rooftop, a pay-per-view event, scheduled for Sunday night.
TeamUSA.org: Gable Steveson spoke to USA Wrestling's Mike Willis on a variety of topics.
@GopherWBB: Move-in day for Women's Basketball was held this week.
SoftballAmerica.com: Former Gopher All-American Sara Groenewegen spoke with Softball America's Kayla Lombardo.
@GopherMTennis: Dylan Heap continued his conversation with Head Coach Geoff Young.
GopherSports.com: Swimming & Diving's "Deep Dive" series continues with senior Evan Yoder.
GopherSports.com: Athena Kuehn, Makenzie Langdok and Celina Nummerdor have been named Soccer captains for the 2020 season.
GopherSports.com: Women's Hockey "Meet the Newcomers" series begins with Tella Jungels.
StarTribune.com: Learn about the origins of "Blanket Lady" in the Star Tribune's profile of Elvera "Peps" Neuman.
Kare11.com: Baseball's Jack Kelly and his brother Cody spoke with Eric Perkins about playing with the St. Cloud Rox in the Northwoods League.
@MinnesotaonBTN: Gopher alum Jordan Murphy spoke with Dave Revsine about being named to BTN's All-Decade Team.
TwinCities.com: Coach Pitino gave a Men's Basketball update to Andy Greder of the Pioneer Press.
GopherSports.com: Incoming Volleyball freshman Taylor Landfair is this week's guest on Gopher Talk with Mike Grimm.
@GopherCCTF: Chip and Joanna Gaines appeared on Emmanuel Acho's Uncomfortable Conversation with a Black Man series. Chip mentioned the impact that former Gopher Gabe Grunewald had on their lives.
GopherSports.com: Take a look back at the top moments from the 99th season of Gopher Men's Hockey, including a special night to honor Doug Woog.
TheRinkLive.com: The Rink Live looked back at the Minnesota Wild's NHL expansion draft in 2000, which included former Gophers Darby Hendrickson and Jeff Nielsen.
GopherSports.com: A look back at the top moments from the 2019-20 Wrestling season continues with Patrick McKee's collegiate debut against Cal State Bakersfield in November.
GopherSports.com: A trio of Women's Hockey student-athletes – Olivia Knowles, Amy Potomak and Anne Cherkowski - have been selected to participate in the BFL Canada National Women's Development Team Summer Camp.
Former Gopher Erik van Rooyen finished tied for 21st at -14 at the PGA's RBC Heritage last weekend.