The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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athletics Inside Michigan M Women's Basketball Announces Four Signees ichigan women's basketball sion and know they can come here head coach Kim Barnes Arico to be part of something special. They was lauded for her ability to recruit want to be part of the Michigan tradiwhen she was hired tion. That speaks voltwo years ago, and umes about the univerearlier this month she sity and what we are proved her prowess by about." landing four prospects Barnes Arico was in the All-Star Girls Repleased with the way port top 120, including the players in the class four-star point guard will complement each Katelynn Flaherty. The other on the court. class also includes for"I feel like movward Maria Backman, ing forward there are guard Jillian Dunston a lot of areas that we and forward Emoni have graduated or we Jackson. Head coach Kim Barnes Arico's found we had a need "This class has the recently signed recruiting class for," Barnes Arico said. potential to be a spe- features four prospects that "Whether that is the cial class, a group that were all ranked among the need for people who makes a great impact nation's top-120 players by All- can score like Katelynn, on our program," Star Girls Report. rebound like Emoni, photo by Per Kjeldsen Barnes Arico said. "The shoot like Maria or other great part about it is that they have someone who can do a combiare all different but valuable in their nation of all those things like Jillian. own way. They are all 'Michigan' "The four kids we are bringing in kids. are really highly skilled and chose "They all had great offers and the University of Michigan over could have gone to many different some other programs, top-10 prouniversities, but they picked Michi- grams, to come here to be among the gan because they believe in our vi- first to hang a banner."