Michigan Wins Leaders and Best Award
9/5/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Cross Country
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan women's cross country team has won the 2007-08 Leaders and Best Award for the highest overall teamgrade-point averagefor the sixth straight season.
"Once again our women did a great job in the classroom," said women's cross country head coach Mike McGuire. "Obviously its a high priority and I think this is our sixth year in a row. We look at that as a team goal as much as anything we do athletically. I'm very proud of their continued commitment in the classroom."
The award is given annually by former football letterman Larry Johnson. The women's cross country program will receive a trophy, created by U-M student Christina Ziegler, and a monetary award of $5,000, donated by Johnson.
The Leaders and Best Award was created by Johnson who earned two varsity letters as a defensive lineman with the U-M football team in the mid-1970s. Previous winners of the Leaders and Best Award include women's gymnastics in 1999-2000 and 2000-01, women's tennis in 2001-02.
In addition, the men's gymnastics team was awarded the Leaders and Best Award for the men's program with the highest grade-point average for the 2007-08 academic year and the men's basketball and women's volleyball teams were recognized for having the most improved grade-point averages for men and women, respectively.
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