Michigan notes

Thorius named Big Ten Player of the Week for first time

Michigan junior guard Anne Thorius was named Big Ten Women's Basketball Player of the Week. The Wolverines are currently 8-3 in the conference and are 16-6 overall and are riding a three-game winning streak fueled largely by Thorius' stellar play.

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Last week Thorius averaged 20 points per game as the Wolverines knocked off No. 23 Illinois and Ohio State.

This is the first time in her career that Thorius has received Player of the Week honors. Thus far this season, Thorius is leading the team in minutes playing 33.5 minutes per game and averaging 8.8 points, 3.8 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game.

Thorius hails from Denmark where she played for current Michigan assistant coach Eileen Shea at the Rungsted Gymnasium in her native Horsholm.

Damion Logan represents 'M' in All-Star Classic

While some of the Michigan wrestling team's stars spent the off-week nursing injuries, 141-pound Damion Logan represented the team in the 2000 NWCA All-Star Classic, held at Jenison Fieldhouse in East Lansing.

Logan was added to the squad late, after 133-pound Joe Warren and 174-pound Otto Olson were named as reserves, only to fall to injuries and not participate.

In the event, Logan fell, 7-1, to third-ranked Oklahoma wrestler, Michael Lightner.

And although Logan was not able to win, his mere presence was extremely important to a team forced to find new leaders wherever possible.

Logan, a redshirt-junior from Garfield, N.J., enters this weekend's meets with a 22-4 record on the season.

Recently, he was able to pin Purdue's Luis Branco in a bout which sealed Michigan's victory over the Boilermakers.

Originally on page 11 in the 2-8-2000 issue of the Daily.