The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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14 THE WOLVERINE ❱ FEBRUARY 2025 ❱ INSIDE MICHIGAN ATHLETICS ❱ Student-Athlete Of The Month Senior Football Quarterback Davis Warren U-M senior quarterback Da- vis Warren has been one of the football program's shining ex- amples of toughness and lead- ership throughout his time in Ann Arbor. His story is one of perseverance and persistence, and his ability to stay ready for the moment allowed him to help lead the team to some of its biggest wins of the season. None were bigger than the 13-10 win over Ohio State on Nov. 30, the program's fourth straight in the storied rivalry. "It's hard to really put into words what it means to this g ro u p," Wa r re n sa i d a f te r the game. "We talk about it 365 days a year. We've talked about it since I've been here. Coach [Jim] Harbaugh started it, Coach [Sherrone] Moore kept it going. This game means everything to us. "Things haven't gone exactly how we wanted them to, no doubt. But man, just so proud of this group." Michigan was a double-digit underdog in its wins over Ohio State and Ala- bama in the ReliaQuest Bowl, and Warren's attitude reflected what the team was able to accomplish on the field during a transition year for the program. "We're not listening to what other people are thinking or who they think is going to win, or what they think we're going to do or not do," Warren said. "At the end of the day, you've just got to win the football game. When you get in a game like this, it doesn't really matter what anyone else is saying. Maybe they were listening to it too much. I thought we were prepared, more than ready to go out there, to play our best football, and stay focused on what we had to do to win the football game. Man, we did that." Warren, who is a business administration major, also handles his business in the classroom. He was named to the Academic All-Big Ten team for the third year in a row following the season. The award goes to student-athletes in at least their second year at an institution who maintain a 3.0 or higher. "What a selfless guy first, because when you're the starter and you get benched, you can easily have a selfish, negative attitude. He was the complete opposite," Moore said in November. "He was an outstanding teammate. He's just a tireless worker. His process never changed. He continued to get better and be a great example of what you want for a kid that's been through so much in his life. He's just a great example. He's a great example for me. He's a great example for our team. "Just because you get knocked down or you're put in a [backup] position, that doesn't mean you stop working. He's been outstanding for us." Davis is set to return for a fifth season in Ann Arbor, he announced while revealing a torn ACL suffered in the Dec. 31 bowl game. — Anthony Broome MICHIGAN'S TOP PERFORMERS Field hockey graduate student Lora Clarke: The Shaker Heights, Ohio, native was named to the National Field Hockey Coaches As- sociation All-America first team, becoming the 16th Wolverine in history to ac- complish the feat. The for- ward/midfielder led U-M with 12 goals, 14 assists and 38 points, finishing the season ranked eighth nationally and second in the Big Ten with 0.65 assists per game. Teammate and redshirt junior Abby Tamer was selected as a second-team honoree. Women's gymnastics freshman Jahzara Ranger: She and classmate Sophia Diaz were two of the five freshmen to be named Big Ten Gymnasts to Watch ahead of the 2025 season. Twenty-four overall athletes made the list, two from each school in the confer- ence with programs. Ranger competed at the club level for American Twisters, having tied for first on the vault at the Nastia Liukin Cup in 2024 and winning back-to-back Florida state championships on the all-around and the beam. The Coconut Creek, Fla., native competed in the all-around in the first U-M com- petition of the season, at No. 12 Denver Jan. 5, and won the beam title with a 9.900 score. Men's basketball graduate student Vladislav G o l d i n : T h e 7 - f o o t- 1 , 250-pound Florida Atlantic transfer scored 36 points on 18 field goal attempts in a 94-75 win at UCLA Jan. 7. That is the highest scoring figure for a Michigan player since Daniel Horton posted 39 versus Illinois in 2006. Goldin was averaging 20.2 points per contest over his last nine appearances. Men's gymnastics junior Frederick Richard: The Stoughton, Mass., na- tive was named a Big Ten Men's Gymnast to Watch, one of 10 across the league a l o n g w i t h c l a s s m a t e Landen Blixt. Richard is the two-time reigning Big Ten all-around champion and 2024 Big Ten Gymnast of the Year. Richard helped Team USA win a bronze medal at the 2024 Olympics in Paris. — Clayton Sayfie Warren, who is majoring in business administration, was named to the Academic All-Big Ten team for the third year in a row. PHOTO BY LON HORWEDEL