The Two-Minute Minor
An edition of the Penalty Box Post
Wednesday, May 24th
Vetter, G. Zumwinkle earn Academic All-District honors
Women's Academic All-America honorees to be announced June 22
Gopher Women's Hockey players Skylar Vetter and Grace Zumwinkle were two of ten University of Minnesota student-athletes named Academic All-District At-Large Team members yesterday by College Sports Communicators. We send our congratulations to Skylar, Grace, and the other eight upon their accomplishments, and they are now eligible for Academic All-America consideration with the announcements of first-, second-, and third-team honorees occuring June 21 for the men and June 22 for the women.
As noted in the press release from the U., All-District nominees must have met the following criteria:
Nominated athletes must be a starter or important reserve with at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) at their current institution.
Nominated athletes must have participated in at least 50 percent of the team's games.
No student-athlete is eligible until they have completed one full calendar year at their current institution and been on a college roster in that sport for two years.
In the cases of transfers, graduate students, and two-year college graduates, the student-athlete must have completed one full calendar year at the nominating institution to be eligible. Nominees in graduate school must have a cumulative GPA of 3.50 or above both as an undergrad and in grad school.
The full list of Women's Academic All-District At-Large Team selections can be found here, and the Men's list is available here.
Vetter attends USA Hockey Goaltending Camp
We also send a shout-out to Skylar Vetter on her invitation to and participation at the 2023 USA Hockey National Goaltending Camp, held this past weekend (May 19-21) in Plymouth, Michigan. She was one of 24 invitees to the camp and one of 12 female netminders to attend.
On Monday, USA Hockey posted a camp recap video on Twitter.
Gopher alumna Räty signs with PHF's Metropolitan Riveters
The winningest goaltender in Gopher Women's Hockey history will be playing in the United States for the first time in her professional career.
Finland native Noora Räty signed a one-year deal with the Metropolitan Riveters of the Premier Hockey Federation for the 2023-2024 season on May 16. Additional terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Räty is a four-time Olympian with two bronze medals, a nine-time World Championship participant with one silver medal & four bronze, and a two-time NCAA Champion with the Gophers (2012 & 2013). She remains atop the U. of M. wins leaderboard with 114 while also holding the leads in shutouts (43), saves (3,250) and saves-per-game (23.38); she's also second in save percentage (.946) and third in goals-against average (1.34).
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