Getting to the Know the 2013-14 Michigan Cheer Team
1/17/2014 12:00:00 AM | Spirit Department
April 1, 2014
Throughout the school year, MGoBlue.com will introduce the members of the Wolverines' 2013-14 cheer team. Up this week is Connor Rubin, a sophomore from Farmington Hills, Mich.
Connor Rubin
Class: Sophomore • Height: 5-8
Hometown: Farmington Hills, Mich. • High School: Harrison
Hometown: Farmington Hills, Mich. • High School: Harrison
- Enrolled College: Literature, Science and the Arts
- Major: Political Science
- Favorite Cheer Memory: Running on to the field for my first game at Michigan Stadium.
- Favorite Michigan Memory: The Michigan-Notre Dame football game, Under the Lights II.
Antonette Mediati
Class: Sophomore • Height: 5-0
Hometown: Troy, Mich. • High School: Troy Athens
Hometown: Troy, Mich. • High School: Troy Athens
- Enrolled College: Kinesiology
- Major: Movement Science
- Favorite Cheer Memory: Running out of the tunnel for my first game in the Big House.
- Favorite Michigan Memory: Watching Michigan basketball make it to the national championship game last year.
Tori Martinsen
Class: Sophomore • Height: 6-3
Hometown: Milan, Mich. • High School: Milan
Hometown: Milan, Mich. • High School: Milan
- Enrolled College: Literature, Science and the Arts
- Major: Economics
- Favorite Cheer Memory: Winning NCA Nationals last year (2013) in Daytona!
- Favorite Michigan Memory: Watching Trey Burke hit the three-pointer against Kansas that sent the game to overtime. Michigan won in overtime and advanced to the Elite Eight!
Evan Hampton
Class: Sophomore • Height: 6-1
Hometown: St. Joseph, Mich. • High School: St. Joseph
Hometown: St. Joseph, Mich. • High School: St. Joseph
- Enrolled College: Engineering
- Major: Mechanical Engineering
- Favorite Cheer Memory: Winning the 2013 NCA Nationals as a freshman.
- Favorite Michigan Memory: Seeing Team 133 earn Michigan football's 900th win against Michigan State in 2012.
Emily Savage
Class: Sophomore • Height: 5-1
Hometown: Brooklyn, Mich. • High School: Columbia Central
Hometown: Brooklyn, Mich. • High School: Columbia Central
- Enrolled College: Literature, Science and the Arts
- Major: General Studies
- Favorite Cheer Memory: Going to California to cheer on the women's basketball team during the 2013 NCAA Tournament.
- Favorite Michigan Memory: Watching the football team beat Michigan State in 2012 at home.
Trevor Zajac
Class: Sophomore • Height: 5-8
Hometown: New Boston, Mich. • High School: Huron
Hometown: New Boston, Mich. • High School: Huron
- Enrolled College: Literature, Science and the Arts
- Major: Neuroscience
- Favorite Cheer Memory: Running out of the tunnel for my first game with the cheer team.
Tierney Wixted
Class: Sophomore • Height: 5-3
Hometown: Palos Verdes, Calif. • High School: Palos Verdes
Hometown: Palos Verdes, Calif. • High School: Palos Verdes
- Enrolled College: Literature, Science and the Arts
- Major: Information
- Favorite Cheer Memory: Being the mascot for the 2013 NCA national competition in Florida.
- Favorite Michigan Memory: Surviving an entire winter without snow boots.
Kevin Waterman
Class: Sophomore • Height: 6-6
Hometown: Eagle River, Alaska • High School: Eagle River
Hometown: Eagle River, Alaska • High School: Eagle River
- Enrolled College: Engineering
- Major: Mechanical engineering
- Favorite Cheer Memory: Traveling to Palo Alto, Calif., in 2013 for the women's NCAA basketball tournament and being able to cheer on the team.
- Favorite Michigan Memory: Marching in my first game in the Big House with the Michigan Marching Band.
Haley Hodder
Class: Sophomore • Height: 5-3
Hometown: St. Joseph, Mich. • High School: St. Joseph
Hometown: St. Joseph, Mich. • High School: St. Joseph
- Enrolled College: Nursing
- Major: Nursing
- Favorite Cheer Memory: My favorite cheer memory is when the football team beat Michigan State in 2012 and then watching the entire football stadium go crazy from my spot down on the field.
- Favorite Michigan Memory: My favorite Michigan memory is sledding down the hill near Alice Lloyd on dining hall trays in the winter.
Breanna Ghostone
Class: Sophomore • Height: 5-5
Hometown: Bartlett, Ill. • High School: South Elgin
Hometown: Bartlett, Ill. • High School: South Elgin
- Enrolled College: School of Music, Theatre and Dance
- Major: Voice Performance
- Favorite Cheer Memory: My favorite memory was when I joined the team in the fall of my freshman year in 2012 and got to cheer at the MSU football game as my first game.
- Favorite Michigan Memory: My favorite Michigan memory was earning a spot on the cheer team as a freshman and being able to walk out of the tunnel and on to the basketball court.
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