University of Minnesota Athletics
2024-25 Gopher Athletics Year in Review
2024-25 CHAMPIONSHIPS
TEAM (NATIONAL)
▸ Spirit Squad - UCA/UDA Small Coed Game Day Cheer & Dance Pom National Champions
Won the program's first cheer and 23rd dance national title
TEAM (CONFERENCE)
▸ Men's Hockey - Big Ten Regular Season Champions
Won third title in the last four years and seventh regular-season title in 12 seasons of B1G Hockey
INDIVIDUAL (NATIONAL)
▸ Kostas Zaltos (NCAA Outdoor Track & Field)
Became first Gopher since 2018 to win NCAA Track & Field title; had sixth-longest throw in NCAA history; became four-time All-American
INDIVIDUAL (CONFERENCE)
▸ Annie Nabwe (Big Ten Indoor Track & Field)
Became fifth Big Ten weight thrower to win back-to-back conference titles
▸ Gable Steveson (Big Ten Wrestling)
First heavyweight and 19th overall to win four league titles in Big Ten history // Second Gopher to win four B1G titles
▸ Kostas Zaltos (Big Ten Outdoor Track & Field)
Became the first to win four Big Ten hammer throw titles with a new championship meet record
▸ Charles Godfred (Big Outdoor Track & Field)
Repeated as Big Ten long jump champion // Just eight centimeters shy of Jesse Owens' meet record set in 1933
▸ 4x100M Relay Team (Big Ten Outdoor Track & Field)
(Zion Campbell, Kion Benjamin, Aaron Charles and Devin Augustine)
Broke their own Big Ten Championship record and upset top-ranked USC to win the title
▸ Annie Nabwe ( Big Ten Outdoor Track & Field)
Won her first outdoor B1G title and third of her career after posting school record in the hammer throw
▸ Spirit Squad - UCA/UDA Small Coed Game Day Cheer & Dance Pom National Champions
Won the program's first cheer and 23rd dance national title
TEAM (CONFERENCE)
▸ Men's Hockey - Big Ten Regular Season Champions
Won third title in the last four years and seventh regular-season title in 12 seasons of B1G Hockey
INDIVIDUAL (NATIONAL)
▸ Kostas Zaltos (NCAA Outdoor Track & Field)
Became first Gopher since 2018 to win NCAA Track & Field title; had sixth-longest throw in NCAA history; became four-time All-American
INDIVIDUAL (CONFERENCE)
▸ Annie Nabwe (Big Ten Indoor Track & Field)
Became fifth Big Ten weight thrower to win back-to-back conference titles
▸ Gable Steveson (Big Ten Wrestling)
First heavyweight and 19th overall to win four league titles in Big Ten history // Second Gopher to win four B1G titles
▸ Kostas Zaltos (Big Ten Outdoor Track & Field)
Became the first to win four Big Ten hammer throw titles with a new championship meet record
▸ Charles Godfred (Big Outdoor Track & Field)
Repeated as Big Ten long jump champion // Just eight centimeters shy of Jesse Owens' meet record set in 1933
▸ 4x100M Relay Team (Big Ten Outdoor Track & Field)
(Zion Campbell, Kion Benjamin, Aaron Charles and Devin Augustine)
Broke their own Big Ten Championship record and upset top-ranked USC to win the title
▸ Annie Nabwe ( Big Ten Outdoor Track & Field)
Won her first outdoor B1G title and third of her career after posting school record in the hammer throw
2024-25 BY THE NUMBERS
▸ Student-athletes semester GPA: 3.45 (Spring 2025)
For the sixth consecutive semester, all sport programs are above a 3.0 GPA in both their semester and cumulative GPAs
▸ Student-athlete cumulative GPA: 3.46 (Spring 2025)
School Record
▸ Graduation Success Rate: 95%
▸ Academic Progress Rate (APR): 14 programs with a perfect APR score; six programs have a perfect 1,000 multiyear rate
▸ Academic All-Americans: 8
T-4th in Big Ten / T-8th in Nation
▸ Academic All-District: 62
1st in Big Ten / 1st in Nation
▸ Academic All-Americans since the 2016-17 academic year: 84
▸ Academic All-Big Ten: 389 (343 in 2023-24)
▸ Big Ten Distinguished Scholars: 140 (121 in 2023-24)
▸ Learfield Directors' Cup Standing: 39th
For the sixth consecutive semester, all sport programs are above a 3.0 GPA in both their semester and cumulative GPAs
▸ Student-athlete cumulative GPA: 3.46 (Spring 2025)
School Record
▸ Graduation Success Rate: 95%
▸ Academic Progress Rate (APR): 14 programs with a perfect APR score; six programs have a perfect 1,000 multiyear rate
▸ Academic All-Americans: 8
T-4th in Big Ten / T-8th in Nation
▸ Academic All-District: 62
1st in Big Ten / 1st in Nation
▸ Academic All-Americans since the 2016-17 academic year: 84
▸ Academic All-Big Ten: 389 (343 in 2023-24)
▸ Big Ten Distinguished Scholars: 140 (121 in 2023-24)
▸ Learfield Directors' Cup Standing: 39th
TEAM SNAPSHOTS
MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
3rd Place - Griak Invitational
11th Place - B1G Championship
10th Place - NCAA Regional
11th Place - B1G Championship
10th Place - NCAA Regional
WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
1st Place - Griak Invitational
4th Place - B1G Championship
2nd Place - NCAA Regional
18th Place - NCAA Championship
4th Place - B1G Championship
2nd Place - NCAA Regional
18th Place - NCAA Championship
SPIRIT SQUAD
National Champions: Small Coed Game Day
National Champions: Dance Pom
2nd Place: Small Coed Cheer / Dance Jazz
4th Place: Mascot (Goldy Gopher)
National Champions: Dance Pom
2nd Place: Small Coed Cheer / Dance Jazz
4th Place: Mascot (Goldy Gopher)
WOMEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING
8-3 Overall, 4-1 B1G
6th Place at B1G Championships
27th Place at NCAA Championships
Two All-Americans // Six NCAA Qualifiers
6th Place at B1G Championships
27th Place at NCAA Championships
Two All-Americans // Six NCAA Qualifiers
WRESTLING
10-2 Overall, 6-2 B1G
4th Place at B1G Championships
5th Place at NCAA Championships
Three All-Americans // 9 NCAA Qualifiers
4th Place at B1G Championships
5th Place at NCAA Championships
Three All-Americans // 9 NCAA Qualifiers
MEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING
6-3 Overall, 2-1 B1G
5th Place at B1G Championships
28th Place at NCAA Championships
Three All-Americans // 10 NCAA Qualifiers
5th Place at B1G Championships
28th Place at NCAA Championships
Three All-Americans // 10 NCAA Qualifiers
GYMNASTICS
17-7 Overall, 8-1 B1G
2nd in Big Ten
3rd at B1G Championships
4th at NCAA Salt Lake Regional
2nd in Big Ten
3rd at B1G Championships
4th at NCAA Salt Lake Regional
MEN'S TRACK & FIELD
2nd at B1G Championships
7th at NCAA Championships
NCAA Hammer Throw Champion
10 All-American citations
7th at NCAA Championships
NCAA Hammer Throw Champion
10 All-American citations
