Gophers first baseman Robb Quinlan was named a Louisville Slugger third-team All-American on Thursday, and shortstop Rick Brosseau was named honorable mention on the freshman team.
Quinlan leads the Big Ten in home runs, runs scored, total bases, hits and slugging percentage. He was named the Big Ten Player of the Week twice and the Collegiate Baseball Player of the Week once.
Brosseau started 39 games for Minnesota this season and hit .462 in the Big Ten tournament.
Gymnastics assistant named
The Gophers men’s athletics department announced Thursday that Thomas Glielmi has been named an assistant coach for the men’s gymnastics team.
Glielmi has been the owner and men’s head coach of the International Sports Center in Matthews, N.C., for the past seven years. He began his coaching career as an assistant at Northern Illinois.
“I’m extremely excited about coming to the University of Minnesota,” Glielmi said. “I’m looking forward to working with (head coach) Fred Roethlisberger and the Minnesota team.”

— Michael Rand