The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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APRIL 2023 ❱ THE WOLVERINE 57 ❱ OLYMPIC SPORTS UPDATE a three-game win streak and 9-4 overall record on the season after a 22-2 dismantling of Xavier March 26. It closes out the season with a road contest at No. 10 Maryland (April 2 at 2 p.m. on BTN) and home games against Penn State (April 8) and Johns Hopkins (April 13). Sophomore attacker Jill Smith is far and away the Wolverines' most dangerous weapon on at- tack. She paced the squad with 45 goals and 51 points in 12 games played. Graduate student Kaley Thompson was second with 29 points (13 goals and 16 assists). Junior goaltender Maya Santa- Maria has a 9.14 goals-against average and a .509 save percentage. Water Polo 11th-ranked U-M sat at 16-8 overall and 4-0 in the CWPA after an 8-7 overtime loss at No. 15 Pacific March 19. The season picks back up on April 1 with CWPA matchups against Harvard and Brown, fol- lowed by a trip to Princeton April 2. — Anthony Broome The Big Ten released its winter 2023 Academic All-Big Ten teams on March 23 with 106 Michi- gan student-athletes grabbing the honors. Criteria for making the Academic All-Big Ten team include being at least in their second academic year and maintaining a 3.0 grade-point average or higher. Michigan had 164 honorees in the fall season. The Olympic sports on campus generated 77 of the athletes named to the winter Academic All-Big Ten teams, with ice hockey and men's and women's basketball accounting for the remaining 29 indi- vidual honorees. The Michigan cohort was headed by sophomore wrestler Zack Mattin, one of 22 winter athletes across the entire Big Ten who achieved a perfect 4.0 GPA. Here's the breakdown for U-M winter sports pro- grams: Women's Swimming and Diving (18) Kathryn Ackerman, Sr., Biomedical Engineering Madeleine Bauer, Sr., International Studies Lauren Cheetham, Sr., Political Science Casey Chung, Jr., Biopsychology, Cognition & Neuroscience Chrismon Clark, So., Undeclared Claire Donan, Jr., Pharmaceutical Studies Megan Glass, Sr., Data Science Lucy Hogan, Sr., Political Science Evie Johnson, So., International Studies Natalie Kan, Jr., Sport Management Abbey Ketslakh, So., Movement Science Sophia Kudryashova, Sr., Economics Claire Newman, Sr., Environment Taylor Peters, Sr., Biopsychology, Cognition & Neuroscience Letitia Sim, So., Applied Exercise Science Katii Tang, Sr., Psychology Sophia Tuinman, Sr., Computer Science Mariella Venter, Sr., Business Administration Men's Gymnastics (17) Javier Alfonso, Jr., Psychology Crew Bold, Sr., Sport Management Casey Cummings, Sr., Psychology Paul Juda, Sr., Psychology Steven Lukasik, Sr., Mechanical Engineering Logan McKeown, Jr., Computer Science Lais Najjar, Jr., Computer Science Rithik Puri, Jr., Biomedical Engineering Chris Read, Jr., Applied Exercise Science Markus Shears, Sr., Communication and Media Kyle Shuttle, Sr., Cognitive Science Evgeny Siminiuc, Jr., Computer Science Colin Stenger, Sr., Aerospace Engineering Virgil Watkins, Sr., Materials Science & Engineering David Willett, Sr., Biomedical Engineering Adam Wooten, Sr., Business Administration Edward Yao, Jr., Economics Wrestling (16) Cameron Amine, Jr., Sport Management Joaquin Consuelos, So., Acting Matt Finesilver, Gr., Social Work Austin Jordan, So., Computer Science Dzhabrail Khurshidov, So., Applied Exercise Science Will Lewan, Sr., Environmental Engineering Cole Mattin, Sr., Biology, Health & Society Zack Mattin, So., LSA Undeclared Matt McKenna, Jr., Sport Management Jack Medley, Gr., Management Pat Nolan, Sr., Spanish & Economics Keegan Nugent, So., Mechanical Engineering Mason Parris, Sr., Civil Engineering Dylan Ragusin, Jr., Communica- tion & Media Joseph Walker, Jr., Biomolecular Science Brendin Yatooma, Jr., Economics Men's Swimming and Diving (14) Nadav Aaronson, Sr., Information Jack Callan, Jr., Sport Management Juan Ceresa, Jr., Spanish Ansel Froass, Jr., Business Administration Connor Hunt, So., Business Administration Kameron Liberman, Jr., Neuroscience Cameron Luarde, So., Undeclared Jack McCurdy, Sr., Movement Science Cam Peel, Sr., Sport Management Bence Szabados, Jr., Economics Andrew Trepanier, Sr., Mechanical Engineering Yugo Tsukikawa Jr., Jr., Economics Jacque Wenger, So., Sport Management Noah Yarian, Sr., Business Administration Ice Hockey (13) Eric Ciccolini, Sr., Sport Management Dylan Duke, So., Sport Management Ethan Edwards, So., Sport Management Mark Estapa, So., Business Administration Nick Granowicz, Sr., Economics Steven Holtz, Jr., Mechanical Engineering Luke Hughes, So., LSA Undeclared Jay Keranen, Sr., Sport Management Philippe Lapointe, Jr., Sport Management Nolan Moyle, Gr., Real Estate Keaton Pehrson, Sr., Communications & Media Erik Portillo, Jr., Business Administration Jacob Trustcott, Jr., Applied Exercise Science Women's Gymnastics (12) Carly Bauman, Jr., Biology, Health & Society Sierra Brooks, Sr., Business Administration Reyna Guggino, Jr., Biology, Health & Society Abby Heiskell, Gr., Management Nicoletta Koulos, Sr., Applied Exercise Science Ashley Lane, So., Business Administration Naomi Morrison, Jr., Communication & Media Jenna Mulligan, Jr., Movement Science Abigael Vides, So., Gender and Health Jacey Vore, So., Communication & Media Gabby Wilson, Sr., English Natalie Wojcik, Gr., Management and Leadership MSW Women's Basketball (9) Izabel Varejao, Sr., Gender and Health Jordan Hobbs, So., Business Administration Emily Kiser, Gr., Management Maddie Nolan, Sr., Sport Management Michelle Sidor, Sr., Business Administration Whitney Sollom, Jr., General Studies Elise Stuck, Jr., Movement Science Ari Wiggins, So., Sport Management Cameron Williams, Jr., Sport Management Men's Basketball (7) Ian Burns, So., Business Administration Hunter Dickinson, Jr., General Studies Jace Howard, Jr., Sociology Jackson Selvala, Sr., Political Science Cooper Smith, Jr., General Studies Will Tschetter, So., Earth & Environmental Studies Terrance Williams II, Jr., Sport Management — Anthony Broome 106 U-M Athletes Earn Winter Academic All-Big Ten Honors Redshirt freshman wrestler Zack Mattin was one of just 22 winter sport athletes in the Big Ten to post a perfect 4.0 grade point average. 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