The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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Hunwick ranks first among U-M netminders in postseason winning percentage (.813), goals-against average (1.69) and save per- centage (.936). Time To Shine PHOTO BY LON HORWEDEL Shawn Hunwick's Final Postseason Will Cement His Legacy Feb. 14, with a 13-3 mark in the post- season, the fifth-year senior has no desire to shed the "former walk-on" status used to describe him. He's S 96 THE WOLVERINE MARCH 2012 hawn Hunwick does not shy away from his humble be- ginnings. Even though he is 48-21-7 in his career through BY MICHAEL SPATH proud of where he has come from, and how far he has journeyed to now rank among the best goaltenders that have ever played at Michigan. "To be a walk-on at a program like this is nothing to shake your head about," Hunwick said. "I wanted to be recruited heavily, be a full scholar- ship player, but there are a lot of guys in this locker room that paid their own way, and would do anything just to be on the team, and I was one of them. I still am. "I've said it 100 times, but if I never course. His script is one that Holly- wood producers might bid for the right to secure, a tale so improbable that local writers have retold it in amazement many times already. A career backup steps into a des- played, I never would have been bit- ter. I was completely OK with my role being in the backdrop, just being a part of this great team." That is not Hunwick's story, of perate situation, leading the Wol- verines to the NCAA Tournament in