WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
in his high school years, and the bud-
ding pro prospect took his game to
the NBA the following year.
Crawford's departure proved the
beginning of the attrition that would
eventually claim all but two in that
promising class — Blanchard and
Groninger. They came to Michigan
with high hopes, even though pos-
sible NCAA sanctions from a previ-
ous regime loomed, but they expected
to rise above it.
Groninger, the super shooter from
the Hoosier State, enjoyed a very
Groninger arrived in Ann Arbor as part of a highly touted five-man recruiting class that also
included Jamal Crawford, LaVell Blanchard, Kevin Gaines and Leland Anderson, and he fin-
ished his career with a scoring average of 4.9 points per game.
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