The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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the border to bring his talents to Ann Arbor. The Canadian played his high school golf at the Vincent Massey Secondary School in Windsor, On‑ tario. Evons was a three-time high school golf MVP, and the recipient of the prestigious 2012 WESPY Golf Award for Windsor-Essex's Sports Person of the Year. "Bryce is well coached and comes from a great family," Whitten said. "He's a precision player and thinks his way around the golf course better than most people his age. He'll bring a lot of maturity to the team and has a huge upside for improvement with his game." Brett Nason, soccer: Nason boasted offers from traditional soccer powers North Carolina, Duke and Maryland, but saw the Wolverines as a program on the rise. The midfielder played for Half Hallow Hills in Melville, N.Y., where he grabbed All-League IV recogni‑ tion as a freshman, followed by AllNassau County honors his sopho‑ more and junior seasons. TopDrawerSoccer.com lists Nason as a four-star recruit, while Colleg‑ eSoccerNews.com ranks him as the No. 14 player in the New York region and the No. 47 overall player in the country. "Brett is a solid, technical central midfielder who is great at connecting the defense and midfield with pass‑ ing skills," U-M head coach Chaka Daley said. "He is the type of player that always stays involved; we'll rely on him immediately in the midfield, especially after losing Latif Alashe to graduation a year ago." Rylee Woods, soccer: Another stel‑ lar addition to Daley's class is the Jamestown, Ohio, native Woods. Pa‑ trolling the back end for four years at Greeneview High School did little to diminish the defender's offensive contributions — he scored a remark‑ able 66 goals in his career. Woods excelled on both ends of the field, making the All-Ohio Heri‑ tage and All-Miami region lists three consecutive years, plus he earned allstate honors as a junior. TopDrawerSoccer.com classifies Woods a four-star recruit, while Col‑ legeSoccerNews.com ranks him the No. 26 overall recruit in the class of 2013. "Rylee is an athletic left back with attacking tendencies," Daley said. "Right off the bat, Rylee will add pace and diversity, which is some‑ thing we don't have a lot of right now. His toughness will also be something we will welcome from such a young player." Christopher Klein, swimming: Ann Arbor Pioneer's team captain, Klein is a late addition to Michigan's 2013 class, signing his National Letter of Intent in early February. The high school All-American led the Pioneers to a second-place finish at the 2013 Division II State Finals. During the preliminaries, Klein broke the Divi‑ sion II record in the 100-meter back‑ stroke by clocking a time of 55.47 seconds. Klein also had the honor of swim‑ ming for the illustrious Club Wolver‑ ine. He is ranked as the No. 2 pros‑ pect in the state of Michigan and the No. 56 overall recruit in the class of