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Gopher Sports: News & Notes
7/24/2024 9:22:00 AM | Athletics
Catch up on all the latest news from Gopher Athletics from the past week.
GopherSports.com: Gopher Athletics finished 2023-24 with 12 Academic All-Americans after Justen Close and Ryan Chesley (Men's Hockey) and Isaiah Salazar (Wrestling) received at-large accolades.
BigTen.org: Minnesota will be featured on Thursday in Indianapolis for Big Ten Football Media Days. Coach Fleck is scheduled to take the podium at 10:45AM on BTN.
YouTube.com: Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti met the media ahead of the festivities in Indianapolis.
GopherSports.com: Lydia Grote and Mckenna Wucherer will join Coach Cook in Chicago for Big Ten Volleyball Media Day in two weeks.
KSTP.com: KSTP's Darren Wolfson caught up with diver Sarah Bacon ahead of her departure for the Paris Olympics.
@GopherWGym: Incoming freshman and Canadian Olympian Ava Stewart shared what a day in her life is like ahead of Paris.
WCCOTV.com: Ben Warian and alum Erik van Rooyen will tee it up at this week's 3M Open. Van Rooyen will then head to Paris to compete for South Africa in the Olympics.
WCCORadio.com: Gopher Football alum and current PGA Tour rules official Mark Dusbabek was a guest on WCCO's The Huddle Sunday.
GopherSports.com: Cross Country unveiled its 2024 schedule which kicks off on August 30 with the Oz Memorial at Les Bolstad.
GopherSports.com: Women's Hockey announced a matchup with Bemidji State on January 1 in Lakeville in the 2025 U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Museum Women's Face-Off Classic.
Roster News:
- Women's Swim & Dive: Eleven to Join Women's Swimming and Diving Program
- Men's Swim & Dive: Minnesota Welcomes 10 Newcomers for 2024-25 Season
- Tennis: Gophers Welcome Four Additions to 2024-25 Roster
- Women's Hockey: Gophers Sign Morrow to 2024-25 Women's Hockey Roster
Awards Watch:
- Football: Crawford Named a Nominee for AFCA Good Works Team
- Football: Thirteen Gophers Named to Shrine Bowl 1000
- Tennis: Golden Gophers Notch ITA Academic Distinctions
GopherSports.com: Men's Basketball's "Get to Know" series continues with Femi Odukale and Caleb Williams.
@LAClippers: Rookie Cam Christie finished with 22 points and six three-pointers in the Clippers' final game in the NBA summer league.
GopherSports.com: Gopher Digital's countdown of the top play of the Coach Fleck era continues with No. 4 (Watch) and No. 3 (Watch).
@GopherFootball: Watch Minnesota's team entrance in the new EA Sports College Football 25.
Gopher Sports (PDF): The 2024 Gopher Football media guide is now available. Also, check out this gallery of media guide covers dating back to the 1960s (Photos).
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