The Wolverine

INSIDE MICHIGAN ATHLETICS trated's College Football Preview issue — tailback Mike Hart in 2007 and quarterback Denard Robinson in 2012. Wolverines featured on a regional cover of Sports Illus- 2 Five-star quarterbacks Michigan has landed in the Rivals. com era (2002-present) after 2013 commitment Shane Mor- ris was promoted from a four-star; only Notre Dame and Southern Cal have had as many (three each). 3 Overnight rating for the Michigan- Notre Dame football game Sept. 22, a decline from 4.8 during last year's meeting on ESPN. 4.0 Senior tennis player Evan King's preseason singles ranking — the highest ranking of his career and the highest ranking of any Wolverine dur- ing coach Bruce Berque's nine-year career. No. 4 Top-25 teams Michigan's field hockey team faced in its first 10 games. With four more currently ranked teams on the schedule, U-M should tie a program record with 11 meetings against ranked foes during the regular season, which oc- curred only once before, in 2006. 7 Total five-star recruits to sign/commit to the Wolverines since 2002, ranking the Maize and Blue ninth among college programs and second in the Big Ten be- hind Ohio State (15 five-stars). 13 True freshmen the U-M football team has used since 2010, putting the Wol- verines on pace (107) to shatter the pre- vious decade high of 70 from 2000-09. 32 Yards receiving representing the high-water mark by a Michigan true freshman tight end (Kevin Koger, 2008 versus Michigan State) before DEVIN FUNCHESS finished with 106 yards in a week-two win over Air Force. 41 OCTOBER 2012 THE WOLVERINE 19 BY THE NUMBERS Sept. 26, during her four-year career at Michigan, eclipsing the previous program record of 322 (Megan Tuura, 2003-06). Saves made by senior goalie Haley Kopmeyer, through 336 Rushing yards produced by Denard Robinson in his four 200-yard efforts, the third-highest four-game total in Michi- gan history behind Ron Johnson's 989 yards (1967-68) and Tshimanga Biakabutuka's 908 yards (all in 1995). 893 Grade-school children that attended a Michigan volleyball match against Eastern Michigan Sept. 14 as U-M hosted a "Block Out Bullying" event to discuss and educate the youngsters about the effects of bul- lying. 1,200 PHOTO BY PER KJELDSEN

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