Up-to-date news, scores, photos and videos from University of Minnesota Crookston Athletics. Minnesota Crookston is a member of the NSIC and NCAA Division II.
In the 27th round with the 802nd pick, the Atlanta Braves select Zach Seipel of
@UMCBaseball
. Your first-ever draft pick for the Golden Eagles. Congratulations Zach
#WingsUp
#MLBDraft
#ClosingTime
Congrats to Reed Hjelle on being named NSIC Player of the Year. He is the first NSIC Player of the Year in
@UMCBaseball
history and only the fourth student-athlete to earn an NSIC Player of the Year honor in the league
#WingsUp
#Hjelle4AllAmerican
Golden Eagle Nation lost a friend and former colleague today. We are tremendously sad to learn of the passing of Matt Bishop, our former Play by Play announcer while he was at
@KROXRADIO
. We are grateful for the time Golden Eagle Nation got to share with Matt!
We think Reed Hjelle of
@UMCBaseball
has made a mighty strong case for NSIC Player of the Year. He hit .436 (led NSIC) with 38 runs, 19 2B (led NSIC), 5 3B, 10 HR (led NSIC), 50 RBIs, .509 on-base percentege (led NSIC), .762 slugging percentage (led NSIC). Sound good enough?
The
@GoldenEaglesMBB
team with their first-ever NSIC/Sanford Health Tournament win as they knock off the No. 2 seed and the 2016 NCAA Division II Champions 87-72.
#OnToThePentagon
#WingsUp
For the first time in any sport, in the Division II era,
@UMNCrookston
has the National Player of the Year! Congrats to Jake Hjelle, the NCBWA Division II National Player of the Year ⚾️
@UMCBaseball
#WingsUp
The
@UMNCrookstonFB
team wins 29-21 over Minot State. The first win since defeating the Beavers on Nov. 7, 2015 and the first road win since Nov. 3, 2007 over MSU Moorhead. CLUTCH!
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#SoarAsOne
And the next hockey coach for
@UMNCrookston
is...drumroll please! Steve Johnson. Steve has been a premier head coach in junior hockey and a top-notch DI assistant! He also was an All-American and National Champion at UND. He has led teams to 2 Clark Cup titles
#WingsUp
@USCHO
We are very excited to announce the hiring of Kyron Cartwright as assistant coach for
@GoldenEaglesMBB
. Kyron was a stand-out at
@PCFriarsmbb
, earning Second Team All-Big East and leading the Big East in assists for two seasons. He comes to
@UMNCrookston
from St. Thomas Academy
A great season for
@umcbaseball
. The most wins in an NSIC Tournament. The teams best-ever win percentage. Four All-NSIC selection, three NSIC All-Tournament team members. Thank you to the 12 seniors who gave everything on the field
#WingsUp
#IAmCrookston
🚨National Ranking Alert🚨
Freshman Jes Mertens was tied for 20th in the nation with 19 steals before yesterday's game. With her seven steals yesterday (tied a school record), she sits at 5.2 steals per game, which is good for 2nd in the nation!
She's only a freshman!🤩
The
@UMCBaseball
program now has 115 wins in the last five years. An unbelievable transformation in the Gust era after two wins for the program in 2013 and 2014. That is an average of 23 wins per season
#WingUp
#MakingMoves
Welcome to
@UMCBaseball
new assistant coach Max Casper, who was most recently at NDSU, and previously was a part of a National Championship on staff at Augustana. He also played parts of seven seasons as a professional baseball player!
Matt Bishop threw out the first pitch at
@UMCBaseball
for the second game. What an incredible story of perseverance and a great attitude through everything he has been through
#ForeverAGoldenEagle
#WingsUp
Congrats to Harrison Cleary of
@GoldenEaglesMBB
on surpassing Gage Davis as the all-time scoring leader in Minnesota college men's basketball history with 2,602 career points!
#WingsUp
BIG NEWS: We are super excited to announce the hiring of Bryan Beamish as the next head men's basketball coach for
@GoldenEaglesMBB
. Beamish has been an assistant coach for the Golden Eagles for the last eight years, the last four as associate head coach.
#WingsUp
#IAmCrookston
Today we remember
#14
Trevor Buttermore who competed for
@UMCBaseball
from 2012-16 and was a part of ushering in a major turnaround. He passed away yesterday at age 26. Forever a Golden Eagle
#WingsUp
#IAmCrookston
Dalton Grose ties the single season saves record and the
@UMCBaseball
team has clinched a spot in the NSIC Tournament for the third time in four years with a comeback win
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Congratulations to former
@UMCBaseball
player Jake Dykhoff, who has signed to play professionally with the
@FMRedHawks
. He pitches today against the Goldeyes.
#WingsUp
Congrats to
@UMCBaseball
Head Coach Steve Gust on his 200th win as the Golden Eagle boss. He becomes only the second
@UMNCrookston
coach in any sport, joining Gary Senske, to achieve 200 or more wins
#WingsUp
Ladies and Gentlemen, your new all-time leading scorer for
@GoldenEaglesMBB
is Harrison Cleary. Let's also take a moment to honor Joe Hasz, who was one of the NSIC's all-time greatest, holding the conference's scoring mark for nine years, and has held the school mark for 16 yrs.
Big 4-3 win for
@UMCBaseball
for their first-ever win over Minnesota State and Coach Gust's first win over the Mavericks with the Golden Eagles. The Golden Eagles improve to 7-1 to continue their best start in school history in NSIC play
#WingsUp
We are also very excited to announce the addition of Clarke Peterson as assistant coach for
@UMCBaseball
. Clarke was a part of three NSIC Tournament appearances as a player. He will be the pitching coach and strength and conditioning coach for the Golden Eagles program
#WingsUp
Check out your 2018-19 Minnesota Crookston women's basketball team. They will get under way with preseason practice in October with the first exhibition game Oct. 30
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Harrison Cleary is officially your first player in
@GoldenEaglesMBB
school history to score 2,000 points in a career. Congrats Harrison!!!!!
#WingsUp
#Club2000
Congrats to
@UMCBaseball
player Reed Hjelle on back-to-back D2CCA All-Central Region First Team nods. Hjelle was the only player on the team to earn back-to-back first team accolades
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#PBHjelleTime
Congratulations to Jake Hjelle on being named NSIC Player of the Year, joining his brother Reed Hjelle (2018) as the first two brothers to be named NSIC Player of the Year
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The
@UMCBaseball
team takes down Concordia-St. Paul 14-2 for their first doubleheader sweep of the Golden Bears since April 22, 2001. The Golden Eagles are off to their best conference start since the 2016 season with a 5-0 mark
#WingsUp
And your first-ever
@UMCBaseball
All-American is...Reed Hjelle! The East Grand Forks-native took home his first All-America selection as he was named NCBWA Third Team All-America
#WingsUp
#Hjelle4AllAmerica
Not just 1 Dykhoff, but 2 Dykhoff's representing
@UMCBaseball
in the
@NorthernSunConf
Awards this week. They are believed to be the first brothers to win NSIC Baseball Pitcher and Player of the Week in the same week in the history of the awards. First in school history, as well!
We continue to remember Trevor Buttermore,
@UMCBaseball
pitcher from 2012-16. Trevor had recently started a career in law after receiving his J.D. from Mitchell Hamline School of Law. He graduated in 2016 from
@UMNCrookston
. Here he is through the years
#WingsUp
#IAmCrookston
We are elated to officially announce the return of hockey to
@UMNCrookston
. The Golden Eagles will compete in ACHA Division II in the Central Region and will begin play in the 2020-21 season! We will have more exciting news in the next hour...
HjelleCongrats to
@UMCBaseball
player Reed Hjelle on earning NSIC Player of the Week, after hitting 643 in seven games with nine runs scored, four doubles, one tripke, two home runs and 14 RBIs.
#WingsUp
Congratulations to our four
@UMCBaseball
players on earning All-NSIC nods! The most in school history!
Mason Ruhlman - 1st Team
Brock Reller - 1st Team
Jake Dykhoff - 2nd Team
Will Zimmerman - 2nd Team & All-Defensive
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#IAmCrookston
Conner Richardson is 3-0 with a 0.50 ERA in 18 innings pitched for
@UMCBaseball
. To say he has been dominant thus far would be understating what the young man has done!
#OwnTheNorth
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT - We are excited to announce that
@UMNCrookston
will add men's and women's cross country and trap shooting to our sports offerings. Cross Country will compete in
@NCAADII
while trap will be a competitive club sport
#WingsUp
#UMNProud
#GrowingTheCampus
Zach Seipel, former
@UMCBaseball
pitcher, has signed with the Atlanta Braves. Zach is quite the story going from catcher to pitcher to Minor League Baseball in 3 years! He will play for the Advanced-Rookie
@DanvilleBraves
, who start their season tomorrow in Danville, Va.
#WingsUp
And oh man, we have even more....Congrats to Mike Hallquist of
@umcbaseball
on being the first ever Golden Eagle named NSIC Newcomer of the Year
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A Football Player making a half court shot to win a TV!? Yeah that’s right, Johnson Fallah buries his first attempt to win this LG TV!
#Footballplayerscanshoottoo
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The
@UMCBaseball
program is elated to announce the addition of one of the top junior college pitchers in the region with the signing of Jake Dykhoff (RHP, 6-0 195, Wadena, Minn./M State-Fergus Falls). Jake is a talented pitcher and has great character
#WingsUp
#IAmCrookston
Jayden Grover of
@UMCBaseball
has moved to second all-time in wins, tied for third for starts, sixth for innings pitched, and second all-time for strikeouts. Grover needs eight strikeouts to surpass Zach Seipel for the all-time strikeout record
#WingsUp
Record Check!
@UMCBaseball
pitcher Jake Dykhoff set the program career strikeout record in just two seasons thus far on the mound. He has 165 career strikeouts!
The
@UMCBaseball
team bounces back with a 14-4 run rule win over UMD to salvage the split and set the school record for wins now standing alone in history with 26 wins. Also ties conference wins mark
#WingsUp
And the No. 1 story from 2018...drumroll please... is former
@UMCBaseball
pitcher Zach Seipel becoming the first player in school history to be selected in the MLB Draft. He was drafted in the 27th round by the Atlanta Braves!
Congratulations to
@UMCBaseball
player Reed Hjelle on back-to-back All-NSIC First Team nods, and congrats to Dalton Grose on an All-NSIC Second Team selection
#WingsUp
#AllNSIC
Big players come up in big moments. Josh Dykhoff with a first-pitch grand slam in the bottom of the sixth to give
@UMCBaseball
a 7-3 advantage. Showing why he was NSIC Freshman of the Year
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Bye bye old Lysaker Gymnasium bleachers! You have been part of a lot of historic games over the years! Can’t wait to see the new bleachers later this summer!
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#ABrightFuture
The
@UMCBaseball
team picks up the 9-5 win to earn a split over No. 19 Augie and continue their best start as a DII program, moving to 13-1.
Alex Koep with the win
Tyler Hegg with the save
Scott Finberg, 2-of-5 with three RBIs and two runs scored
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#IAmCrookston
Congrats to Ali Alkhatib of
@UMNCrookstonFB
on earning NSIC Defensive Player of the Week. First Player of the Week for the Golden Eagles since 2015
#WingsUp
Mike Hallquist of
@UMCBaseball
leads the NSIC in runs scored, hits, doubles, home runs, RBIs, total bases, and slugging percentage. He is hitting .515 in 66 at-bats
#WingsUp