Gophers basketball adds two walk-ons to 2024-25 roster

Minnesota has added two more players.

Minnesota Duluth s Lincoln Meister (40) fouls Black Hills State s Matthew Ragsdale (24) as the Black Hills State Yellow Jackets play the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs during the quarterfinal round of the 2023 NCAA Division II Men s Elite Eight tournament at Ford Center in Downtown Evansville, Ind., Tuesday afternoon, March 21, 2023. Mb Ncaadii8 28 / MaCabe Brown / Courier & Press / USA

The Minnesota Gophers recently began summer workouts for the 2024-25 season and University of Minnesota-Duluth graduate transfer Lincoln Meister and St. Monica High School guard Max Sheridan were two new faces on the team.

Lincoln Meister, forward

NEWS: UMD grad-transfer forward Lincoln Meister (@lincolnmeister) is joining the #Gophers roster as a walk-on, according to @marcus_r_fuller

Listed at 6-foot-9, he averaged 5.1 points, and 4.3 rebounds per game for the Bulldogs last season. Played in 33 games off the bench. pic.twitter.com/8XAYQCa52z

— Tony Liebert (@TonyLiebert) June 17, 2024

Meister is joining the Gophers for one final season of college basketball. Listed 6-foot-9, he played four seasons at Division II Minnesota-Duluth. Last year was his most productive season, averaging 5.1 points and 4.3 rebounds in 33 games off the bench.

As a native of Rochester, Minn., he averaged 22.1 points and 6.8 rebounds per game as a senior at Rochester John Marshall High School.

Max Sheridan, guard

NEWS: St. Monica High School guard Max Sheridan (@MaxSheridann) is joining the #Gophers as a walk-on. Will have four years of eligibility.

6-foot-1 guard from California. pic.twitter.com/rCGUBtcnyV

— Tony Liebert (@TonyLiebert) June 17, 2024

Hailing from St. Monica High School in California, Sheridan joined the Gophers in April 2023 as a student manager, but he has been promoted to a full member of the roster as a walk-on. Listed at 6-foot-1, he will have four seasons of college eligibility remaining after graduating high school in 2023.