Renes Receives a Pair of All-America Honors

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- University of Michigan senior co-captain and nose tackle Rob Renes (Holland, Mich./West Ottawa HS), in New York City to receive his postgraduate scholarship from the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame, received All-America first team honors in both the classroom and on the field today (Tuesday, Dec. 7). Renes was named to The Sporting News All-America first team and selected to the GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-America first team in announcements made today by both organizations.

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"Rob Renes has had an outstanding career on and off the football field," head coach Lloyd Carr said. "He is an All-American and Academic All-American as well as receiving an $18,000 post-graduate scholarship from the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame.

"We are delighted for Rob and the things he has achieved on the football field and in the classroom," Carr added. "He was selected by his teammates as a captain to lead and he has done that both on the field and in the academic arena. I think he epitomizes the word student-athlete. He is everything that you want from a football player and a young man."

Renes became the third Wolverine and first defensive player to earn All-America honors on the field and in the classroom during the same year. He joins receiver Jim Mandich (1969), the school first double honor recipient, and offensive guard Stefan Humphries (1983), who was also a first team Academic All-American in 1982. Renes, a second team Academic All-American in 1998, and Humphries both earned National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame post-graduate scholarships as seniors.

On the field, Renes was an All-Big Ten first team selection by the conference coaches and media after recording 44 tackles (34 solo, 10 assists), five TFLs, one sack, a fumble forced and a fumble recovered. He was a 1999 Lombardi Award semifinalist and candidate for the Bronko Nagurski Award given to the nation's top defensive player. Renes has started 36 consecutive games at nose tackle for the Wolverines and serves as the team's long snapper. He has 149 tackles, 24 tackles for loss, five sacks and three fumble recoveries in his career.

The only four-time Academic All-Big Ten Conference football player in Michigan history, Renes maintains a 3.55 cumulative grade point average in a dual major of German and social studies. He is a three-time GTE Academic All-District IV selection and is a two-time recipient of the Dr. Arthur Robinson Student-Athlete Award, given annually to the top Michigan football student-athlete.

Renes is one of 15 senior football players being honored at the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame's 42nd Annual Award Dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City tonight.

Renes led the No. 8-ranked Wolverines to a 9-2 regular-season record and a matchup with No. 5 Alabama in the FedEx Orange Bowl on New Year's Day.

Contact: David Ablauf, Jim Schneider (734) 763-4423

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