The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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14 THE WOLVERINE ❱ OCTOBER 2023 ❱ INSIDE MICHIGAN ATHLETICS Michigan football added a big piece to its offensive line room this offseason by bringing in Myles Hinton, brother of former Wolverine defensive lineman Chris Hinton. Given the family's familiarity with the program that Jim Harbaugh runs, it was a natural fit for the Stanford transfer. Hinton, who started Michigan's first three games at right tackle, had some hurdles to clear in transferring from Stanford to Ann Arbor. Not all of his biology credits transferred over, so there is some rebuilding to do. "The credits kind of messed up," Hinton said during a press conference. "But I was in human biology at Stanford. And then for some reason, they didn't take a lot of the credits and all my bio credits dropped. I don't know, it's crazy. But I'm trying to get into environmental science. I want to do marine biology — it's what I want to do when I get out of football." Hinton is enjoying his time at Michigan so far despite the credit hiccup when transferring into the university. "In my mind, I feel like it's only one real option with me, which is Michigan," Hinton said. "Because I had the prior experience of my brother going here, and the family lived here for like a year. I had a lot of experience being around the team, as a recruit, and then during COVID, when I went home. I felt like it was just natural — I knew people on the team, knew people on the staff. It was just an easy transition versus going to somewhere completely new." Hinton has aspirations off the football field, and plenty of interests, to boot. He enjoys fishing and creating art in his spare time, and it serves as an escape from the rigors of college football. "My parents always told me, football is never going to last forever," Hinton told The Michigan Daily. "And outside of ball, you always want to have something go- ing for you. "I'll still die by this. If you are too much one-sided into football, and your success in the sport isn't going as well, it affects you so much more. If you have something else that's going on, you can distract your mind or do some other stuff." — Anthony Broome Hinton, a Stanford transfer, started the first three games of the season at right tackle for the Wolverines. PHOTO COURTESY MICHIGAN PHOTOGRAPHY ❱ Student-Athlete Of The Month Senior Offensive Lineman Myles Hinton MICHIGAN'S TOP PERFORMERS Men's golf junior Hunter Thomson: He earned his third-ever Big Ten Golfer of the Week honor Sept. 6 after his breakthrough per- formance in the Wolverines' runner-up finish at the Island Resort Intercollegiate in Har- ris, Mich., Sept. 4-5. He fired a career-best 54-hole score of 202 (-14) with rounds of 71 (-1), a career-low 65 (-7) and 66 (-6). His total score tied the U-M program mark for second-lowest 54- hole tally in history (Bill Rankin, 2008). Field hockey senior Lora Clarke: She was one of three Wolverines to be named to the Big Ten Preseason Players to Watch list, along with class- mates Kate McLaughlin and Anouk Veen. Twenty-seven players from across the con- ference made the cut. Clarke led U-M last season with a career-best 11 goals and 25 points, including a five-game stretch with at least one goal per outing. This summer, she won the gold medal with the U.S. National Team at the Hockey5s Pan American Cup and led Team USA with 11 goals over seven contests. Football senior Blake Co- rum: He landed on the All- state and American Football Coaches Association Good Works Team, one of 22 col- lege football players recog- nized for their contributions to their community. Over the years, Corum has given back, including with his profits from NIL deals, handing out Thanksgiving meals to families in Ypsilanti, Mich., participating in a Christmas toy drive, back-to-school supplies giveaway and more. Corum has said that he returned for his senior season in part to continue to assist those in need in the Ann Arbor area. Men's tennis senior Jacob Bickersteth: He won two of three singles matches to start off the season at the University of Alabama for the Big Ten/SEC Challenge Sept. 15-17 in Tuscaloosa, beating Ole Miss' John Hall- quist Lithen (1-6, 6-1, 3-1 re- tired) and Auburn's Raul Dobai (5-2, retired). Additionally, Bickersteth and sophomore Nicholas Steiglehner notched a 6-4 doubles victory over Alabama's Filip Planinsek and Matias Ponce De Leon. All told, Bickersteth was 2-1 in singles and 1-1 in doubles for the event. — Clayton Sayfie