University of Minnesota Athletics
Gopher Sports: News & Notes
7/8/2026 9:33:00 AM | Athletics
Catch up on all the latest news from Gopher Athletics from the past week.
GopherSports.com: Gopher Athletics and the M Club have announced its 2026 Hall of Fame Class:
- Guillermo Alvarez - Men's Gymnastics
- Luke Appert- Baseball
- Daniel Croaston - Men's Swim & Dive
- Lauren Gibbemeyer-Mendes - Volleyball
- Jody Horak - Women's Hockey
- Brock Lesnar - Wrestling
- Sean Lumpkin- Football
- Larry Olimb- Men's Hockey
- Sarah (Wilhite) Parsons - Volleyball
- Lezlie Weiss- Softball
GopherSports.com: Rowing's Manon Field and Gymnastics' Sarah Moraw have been named CSC Academic All-Americans.
GopherSports.com: New Gymnastics assistant Grace McCallum chatted with Justin Gaard in the latest Golden Gopher Podcast.
GopherSports.com: Carly Gilk and Jordan Taylor (alternate) were named to the US Women's U21 National Volleyball team that is competing in the 2026 NORCECA Pan American Cup. USA opened with a sweep last night (Watch).
@MikeGrimm3: Coach Medved appeared on Mike Grimm's Go Gopher Podcast.
GopherSports.com: Men's Basketball newcomers Nolan Groves, Kyan Evans and Winters Grady were featured in the latest Gopher Round Table.
Fox9.com: Freshmen Nolen Anderson and Cedric Tomes sat down with Fox 9's Ahmad Hicks to talk about Men's Basketball workouts.
GopherSports.com: Men's Basketball's 'Get to Know' series continues with Michigan transfer Malick Kordel.
GopherSports.com: Women's Basketball's 'Meet the Newcomers' series kicks off with Penn State transfer Gracie Merkle.
MLB.com: Max Meyer spoke to the media after being named a first-time All-Star.
@GopherCCTF: Freshman Jayden Green broke a 31-year old national junior record in the 200m at the Barbados Grand Prix.
GopherSports.com: Nine Gophers were recognized in Athlon's preseason All-America and All-Big Ten Football teams.
GopherSports.com: Men's Hockey captain Brodie Ziemer was the guest in the second episode of the Pride on Ice Podcast.
ESPN.com: Gopher Football claimed #54, #61, #69 and #72 in ESPN's look at the best player by jersey number in college football history (with three more honorable mentions).