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Gopher Sports: News & Notes
7/2/2025 8:38:00 AM | Athletics
Catch up on all the latest news from Gopher Athletics from the past week.
@MikeGrimm3: Marc Ryan reflected on his 36 years with Gopher Athletics during his appearance on Mike Grimm's Go Gopher Podcast.
GopherSports.com: Coach Cook, Kelly Kinney and Jordan Taylor begin pool play with Team USA this afternoon at the 2025 FIVB Girls U19 World Championships. You can watch live on YouTube.
GopherSports.com: Congratulations to the Gopher Digital Productions live team for being recognized during the third-annual B1G+ Awards presentation.
NACDA.com: Gopher Athletics finished 39th out of 303 schools in the final Learfield Directors' Cup standings.
GopherSports.com: Dawson Garcia signed with the Detroit Pistons and will compete in the Vegas summer league next week.
GopherSports.com: Five future Gophers were selected in the 2025 NHL Draft.
Gophers & NHL Free Agency:
- Staying: Matthew Knies (Toronto), Ryan Johnson (Buffalo)
- Going: Travis Boyd (Toronto), Nate Schmidt (Utah), Ryan Lindgren (Seattle), Nick Bjugstad (St. Louis)
GopherSports.com: Steve Miller and Jacob LeRoy will join Coach Motzko with Team USA for next December's World Junior Championships.
GopherSports.com: Ruby Chi and Isabella McCauley were named to the 2024-25 WGCA All-American Scholar Team.
GopherSports.com: Sophomore Koi Perich earned his second preseason All-America honor when he was recognized by the Walter Camp Football Foundation.
GopherSports.com: Perich, Anthony Smith and Darius Taylor will join Coach Fleck and quarterback Drake Lindsey for Big Ten Football Media Days in Las Vegas in three weeks.
GopherSports.com: Women's Basketball will spend Thanksgiving in the Bahamas after accepting an invitation to the Baha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo Championship.
@WCHAWHockey: Former Gopher Baylee (Gillanders) Stevenson (2011-14) was featured in the WCHA's Alumni Spotlight.
@GopherWHockey: After serving as an assistant with the Minnesota Frost, Mira Jalosuo has been named head coach at St. Cloud State.
GopherSports.com: Softball announced the addition of Cassie Johnson, a redshirt freshman from Texas Tech.
GopherSports.com: Coach Medved was grand marshal of the Roseville Rose Parade in June.
GopherSports.com: Men's Basketball's "Get to Know" series continues with Western Michigan transfer Chansey Willis Jr.
GopherSports.com: Take a look back at week three of Men's Basketball summer workouts.
HometownSource.com: Goalkeeper Sarah Martin talked with her hometown newspaper after participating in the U.S. Soccer women's college ID camp.
GopherSports.com: Gymnastics offered fans a summer check-in with fifth-year senior Lauren Pearl.
Fox9.com: Former Gopher Blake Cashman spoke with Fox 9's Jim Rich ahead of his second season with the Vikings.
The Latest from Gopher Digital
- Men's Basketball: Summer Mad Libs
- Men's Basketball: The Bucket List | Chansey Willis Jr & Max Lorenson
- Men's Basketball: Bucket List: Erick Reader & Nehemiah Turner
- Football: Summer Workouts