11/24/08Nicole Edwards placed 24th to earn All-America honors and lead U-M individually as No. 8 Michigan placed 16th at the NCAA Championships.
Fresh off a win at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional, No. 8 Michigan will make its seventh consecutive appearance at the NCAA Championships on Monday, Nov. 24.
Nicole Edwards earned a runner-up finish to lead No. 17 Michigan to first place at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional and an automatic berth to the NCAA Championships.
All 25 U-M varsity teams scored above the 925 threshold in the NCAA's Division I Academic Progress Rates, with 20 having the same rate or an improved rate.
The 2008 fall Academic All-Big Ten team includes 66 student-athletes from Michigan representing seven varsity teams.