ROCHELE GOETZ WILLIAMS: 1988 BIG TEN MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT AND VOLLEYBALL CO-CAPTAIN FONDLY REMEMBERS TEAM-BUILDING TIMES

March 15, 2022 To say athletics have played an important part in Rochele Goetz’s life is probably an understatement.  Her birth father played football at the University of Minnesota (U of M) for a year before returning to farm in Waconia, Minnesota; Rochele and her two older sisters formed 60% of the high school team’s

BRANDON LINGEN: FORMER GOPHER FOOTBALL TIGHT END CHEERING FOR TEAM TO ROW THE BOAT

Each of Brent and Michelle Lingen’s children has been able to compete in athletics at the collegiate level:  middle child Sarah earned All-Summit League honors as a swimmer at the University of Denver; youngest child Hannah competes in dance at UMD; and the oldest child, Brandon, became the primary starting tight end on the University