Phoebe Awoleye is Gopher volleyball's latest transfer triumph
The Gopher volleyball team has been buoyed defensively by their transfers. One of them is Phoebe Awoleye, who started college at Georgia, then went to Loyola, and now is in Minnesota.
Ren Clayton joined WCCO-TV in October 2021. He grew up in Chanhassen, Minnesota, but most recently lived on the beaches of Hawaii!
After graduating from Concordia University, St. Paul, Ren produced a high school sports magazine show in the Twin Cities, then worked as a weekend sports anchor at KOTA-TV in Rapid City, South Dakota, and KHON2 in Honolulu.
Ren has covered it all, from surfing, to rodeo, to hurricanes. He's grateful to be back working in his hometown, covering the teams and people he grew up with.
When he's not working, you can find Ren playing golf in the summer and snowboarding in the winter.
The Gopher volleyball team has been buoyed defensively by their transfers. One of them is Phoebe Awoleye, who started college at Georgia, then went to Loyola, and now is in Minnesota.
Entering its third season of Division I football, it makes sense that St. Thomas's team is very young. But last year's Pioneer League Championship group was even younger. Call it youthful experience or whatever you want.
New Eagan Wildcats volleyball head coach McKenna Melville is less than a year removed from an All-American career at Central Florida. She could have played pro, but instead she's coming home.
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"I have a job to do this week, and I'm looking forward to it," said Frankie Capan.
This week's 3M Open features many Minnesotan golfers, including one who has run through the local circuit this summer.
In 1999, just weeks away from his second major championship, Tiger Woods hosted a golf clinic in South Minneapolis. 24 years later, Larry Fitzgerald is presenting his own First Tee camp, at the same course.
Paige Bueckers and the University of Connecticut women's basketball team will play the Gophers at Williams Arena in November, but Monday night Bueckers and Gophers guard Amaya Battle competed as coaches at the Twin Cities Pro Am.
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Ren Clayton caught up with the 20-year-old who is coming off just about the most jam-packed hockey season possible.