University of Minnesota Athletics
Gopher Sports: News & Notes
7/1/2026 8:58:00 AM | Athletics
Catch up on all the latest news from Gopher Athletics from the past week.
NACDA.com: Gopher Athletics finished 32nd out of 301 schools in the final 2025-26 Learfield Directors Cup standings - the best finish since 2022-23.
GopherSports.com: Incoming freshman Wyatt Cullen was drafted 10th overall by the Nashville Predators in the first round of the NHL Draft.
@GopherWBB: Tori McKinney and Team USA finished first at the U23 3x3 Nations League in Chile.
KSTP.com: KSTP caught up with McKinney before she headed off to the tournament.
GopherSports.com: The Big Ten unveiled opponents for the 2027 Baseball season which will include Siebert Field visits from Oregon and USC.
GopherSports.com: Swimming & Diving announced the promotions of Maddy Olson to Senior Associate Head Coach and Zach Mertens to Associate Head Coach.
GopherSports.com: Coach Medved, Jaylen Crocker-Johnson and Isaac Asuma met the media on Tuesday to give an update on summer workouts.
@GopherMBB: Coach Medved was asked to 'Pick the Play'.
GopherSports.com: Men's Basketball's 'Get to Know' series continues with Woodbury, Minn., native Cedric Tomes.
@B1GMBBall: Big Ten Digital visited Men's Basketball summer workouts.
@EdmontonOilers: Chloe Primerano and alum Abbey Murphy were invited to the Edmonton Oilers' Development Camp.
NHL.com: Coach May was invited to be a guest coach at the Utah Mammoth's Development Camp.
MNDaily.com: The Minnesota Daily caught up with Nelli Laitinen after she became the first-ever draft pick for PWHL Hamilton.
GopherSports.com: Hockey's Jacob Rombach and Finn McLaughlin were named 2026 Krampade/AHCA All-American Scholars.
@TheGopherWay: Several student-athletes traveled to Chicago as part of this year's CORE Tour.
GopherSports.com: Coach Fleck will be joined by Maverick Baranowski, Drake Lindsey, Anthony Smith and Darius Taylor at Big Ten Media Days in Chicago later this month.
GopherSports.com: Smith added to his preseason accolades with second-team All-America honors from the Walter Camp Foundation.
@GopherFootball: Gopher Digital took a look back at the longest receptions during the Coach Fleck era.
Fox9.com: Gopher defensive lineman Jaxon Howard appeared on Fox 9 to talk about his upcoming free 'My Brother's Keeper" football camp.
Gopher Shorts:
- @GopherWBB: Working Around the Clock
- @GopherFB: Goldy's In The Game
- @GopherMBB: Best NBA 2K?
- @GopherSports: CLA Tax Seminar
@MSHSL: Former Gopher Hockey great Krissy Wendell Pohl was inducted into the National High School Hall of Fame.
IowaWild.com: Former Gopher Stu Bickel was named head coach of the Iowa Wild, the primary affiliate of the Minnesota Wild.
EPLocalNews.org: The Eden Prairie Local News highlighted the four local players on the 2025-26 Men's Hockey roster.
@GopherWGym: Get to know Gymnastics head coach Jenny Hansen.
@GopherFootball: Football followed a summer lifting session with a team paintball outing.
SI.com: Former Gopher Max Meyer improved to 9-0 after throwing seven shutout innings against St. Louis. He is scheduled to start tonight at Colorado.
@MikeGrimm3: Directory of Photography Brad Rempel discussed his role in Gopher Athletics in Mike Grimm's Go Gopher Podcast.