The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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INSIDE MICHIGAN ATHLETICS Nation. She averaged 18.9 points, 12.2 rebounds, 3.5 steals, 2.9 assists and 1.1 blocks per game as a junior at Mount Notre Dame High School. "Naomi Davenport is probably one of the best athletes to commit to Michigan women's basketball," Barnes Arico said. "She is a tremendous scorer who has the ability to shoot the basketball and post people up inside." The Wolverines bolstered their size with the 6-5 Thome, who averaged 19.8 points, 9.8 rebounds and 2.7 blocks per game as a junior at Chagrin Falls. "This is the first time in my coaching career that I am going to be able to coach someone who is a legitimate 6-5," Barnes Arico said. "She is going to change the face of our program." WOMEN'S GYMNASTICS ADDS TWO STANDOUTS Michigan women's gymnastics coach Bev Plocki picked up some help for the future in 2015 signees Olivia Karas and Emma McLean. The two signed with U-M Nov. 12. Karas, a senior at the Lain School of Chicago, captured the all-around, vault and uneven bars titles in the Senior A Division at the 2014 Level 10 Junior Olym- pics National Championships. She also won both the vault and floor exercise at the 2014 Illinois State Championships. McLean comes from Clarkston, Mich., and attends Notre Dame Prep in Pon- tiac. She tied for fifth on floor exercise and was sixth on vault in the Senior B Division at the 2014 Level 10 Junior Olympics National Championships. McLean won the all-around and tied for first on floor exercise at the 2014 Michigan State Championships. She also finished second on balance beam and fourth on vault. Student Athlete Of The Month Hockey Senior Forward Zach Hyman Michigan senior forward Zach Hyman says that hockey is really the only op- tion for a young athlete In Toronto, and he wouldn't want it any other way. "In Toronto, when you're old enough to walk you are on skates," he said, half- kidding. "The first sport you play is hockey. There's really no other big sport to play — you just focus on hockey. "It was great coming up through the ranks. I played in Toronto all the way up into juniors until I went over to Hamilton, which is about 45 minutes away. Hockey is everything there, and it's just great." Hyman was so successful at an early age he was selected by the Florida Panthers 123rd overall in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft just two weeks after he turned 18. He decided to hold off on heading to the NHL in order to pursue