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Stillwater quarterback Max Shikenjanski commits to Gophers

jace frederick, pioneer press
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Stillwater quarterback Max Shikenjanski announced his commitment to the Gophers on his Twitter account.

Shikenjanski, the son of former University of Minnesota basketball player Jim Shikenjanski, originally committed to The Citadel this summer to play basketball. But the signal caller received a preferred walk-on offer from P.J. Fleck after his four-touchdown performance in the Ponies’ Week 1 football victory over Centennial.

“It’s great, it’s kind of a dream of mine,” Shikenjanski said of the Gophers’ PWO offer back in September. “I’ve grown up a Gophers fan, my dad played for the Gophers, so it’s something I’ve dreamed about, so it’s definitely really good.”

That created options for Shikenjanski, who de-committed from The Citadel this week before pledging his allegiance to the home-state team.

Shikenjanski led Stillwater to a 7-1 regular season this fall. The Ponies earned a No. 1 seed in the Class 6A playoff bracket, which was unveiled Friday.

The 6-foot-2, 165-pound quarterback has completed 66 percent of his passes this fall, throwing for 1,929 yards and 21 touchdowns, while running for an additional four scores.

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