Rico Ozuna-Harrison

Class:
Senior
Position:
G
Height:
5-11
Weight:
175
Hometown:
Detroit, Mich.
High School:
Cass Tech

Who is Rico Ozuna-Harrison ...
• Valuable member of U-M’s scout team
• Quiet personality off the court, however, very aggressive and challenging in practice
• Quick and speedy guard; known for his defensive pressure
• Aspires to become a doctor

Michigan Career
• Reached 100+ career wins (105-32)
• Academic All-Big Ten (2019, ‘20, ‘21)
• Michigan Academic Achievement (2018, ‘19, ‘20)
• U-M’s Jordan Morgan/Bodnar Brothers Award for Academic Achievement (2019)
• Helped U-M to back-to-back 30+ win seasons -- U-M record 33-8 (2017-18) & 30-7 (2018-19)
   • Fourth & fifth 30+ win seasons all-time at Michigan
• Helped U-M win the 2021 Big Ten regular season title
• Helped U-M win the 2018 Big Ten Tournament title
   • U-M’s second straight title; third Big Ten team to win back-to-back titles (2017, ‘18)
• Helped U-M advance to 2018 Final Four (San Antonio) & national title game (vs. Villanova)
• Helped U-M advance to two NCAA Elite Eights (2018, ‘21)
• Helped U-M advance to three straight NCAA Sweet 16s (2018, ‘19, 21)
   • Overall it was the fourth straight for U-M (2017, ‘18, ‘19, ‘21)
   • Note: 2020 NCAA Tournament was cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic
• Helped U-M to the 2020 Battle 4 Atlantis title, winning three games in three days -- Iowa State, No. 6 North Carolina and No. 8 Gonzaga at the Atlantis Resort
• Helped U-M to the 2018 Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off title, defeating George Washington and Providence at the Mohegan Sun Resort

Senior (2020-21)
• Played one game off the bench
   • played in final three minutes against Michigan State (March 4); went 0-for-2

Junior (2019-20)
• Played in four games; all off the bench
• Had season cut short after postseason was cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic
• Played final three minutes against Houston Baptist (Nov. 23), scoring first career points on a lay-up following a cross court pass by Luke Wilson
• Played in final three minutes against Presbyterian (Dec. 21), tying a career-best one rebound and dishing first career assist
• Played in final two minutes against UMass-Lowell (Dec. 29), tying a career-best with an assist
• Played in final minute at Michigan State (Jan. 5)

Sophomore (2018-19)
• Played in two games; both off the bench
• Played two minutes against Northwestern (Jan. 13), missing 3-point attempt
• Played in final minute against Nebraska (Feb. 28)

Freshman (2017-18)
• Added to the roster following walk-on tryouts
• Played in one game against Alabama A&M (Dec. 21), grabbing a career-best one rebound and attempting first career 3-pointer

Prep Career
• Played two seasons varsity basketball at Detroit Cass Tech under Coach Steve Hall.
• As a senior (2016-17), team captain and helped Cass Tech win its first Detroit Public School League championship since 1998, lost in opening regional round of Class A playoffs; injured scaphoid (wrist) midway through the season
• Two-year captain of cross country team
• Two-time Academic All-City

Personal
• Born on September 20th, 199 in Detroit, Mich.
• Son of Alanza Harrison and Carmen Ozuna
• Enrolled in College of Literature, Science and the Arts
• English major