The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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APRIL 2017 THE WOLVERINE 11 INSIDE MICHIGAN ATHLETICS MICHIGAN'S TOP PERFORMERS Track and Field senior Gina Sereno: The Madison, Wis., native claimed the Big Ten crown for the 3,000 meters with a time of 9:07 at the Big Ten Indoor Championships Feb. 24. The time was the fastest of her career by nearly 10 seconds and qualified her to compete at the NCAA In- door Championships, where she finished 13th for second-team All-America honors. She also helped the distance medley relay earn a first-team All-America nod with a fifth-place showing to help U-M tie for 14th. Lacrosse junior PJ Bogle: The St. Charles, Ill., product scored his first career hat trick in a 7-5 vic- tory over Furman March 4. The win gave U-M a program record with six victories, which came in the first seven games. Bogle followed by scoring the first goal in the team's seventh win, a 13-12 victory over No. 10 Penn March 11, the school's first over a ranked foe. Gymnastics sophomore Olivia Karas: The Chicago native was named the Big Ten Gymnast of the Week March 6. This marks the first time this season and fourth time in her career that she has earned the award. Karas won the all- around title twice in as many weeks as of March 8. She also tied her career-high floor score with a 9.950 against No. 1 Oklahoma March 4. Lacrosse senior Anna Schueler: The midfielder from the Windy City helped lead the Wolver- ines to their first win of the season with three goals and an assist against California March 3. Schueler led Michi- gan in points on the way to a 14-4 win on the road. The captain paces the team with 11 assists and 22 points, while ranking third with 11 goals, through eight games as of March 13. Golf sophomore Elodie Van Dievoet: A career-best round of 67 for the Brussels, Belgium, stand- out helped the Wolverines to a fifth-place finish at the Meadow Club Women's In- tercollegiate March 7. With an overall score of 217, Van Dievoet tied for seventh individually — her fourth top-10 finish this season. Prior to this tournament, her career best round was 69. MAIZE AND BLUE NOTEBOOK BIG TEN NAMES KIM BARNES ARICO ITS WOMEN'S BASKETBALL COACH OF THE YEAR Kim Barnes Arico was named the Big Ten Coach of the Year by both the coaches and media, becoming the first Michigan head coach to earn the award from both panels. She is the first U-M coach to receive the award since 2000, when Sue Guevera achieved the feat. Barnes Arico coached the Wolverines to the No. 3 seed in the Big Ten Tournament and a 22-8 overall regular season record. Three of Barnes Arico's players also earned all-conference recogni- tion this season. Junior Katelynn Flaherty was named a consensus first-team honoree for the second straight year. Sophomore Hallie Thome was a first teamer according to the coaches, giving U-M multiple players on the top all-conference squad for the first time in school history. Rookie Kysre Gondrezick was a unanimous second-team pick — becoming the school's first freshman to ever earn that honor — and also made the all-freshman list. LACROSSE'S IAN KING SETS PROGRAM POINTS RECORD In a 16-5 loss to Notre Dame, lacrosse senior Ian King set the all-time Michigan record for points in a career. An assist in the second quarter of the game pushed King past the previous mark of 133 set by Kyle Jackson last season. Jackson is currently a member of the Rochester Knighthawks of Major League Lacrosse. At the time he broke the record, King had notched 77 goals and 37 assists in his Michigan career. Through eight games in 2017, King had recorded 14 goals and 15 assists, good for second and first on the team, respectively. He also ranks first with 29 points. Already this season, the attacker from Cin- cinnati has reached the second-highest assist total of his career. ROB PELINKA NAMED GENERAL MANAGER OF THE LOS ANGELES LAKERS Rob Pelinka, a former Mich- igan basketball player, was named the general manager of the Los Angeles Lakers on March 7. Pelinka had been working for the Landmark Sports Agency, but made the move to the Lakers despite not having any previous front office experience. I n Februar y, the Lakers — who are in the midst of the worst four-year stretch in franchise history — fired G M M i tc h Ku p c h a k a n d Jim Buss, one of the team's top executives, and named Michigan State and Lakers legend Magic Johnson vice president of basketball op- erations. While at Michigan, Pelinka played four seasons and averaged 2.7 points per game. He was a redshirt member of the 1989 national championship U-M team, and also was part of the Fab Five squads that made back-to-back national championship game appearances in 1992 and 1993. — Leland Mitchinson Pelinka was on three Final Four teams before becoming a successful NBA agent, most notably for Kobe Bryant. PHOTO COURTESY MICHIGAN ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS