The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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14 THE WOLVERINE ❱ JANUARY 2025 ❱ INSIDE MICHIGAN ATHLETICS ❱ Student-Athlete Of The Month Women's Basketball Senior Guard Greta Kampschroeder Women's hoops head coach Kim Barnes Arico runs a tight ship when it comes to taking care of business on the floor and in the classroom, and senior Greta Kampschroeder embodies that within the program. Now in a leadership role in her third season with the Wolverines, the Academic All-Big Ten honoree reflects on what her coach has meant in setting a tone for classroom success. "She always harps on not only who are you as an athlete, but who are you as a person, who are you as a student," Kamp- schroeder said. "I think Michigan itself, I mean, we have all the resources in the world to succeed in both areas, or in all three areas, as a human, athlete and a stu- dent. And I take pride in that. Basketball will not be my thing forever, so I've taken advantage of what Michigan has to offer. "[The support] means the world be- cause some of us plan on playing pro- fessional basketball, some of us plan on doing it for a little bit and then we have plans after. That support means a lot. It's nice that she wants that for us. Jordan Hobbs got an internship from Coach Arico. So, she is constantly helping you with our development beyond basketball. It's made things a lot easier here. "If you have a scheduling conflict with something for class and practice, she'll always make sure you prioritize class before anything else and there's never been issues around that. So, it's nice having a coach that has that sort of mindset." Kampschroeder is one of four players, including Hobbs, sophomore Macy Brown and junior Alyssa Crockett, on this year's team that played last season, dubbed the "Quad Squad" by Barnes Arico. Kampschroeder wears this new leadership role proudly as the program kicks off a new era. "I've been here for a few years, and I know how things are done," she said. "And I think all four of us have had to kind of do the same thing. We've been here for a while. "We know what Coach Arico wants. And it's hard when you only have four people to teach the eight other people what the expectations are. It's taken some time, but we have had to step up our leadership skills. We're at a whole other level now than we would have been if we had other returners here. "But it's been a good experience, and I think everyone else has embraced it. All of our new people and our young people, they've really taken in what we've had to teach them about being a Michigan women's basketball player and it's been good." Kampschroeder plans on finishing up her sport management degree and is looking into playing professional basketball in Europe. She has a plan for life after her playing days, though. "I would love to go overseas and play basketball for a couple of years, but I think beyond that, I would love to stay in the field of sports," she said. "I'm really into data analytics, so my con- centration in sport management is analytics and policy. I've been considering positions in data consulting. I also am super into design. I tried to get my art and design minor. It was just hard with practice schedules and all of that. "Anywhere that sports and design intersect, I'd love to pursue that at some point." — Anthony Broome MICHIGAN'S TOP PERFORMERS Football junior defensive tackle Mason Graham: The 6-foot-3, 320-pound first-team All-Big Ten selection was named one of three finalists for the Out- land Trophy by the Football Writ- ers Association of America. The award, which is presented to the nation's best interior lineman (on either side of the ball), went to Texas offensive lineman Kelvin Banks Jr. Graham was the program's first finalist for the Outland Trophy since Olusegun Oluwatimi became the program's first-ever winner in 2022. Graham is the sixth Wolverine to be selected as a finalist. He finished the regular season with 45 tackles, was second on the team with 7 stops for loss and recorded 3.5 sacks. Men's swimming and diving senior Gal Groumi: The Hod Hasharon, Israel, na- tive broke the program record in the 100-yard freestyle, clocking a 41.98-second time in the pre- liminary session at the Georgia Tech Invitational Nov. 24. Hours later, he broke his own record, posting a remarkable time of 41.75 seconds in the finals. That performance helped Michigan finish with a score of 1,418 in topping Florida State (1,252), Auburn (1,245), Georgia Tech (1,004) and Emory (3). Volleyball graduate student Allison Jacobs: The out- side hitter was named first-team All-Big Ten after registering 335 kills and a .243 hitting percent- age with 186 digs during the regular season. She is the first Wolverine to be named to the All-Big Ten first team since Jess Mruzik in 2022. Jacobs also was chosen as Michigan's Sportsman- ship honoree. Sophomore opposite hitter Valentina Vaulet was tabbed as second-team All-Big Ten. Football junior Dominic Zvada: The junior was named the Big Ten Kicker of the Year and a unanimous first-team All-Big Ten selection after an incredible regular sea- son where he went 17 of 18 on field goals, with the one miss be- ing a blocked attempt. He's the second U-M kicker to win the award, joining two-time honoree Jake Moody (2021-22). Despite being on campus for only one season after transferring in from Arkansas State, Zvada holds Michigan's career record with 7 field goals of 50- plus yards. The previous best was 4. — Clayton Sayfie Kampschroeder, a sport management major and Academic All-Big Ten honoree, aims to play professional basketball in Europe before pursu- ing a position in data consulting. PHOTO COURTESY MICHIGAN ATHLETICS