Basketball is a tradition at Michigan schools.
For being home to a ton of small schools, the Upper Peninsula has done well for itself in terms of sending quality athletes off to very competitive programs. One of the big schools that likes to take a look up here is the University of Michigan, and their women's basketball program has definitely benefitted from stopping in St. Ignace.
Excerpt: St. Ignace, an Upper Peninsula town with a population of 2,678, isn't where you'd expect to find a pipeline to great Michigan athletes. However, it's been home to a trio of memorable Wolverines, and current University of Michigan women's basketball star Nicole Elmblad has a strong connection to the first two.
Barry Pierson, best known as the defensive hero of the Michigan football team's 1969 upset of Ohio State, is a friend of Elmblad's father, Mark, and an inspiration to Nicole.
And Krista Clement, a four-time captain of the Wolverines women's basketball team (2005-08) was Nicole's idol.
For the rest of the story about Elmblad, go here.
Source: mgoblue.com
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