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Justin Walley is the 11th Minnesota defensive back to be drafted since 2014. Courtesy of Kelly Lynn.

Three Gophers hear name called at 2025 NFL Draft

by Matthew Zeichert
Published April 27, 2025

Minnesota’s offensive lineman Aireontae Ersery, defensive back Justin Walley and linebacker Cody Lindenberg are going pro. At the 2025 NFL Draft in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Ersery, Walley and Lindenberg...

Overall, the Gophers have won 23 national championships which has been the most in the nation since 2003. Courtesy of University of Minnesota Athletics

Gophers dance team brings home their fourth gold medal

by Regan Guirguis
Published April 27, 2025

The University of Minnesota dance team won both a gold and silver medal on Friday representing Team USA in Jazz and Pom at the International Cheer Union (ICU) World Championships. The Gophers earned...

Berkland has 45 hits, 44 RBI and 11 home runs on the season.

The road to the pros through summer league

by Sophia Bablitch
Published April 25, 2025

As summer approaches and the collegiate season winds down, the Gophers baseball team is already gearing up for the season ahead. Summer league baseball starts immediately after the regular season...

Thrower Kostas Zaltos is one of 22 athletes on the Bowerman mid-season watchlist. Photo by Christopher Mitchell.

Top five start for Minnesota men’s track and field

by Matthew Zeichert
Published April 25, 2025

Gophers track and field is making the most of their outdoor season, peaking at No. 2 in the nation. While the team recently fell from third to fifth in the NCAA Track and Field rankings on April 22,...

Caption: Isabella McCauley played in the Augusta National Women’s Amateur in early April. Courtesy of Kelly Hagenson

The pathway from collegiate to professional golf

by Sophia Bablitch
Published April 24, 2025

The process of becoming a professional golfer is far from any other sport. It is a long journey that not only takes talent and skill, but also years of accumulated points and experience. Unlike other...

Ersery is expected to be the first Gopher drafted in 2025. Courtesy of Dane Kuhn.

Nine former Golden Gophers head into the 2025 NFL Draft

by Regan Guirguis
Published April 24, 2025

The Gophers have nine players taking part in this year’s NFL Draft, with multiple expecting to hear their names called. Since every position requires vastly different types of players, the NFL uses...

Dundon became the first freshman since 2012 to win the Big Ten 300m steeplechase last season.

There is no place like home for Gophers women’s track and field

by Megan Davis
Published April 24, 2025

After a series of meets in California, the Gophers women’s track and field team finally had their first home meet of the outdoor season.The Gary Wilson Invitational took place Wednesday, right before...

Xcel Energy Center has been the sole name for the arena since it opened in 2000.

New naming of Xcel Energy Center gets mixed reactions from students

by Katrina Bailey and Regan Guirguis
Published April 24, 2025

Xcel Energy Center, home of the Minnesota Wild and Frost, is getting a new name. The existing arena naming rights agreement with Xcel Energy will conclude this summer after a 25-year partnership,...

Both Isabella and Reese McCauley played in all tournaments their freshman year with the Gophers. Courtesy of Gopher Athletics.

McCauley sisters making their mark on Gophers golf

by Sophia Bablitch
Published April 20, 2025

What started as a shared interest in golf blossomed into the McCauley sisters playing together on the same collegiate team.Minnesota's Reese McCauley grew up playing golf because of her older sister,...

Through four seasons as head coach, Johnson’s coaching record was 56-71. Courtesy of Kelly Lynn.

A breakdown of the Ben Johnson era of Gophers men’s basketball

by Matthew Zeichert
Published April 19, 2025

Former Minnesota men’s Basketball coach Ben Johnson earned his first head coaching job during a time of monumental change for NCAA athletics.Hired on March 22, 2021, Johnson took over a job held...

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