When head coach Kelly Kremer recruited Jessica Plant to swim at the University of Minnesota, he told her he envisioned her being an All-American by the end of her career.
Plant, who hails from Canada,...
State and University of Minnesota officials are hoping to add the College Football Playoff championship to the growing list of high-profile events that the new Vikings stadium will host.
Gov. Mark...
The NCAA recently started recognizing triathlons as part of a push to include more female student-athletes in the league.
Though University of Minnesota athletics officials say the school won’t...
With the amount of change the NCAA has undergone in recent years, rectifying inconsistent drug policies from school to school may be next on the docket.
Just last week, the NCAA Committee on Infractions...
Dozens of female coaches from across the state convened at TCF Bank Stadium on Friday to better understand how collegiate coaches and female athletes work together to address injuries.
At...
Gophers women’s hockey head coach Brad Frost said at the beginning of each season, he sits his team down to discuss the implications of poor social media practices.
“We talk about how...
After earning a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Maryland in 2005, Nick Rogers had his heart set on law school.
The University of Minnesota Law School was the only institution...
Just two weeks before this year’s NCAA championships, a car accident left senior swimmer Kiera Janzen with a concussion.
Janzen worked her way back to recovery, but before the team flew out to North...
After his first year at North Carolina State University, Chris Hawthorne felt the need to transfer. The Raleigh, N.C., native said he needed a fresh start. âÄúOut of personal and professional necessity,...
With a verbal commitment to play baseball at the University of Minnesota already established, Justin Gominsky received a phone call from head coach John Anderson before his senior year of high school.
Anderson...
Michael Handel grew up in Sun Prairie, Wis., 30 minutes from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
He was raised a Badgers fan, and his father, Randy, even worked in the university’s athletics department.
But...
Brad Carlin was puzzled when other people devised better brackets than his own in his NCAA March Madness pool for the Division I men’s basketball tournament.
As a biostatistics professor, he couldn’t...
Spring break for the Gophers didn’t exactly amount to free time on a beach somewhere south of Minneapolis.
Instead, the team flew 12 hours across the world to train and compete at the National Training...
Amid many changes to protocol and reviews of revenue sports, the NCAA’s policy overhaul has trickled down to affect some of the league’s nonrevenue sports.
The NCAA announced last month it...
The Minnesota Daily met with athletics director Norwood Teague on Monday for the latest edition of “Talkin’ with Teague.”
Teague discussed head football coach Jerry Kill’s recruiting...
Evonne Bilotta-Burke was skeptical of roller derby when her friends introduced her to it years ago. But she decided to give it a chance, she said, which eventually lead to a spot on the Twin Cities’...
At the regional championships last month, freshman Gabriella Sorg glided down the competition’s hill — unaware of how her time would impact the University of Minnesota’s alpine skiing...
The University of Minnesota announced the selection of M.A. Mortenson Company to manage the construction of the new Athletics Village on Friday.
The Minneapolis-based construction company will be responsible...
A group of about 75 students attend every home game the Gophers men’s basketball team plays — both the nonconference cupcake matchups and hardcore historical rivalries.
Each student is proud...
Nine members of the Gophers volleyball team travel to Colorado Springs, Colo., this weekend to try out for the U.S. women's national team at the U.S. Olympic Training Center.
Maddie Beal, Alyssa Goehner,...
When the federal government enacted Title IX in the early 1970s, around 90 percent of the head coaches for women’s sports teams were females.
But since then, the number of female head coaches has...
The University of Minnesota will pay around $2,200 to cover the cost of attendance for over 300 full-scholarship athletes as part of the new NCAA autonomy rules, athletics director Norwood Teague said...
The $190 million athletic facilities plan took another step forward Thursday as a Board of Regents committee approved an amendment to allot the athletics department $15 million for schematic design of...
With the Minnesota North Stars already relocated to Texas, Nick Bjugstad didn’t spend too much time dreaming of playing in the NHL growing up.
His ultimate goal was playing for the Gophers, where...
Former University of Minnesota and current Florida Panthers star Nick Bjugstad is back in Minnesota for Florida's game against the Wild Thursday night.
Bjugstad recently signed a six-year contract...
Just down the hall from the weight rooms, practice gym and study areas of the Bierman Field Athletic Building sits a special place where student-athletes can find help when stress levels from balancing...
The University of Minnesota announced a $6 million donation to help fund a new basketball facility on Friday.
Robert Eddy, a University graduate and retired telecommunications executive, made the donation...
Before coming to Minnesota, Julia Courter didn’t play high school tennis.
She was homeschooled, forcing her to make her mark on the United States Tennis Association circuit tournaments.
Paula Rincon-Otero,...
A 21-day hospital visit for the return of acute myeloid leukemia in December had pitching coach Todd Oakes concerned about more than just baseball at practice last Tuesday.
He addressed the team for the...
To end Tuesday’s men’s tennis practice, all team members participated in a rigorous relay race as part of an attempt to improve their conditioning heading into Big Ten play.
While the running...
Fans who attended the North Star College Cup on Friday and Saturday saw quality hockey, even though the tournament is only in its second year.
Three of the four participating schools — including...
Caroline Ryba didn’t have the opportunity to savor her final weeks at home before coming to the University of Minnesota.
The freshman rehabilitated a hip alignment issue within a month of joining...
Former Gophers quarterback Philip Nelson will plead guilty to fifth degree assault for his role in a fight in Mankato last May, according to the Star Tribune.
According to a statement from his lawyer,...
The Power 5 conferences took a historic step forward Saturday, using their autonomy to enact legislation to help cover the rising cost of attendance for student-athletes.
The legislation, which will take...
When Laura Benzing was in high school, she was rather unfamiliar with the college volleyball recruiting process.
The Sparta, Wis., native would ask college coaches where they saw her play because she had...
The Minnesota Daily sat down with athletics director Norwood Teague on Tuesday for its third edition of “Talkin’ with Teague.”
Teague discussed bowl game revenue, the new scholarship...
Marty Orbuch, 82, has been a Gophers football season-ticket holder for a half-century.
As a 1957 University of Minnesota Medical School alumnus, he wanted to keep the tradition of Gophers athletics alive...
Eric Decker returned to Minneapolis with the New York Jets for Sunday's game against the Minnesota Vikings at TCF Bank Stadium.
The Gophers alum, who was drafted by the Denver Broncos in 2010, signed...
The Gophers' football team is in for a treat when they head to Orlando, Fla., for its New Year's Day bowl game against Missouri.
Aside from the increase in temperature, the Gophers will come home...
One word truly captures the essence of Eric Decker’s athletics career: opportunity.
The Cold Spring, Minn., native said his work ethic is the reason he earned the chance to play at the University...
The athletics department announced Tuesday that the price for scholarship seating, or premium seating, at TCF Bank Stadium will increase over the next three years.
The change will increase revenue for...
Head coach Chuck Merzbacher has had a particular talented tennis player on his recruiting radar since she was 8 years old.
Merzbacher kept tabs on the tennis player as she competed throughout the years,...
Sunday’s game at TCF Bank Stadium finally had the feel of true Minnesota weather for the Vikings.
With an official game-time temperature of 12 degrees Fahrenheit, Sunday tied for the seventh-coldest...
Minnesota State-Mankato entered the weekend home-and-home series against the Gophers without a tally in their win column.
The Mavericks kept the losing streak going this weekend, as No. 2 Minnesota swept...
When Green Bay’s Eddie Lacy caught a pass at the start of the fourth quarter, eluded his defenders and ran into the end zone, fans in TCF Bank Stadium hollered and cheered.
Later, chants of “Go...
The Gophers volleyball team will travel to Japan next year as part of its spring preseason.
Minnesota accepted an invitation from the Japan Volleyball Association to train and compete against the All-Japan...
Balancing classes and athletics can be tough for student-athletes who are in the midst of their season.
But at the University of Minnesota, the McNamara Academic Center in the Bierman Field Athletic Building...
In the midst of a nine-match winning streak, No. 6 Penn State had momentum rolling into Saturday’s contest against Minnesota.
But that didn’t stop the Gophers from challenging the Nittany Lions...
Koichiro Kanno could be an Olympic head coach in two years.
But for now, he’s making his home in Minnesota and working as the Gophers volleyball team’s volunteer assistant coach.
The Japan...
In the United States, the media doesn’t typically cover the departure of American college students heading abroad for a semester.
But for 11 Chinese students spending a year at the University...
For a guy who dreamed of administering the NCAA men’s basketball Final Four, Tom McGinnis sure has gotten pretty close.
While he admits he has given up on that dream, he has found success elsewhere.
McGinnis...
The Minnesota Twins announced Monday they have hired Gophers alum Paul Molitor as their new manager. The hire was officially announced at a press conference Tuesday.
"This is an incredible day for...
It was a regular Sunday inside TCF Bank Stadium, despite a more than 3,000-person protest right outside the University of Minnesota stadium’s gates.
But as one of the largest demonstrations in campus...
The Minnesota Daily met with University of Minnesota athletics director Norwood Teague on Wednesday for the second edition of “Talkin’ with Teague.”
Teague discussed Gophers coaches,...
By the early 1990s, female participation in sports had taken off in the United States.
The federal law protecting against gender-based discrimination, Title IX, took effect in 1972. But while the legislation...
Kelly Kremer knew he had secured one of the top swimmers in the nation when Conner McHugh committed to the University of Minnesota.
The Gophers head coach kept up with McHugh’s times and progress...
Free time can be hard to come by for student-athletes between hours of practice and games on top of academic commitments.
But for some, dedicating free time to volunteer work serves a significant role...
Just 30 minutes after the Gophers football team toppled Northwestern on Saturday, the signature maroon and gold “M” had nearly vanished from TCF Bank Stadium’s 50-yard line.
More than...
Athletics director Norwood Teague said he’s impressed with the group of coaches he has for the 23 sports teams at the University of Minnesota.
“I cannot be prouder of the group that we have,”...
For Leandro Toledo, the Saint Francis Health System Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-American Championships were a chance to prove himself to be better than the No. 22 ranking he earned before play...
More than five months after the NCAA’s approval of a new rule allowing Division I athletics departments to provide unlimited meals and snacks to athletes, the Gophers are still becoming acclimated...
MarQueis Gray and Ra’Shede Hageman were both back at TCF Bank Stadium playing football on Sunday.
This time, though, neither of the two donned the esteemed maroon and gold of their alma mater, despite...
Tereza Brichacova wasn’t an All-America recruit when she enrolled at the University of Minnesota.
Now, as a senior, Brichacova was selected to play in the Riviera/Intercollegiate Tennis Association...
The Minnesota Daily sat down with University of Minnesota athletics director Norwood Teague for its inaugural edition of “Talkin’ with Teague” on Thursday.
Teague, now in his third year...
Minnesota headed into the Gopher Invitational intending to set the bar for the upcoming season.
The Gophers did just that, finishing each day with winning records in both singles and doubles. Three Gophers...
The focus of this weekend’s Gopher Invitational for the women’s tennis team won’t solely be on victories.
Instead, head coach Chuck Merzbacher will zone in on his team’s underclassmen...
A sea of purple enveloped Dinkytown and Stadium Village on Sunday morning before the Minnesota Vikings played their first regular-season game at TCF Bank Stadium this year.
Lively tailgates surrounded...
The NCAA restored Penn State University’s football postseason eligibility Monday, lifting one of several sanctions it handed down in 2012 after finding that the school had mishandled the Jerry Sandusky...
Since his hiring at Minnesota almost four years ago, head coach Jerry Kill has steadily improved the Gophers football program.
The team’s recent success, in addition to an increased marketing...
University of Minnesota athletics director Norwood Teague’s $190 million facilities plan took a major step forward Tuesday with a $25
million contribution from Land O’Lakes.
University President...
A proposal to extend the Division I soccer schedule is quickly becoming more popular across the country.
The proposal would extend the season — currently played in the fall — into the spring,...
The University of Minnesota and Land O’Lakes announced Tuesday that the corporation will donate $25 million to new school projects, with a large portion of the funds going toward the school’s...
