University of Minnesota Athletics
Gopher Sports: News & Notes
7/17/2024 9:42:00 AM | Athletics
Catch up on all the latest news from Gopher Athletics from the past week.
GopherSports.com: Mya Hooten, Madeline Wethington, Annie Moen, Gianna Gerdes and Isabella McCauley have earned CSC Academic All-America honors bringing the year's total on the women's side to eight honorees. The final men's selections will be announced today.
Academic News:
- Men's Basketball: Gophers Honored by NABC for Academic Success
- Track & Field: Golden Gophers Claim USTFCCCA Academic Honors
GopherSports.com: Connor Wietgrefe was selected by Pittsburgh in the seventh round of the MLB Draft, while Tucker Novotny was chosen by Oakland in the 18th round. Minnesota has a Big Ten record streak of 37 years with at least one player selected.
StarTribune.com: Patrick Reusse of the Star Tribune wrote about Paris Olympic sprinter Devin Augustine.
GopherSports.com: Seventeen Gophers recently participated in NHL development camps.
GopherSports.com: Six current and former Gophers will participate in the USA Hockey Women's National Festival next month.
GopherSports.com: Baseball announced its invitation to play in the 2025 Karbach Round Rock Classic next February with Oklahoma State, Oregon State and Virginia.
GopherSports.com: Max Brosmer, Cody Lindenberg and Darius Taylor will join Coach Fleck in Indianapolis for next week's Big Ten media days.
GopherSports.com: The Gophers met the media last week to preview the 2024 season as part of Football's video and photo day.
@B1GFootball: Go behind the scenes of Football's media day.
GopherSports.com: Lineman Aireontae Ersery is rated No. 24 overall in the new EA Sports College Football 25 players rankings.
@MikeGrimm3: Ersery and Daniel Jackson were guests on Mike Grimm's Go Gopher Podcast.
GopherSports.com: Football's "Twenty Questions" series continues with Adam Kissayi.
GopherSports.com: Gopher Digital's countdown of the top plays in the Coach Fleck era continues with No. 5.
GopherSports.com: Ben Warian has received a sponsor's exemption to play in next week's 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities in Blaine.
GopherSports.com: Rookies Tori McKinney and McKenna Johnson join Amaya Battle in the latest Gold Blooded Podcast from Women's Basketball.
YouTube.com: Women's Basketball radio voice Justin Gaard was a guest on the The Dribble Drive podcast.
Fox9.com: Hockey's Madeline Wethington was a guest on Fox 9's Unscripted with Dawn Mitchell to chat about her selection in the PWHL Draft.
GopherSports.com: Elizabeth Overberg is preparing for her senior season with Soccer while continuing her passion for volunteering with the Special Olympics.
GopherSports.com: Basketball's "Get to Know" series continues with Trey Edmonds and Grayson Grove (Read) and Frank Mitchell Jr. (Read).
GopherSports.com: AComm has an update on the 17 Gophers playing summer ball across the country.
StarTribune.com: The Star Tribune took an early look at the 2024 Volleyball season.
@SportsCenter: Gopher alum Rachel Banham hit eight three-pointers in Connecticut's 96-69 win against Phoenix this past weekend.
@LAClippers: Averaging nine points in three starts, Cam Christie scored 13 in last night's win against Milwaukee as the Clippers improved to 3-0 in the Vegas Summer League.