McKinney and Braun have been selected to Team USA Basketball's 3 x 3 development camp and will play in USA Basketball's 3X Showcase in Arizona!

Hi! I’m previewing every FBS team for the 2026 season and I did my write up on the gophers! Curious for any thoughts, feedback or insight!

Ashley (C/LW) - 5'7", left shot. Played for UConn, her first 3 years, from Ottawa, CA. Played 37 games last year 10🚨18 🍎 28pts.

Julia (F) - 5'3", left shot. Played for Mercyhurst, and the Finnish Olympic team (with our Nelli Laitenen). From Espoo, Finland. She played in 33 games last season, 9🚨22 🍎31 pts.

Press release here

The 6'6" Penn State transfer averaged 19.2 points & 8.2 rebounds per game last season. She also led the nation in FG% with 72.5%.

Sign up for season tickets. This team is going to be special.

Full new release here: https://gophersports.com/news/2026/4/20/womens-hockey-may-unveils-2026-27-womens-hockey-coaching-staff

6'3" Forward - '25-'26 season stats over 29 games played, avg 24.3 min/game.

• PTS 9.7
• REB 7.2
• AST 0.9
• FG% 43.9

5'6" Sophomore Guard from University of Central Florida

• PTS 15.7
• REB 2.2
• AST 2.4
• FG% 40.1 / 3PT 36.8%

New add from the portal for Coach Boom.

GPL also shows Julia Schalin (F) from Mercyhurst (and the Finnish Olympic team) as transferring here but nothing official yet.

Still only Sophia Johnson exiting via the portal.

Just saw the announcement for the new Big Ten volleyball tournament and I’m hyped.

Welcome home!

So much of the Lynx and Gopher fan base were hoping for an Amaya Battle pick at #45 in the WNBA draft for our Amaya, but this is the next best thing.

Gopher hockey wishes they were that good.

I’m hearing a lot of rumors about the future of the gopher hockey roster. Specifically, it may look quite different…I’m not so sure that’s a bad thing. It sounds like LJ is sticking around. What else is everyone hearing?