He was the Big Ten's Thompson-
Randle El Freshman of the Year after
playing a combined 986 snaps: 50 on
offense, 765 on defense and 171 on
special teams.
5. Mokhtar Al-Yamani, swimming
— The Tokyo, Japan, native was a Big
Ten champion in the 800-yard free-
style relay and also earned first-team
All-Big Ten honors. He was named Big
Ten Swimmer of the Week and Fresh-
man of the Week Feb. 18 after winning
the 100 freestyle (43.23), 200 freestyle
(1:34.77) and 500 freestyle (4:22.83) at
Michigan's First Chance Meet.
— Chris Balas
Francis Atuahene debuted with 10 goals and 13 assists to become just the second
freshman in program history to earn All-Big Ten first-team and All-America honors from
multiple outlets.
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