The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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12 THE WOLVERINE AUGUST 2019 INSIDE MICHIGAN ATHLETICS 9 th Was where LLOYD CARR finished among The Athletic's ranking of the best coaches of the 1990s. The outlet noted that Carr led the team for only half of the de- cade after initially taking over on an interim basis, but during that time he helped Michigan go "49-13 with a No. 5 finish and Orange Bowl win in 1999, and a split national champi- onship amid an undefeated season in 1997 — still the Wolverines' only title since 1948." PHOTO BY PER KJELDSEN BY THE NUMBERS PHOTO COURTESY MICHIGAN PHOTOGRAPHY "It was an awakening for college baseball. The way they played the game was incred- ible — guys were tagging up two bases on fly balls, players were actually able to bunt and move runners along, and everyone was hustling to first base. I've been reborn — watching that team was what it's all about." — Jack Harbaugh on the July 2 "Attack Each Day" podcast, discussing the Michigan baseball team's run to the College World Series championship game 2 Former Wolverines were included on The Athletic's 22-member All-1990s Team: wide receiver DESMOND HOWARD and defensive back Charles Woodson. Michigan was one of only three schools with multiple selections, though both Nebraska and Florida State had three apiece. PHOTO BY PER KJELDSEN 6th Was where incoming transfer Ayden Owens placed at the 2019 NCAA Indoor Championships in the heptathlon to earn All-America honors for USC. The Wexford, Pa., native was named the Pac-12 Male Freshman of the Year for the outdoor season this spring and is one of the world's top multi-event athletes, ranking third all time among under-20 athletes worldwide with a decathlon score of 8,130, which puts him in 16th place on the 2019 overall global list for the event as of early July and was No. 2 in the NCAA for 2019. 2 Rising senior wrestlers captured med- als at the 2019 European Games in late June — STEVAN MICIC, who wrestles for Serbia, placed second, while Myles Amine won a bronze while competing for San Marino. Both are three-time All- Americans and team captains for U-M. Included among Micic's victories was a 6-5 triumph over Turkey's Suleyman Atli, who was the nation's No. 1-ranked grappler at 57 kilograms. Amine's lone loss came to a Russian who went on to win the event. 3 Wolverines are among the 76 for- mer Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) players on the 2020 College Football Hall of Fame ballot: offen- sive linemen Jumbo Elliott and Steve Hutchinson, and defensive tack le Mark Messner. The inductees will be announced in Januar y, in the days leading up to the national title game in New Orleans. 5 Or More MLB Draf t picks have been produced by Michigan in three of the last four seasons, after a quintet of players went this year (2018, with three, was the exception). In each of the seven years under head coach Erik Bakich, U-M has produced at least one draftee. The squad has seen 32 players drafted during the coach's tenure.