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List of University of Michigan sporting alumni

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This is a list of sporting persons who attended the University of Michigan.

Sports

Baseball

Draftees

Baseball draftees, by year, team and round from 2005 to 1965:

Basketball (men's)

  • Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman, played 2014–18, second all-time UM men's basketball player in games played (144)
  • Lester Abram, played 2002–07, first three-time UM men's basketball captain
  • Maceo Baston, played 1994–97, basketball player
  • Max Bielfeldt, played 2011–15, UM men's basketball Sixth Man of the Year his senior season (2014–15)
  • LaVell Blanchard, played 1999–2003, Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Freshman of the Year in 2000 and the first UM men's basketball player to lead the team in scoring an rebounding for four straight seasons
  • Ignas Brazdeikis, played 2018–19, Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Freshman of the Year and finalist for the Karl Malone Award in 2019
  • Wayman Britt, played 1972–76, UM men's basketball annual "Outstanding Defensive Player" is named for Britt
  • Bill Buntin, played 1963–65, All-American, U-M record with 58 double-doubles
  • Trey Burke, played 2012–13, professional basketball player
  • M. C. Burton Jr., played 1956–59, named All-America, All-Big Ten and team MVP during his senior season; turned down NBA contract offer from the Detroit Pistons to continue his studies at UM and earned his medical doctorate in 1963; member of the UM Hall of Honor
  • Demetrius Calip, played 1987–91, member of UM team that captured the 1989 NCAA Division I Championship and led all UM players in scoring during his senior season (20.5 PPG)
  • John Clawson, played 1963–66, was a member of two UM teams that made it to the NCAA Final Four and represented the United States men's national basketball team during the 1967 FIBA World Championship, 1967 Pan American Games and the 1968 Summer Olympics, being awarded a gold medal in the latter two events
  • Jamal Crawford, played 1999–2000, professional basketball player
  • David DeJulius (born 1999), player for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
  • Hunter Dickinson, played 2020–23, was named Big Ten Freshman of the Year and a second-team All-American in 2021 as well as First-team All-Big Ten in 2021 and 2023
  • Stu Douglass (born 1990), American-Israeli basketball player for the Israeli team Maccabi Ashdod
  • Henry Hallowell Farquhar, played 1908–09, was a member of UM's first basketball team, leading them in scoring that season with 48 points
  • Gary Grant, played 1984–88, All-American 1987–88, professional, #15 draft pick to Seattle SuperSonics
  • Rickey Green, played 1975–77, first-team All-American and runner-up for the Naismith College Player of the Year in 1977
  • George Haggarty, played 1922–25, leading scorer of the U-M men's basketball team his junior and senior season
  • Tim Hardaway Jr., played 2010–13, first-team All-Big Ten (2013)
  • Frank Harrigan, played 1924–27, first player in Michigan basketball history to score over 100 points in three consecutive seasons
  • Manny Harris, played 2007–09, professional basketball player
  • Juwan Howard, played 1991–93, "Fab Five" member, professional basketball player
  • Phil Hubbard, played 1975–79, won a gold medal as member of US men's basketball team during the 1976 Summer Olympics; his number 35 was retired by the U-M men's basketball team in 1989 and was inducted to the U-M Hall of Honor in 1992
  • Ray Jackson, played 1991–94, "Fab Five" member, former professional basketball player
  • Jimmy King, played 1991–94, "Fab Five" member, former professional basketball player
  • C. J. Kupec, played 1972–75, first U-M men's basketball player named team captain in consecutive seasons
  • Caris LeVert, played 2012–16, named the U-M's Steve Grote Hustle Award and Rudy Tomjanovich Most Improved Player in 2014
  • Tony Peyton (1922–2007), last surviving member of the original Harlem Globetrotters
  • Jordan Poole
  • Richard Rellford (born 1964), basketball player
  • Glen Rice, basketball player; Most Outstanding Player of the 1989 men's basketball Final Four; holds NCAA record for most total points in a single NCAA tournament, with 184
  • Bernard Robinson, basketball player
  • Rumeal Robinson, basketball player 1987–90
  • Jalen Rose, played 1991–94, "Fab Five" member, professional basketball player
  • Cazzie Russell, played 1964–66, basketball player
  • Maurice Taylor, basketball player
  • Rudy Tomjanovich, played 1966–70, basketball player and coach
  • John Townsend, played 1936–38, All-American
  • Robert Traylor, basketball player
  • Chris Webber, played 1991–93, "Fab Five" member, professional basketball player, first overall pick in the 1993 NBA Draft
  • Danny Wolf

Basketball (women's)

  • Trish Andrew (born c. 1971), UM record holder for rebounds and blocks
  • Leigha Brown (born 2000), one of five UM players to surpass 1,000-plus points and 300-plus assists
  • Vonnie DeLong [née Thompson] (born 1965), UM women's basketball season leader in assists (156)
  • Diane Dietz, UM's 2nd all-time scoring leader with 2,076 points, set Big Ten single-game scoring record with 45 points in 1982, inducted into Athletic Hall of Honor in 1996
  • Katelynn Flaherty (born 1996), all-time leading point-scorer in Michigan basketball history, man or woman, with 2,776 career-points
  • Naz Hillmon (born 2000), first player in Michigan basketball history — man or woman — to have 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds in a career
  • Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough (born 1975), Jamaican-born center, led UM in scoring and rebounds three straight years, holds UM records for career shooting percentage (.552), single-season shooting percentage (.662 in the 1997–98 season), and career rebounding percentage (9.6 per game), played six season in the WNBA
  • Krista Phillips (born 1988), played for Team Canada in the 2012 Summer Olympics
  • Stephany Skrba (born 1987), Canadian-Serbian power forward, has played professional basketball in Europe since 2006
  • Jennifer Smith (born 1982), led the Big Ten Conference with an average of 21.3 points per game in 2003–04
  • Stacey Thomas (born 1978), played six seasons in the WNBA
  • Anne Thorius (born 1977), Danish guard; second-team All-Big Ten player in 1999 and 2000
  • Phillis Wheatley Waters (1898–1973), thought to be the first African American women's basketball player at UM

Football

Football: Consensus All-American

Michigan's Football All-Americans: 120 individual players have earned first-team All-American honors, representing 142 separate citations, including two three-time winners and eighteen two-time All-Americans.

Name, position, year

Golf

Gymnastics

  • Syque Caesar, represented Bangladesh at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London
  • Chris Cameron, 2010 NCAA all-around champion
  • Gilbert Larose, 1963 NCAA all-around champion
  • Sam Mikulak, 2011 NCAA all-around champion
  • Elise Ray, first-team All-American, 2002, 2003, and 2004, bronze medalist at 2000 Summer Olympics
  • Beth Wymer, first-team All-American, 1992, 1993, 1994, and 1995

Hockey

Hockey draftees

Hockey draftees by team, year and round drafted, for the years 2006 to 1969:

Softball

  • Jenny Allard, first-team All-American and Big Ten Player of the Year in 1989, inducted into the Athletic Hall of Honor in 2008, current head coach of the Harvard softball team
  • Patti Benedict, first-team All-American in 1993, Big Ten Player of the Year in 1992 and 1993
  • Michelle Bolster, Big Ten Player of the Year in 1988, current head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers softball team
  • Amanda Chidester, first-team All-American in 2011, Big Ten Player of the Year in 2010 and 2011, holds UM record for career home runs
  • Traci Conrad, first-team All-American in 1997 and 1998, first player to win two Big Ten batting titles, holds Big Ten record with 345 career hits
  • Sara Driesenga, compiled a 31–9 record with 247 strikeouts and a 1.89 ERA in 2013
  • Samantha Findlay, first-team All-American in 2007, MVP of the 2005 Women's College World Series, holds UM records for home runs in RBIs in a career (219), career slugging percentage (.677), and RBIs in a season (77)
  • Sara Griffin, first-team All-American in 1995, 1996, and 1998, compiled a win–loss record of 106–19 at Michigan
  • Tiffany Haas, first-team All-American in 2005, led the 2005 national championship team in hits
  • Kelsey Kollen, first-team All-American in 2001, married to Major League Baseball pitcher and fellow UM alum J. J. Putz
  • Kelly Kovach, first-team All-American in 1995, Academic All-American 1994–1995, Big Ten Pitcher of the Year in 1992 and 1995
  • Jessica Merchant, captain of the 2005 Michigan team that won the 2005 Women's College World Series; Offensive Player of the Year in National Pro Fastpitch in 2006
  • Vicki Morrow, Big Ten Player of the Year in 1987; Big Ten All-Decade Team; inducted into the Athletic Hall of Honor in 2004
  • Nikki Nemitz, first-team All-American in 2009; career record of 92-16 as a pitcher at Michigan
  • Jennie Ritter, USA Softball's Player of the Year and first-team All-American in 2005; three victories for USA Elite Team at the Canada Cup; led the Elite Team to a gold medal at the Intercontinental Cup
  • Sierra Romero, Big Ten Player of the Year as a freshman in 2013; broke UM's single-season home run record
  • Alicia Seegert, set Big Ten records for batting average (.418 in 1984), hits, total bases and RBIs; inducted into the Athletic Hall of Honor in 2006
  • Kellyn Tate, All-Big Ten player 1996, 1997, and 1998; won the Women's Pro Softball League batting title in 1998
  • Jordan Taylor, compiled a 31–4 record as a freshman in 2008; co-Big Ten Player of the Year in 2010 with a 26–3 record and a 1.42 ERA
  • Haylie Wagner, unanimously selected as Big Ten Pitcher of the Year in 2012 after compiling a 32–7 record and a 1.53 earned run average as a freshman

Swimming

International Swimming Hall of Fame inductees, including year of induction:

Track and field

  • Dan Cooke, 2002 and 2004 Big Ten champion in the DMR
  • Brian Diemer (1983), 1984 Summer Olympics bronze medalist in the steeplechase
  • Bill Donakowski (1980), US Marathon champion in 1986
  • Charlie Fonville, set world record in the shot put, 1948
  • Elmer Gedeon, Big Ten track champion, killed in World War II
  • DeHart Hubbard, first African American gold medalist in individual event at the 1924 Paris Olympics, member of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity (Phi Chapter)
  • Katie McGregor (BA English 1999), eight-time NCAA All-American; three-time NCAA champion; three-time Big Ten Conference champion; has won four USATF national championships in distance races since 2005
  • Greg Meyer (1978), Detroit Marathon champion (1980, course record); Chicago Marathon champion (1982) and Boston Marathon champion (1983)
  • Penny Neer, first female athlete from UM to win a national title in a track and field event, winning the discus at the 1982 AIAW outdoor championship, two-time AIAW All-American and three-time Big Ten Conference discus champion
  • Tiffany Adaez Porter (formerly Tiffany Ofili and Tiffany Ofili-Porter) (November 13, 1987) (Ph.D.), 100 metres hurdles
  • Lisa Larsen Weidenbach Rainsberger (1983), won the Boston and Chicago Marathons; last American woman to win the Boston Marathon; finished 4th in the Marathon Olympic Trials three times in 1984, 1988 and 1992
  • Tom Robinson, athlete from the Bahamas; competed in sprint events
  • Jerome Singleton, Paralympic athlete competing mainly in category T44 (single below knee amputation) sprint events
  • Kevin Sullivan (BSE CEE 1998), 14-time All-American, four-time NCAA Champion, 12-time Big Ten Champion in cross country and track; placed 5th in the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia in the 1,500-meter event for Canada
  • Eddie Tolan, gold medals in 100 and 200 metres, 1932 Olympics; set world record in 100 metres at 9.5
  • Bob Ufer, set world indoor record of 48.1 in the indoor 440-yard; All-American, 1943; once held eight U-M track records; broadcaster of U-M football, 1944–81
  • Willis Ward, NCAA champion in high jump, long jump, 100-yard dash, 400-yard dash; second in voting for AP Big Ten Athlete of the Year, 1933; second African-American in football
  • William Watson, Big Ten champion in discus, 1937–39; broad jump, 1937–38; shot put, 1937–38; javelin, 1939
  • Alan Webb (MDNG: 2001, 2002), miler; at the New Balance Games in January, Webb's mile time of 3:59.86 seconds at New York City's made him the first American high school miler ever to run under four minutes indoors; current American record holder in the mile run at 3:46.91
  • Nick Willis (MNZOM) middle-distance runner; five-time NCAA All-American; six-time Big Ten Champion; two-time NCAA Champion; won Olympic silver medal in 2008 and Olympic bronze medal in Rio in 2016

Tennis

  • Peter Fishbach (born 1947), tennis player
  • Eric Friedler (born 1954), tennis player
  • Barry MacKay, tennis player, tournament director and tennis broadcaster
  • Joel Ross, tennis player
  • Guy Sasson (born 1980), Israeli Paralympic wheelchair tennis player
  • MaliVai Washington, tennis player, ranked No. 1 US college player at the end of his sophomore season; first African-American male to reach Wimbledon final since Arthur Ashe in 1975

Various

  • Elizabeth ("Betsey") Armstrong, water polo goalkeeper
  • Ryan Bertin, two-time NCAA champion wrestler
  • Bora Gulari (COE: 2001 BS ASE), named Rolex Yachtsman of the Year in 2009; won his first Moth world championship his second time out and became the first American in 33 years to claim the class' world title; included a win of the Harken McLube Moth Pacific Rim Championship along with second-place finishes at the Moth U.S. National Championship and U.S. Pacific Coast Championship; 2013 Moth national and world champion
  • Janet Guthrie, first woman to compete in the Indianapolis 500 and the first woman to compete in the Daytona 500
  • Newton C. Loken (Ph.D.), former artistic gymnast and coach of gymnastics, trampolining and cheerleading; coach of the University of Michigan gymnastics team for 36 years, 1948–1983
  • Dave Porter, former two-time NCAA collegiate wrestling champion and football player
  • Brandi Rhodes, professional wrestler and personality
  • Robert Rechsteiner (a.k.a. Rick Steiner), amateur and professional wrestler; amateur standout at the University of Michigan, placing 4th at an NCAA championship competition
  • Scott Rechsteiner (B.S.E.) (a.k.a. Scott Steiner), amateur and professional wrestler
  • Alan I. Rothenberg (A.B., 1960; LAW: J.D., 1963), chairman of the board of the 1994 World Cup Organizing Committee, president of the U.S. Soccer Federation and founder and chair of Major League Soccer
  • Steve Warner, 2000, winner of 1997 Caviston Oar, back-to-back winner of Maize and Blue Award (1999-00), 2004 U.S. Olympian in Lightweight Four
  • Joe Warren (born 1976), Greco-Roman wrestler and mixed martial artist

Olympians

  • Greg Barton (BSE ME 1983), four-time Olympic medalist in sprint kayaking; won double gold at the 1988 Summer Olympic in Seoul
  • Fernando Cañales, 1976 (Montreal), 1980 (Moscow) and 1984 (Los Angeles) Summer Olympics participant and member of the Puerto Rican Hall of Fame
  • Meryl Davis, ice dancing; with partner Charlie White won 2009 U.S. championship, 2010 Vancouver Olympics silver medal, and 2014 Sochi Olympics gold medal
  • Tom Dolan, 1996 (Atlanta) and 2000 (Sydney) Summer Olympics gold medalist swimmer
  • Gordon Downie 1976 (Montreal) Summer Olympics bronze medalist swimmer
  • Steve Fraser, 1984 (Los Angeles) Olympics Greco-Roman wrestling gold medalist
  • Andy Hrovat, three-time NCAA All-American wrestler; 2008 Summer Olympics competitor in wrestling
  • Brent Lang (BSE IO 1990), 1988 (Seoul) Olympics gold medallist in swimming as a member of the 400-meter freestyle relay team
  • Matthew Mann, Olympic swim coach
  • Bill Martin (BUS: MBA 1965), president of the United States Olympic Committee USOC
  • Alan McClatchey, 1976 (Montreal) Summer Olympics bronze medalist swimmer
  • Sam Mikulak, 2012 and 2016 Olympic gymnast
  • Richard O. Papenguth, Olympic swim coach
  • Michael Phelps, Olympic swimmer 2000 (Sydney), 2004 (Athens), 2008 (Beijing), 2012 (London), 2016 (Rio de Janeiro), multiple gold medalist
  • Alfonso Qua (BSE ChE ’56), Olympic sailor (Soling) 1972 Kiel
  • Elise Ray, Olympic gymnast
  • Nick Willis (MNZOM), four-time Olympian representing New Zealand at the 2004 Athens Olympics, 2008 Beijing Olympics (silver medal, 1500 metres), 2012 London Olympics, 2016 Rio Olympics (bronze medal, 1500 metres)
  • Marcel Wouda, Olympic swimmer

Through the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, 178 Michigan student-athletes and coaches had participated in the Olympics. The university has had medal winners in every Summer Olympics except 1896, and gold medalists in all but four Olympiads. A total of 22 countries, including the U.S., have been represented by Michigan athletes.

Table of Michigan Olympians

Coaches

  • George Allen (MS 1947), Virginia Sports Hall of Fame 1998; Pro Football Hall of Fame 2002; Los Angeles Rams head coach (1978, fired after two preseason games); Washington Redskins head coach (1971–77); Los Angeles Rams head coach (1966–70); Chicago Bears defensive coordinator (1962–65); Chicago Bears personnel director/assistant coach (1958–61); Los Angeles Rams assistant coach (1957)
  • Charles A. Baird (A.B. 1895) (c. 1870–1944), football manager, university athletic director, and banker; first athletic director at the University of Michigan
  • Kiefer Haffey (2020), college basketball coach
  • Daniel Earle McGugin (1879–1936), football player, coach and lawyer; called by some the dean of SEC football
  • Christine Rawak, coach, former athletic director at the University of Delaware
  • Harold "Tubby" Raymond (BSE), former head football and baseball coach University of Delaware
  • Jon Charles Urbanchek (BS 1962), U. of Michigan men's swimming and diving head coach 1982–2004, NCAA Championship 1995; Olympic swim coach 1976, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008; International Swimming Hall of Fame; coached numerous NCAA and world champions, gold medalists and world record holders

Team ownership and other sports business

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