Newsstand: Blake Corum, Kari Miller named Michigan's Athletes of the Year
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Michigan football running back Blake Corum and women’s tennis player Kari Miller were named U-M’s Male and Female Athlete of the Year, respectively, for 2023-24.
Corum is the 14th football player to earn the honor and the fourth in the last eight years. In addition, he is the 10th Michigan student-athlete to earn the Big Ten Medal of Honor and be named Athlete of the Year in the same year. Miller is the fourth women’s tennis player to earn the department honor and third since 2017.
Both student-athletes are eligible to be named Big Ten Conference Athletes of the Year, the winners of which are determined by a media vote. The University of Michigan Athlete of the Year Award was first presented in 1982.
Corum’s 2022 and 2023 seasons yielded two All-America honors (unanimous first team, 2022), two top-10 Heisman Trophy finishes, two Ameche-Dayne Big Ten Running Back of the Year honors, the 2022 Chicago Tribune Silver Football award, 2023 AFCA Good Works Team Captaincy, and the 2023 Comeback Player of the Year award. After an injury ended his 2022 season in late November, he returned for the 2023 campaign. He was team captain for the 2023 national championship team and helped lead Michigan to three consecutive Big Ten Championships (2021-23) in his 45-game career.
Corum finished the 2023 season with 27 rushing touchdowns, a program record. His 28 total touchdowns, also a record, surpassed a mark set by Al Herrnstein (26) in 1902 for the most by any Wolverine and are third all-time among all Big Ten players. Corum totaled 1,245 rushing yards in 2023. He was the first Wolverine running back with back-to-back 1,000-yard rushing seasons since Mike Hart in 2006 (1,563) and 2007 (1,361). He was the only FBS player to score in every game in the 2023 season and for good measure, set U-M records for single-season (168 points) and career scoring (356), the former also a Big Ten record.
New 2026 Michigan quarterback commit Brady Hart is one of seven top-100 signal-caller recruits for U-M from 2004-26.
Yesterday was former Michigan wide receiver Roman Wilson’s birthday. UMGoBlue helped fans relive his epic catch on the Wolverines’ game-tying drive late in regulation in an overtime win over Alabama in the College Football Playoff.
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“Everything was great. The staff was really friendly. They were knowledgeable about football. They were knowledgeable about Phillip and his accolades. The staff communicated as family. I had a good experience talking to them about the way they could use Phillip and the way he could produce for their team. All the presentations stood out — from the academics to the way they train to the school in general. Everything about Michigan was great.”
— Phillip Wright II, the father of top Michigan wide receiver target Phillip Wright III, a Destrehan (La.) High prospect
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