University of Minnesota Athletics
Gopher Sports: News & Notes
8/2/2023 10:26:00 AM | Athletics
Catch up on all the latest news from Gopher Athletics from the past week.
BigTen.org: Coach Cook, Melani Shaffmaster and Taylor Landfair are in Chicago for Big Ten Volleyball Media Day. Coverage begins today at 9am on BTN.
GopherSports.com: Shaffmaster, Landfair and Kylie Murr have been named preseason All-Big Ten.
GopherSports.com: Volleyball has announced its broadcast and streaming schedule for the 2023 season.
GopherSports.com: Get your first look at Gopher Soccer when Minnesota hosts NDSU in an exhibition at 6pm on Monday at Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium.
GopherSports.com: Football will host an open practice at Huntington Bank Stadium on Saturday night at 7pm. The team is holding its annual diaper drive as part of the festivities.
GopherSports.com: Coach Fleck met the media on Monday to preview the start of fall camp.
GopherSports.com: Check out Gopher Digital's fall camp hype video.
GopherSports.com: Tyler Nubin and Brevyn Spann-Ford were named to the Big Ten preseason honors list.
GopherSports.com: Coach Arterberry announced the hiring of Assistant Coach Steve Schram. Steve has been head coach at Eastern Michigan and Southern Mississippi.
GopherSports.com: Women's Basketball was named to the 2022-23 WBCA Division I Academic Team Honor Roll.
GopherSports.com: Men's Basketball announced a matchup against San Francisco at the Chase Center on Sunday, Nov. 26.
GopherSports.com: Redshirt freshman Kadyn Betts was mic'd up at a recent Men's Basketball workout.
NUSports.com: Former Gopher Soccer standout Jennie Clark has been hired as assistant coach at Northwestern.
@GopherCCTF: Junior Devin Augustine won the 100-meter national championship in his native Trinadad & Tabago.
@GopherSwimDive: Senior Megan Van Berkom won silver in the 400 IM at the World University Games.
In the Pros:
- @GopherCCTF: Track standout Amira Young has signed professionally with Wasserman Action Sports
- GopherSports.com: Soccer alum Makenzie Langdok has signed to play professional in Serbia.
- @GopherBaseball: Former Gopher Brett Schulze made his Triple A debut with the Phillies.
- GopherSports.com: All-American Logan Cooley announced his plans to sign with the Arizona Coyotes.
- @GopherWrestling: NCAA and Olympic champion Gable Steveson made his WWE NXT television debut on Sunday night.
- YouTube.com: Former Gopher Michael Blockhus talked with Gopherhole's Tony Liebert about his upcoming MMA debut later this month.
MNDaily.com: Women's Basketball's Amaya Battle and her new hobby of photography was featured in the Minnesota Daily.
YouTube.com: Coach Fleck took part in a one-hour fan forum with KFAN's Paul Allen last week.
Fox9.com: Fox 9 aired a special episode of the P.J. Fleck Show from Big Ten Media Days in Indianapolis.
Volleyball's "Know the Gophers" series continues with:
@GopherWHockey: With the help of sophomore Nelli Laitinen, Women's Hockey attempted to pronounce a handful of Finnish words.
@GopherWHockey: Women's Hockey's "Meet the Newcomer" series continues with Blaine, Minn., native Lauren O'Hara.
NHL.com: Former Gopher and current Minnesota Wild Brock Faber was a guest on NHL Tonight last Friday.
NHL.com: Jimmy Snuggerud talked with NHL.com about returning to Minnesota for his sophomore season.