The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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������ inside michigan athletics ������ Student-Athlete Of The Month Senior Guard Jenny Ryan When Jenny Ryan, a senior captain student-athletes. She started utilizing on the Michigan women���s basketball those tools as a freshman and still reguteam, was a freshman in Ann Arbor, larly goes as part of her routine. she earned the U-M Academic AchieveShe joined the kinesiology department award as an athlete with a 4.0 ment as a freshman and believed she GPA. would go into physical therapy. And every year since, But she started to talk she has been recogwith her older brothers, nized for her strong Dan and Tim, who both work in the classroom, studied communicaearning Academic Alltions at Oakland UniBig Ten accolades evversity and went into ery season. Last year, as logistics and strategic a junior, she was part planning after school. of the CoSIDA Capital Dan is still in logistics, One Academic All-Diwhile Tim went back to vision Team, given to school to pursue anacademic overachievother degree. ers at every level of col- Ryan, a communications major, ���I really love kinesiollege sports. ogy, but I think comhas earned Academic All-Big Ten ���I came here to play honors each of her first three munications fit my perbasketball, but educa- years at U-M. sonality better,��� Ryan photo by Per Kjeldsen said. ���Talking with my tion is the top priority,��� Ryan said. ���It���s been hard at times, but brothers about their careers, I knew I you find a rhythm that works for you, wanted to do something similar. and you go for it. This year, I���m a captain ���I didn���t want to go into a field where on the team, and it was important for I���d be behind a desk all day. I didn���t want me to keep my studies up, as well, so something where I couldn���t work with I can help set a good example for the people on a close person-to-person younger players. level.��� ���That���s one thing that is really great Ryan switched to communications as about this team. We all take education a sophomore, and really enjoys it. very seriously. As soon as you step into ���There is such a wide variety of things the program, you know you���re going to we learn,��� Ryan said. ���I have journalism have to do your best academically, too.��� classes, marketing classes, public relaRyan is very grateful for the academic tions classes. It���s great.��� support that the university supplies for ��� Andy Reid