University of Minnesota Athletics
Gopher Sports: News & Notes
8/14/2024 9:52:00 AM | Athletics
Catch up on all the latest news from Gopher Athletics from the past week.
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GopherSports.com: Ahead of Soccer's home opener on Thursday night, three Gophers - Sophia Boman, Khyah Harper, and Sophia Romine – were named to the Big Ten preseason players to watch list.
GopherSports.com: Volleyball opened training camp for the 2024 season last Friday. Minnesota will host Iowa State in an exhibition on Saturday, Aug. 24.
GopherSports.com: Gopher Digital went behind the scenes of last week's Big Ten Volleyball Media Days in Chicago.
GopherSports.com: Coach Fleck and his players met the media yesterday following practice.
Awards Watch:
- Football: Jefferies Named to Comeback Player of the Year Award Watch List
- Football: Jackson Named to Biletnikoff Award Watch List
- Football: Lindenberg Lands on Chuck Bednarik Award Preseason Watch List
GopherSports.com: The Big Ten announced conference opponents for the 2025 Gymnastics season.
GopherSports.com: Five Gophers will skate in the 2024 Collegiate and Under-18 series between the U.S. and Canada, which kicks off tonight in Ontario.
GopherSports.com: Women's Golf announced the addition of Minnesota state champion Jordana Windhorst-Knudsen for the upcoming season.
@GopherWGolf: Sophomore returnee Mariana Mesones earned medalist honors at the Peruvian National Match Play Championship.
@GopherWBB: Women's Basketball celebrated the end of summer workouts at Huntington Bank Stadium.
GopherSports.com: Men's Basketball's "Get to Know" series continues with Lincoln Meister and Max Sheridan.
GopherSports.com: Men's Basketball wrapped up workouts with its annual summer softball classic.
YouTube.com: Hockey's Oliver Moore, Ryan Chesley, Jimmy Snuggerud and Sam Rinzel met at The Wilds in Prior Lake for a friendly golf competition.
Fox9.com: John Anderson talked retirement in the latest episode of Unscripted with Dawn Mitchell on Fox 9.
@GopherFootball: Take a look back at the first couple weeks of Football training camp.
GopherSports.com: Coach Fleck was mic'd up during a recent workout at Huntington Bank Stadium.
Gophers in the NFL:
- Esezi Otomewo had three tackles and 1.5 sacks for the Jaguars
- Eric Murray had a team-best six tackles for the Texans
- Olympic heavyweight champion Gable Steveson played eight snaps in his Buffalo debut