The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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stroke swimmer, she was named a scholastic All-American by USA Swimming in her senior year. Katelynn Flaherty, basketball: Perhaps Michigan's biggest catch in its incom- ing basketball recruiting class, and yet the smallest at 5-7, the Metuchen, N.J., point guard is rated as the No. 19 overall recruit nationally by All Star Girls Report. She averaged 30.4 points, 5.8 as- sists, and 4.1 rebounds as a junior at Point Pleasant Beach High School. Flaherty missed the majority of her senior year, due to transferring and fracturing her left foot in her season debut. "Katelynn is probably one of the highest-ranked recruits to ever sign with Michigan," head coach Kim Barnes Arico said. "I have been watching her play since she has been in the seventh or eighth grade. She is just an exceptional talent. I think she is special because she does all the in- tangible things and has an incredible work ethic, which obviously comes from her family. "She has the ability to score in mul- tiple ways and can create her own shot. She can knock down the three; she can pull up and hit the mid-range shot, which not many kids can do anymore. She also has the ability to get to the basket. But most impor- tantly, she has great court vision and makes the people around her better." Megan Hinz, soccer: The East Coast is regarded as a soccer hotbed, and four members of Michigan's incom- ing class hail from that area. A goalie, Hinz played at Our Lady of Good Counsel in Baltimore. She commit- ted to U-M during her junior year, and has ties to the program with her grandfather an alumnus. "Michigan seemed to fit everything I wanted," she said. "I wanted a large school with big athletics and a good soccer team with great coaches." Ranked as a four-star prospect, the No. 64 overall recruit in the country, the No. 6 player in the Mid-Atlantic region and the No. 8 goalie nationally by TopDrawerSoccer.com, Hinz was one of 44 players across the country picked to play in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America All- American Game last December as part of the 2013 NCAA College Cup festivities. She also was a three-time all-state and all-conference first-team selection (2011-13). Her high school teammate, Court- ney Parr, will join her at Michigan this fall, along with forward Danielle Hogarth — all three played for Mary- land United FC. Emoni Jackson, basketball: Barnes Arico called Jackson one of the best athletes she's ever seen. The 6-1 forward missed her entire junior season due to an ACL injury, but came back strong for her se- nior year to help Long Beach Poly High School win the state title. In 20 games, Jackson averaged 5.9 points and 5.4 rebounds per game. "She can jump out of the gym — she can grab the rim," Barnes Arico said. "She has a knack for the ball and has a great motor. She runs in transition and is exceptionally long as well. She will be able to help us on the defensive end, as well as run the court and finish in transition. Her