Women's Cross Country Garners U-M Academic Award
9/8/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Cross Country
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan women's cross country team earned the Leaders and Best Award for the 2002-03 academic year and received the award Saturday (Sept. 6) in a ceremony at Crisler Arena. The award, in its fourth year, is given annually by former football letterman Larry Johnson to the Michigan varsity team with the highest grade-point average. The women's cross country program will receive a trophy, created by U-M student Christina Ziegler, and a monetary award of $20,000, donated by Johnson.
| | Team captain Andrea Parker (left) and coach Mike McGuire with the Leaders and Best Award trophy. [full image] |
The Leaders and Best Award was created by Johnson, who earned two varsity letters as a member of the U-M football team in the mid-1970s. In 1974, he was awarded the Arthur D. Robinson Award as the outstanding student on the football team. The next year, he earned the Fielding H. Yost Honor Award for Football. Johnson graduated in 1975 with a BSE in environmental engineering.
Previous winners of the Leaders and Best Award include women's gymnastics in 1999-2000 and 2000-01 and women's tennis in 2001-02.
Contact: Gene Skidmore (734) 763-4423
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