The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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AUGUST 2020 THE WOLVERINE 11 INSIDE MICHIGAN ATHLETICS $197,820,410 $197,820,410 Is the amount of revenue brought in by the Michigan athletics department in 2018-19, according to USA Today. That figure ranked fourth nationally. The outlet noted that the Wolverines incurred total expenses of $190,952,175 for that time period. THEY SAID IT "[Michigan head coach Juwan] Howard has practically talked or texted with [Dallas St. Mark's five- star HARRISON] INGRAM every day since Michigan offered, and while the Wolverines already sit with three c o m m i t m e n t s , t w o coming in the back- court, they are in need of a home run pick-up via a ballhandler that can create mismatches in the half-court set- ting. That seems to be exactly what Ingram is and, if things play out longer, Michigan could ascend into the top spot." — Rivals.com national basketball recruiting analyst Corey Evans in a July 13 ar- ticle, discussing U-M's pursuit of the elite prospect 92 Michigan athletes were named Big Ten Distinguished Scholars for their work in the classroom over the past year. The honor requires a minimum GPA of 3.7 for the previous academic year. Thirty-four men and 58 women across 23 sports earned the honor, led by 11 s e l e c t i o n s f r o m the rowing team. Some of the other honorees included star sophomore goal- tender Strauss Mann of the men's hockey team, All-American field hockey player and 2019 Big Ten Player of the Year GUADALUPE FERNANDEZ LACORT, gymnastics national champion Natalie Wojcik, and five from the football team: starting long snapper Camaraon Cheeseman, defensive end Aidan Hutchinson, and wide receivers Jake Martin, Jake McCurry and Nate Schoenle. The Zoom calls to me have been phenomenal and tremendous. There's an opportunity to really get to know people, and get to know more people in their family. We can talk to people on Zoom and call them because they don't have the ability to come visit campus. I felt I knew the guys we were recruiting and their broth- ers, sisters and family members. It was way better this time than last year with the other class." — Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh in a July 8 Zoom call with reporters, discussing how much closer he's grown with recruits throughout the COVID-19 pandemic Jordan Poole makes the three from the right wing. He runs back down the floor." — Former Michigan basketball assistant and current Illinois- Chicago head coach Luke Yaklich in a July 7 tweet, taking part in a viral trend where people tried to recap their favorite sports moment — in this case, Poole's game- winning three-pointer in the 2018 NCA A Tournament win over Houston — as boring as possible PHOTO BY SAM JANICKI/MICHIGAN PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTO COURTESY RIVALS.COM