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per Gopher Sports:
The Gopher football culture is all about growing in four areas of life: academically, athletically, socially and spiritually.
The Minnesota specialists fit into those four areas stronger than anybody.
“There is no group like us in the country,” junior kicker Emmit Carpenter said. “It is just a special group from top to bottom.”
The specialists have some of the top GPAs on the team, volunteer in the community, push each other and have been successful on the field. Last year Carpenter was the first Gopher ever to win the Big Ten’s Bakken-Andersen Kicker of the Year award. This year Ryan Santoso was honored for his work in the classroom, community and field by being named to the Wuerfel Trophy watch list. Justin Juenemann has never seen the field but made worldwide headlines when he was awarded a scholarship this fall for the serving and giving he does off the field.
“I have always been taught to never forget where you come from. I came from a small town in Kansas and coming to an environment like this was a different experience but a good different,” Juenemann said. “To be able to be awarded with that scholarship and to have not only the specialists but the entire team surround me in that moment means a lot.”
http://www.gophersports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/101317aaa.html
Go Gophers!!
The Gopher football culture is all about growing in four areas of life: academically, athletically, socially and spiritually.
The Minnesota specialists fit into those four areas stronger than anybody.
“There is no group like us in the country,” junior kicker Emmit Carpenter said. “It is just a special group from top to bottom.”
The specialists have some of the top GPAs on the team, volunteer in the community, push each other and have been successful on the field. Last year Carpenter was the first Gopher ever to win the Big Ten’s Bakken-Andersen Kicker of the Year award. This year Ryan Santoso was honored for his work in the classroom, community and field by being named to the Wuerfel Trophy watch list. Justin Juenemann has never seen the field but made worldwide headlines when he was awarded a scholarship this fall for the serving and giving he does off the field.
“I have always been taught to never forget where you come from. I came from a small town in Kansas and coming to an environment like this was a different experience but a good different,” Juenemann said. “To be able to be awarded with that scholarship and to have not only the specialists but the entire team surround me in that moment means a lot.”
http://www.gophersports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/101317aaa.html
Go Gophers!!