Gannon Named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week
10/14/2002 12:00:00 AM | Field Hockey
PARK RIDGE, Ill. -- Sophomore defender Kristi Gannon (Escondido, Calif./San Pasqual HS), a member of the University of Michigan field hockey team, has been named the Big Ten Conference Defensive Player of the Week, it was announced today (Monday, Oct. 14).
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With Gannon's honor, five Michigan players have earned Big Ten Player of the Week awards this season, including three in the last three weeks. Junior forward April Fronzoni (Larksville, Pa./Wyoming Valley West HS) and junior defender Stephanie Johnson (Houston, Texas/The Kinkaid School) received the league's offensive and defensive awards, respectively, on Sept. 9; senior forward Molly Powers (Oak Park, Ill./Oak Park-River Forest HS) earned the award on Sept. 16 and Sept. 30; and sophmore goalkeeper Molly Maloney (Lake Bluff, Ill./Lake Forest HS) was named Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 7.
No. 2 Michigan (12-1, 3-0 Big Ten), currently on an 11-game winning streak, will face Indiana and Northwestern this week in an attempt to lock up a share of the Big Ten regular-season title. The Wolverines will travel to Bloomington, Ind., on Friday (Oct. 18) for a 6 p.m. EST/CDT matchup with Indiana before returning to Ann Arbor for their final home contest of the year at 1 p.m. on Sunday (Oct. 20).
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