Michigan Football All-Academic Big Ten Honorees
- Matt Cavanaugh
- J.B. Fitzgerald
- Jareth Glanda
- Cam Gordon
- Will Heininger
- Zac Johnson
- Jordan Kovacs
- John McColgan
- Ricardo Miller
- Patrick Omameh
- Craig Roh
Northwestern of course had the most with 31 but Michigan had a pretty good showing on the list with 11. Congrats Gentlemen.
The PDF attached to the article has a complete list of every school and every fall sport if you are interested.
Link
http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/120711aaa.html
(names are not in article, click on PDF at the top)
December 8th, 2011 at 1:46 PM ^
He's the golden child. What can't he do
December 8th, 2011 at 1:58 PM ^
/s
When you play as smart as Kovacs does, you don't need 4.4 speed. He's a great story, and player. I'd love for him to be a captain.
December 8th, 2011 at 3:22 PM ^
His resume up to this point just screams "future coach". Maybe he could even get a gig at Michigan someday (or GA after next year); that would be a hell of a story for a guy who, from everything I've ever heard, really deserves it.
December 8th, 2011 at 3:59 PM ^
I would love for Kovacs to come back and be a Michigan coach.
December 8th, 2011 at 1:48 PM ^
and they both come off as pretty bright mature young men. I am not surprised that they made the list. Way to represent Michigan to all those honored.
December 8th, 2011 at 1:54 PM ^
December 8th, 2011 at 4:45 PM ^
You should have stopped after your first paragraph. It is a great accomplishment regardless of the color of your skin.
December 8th, 2011 at 1:56 PM ^
You can pencil in Mark Huyge if he wasn't taking a ridiculously hard major.
December 8th, 2011 at 2:01 PM ^
The Mechanical Engineering department average was a 2.7. For everyone. If he got a 3.0 with all the time commitments he's got for Football... wow.
Just goes to show the 3.0 flat standard for B1G AAAs is a joke (see TP on it last year)
December 8th, 2011 at 2:04 PM ^
The full list of Michigan honorees can also be found in this mgoblue.com press release.
The press release had some details on the football players; Heininger's achievements seem particularly impressive.
Eleven members of Michigan's Sugar Bowl-bound football team earned Academic All-Big Ten honors, including four starters: fifth-year senior defensive end Will Heininger (Ann Arbor, Mich./Pioneer), senior/junior safety Jordan Kovacs (Curtice, Ohio/Clay), senior/junior offensive lineman Patrick Omameh (Columbus, Ohio/St. Francis DeSales) and junior defensive end Craig Roh (Scottsdale, Ariz./Chaparral). Both Roh and Kovacs were named 2011 All-Big Ten honorable mention by the media panel; it was Kovacs' second such honor and Roh's first. Kovacs was also Michigan's Big Ten Sportsmanship Award recipient this season.
An economics and sports management major, Heininger earned his fourth Academic All-Big Ten award. He is also a two-time Big Ten Distinguished Scholar for maintaining at least a 3.7 GPA in a single academic year and was named to the Capital One Academic All-District V first team last month. This marks the second Academic All-Big Ten honor for Omameh, who is a communication and sociology major and has been a starter in the last 28 games dating to 2009.
The release also notes that seven members of the volleyball team—nearly half of the squad—were among the honorees.
December 8th, 2011 at 2:18 PM ^
And it's an honest question. I see that Kovacs is majoring in movement science, what the hell is movement science?
December 8th, 2011 at 2:20 PM ^
and now she's working on a Doctorate in Physical Therapy. It's a pre-health-related-grad-degree degree.
My dad's actually an MD and his undergrad is in "Life Sciences" or something. A lot of the "pre-med" type degrees have weird titles, unless it's bio or chem.
December 8th, 2011 at 2:25 PM ^
Appreciate the info!
December 8th, 2011 at 3:00 PM ^
It's when you find out how hard you have to hit a quarterback to make his helmet pop off.
December 8th, 2011 at 4:18 PM ^
Seriously spit a bit of beer out to your response!!!!!!
December 8th, 2011 at 5:55 PM ^
Landing My Air Force One?
December 8th, 2011 at 4:42 PM ^
Mr. Miyagi tells you to "Wax on, wax off" or "You look eye"...except with books and tests and shit.....
December 8th, 2011 at 3:21 PM ^
Michigan actually had the second lowest. OSU had one less. Hopefully next year they can add a bunch more.
December 8th, 2011 at 4:13 PM ^
December 8th, 2011 at 5:24 PM ^
I think that opinion is a bit homeristic.
I think the Huyge arguement earlier in the comments is more important. The type of classes and the also the individual teachers.
Also, couldn't you say if the students were held to higher standards to be admitted they should be able to perform at the same level in a hard class as some admitted into college with lower scores. That then puts Northwestern into an interesting position, which from all that I know they really earn that.
December 9th, 2011 at 1:35 PM ^
I wouldn't be so sure about Northwestern being more impressive, some of the "most rigrorous" schools have serious grade inflation (i.e. most of the Ivies). I'd love to see these numbers adjusted for grade inflation and difficulty of curriculum.
December 8th, 2011 at 7:03 PM ^
...or something one could use to calculate a number to compare GPAs. Like colleges use to compare students who take the ACT vs the SAT.
December 8th, 2011 at 7:59 PM ^
I had a class with Omameh a few years back and he is definitely a very smart, nice and well-spoken individual and the same applies to the rest of these guys I'm sure. Even though a good amount of them walked on to the team, it's good to know we have a standard regarding character and academic aptitude for the players we recruit, unlike Ohio and the SEC schools (with the exception of Vandy).