University of Minnesota Athletics
Gopher Sports: News & Notes
7/3/2024 9:31:00 AM | Athletics
Catch up on all the latest news from Gopher Athletics from the past week.
GopherSports.com: For the second time, junior swimmer Summer Schmit has qualified for the U.S. Paralympic Team which will compete in Paris.
GopherSports.com: Former Gopher Airi Miyabe was named to Japan's Olympic Volleyball team.
StarTribune.com: Chip Scoggins caught up USA Olympic Team member Matthew Wilkinson.
Fox9.com: Wilkinson was also featured on Fox 9.
StarTribune.com: Patrick Reusse wrote about Hockey Hall of Fame inductees Krissy Wendell-Pohl and Natalie Darwitz.
NACDA.com: Gopher Athletics finished 40th out of 311 schools in the final Learfield Directors Cup rankings.
Gophers in the NHL:
- GopherSports.com: Three Gophers Selected in 2024 NHL Entry Draft
- TheHockeyNews.com: Minnesota Wild Sign Former Gopher Travis Boyd
- NHL.com: Predators Agree to Terms with Brady Skjei on Seven-Year Contract
- NHL.com: Brock Faber and Logan Cooley Make 2023-24 All-Rookie Team
GopherSports.com: Cam Christie was selected 46th overall in the second round of the NBA Draft by the LA Clippers.
GopherSports.com: Basketball's Parker Fox and Gymnastics' Katie Horak were recipients of Minnesota's Big Ten Sportsmanship Award.
GopherSports.com: Track & Field had four different Gophers claim international titles during the month of June.
Kare11.com: Gymnastics stopped by the Kare 11 studios last week to talk about the US Olympic Trials being held at Target Center.
@GopherWGym: The team took part in a meet and greet, open practice and the Olympics Trials welcome ceremony last Thursday.
Roster News:
- Soccer: Gophers Sign Childers to 2024 Roster
- Men's Basketball: Gophers Add Cochran to 2024-25 Roster
KSTP.com: Darren Wolfson caught up with Tyler Cochran to talk about his decision to join the Gophers.
@GopherMBB: Men's Basketball hosted a Create a Memory event at Target Field in June.
GopherSports.com: Coach Plitzuweit, Amaya Battle and Mara Braun met the media to give a summer Basketball update.
@MikeGrimm3: Braun was a guest on Mike Grimm's Go Gopher Podcast.
GopherSports.com: The Gold Blooded Podcast returns with Battle, Braun and Sophie Hart.
@GopherWBB: Gopher Digital recapped Women's Basketball's Team IMPACT signing of Allie Marsh.
YouTube.com: Coach Frost was a guest on the Champs App Podcast.
GopherSports.com: Volleyball's Gopher Spotlight series kicks off with sophomore Kate Thibault.
@GopherVBall: Assistant coach Pedro Mendes was mic'd up during Volleyball's spring trip to Europe.
GopherSports.com: Golfers Emma Carpenter, Grace Curran, Isabella McCauley, and Megan Furtney were named to the WGCA All-American Scholar team.
PGATour.com: Former Gopher Erik van Rooyen picked up his fourth top-10 finish this season on the PGA Tour with a sixth-place showing at the Rocket Mortgage Classic.
@BallySportsNOR: Softball's Jess Oakland was featured during Bally Sports North's pre-game Twins coverage.
@GopherFootball: Go behind the scenes of Football's summer workouts.
GopherSports.com: Gopher Digital's countdown of the top plays from the Coach Fleck era continues with Nos. 11 through 15.
GopherSports.com: Senior guard Femi Odukale was mic'd up during a recent Men's Basketball workout.