University of Minnesota Athletics
Gopher Sports: News & Notes
5/20/2026 9:27:00 AM | Athletics
Catch up on all the latest news from Gopher Athletics from the past week.
GopherSports.com: After finishing fourth at the NCAA Ann Arbor Regional, Isabella McCauley will compete in her third NCAA Championship in Carlsbad, Calif. The senior will tee off at 4:02PM on Friday (Live Scoring).
GopherSports.com: Sophomore Chun-Ta Wu is in a tie for 60th place entering today's final round of the NCAA Columbus Regional (Live Scoring).
GopherSports.com: Men's Track & Field finished second for the second straight year at the Big Ten Championships highlighted by titles from Charles Godfred (Long Jump), Angelos Mantzouranis (Hammer Throw) and the 4x100m relay team.
- @GopherCCTF: Godfred's Long Jump Win
- @GopherCCTF: Mantzouranis' Hammer Throw Win
- @GopherCCTF: 4x100m Relay Win
GopherSports.com: Anthonett Nabwe earned three podium finishes and a Big Ten hammer throw title as Women's Track & Field finished sixth at the Big Ten Championships.
- @MinnesotaonBTN: Nabwe's Hammer Throw Win
GopherSports.com: Lexi Schimnowski and Manon Field earned first- and second-team all-league honors, respectively, as Rowing finished eighth at the Big Ten Championships on Sunday. Minnesota's First Varsity Eight boat started the day with a race win (Watch).
GopherSports.com: Weber Neels (First Team), Isaac Morton (Second Team) and Charlie Sutherland (Third Team) earned All-Big Ten Baseball honors.
GopherSports.com: Basketball's Amaya Battle and Football's Derek LeCaptain were Minnesota's recipients of the Big Ten Medal of Honor.
GopherSports.com: Gopher Athletics rallied for the first tie in the 22-year history of the Border Battle after finishing ahead of the Badgers in the final five B1G Championships of the spring.
GopherSports.com: Tennis' Aiva Schmitz and Mia Liepert received CSC Academic All-District honors.
GopherSports.com: Coach Larson announced that Brennan Poderzay will be Hockey's Director of Goaltending Development.
Roster News:
- Wrestling: Gopher Wrestling Signs Transfer Drayden Morton
- Men's Basketball: Blake Nixon Jr. Set to Join Gopher Men's Basketball Program
GopherSports.com: The Big Ten unveiled opponent rotations for the 2027 Gymnastics season.
WCCORadio.com: University President Rebecca Cunningham looked back on the academic year with WCCO Radio's Vineeta Sawkar.
@GopherMBB: Men's Basketball wrapped up its countdown of top plays from the 2025-26 season:
- #4: Jaylen Crocker-Johnson scores 22 in upset of #10 Spartans
- #3: Grayson Grove's block in upset of #22 Hoosiers
- #2: Cade Tyson pours in 38 points with eight made threes
- #1: Langston Reynolds takes over in win over Wildcats
@ChicagoSky: Alum Rachel Banham had 13 points off the bench as Chicago beat the Lynx at Target Center on Sunday.
GopherSports.com: Volleyball's 'Gopher Spotlight' series kicks off with Lino Lakes, Minn., native Elena Hoecke.
GopherSports.com: Catcher Weber Neels joined Glen Perkins in the final episode of Driven to the Diamond.
@MikeGrimm3: He was also a guest on Mike Grimm's Go Gopher Podcast.
GopherSports.com: Men's Golf is holding an auction with a variety of playing packages available.
@Marlins: After getting a win in his first start at Target Field last week, the Marlins' Max Meyer threw six shutout innings in a 12-0 rout of Atlanta on Monday.
NHL.com: Jimmy Snuggerud finished fifth in voting for the Calder Trophy, given to the NHL's top rookie.
YouTube.com: Coach May was a guest on the 5 Minute Major Podcast.
YouTube.com: Bella Fanale reflected on her first Gopher Hockey season in the latest WCHA Commissioner's Corner.
@ThePWHLOfficial: Gopher alum Peyton Hemp helped Ottawa cut Montreal's series lead to 2-1 with her game-tying goal on Monday night.
@MinnesotaonBTN: BTN Digital mic'd up Angelos Mantzouranis during a workout before the Big Ten Outdoor Championships.