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For over 9⃣5⃣ years, student-managers have been a part of the
@GopherBaseball
program and we are honored to showcase some of the many faces that have shaped the manager program into what it is today 〽️
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@GeorgeKlassen19
had another impressive outing last Friday. In an inning of work he struck out the side on just 11 pitches!
8 of those 11 pitches were Fastballs where he sat 99-100 and toped at 101🔥🔥🔥
30 days to go!
Freshman 2-way
@sethclausen
tore it up last summer for Pleasant Valley HS going 10-0 on the bump with 99 K's in 60.1 IP and a .081 ERA🤯 All while hitting .371 and having an OBP of .466!
Be sure to check out more of Clausen during the next 4 years!
Sophomore's Slinging it!
Right-handers
@thesammalec
and
@sethclausen
have looked better than ever in their first 2 inter-squad outings.
Malec: 4 IP, 0 H, 5 K's, Leadoff hitter out in all 4 frames
Clausen: 3.2 IP, 1 H, 4 K's, 8 of 13 first pitch strikes
🌟 Freshman of the Fall:
@CharlieSuther10
🌟
Sutherland came into his own this fall, finishing with a team high .448 average and an impressive 1.346 OPS. He also led all Freshman hitters with 9 well hits (95+ exit velocity)!
See some of his biggest swings from the fall 🤩
27 days until baseball and warmer weather!
@jake9perry
tore it up for
@hopkinspost320
last summer hitting .500 with 38 extra base hits in 120 AB's! Which contributed to him slugging 1.047 with a 1.623 ops 😲
He's brought that power to the 'U', showing it off with this swing⬇️
We are only 31 days from
@GopherBaseball
😁
On the 1st day of live AB's
@jake9perry
and
@JFitz03_
launched massive blasts 💥💥
Perry's bomb:
Exit Velo: 103.7 MPH
Launch 📐: 29.5°
Distance 📏: 413 ft
Fitzgerald's blast:
Exit Velo: 100.2 MPH
Launch 📐: 28.6°
Distance 📏: 394 ft
Former
@GopherBaseball
teammates,
@TerrinVavra2
and
@mxmeyer22
faced off tonight in a AAA game!
Vavra this season is hitting .329 with 2 HR’s, and 5 SB’s in 38 games 💪🏽
While Meyer has 65 K’s in 58 innings of work, while only walking 19 and limiting opponents to a .188 BAA ‼️
This past Saturday,
@rooneynoah_1
had arguably the best outing of his young career. After inheriting a bases loaded jam, he worked 3.1 innings without allowing a run to score!
Take a look for yourself at his two HUGE punchies and a couple smooth PFP's 👏👏
All summer long,
@BBateman05
just kept hitting!
In 57 games, he logged 67 hits for a batting average of .338! His 67 hits are the most in the
@NWLbaseball
by a Gopher since former outfielder and
@WillmarStingers
Dan Motl in 2015!
Big night all around as
@GopherBaseball
took down Concordia St.Paul 8-2!
9 different Gophers recorded a hit including
@jake9perry
who was 2-3 with a 3-run opposite field homer in the 1st 👇
The pitching staff was dominant striking out 13 while only walking 1 👏👏
Slinging it at Siebert!
@GopherBaseball
Transfer RHP's
@tgross57
and
@nicholasargen
are having an immediate impact during their 1st outings of the fall.
In a combined 5.2 IP last week, the 2 combined for 6 punchies, while only allowing a single hit and no earned runs 🔥🔥🔥
Congratulations to
@TerrinVavra2
on getting the call to the show with the
@Orioles
☎️!
In 3 season with the Gophers, he hit .351 with 13 bombs, 98 RBI's, and 15 SB's while being a key contributor on the 2018 Big Ten Championship team!
🌟 The
@SNiedorf
Whiff King:
@sethclausen
🌟
Clausen missed bats all fall generating a team leading 35% overall whiff rate.
In particular he was stellar with the Slider (44% whiff rate) and his Fastball (35% whiff rate with a .194 BAA)🤫
When
@NolanBurchill
wasn't coaching 1B, he was on the mound throwing strikes.
🔥 66% first pitch strike (Led team)
🔥 80% strikes when behind in the count (Led team)
Burchill did much of the same in his first start against Creighton, leading to 6 outs of 3 or fewer pitches⬇️
Have a road trip
@kristoferhoken1
!
On the 7 game west coast road trip, Hokenson compiled 10 hits (3 HR's and 2 2B's) and drove in 10!
His bat lead him to a 1.493 OPS and a .455 AVG while drawing 4 BB's and striking out only 3 times in 26 PA's 🔥🔥🔥
The first long ball of the fall belongs to Junior infielder
@BradyCounsell
!
His 2-run blast on Wednesday is 1 of 3 well hit balls that he has had in his 1st 5 AB's of the fall, displaying gap to gap power 💥
Not only was
@ChaseStanke
durable (played in all 18 games), but he was also very effective behind the plate:
🔥 7 runners thrown out (T-1st in B1G)
🔥 24 assists (Led B1G catchers)
🔥 174 putouts (Led B1G)
At one point, Stanke threw out a runner in 5 consecutive games⬇️
What a weekend for
@jake9perry
!
On top of his stellar glove at 3B, the junior hit .313 on the weekend with a 1.039 OPS, 4 BB's and 3 XBH's to open up the 2024 campaign
🌟 Fall Ball Cy Young:
@KyleRemington8
🌟
The Freshman Remington shined on the mound posting a team best 1.74 ERA in 10.1 IP with a 3:1 K to BB ratio
He controlled the zone with all 3 pitches, throwing over 60% strikes with each pitch ‼️
All smiles for the Big Game(s) in Arizona this week!
@GopherBaseball
is back for Opening weekend in Surprise, AZ this Friday at the Sanderson Ford College Baseball Classic ☀️
@GopherBaseball
l
@NCAABaseball
Incoming freshman
@drewberkland
and
@webneels22
are tearing it up this summer for the
@utahmarshalls
.
Berkland is hitting .377 with 6 bombs, 28 RBI’s, and is 9 for 9 on SB attempts!
Neels is slashing .415/.484/.717 with 11 XBH’s while only striking 1 time in 53 AB’s!
We are Hiring Bullpen Catchers‼️
Calling any Full-Time U of M Students!!
Benefits Include:
- Travel Opportunities
- Be involved with a Big Ten baseball program
- Opportunities to earn money
- Free Gear
- Plus much much more!
Contact us for more information!
Over his last 4 outings,
@NovotnyTucker
has dominated for the
@WillmarStingers
!
In 4 appearances since July 10th he has thrown 12 innings, striking out 17, and recording an ERA during that span of just 0.75 😤
🌟 The
@Ryangollstar
Hitter of the Fall:
@IkeMezzenga
🌟
Mezzenga was a pitchers nightmare hitting .385/.468/.769. He also drove in a team high 14 runs and launched 3 massive homers 🤯🤯🤯
The senior also led the team in total bases with 30 in 39 AB's!
In his
#Gopher
debut season,
@drakedavis_
dominated opposing hitters with his slider.
🔥 48% swing and miss (3rd on team)
🔥 10 of his 23 strikeouts
The pitch was on full display against NC State, recording a season-high 3.2 IP and 6 K's, 4 of which came on sliders ⬇️
First week of our Steak and Beans fall series is in the books✅
Over the course of the fall we'll highlight our favorite moments beginning with this stellar play up the middle by Sophomores
@BradyCounsell
(2B) and
@jake_larson6
(SS) 😮😮
One final day until we are back!
The top summer season of 2022 belongs to
@BBateman05
! During 54 games for the
@WillmarStingers
he recorded a batting average of .330 including hitting .417 in pitcher's counts! He also walked twice as many times as he struck out 👏👏👏
Despite being only a freshman,
@irelandsam44
made an impact on both sides of the ball.
Ireland became only the 2nd
#Gopher
since 1999 to record 30 AB, 8 IP, and start a game in the field in a season.
Against Creighton, Ireland finished 2020 with ...
🔥 1 IP, 2 K
🔥 2-5, BB
12 Super days until opening day!
Take a look back at the
#Gophers
2018 season when they won 12 in a row leading up to their first super regional appearance in school history! The winning streak included 2 B1G crowns👑👑, and a Minneapolis regional title!
Enjoy this look back 🤩
‘Twas a big season for
@GopherBaseball
alumni across professional baseball!
Former All-American
@TerrinVavra2
made his big league debut for the
@Orioles
in late July and never looked back.
In 40 games he hit .258 and drove in 12 while playing all over the diamond for the O’s!
Pitchers beware of
@IkeMezzenga
and
@kristoferhoken1
. The lefty's have launched massive homers over the past week!
On Friday Hokenson crushed a ball off the video board. Then on Monday Mezzenga tried to match him by launching a bomb just to the right of video board 😲💪
47 Days to go!
During his freshman season LHP
@N_DeLuga
was able to quiet opposing bats by limiting hitters well hit average to just .154 (50 points below league average!). LHH's had an even tougher time as they had a hard hit average of just .054 🤯
Weak contact 🤝PFP's
.
@WSemb
is back and dangerous 🔥
After missing the entire 2023 season, Semb has returned to the mound in dominant fashion early on in 2024.
In 3 full innings of work today, Semb struck out 8 without allowing a hit 😮😮
@BradyCounsell
@jake_larson6
There is no denying that
@sethclausen
had his breaking ball working last week! In 2 innings of scoreless relief he struck out 5; 4 of which came via the breaking ball 🤫
Former Gopher and Woodbury, MN native
@mxmeyer22
is headed to the show with the
@Marlins
‼️
From 2018 to 2020, Meyer dominated on the mound striking out 187 in 148 IP with career ERA of 2.07.
Meyer will become the 37th Golden Gopher to play Major League Baseball!
Days until Gopher Baseball: 32!
Freshman
@chaseBecker27
does it all! Prior to being a 2-way player for the Gophers, the Bettendorf, Iowa native lettered in baseball, basketball, and football in high school ⚾️🏈🏀 !!
See for yourself thanks to our friends at
@VidSwapcom
Our final
@GopherBaseball
manager in Pro-ball is current manager
@mariemilanowsk1
!
Marie recently accepted a Baseball Systems Internship in Milwaukee with the
@Brewers
for the upcoming 2023 season!
This will make her our 1st female manager to work in pro-ball 〽️
#womeninsport
.
@drew_stahl16
made an immediate impact as a freshman, especially defensively at SS and 2B.
Stahl had the most assists (7) of any player w/out an error, while also recording 9 putouts and 2 double plays.
It was only fitting that Stahl turned the final double play of 2020 ⬇️
.
@SamThoresen
's dominance against right handed hitters was unmatched in 2020.
🔥 0.000 AVG against RHH
🔥 12 of 16 outs by strikeout
Thoresen shut down righties from the start, striking out 4 in his first game of the season against Pepperdine⬇️
2 sleeps to go!
@NovotnyTucker
kept bats ice cold in the heat of the summer posting a 2.25 ERA in the month of July and limiting hitters to a .186 BAA. During the month he threw 62% strikes and struck out 20 in 16 innings 🔥🔥
39 days and counting!
Freshman left hander
@D_hall20
joins the Gophers staff out of Richmond, Kentucky. During his senior season, Dawson struck out 84 in 44.1 innings and had a 1.26 ERA!
Take a look at his Fastball/Curveball/Changeup mix from this fall 🤩
MEET THE MANAGERS:
@maxweesner
The second of two senior managers, Max is a bullpen catcher from Hopkins, MN. He is in his 2nd season with the Gophers & is majoring in political science. Max takes great pride in 2 things: His bullpen catching & "the best beard🧔in the state."
14 days until
@GopherBaseball
returns!
14 belongs to head coach John Anderson who will begin his 41st season as head coach this spring! Anderson has led the Gophers to 21 total B1G titles, and 19 NCAA tournament appearances. He is also the winningest coach in Big Ten history! 👏
.
@irelandsam44
has been down right dominant with his slider so far this year. In four starts he has held opponents to a .053 batting average against the slider while striking out 8 with it. That dominance has lead him to an overall 1.90 ERA🔥🔥
.
@N_DeLuga
has been lights OUT over his last 3 outings. In 11 IP, he has struck out 12, allowing only 5 hits and 1 earned run!
Including 5 strikeouts tonight, in 4 innings of 1 run ball during his second start of the summer for the
@PGCBLStallions
👏👏
.
@BradyCounsell
just keeps on raking!
In 14 games with the
@KenoshaKingfish
he is hitting .326 with a .448 OBP and is currently on a five game hitting streak!
Over those 5 games he is hitting .4⃣3⃣7⃣ and connected for his first bomb of the summer!
🌟 The
@kanikeda_
Fall MVP:
@Kristoferhoken1
🌟
Hokey shined as a 2 way this fall!
On the bump: 9.1 IP, 15 K, 4 BB, 1.39 WHIP, 2.95 FIP, with a BAA of .118 vs off speed pitches (CV/CH) 🤫
At the plate: 32 PA, 9 BB, 3 K, 3 HR, 10 RBI, 9% chase rate (team low), and a 1.426 OPS 🔥
After redshirting in 2019,
@grimm_otto
broke out in 2020, thanks to his ability to hit with 2 strikes.
🔥 Grimm hit 0.313 in 2 strike counts (2nd on team)
This helped him finish 2020 on a scorching pace:
1.642 OPS in final 4 games, including 1st HR ⬇️
With the installation of our new
@TrackManBB
stadium unit complete, we are excited to present our Home Run Flight Tracker!
In game 2 of
@GopherBaseball
's Fall World Series,
@kylebork9
and
@IkeMezzenga
launched a pair of long balls.
See the data and video for yourself 👇👇
Friday night
@wilhit3
had a pair of big hits late in the game, doubling in the 5th and launching a game tying Homer in the 8th!
Check out his 8th inning blast and the dugout celebration 😉 from 3 different angles thanks to
@VidSwapcom
and our Edgertronic cameras!
MEET THE MANAGERS
.
@eli_wilke
is a freshman majoring in Sport Management. Originally from Beaver Dam, WI, Eli was a 3⃣ sport athlete at Beaver Dam HS (⚾️, 🏀,🏃♂️). His
#Gophers
connection runs deep - his dad & uncle played at UND under current UMN Director of Ops. Lee Swenson.
The weather may be cooling down, but
@drewberkland
is staying hot🔥
So far this fall he has an OPS+ of 211, a wOBA of .593 (MLB average .318), a whiff rate of 11% and is 3 for 3 on stolen base attempts!
2 days (Just over 20 hours) until
@GopherBaseball
!
Sophomore SS
@joe_hauser3
begins his first season with the Gophers on Friday! A native of Waunekee, WI, Hauser spent his freshman season at Arizona State before transferring back north!
@sethclausen
watch your ankles 😶
15 days until Lifft off🚀
After missing all of 2020,
@JLiffrig
was a constant in the Gopher's rotation, starting every weekend last spring. Including on April 17th when he went 7 scoreless frames, striking out 8 and limiting No. 25 Michigan to 2 infield hits!
Pow Pow 💥💥
4 days until we have our shades on, with the top back and our music jacked!
@ronniesweeny
loves the long ball, launching 9 in his first full season with the Gophers (8 with his shades on 😎)
We may not have flowers for you, but we do have videos of Sweeny's long balls ⚾️ > 🌹
3⃣ hit night for incoming freshman
@KristoferHoken1
!
His second triple and 3rd RBI of the season helped boost the Mud Puppies to an early lead. Hokenson would proceed to tack on two more solid knocks tonight!
Incoming transfer
@IkeMezzenga
is tearing it up for the
@StCloudRox
!
In his first five games with the Rox, he is 12 for 23 with 3 doubles, a homer and 8 RBI's🔥🔥🔥
22 more days until
@GopherBaseball
!
@Maldonado_aidan
joins the Gopher's staff after 3 season at Illinois. The Rosemount, MN native has an electric right arm with a deep arsenal to chose from!
Take a look at just how good his stuff is 👀👀
Minnesota native and
@NWLbaseball
all star,
@tgross57
is coming to Dinkytown 〽️
The right hander has struck out 36 in 32.1 IP with a 1.10 ERA and a 1.16 WHIP for the
@StCloudRox
!
See a preview of what Gross brings to the bump for
@GopherBaseball
😯⤵️
T-minus 👌 days until first pitch!
Freshman
@BradyCounsell
comes to the 'U' from Milwaukee, WI. As a senior in high school, Counsell was ranked by perfect game as the number 2 SS in Wisconsin and number 7 overall player in the state!
3 angles for 3 days thanks to
@VidSwapcom
Balls were flying around the yard this weekend for the
@GopherBaseball
hitters!
In 3 games against Elon, the Gopher lineup had 43 well hits (95 MPH+ Exit velo), including 29 that were hit at over 100 MPH 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
.
@jPeezy40
established himself as a weekend starter in 2020 thanks to his ability to get hitters to swing & miss at an incredible rate:
🔥 Slider: 52% (2nd on
#Gophers
)
🔥 Changeup: 92% (1st)
Massey's lights out stuff showed in his start v. Arizona, including 7 strikeouts⬇️
With only 8 days until fall practices start, we are counting down the best 8 summers from our guys!
At number 8 is Junior
@Boston_Merila
:
In 32 games for the
@MankatoMoonDogs
he hit .310 while walking 16 times and getting hit another 6 times compared to only 12 K's!
The
@GopherBaseball
program is looking for bullpen catchers this fall ‼️
Perks include:
-Experience with a D1 sports program
-Team-issued gear
-Travel Opportunities
Requirements:
-Prior catching experience
-Available for practice on weekdays (flexible hours)
-Full-time student
Some fun was had by
@GopherBaseball
hitters yesterday!
The Gopher lineup mashed 19 hits, 11 of which went for extra bases on Monday. 13 different hitters notched hits, including 5 who had multi hit days en route to scoring 18 runs in 10 innings worth of at bats ‼️
Days to go: 3⃣
Number 3 on the countdown belongs to the
@KingsportAxmen
batting champion:
@jake9perry
!
During 42 games, Perry hit .347, mashing 20 XBH's, and driving in 34. He also walked 31 times in 144 AB's and had an OPS of .999 💪
Getting a little bit closer everyday! 37 days to go!
Last year when
@TrentSchoeberl
got 2 strikes on a hitter, he held them to a .118 BAA, and did not allow a single hit with his changeup in 2 strike counts 🤫
See for yourself just how good his changeup was 👇
Welcome to the woods
@therealeastonf1
!
During his first three games with the
@MankatoMoonDogs
he is 6 for 9 with 3 RBI's and 3 walks while helping Mankato to 3 straight big wins 🙌
MEET THE MANAGERS:
@thezachdietz
From Apple Valley, MN, Zach is in his 1st year with the Gophers after transferring from Creighton, where he was a manager. He is a sophomore studying kinesiology & neuroscience. Despite being a modest 5' 9", Zach can dunk a women's basketball🏀.
.
@BBateman05
is off to a red hot start on Cape Cod this summer!
During the 1st week of the
@OfficialCCBL
season for the
@CotuitKettleers
, Bateman is hitting .429 (9-21) with 7 RBI's, 3 BB's and 3 SB's 🔥🔥🔥
ATTN Hitters: Do not get to 2 strikes against
@bubbahorton9
.
After reaching a 2 strike count, Horton:
🔥 Got a K 76% of the time
🔥 Allowed a 0.057 opp. AVG
🔥 Induced 59% swing & miss
His 2K dominance showed against TCU, in which he K'd 7 of the 9 hitters he faced⬇️
2020
@GopherBaseball
graduate
@ThomasJKnauss
has continued on to pro ball with the
@Phillies
organization!
In 2021 he was a Player Development Associate with AA
@ReadingFightins
. Then in 2022 he was promoted to Minor League Assistant Video Coordinator across their farm system!
.
@JFitz03_
mashes, it's as simple as that!
The incoming transfer had himself a day yesterday going 3 for 5 with 4 RBI's and reaching base 5 times.
On the summer for the
@WillmarStingers
he is 12 for 15 stealing bases while hitting .271 with 16 RBI's, and 2 monster homers 💪💪
May 12th at Maryland:
@wietgrefe45
dominated out of the pen striking out 7 in 4 shutout innings of work to secure another Friday night win!
The lineup did damage of their own slugging 4 long balls powering
@GopherBaseball
to a 10-7 victory 💪💪
Just 6 days until baseball!
During his first time as a Gopher,
@ChaseStanke
has been a constant behind the dish having started 50 of 55 games the past 2 seasons. Contributing both behind the plate and in the batter's box.
Thief's beware. no stealing here 🚨🚨