The Michigan Daily - Monday, July 22, 2002 - 15
LESTER ABRAM
THE REST OF POSITION: Wing
HEIGHT: 6-6
WEIGHT: 190
HOMETOWN: Pontiac (Northern High School)
THIGHLIGHTS: Abram led Pontiac Northern to
hack-to-hack Clans A state titles an team
captain, going 23-4 each year and was the
co-Most Valuable player in the 2002 State
Championship game. He started all four
years, averaging 19.0 points per game for his
career. Abram's best season was his senior
season, when he averaged 22.7 points, 10.8
rebounds, 4.7 assists, 1.8 steals and 1.5
blocks per game. That season he was named
to both the Detroit Free Press' and the
Detroit News' Dream Team, All-Metro first
team and All-North first team. He was also
third in Michigan's Mr. Basketball voting and
was one of 100 finalists for the McDonald's
All-American game.
GRAHAM BROWN
AMADOU BA
POSITION: Center
HEIGHT: 6-10
WEIGHT: 250
HOMETOWN: Bridgton, Maine (Bridgton Academy)
HIGHLIGHTS: Ba has only played organized bas-
ketball for four years but has shown potential.
After coming to the United States two years
ago from Mauritana, Africa, Ba played at Gris-
som High School in Huntsville, Ala. He shot 62
percent from the field and 70 percent from the
free throw line. He then transferred to Bridgton
Academy where he averaged 8.0 points and
7.0 rebounds a game. Ba may take a year or
two to develop, but he should factor in the
Michigan frontcourt.
DANIEL HORTON
Position: Point guard
Height: 6-3
Weight: 190
HOMETOWN: Cedar Hill, Texas (Cedar Hill High
School)
Highlights: Offered scholarships by Stanford, Illi-
nois, Texas and Florida, Horton is the highest-
rated player in this recruiting class. Horton
started in both the McDonald's All-American
Game and the EA Sports Roundball Classic and
was named to the Parade Al-America second
team. In his senior season, he led Cedar Hill to a
31-3 record, an appearance in the Texas Class
5A Regional Semifinals and a No. 10 ranking
nationally by USA Today. Last season, Horton
averaged 23.0 points, 4.4 rebounds, 3.7 assists
and 2.7 steals, earning him Texas Associaton of
Basketball Coaches Class 5A All-State first team
honors. His 3.6 GPA and SAT score of over 1100
earned him a spot on the TABC Class 5A Region
I Academic All-State first team. Horton also
played for the AAU Team Texas Blue Chips and
was rated the No. 8 player at the 2001 Adidas
ABCD Camp. Horton is likely to start at point
guard next season for the Wolverines.
Oosterbaan
Field House
too packed
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baseball facilities. This year, Ohio
State,-which built a 4.7 million dollar
facility in 1996, hosted a regional
with eventual College World Series
participant Notre Dame, despite being
ranked third out of the regional's four
teams.
"The ironic thing is that (the
NCAA) would love to have Michigan
host a regional," Maloney said.
Although a new stadium is still a
few years away, the new field house
will help the program. With Ooster-
baan Field House as the only indoor
training facility on campus, the base-
ball team has to compete with foot-
ball, softball, field hockey and both
soccer teams for time. Thus, Michigan
teams get limited practice time during
the winter months.
"Time in there is so precious," Mal-
oney said.
But with the help of Athletic Direc-
tor Bill Martin, Maloney and his staff
believe they can get the funding need-
ed to build what is needed to bring
Michigan baseball back to promi-
nence.
"That guy loves maize and blue
more than anybody," Maloney said.
POSITION: Forward
HEIGHT: 6-9
WEIGHT: 245
HOMETOWN: Mio, Mich. (Mio-AuSable High School)
HIGHLIGHTS: For Brown, coming to Ann Arborjust
runs in the family. Both his brothers, Gabe and Grif-
fin, earned Engineering degrees, and Gabe was a
basketball manager. Playing at a school where his
father, Richard, is a history teacher, Brown led his
team to the Michigan Class D Quarterfinals and a
25-1 record. He averaged 21.0 points, 17.0
rebounds, 8.0 assists, 8.0 blocks and 1.8 steals
and earned both Detroit Free Press and Detroit
News Class D All-State first team honors. Brown
also played football, in which he was a wide receiv-
er and linebacker. Rounding out his year, Brown
played baseball in the spring, where he played first
base, pitcher and centerfield. Brown looks to see
plenty of action early next season in a frontcourt
Courtesy of Earline Gr
Michigan point guard recruit Daniel Horton swats away a
modest attempt by an opponent
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