University of Minnesota Athletics
Gopher Sports: News & Notes
6/19/2024 3:07:00 PM | Athletics
Catch up on all the latest news from Gopher Athletics from the past week.
GopherSports.com: After a near-miss in 2020, Gopher great Sarah Bacon has qualified for the Paris Olympics in the 3m synchro diving event.
@NBCOlympics: Take a look at the moment Sarah and Kassidy Cook clinched their spot in the Olympics.
GopherSports.com: Alum Erik van Rooyen will be the first Gopher golfer to compete in the Olympics when he tees up for South Africa in Paris.
GopherSports.com: Softball's Jess Oakland and Taylor Krapf have earned CSC Academic All-America honors.
Kare11.com: Oakland was a guest on former Gopher receiver Ron Johnson's show on Kare11.com.
GopherSports.com: Volleyball unveiled its full 2024 schedule which kicks off with a match against Stanford on September 1.
GopherSports.com: Junior Mckenna Wucherer is one of 19 student-athletes to be selected for the 2024 US Volleyball Women's Collegiate National Team.
GopherSports.com: Zoie Dundon and Angelos Mantzouranis swept Big Ten Outdoor Track & Field Freshman of the Year honors.
@GopherCCTF: Congratulations to Coach Bingle and Coach Miller on being named Midwest Region Coach and Assistant Coach of the Year, respectively.
GopherSports.com: Coach McDevitt announced the promotion of Alec Crawford to pitching coach.
@BallySportsNor: Coach Anderson threw out the first pitch at last Friday's Minnesota Twins game.
GopherSports.com: Coach Johnson, Dawson Garcia, Parker Fox and Mike Mitchell met the media on Monday to give an update on summer Basketball workouts.
@MikeGrimm3: Mike Grimm also hosted Coach Johnson on his podcast for a summer workout update.
GopherSports.com: Coach Higgins announced an addition to the Women's Golf roster with the transfer of Madison Le from UT-Arlington.
@GopherWGym: Gymnastics took part in the beam signing event for their new training facility behind Athletes Village.
@GopherWGym: Gymnastics had a team night out at last Friday's Minnesota Twins game.
@GopherSoccer: Former All-Big Ten performer Molly Fiedler has been named head coach of the St. Olaf Women's Soccer team.
@GopherCCTF: Just days after becoming an All-American as a freshman, Charles Godfred became Nigeria's long jump national champion.
GopherSports.com: Gopher Digital took a look back at Volleyball's recent foreign trip.
@GopherWBB: Get your first look at summer Women's Basketball workouts.
@WNBA: Rachel Banham had a team-best 16 points as the Connecticut Sun beat Dallas on Saturday. The Sun improved to 13-1 with a win last night against Los Angeles.
@GopherSoccer: It was move-in day last week for the Gopher Soccer newcomers.
WCCORadio.com: Former Gopher linebacker Blake Cashman joined WCCO's Vineeta Sawkar to talk about his first season with the Vikings.
WCCORadio.com: Vineeta Sawkar also talked with Sean McCauley, the father of Big Ten Golf champion Isabella and incoming freshman Reese.
@MikeGrimm3: Taylor Heise (Hockey) and Parker Fox (Basketball) were guests on Mike Grimm's Go Gopher Podcast.
@GopherHockey: Gopher Digital took a 60-second look back at the 2023-24 Men's Hockey season.
StarTribune.com: The Star Tribune's Patrick Reusse caught up with former Gopher quarterback Bryan Cupito.
@GopherFootball: Gopher Digital is taking a look back at the top plays from the Coach Fleck era beginning with plays 20-16.