Club Wolverine Hall of Fame
Each year’s inductee is honored at the annual banquet held in the spring.
2009-Inaugural Inductee
Denny Hill
The long-time Ann Arbor Pioneer swim coach is legendary for his high school teams which have won over 30 state championships, several national championships and several high school national records. He has also been inducted into several high school hall of fames. But few remember that Denny was the founder of Club Wolverine back in 1982. Jon Urbanchek reminded us of this and it was unanimous that Denny should be the initial inductee in the CW Hall of Fame. During Denny’s induction speech he told stories of how CW was developed and subsequently handed over to Urbanchek. Most importantly was Denny’s reason for forming CW. It was to allow Ann Arbor age-group swimmers to compete in national level meets as local clubs were not as focused on this aspect of swimming. And as they say, the rest is history.
2010 Inductee
Margaret Kelly
Margaret Kelly began her swimming career with the Ann Arbor Swim Club which became Club Wolverine in 2006. She is a home grown athlete who not only excelled in swimming but also in the class room. Her swimming accomplishments speak for itself (see loooong list below). At her induction she gave the age group kids in attendance a great motivational speech, telling them that much of her motivation was centered on ice cream sundaes.
Margaret Kelly/
/ Class:
Senior
/ Hometown:
Ann Arbor, Mich.
/ High School:
Pioneer
/ / Position:
Backstroke/Butterfly/Individual Medley
At Michigan... Seven-time NCAA All-American (2010: 200-yard Individual Medley (6th), 100-yard Butterfly (6th); 2009: 200-yard Individual Medley (8th); 2008: 200-yard Individual Medley (7th); 2007: 200-yard Freestyle Relay (3rd), 200-yard Medley Relay (8th), 400-yard Freestyle Relay (5th)) ... 14-time NCAA Honorable Mention All-American (2010: 400-yard Freestyle Relay (11th), 800-yard Freestyle Relay (11th), 200-yard Freestyle Relay (13th); 2009: 800-yard Freestyle Relay (14th), 400-yard Freestyle Relay (16th); 2008: 200-yard Freestyle Relay (11th), 100-yard Butterfly (13th), 400-yard Freestyle Relay (13th), 400-yard Medley Relay (13th), 800-yard Freestyle Relay (14th); 2007: 200-yard Individual Medley (9th), 400-yard Medley Relay (12th), 100-yard Butterfly (13th), 800-yard Freestyle Relay (12th) ... Three-time All-Big Ten Conference First Team (2007, 2008, 2010) ... Six-time Big Ten Champion (2010: 200-yard Individual Medley; 2008: 100-yard Butterfly, 200-yard Individual Medley, 400-yard Freestyle Relay; 2007: 200-yard Freestyle Relay, 400-yard Freestyle Relay) ... Member of U-M record 200-yard freestyle relay (1:28.80, 2007), 200-yard medley relay (1:39.23, 2007)and 400-yard medley relay (3:36.07, 2008)... Owns Big Ten and U-M record in 200-yard individual medley (1:55.41, 2010) ...Three-time Academic All-Big Ten Conference (2008-10) ...two-time CSCAA Scholar All-America (2007, 2010) ... Four-time U-M Athletic Academic Achievement award (2007-10).
Senior (2009-10)... CSCAA Scholar All-America (2010)... Championship Meets... Earned two All-American honors at the NCAA Championships (March 18-20), taking 6th in both the 100-yard butterfly and 200-yard individual medley... also received three Honorable Mention All-American honors, taking 11th in the 400- and 800-yard freestyle relays and 13th in the 200-yard freestyle relay... shattered Big Ten Conference and University of Michigan record in the preliminaries of the 200-yard individual medley on March 18 (she previously held both records) with a time of 1:55.41... received sixth Big Ten title when she won the 200-yard Individual Medley at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 18)... finished second in the 100-yard butterfly (lost by .06 seconds to Indiana's Donna Smailis) and third in the 100-yard freestyle... also on four of Michigan's five relay teams (4th -- 200-yard medley relay, 3rd -- 800-yard freestyle relay, 2nd -- 200-yard freestyle relay, 4th -- 400-yard freestyle relay)... All-Big Ten first team...Regular Season... Won 100 Back and finished second in 200 Back against Ohio State (Jan. 23)... won 200 Fly, 200 IM and was the anchor on the 200 Free Relay team to clinch the win against Northwestern (Jan. 16)... won the 200-yard IM and 200-yard butterfly against Indiana (Jan. 9)... named Big Ten Swimmer of the Week (Jan. 5), as she set two meet records (100-meter butterfly, 200-meter IM) and was named Most Valuable Women's Swimmer at Copa Coqui (Jan. 2)... won six races (three individual: 200-yard Fly, 50-yard Free, 200-yard IM; three relays) at the EMU Invitational (Dec. 4-5)... also had the top time in the 100-yard butterfly (55.23), despite swimming as an exhibition... won eight races (three individual: 200-yard IM, 100 Fly, 100 Free; five relays) and earned eight NCAA 'B' marks at Purdue Invitational (Nov. 20-22)... Big Ten Co-Swimmer of the Week (Nov. 24)... holds U-M's top season times in three events and on four relays... won 100-yard freestyle vs. Texas/Indiana (Oct. 30)... earned NCAA 'B' Qualifying marks in 200-yard individual medley and 400-yard individual medley... won 200-yard freestyle (1:50.94) and 200-yard individual medley (2:01.95), while finishing second in the 400-yard individual medley (4:21.56) against Toledo and Toronto (Oct. 23).
Junior (2008-09)... Championship Meets ...earned an All-America honor with an eighth-place finish in the 200-yard individual medley (1:56.24) and two All-America honorable mentions as part of the 14th-place 800-yard freestyle relay and the 16th-place 400-yard freestyle relay and finished 21st in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 52.74 at the NCAA Championships (March 19-21) ... placed 25th in the 200-yard IM after a Big Ten Conference, school record, and NCAA automatic qualifying time of 1:55.90 in the preliminariesat the Big TenChampionships (Feb. 19-21)...Regular Season... won the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:57.51 and turned in a season-best time of 23.17 in the 50-yard freestyle against Notre Dame (Feb. 7) ... finished first in the 100-yard backstroke with a season-best time of 55.52 against Michigan State (Jan. 30) ... finished first in both the 500-yard freestyle (4:55.01)and the 200-yard individual medley (2:03.85)against Ohio State (Jan. 23) ... finished first in the 400-yard individual medley (4:19.62)against Northwestern (Jan. 17) ... finished first in the 200-yard individual medley with atime of 2:01.18 at the Indiana Invitational (Jan. 9) ... finished first in the 500-yard freestyle with a career-best and NCAA consideration time of 4:48.63, finished first in the 400-yard individual medley with a career-best and NCAA consideration time of 4:12.27 andrecorded a career-best time of 2:19.16 in the 200-yard breaststroke at the EMU Invitational (Dac. 5-6) ... finished fourth with an NCAA"B" time of 53.41 in the 100-yard butterfly and set a new personal-best while finishing fifth in the 100-yard freestyle with an NCAA "B" time of 49.33 at the Texas A&M Invitational (Nov. 21-23) ... notched a career-best time of 1:04.69 in the 100-yard breaststroke and a season-best time of 23.36 in the 50-yard freestyle against Texas and Indiana (Oct. 31-Nov. 1) ... won the 500-yard freestyle and the 200-yard freestyle with a season-best time of 1:50.07 against Toledo (Oct. 24) ... won the 400-yard individual medley (4:20.23)and the 100-yard butterfly (54.91) and was part of the winning 4x200-yardfreestyle relay teamagainst Minnesota (Oct. 10).
Sophomore (2007-08)...Championship Meets...captured an NCAA All-America honor on a seventh-place finish in the 200-yardindividual medley (1:57.27, 1:57.20 prelim); earned fiveAll-Americahonorable mentionswith a 13th-place finish in the 100-yard butterfly (53.24, 52.80 prelim), an 11th-place 200-yard Freestyle Relay (1:29.82, 1:29.73 prelim), a pair of 13th-place finishes in the 400-yard Freestyle Relay (3:18.39) and 400-yard Medley Relay (3:37.81) and a 14th-place 800-yard Freestyle Relay (7:11.08) at the NCAA Championships (March 20-22) ...won the 200-yard individual medley in a Big Ten Conference and school record time of 1:56.80, won the 100-yard butterfly with on an automatic qualifying time of 52.60, tying the school record and was part of a 400-yard freestyle relay title run with a championships record and NCAA 'A' cut (3:17.47) at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 21-23) ... part of a third place 200-yard medley relay (1:39.40) and placed fourth in the 100-yard freestyle (49.86) at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 21-23) ...Regular Season...Big Ten Swimmer of the Week (Jan. 22) ... was fastest to touch the wall in three events including an NCAA 'B' time in the 100-yard butterfly (55.08) vs. Northwestern (Jan. 19)...chalked upan NCAA 'B'timeoff ofa win in the 200-yard butterfly (2:00.12) and the 500-yard freestyle (4:52.70) as runner-up vs. Michigan State (Jan. 18) ...earned a pair of victories on NCAA consideration times in the 200-yard individual medley (2:02.11) and 100-yard freestyle (50.87) at the Notre Dame Invitational (Jan. 11-12) ... scored an automatic qualifier in the 200-yard IM (1:57.60) and consideration times in the 100-yard freestyle (50.04), 100-yard backstroke (55.58), 200- (1:32.20), 400- (3:22.12) and 800-yard freestyle relay (7:18.76) and 200- (1:41.76) and 400-yard medley relay (3:41.14) at the Texas A&M Invitational (Nov. 16-18) ... outpaced every other swimmer in all four relay events she swam, leading U-M to wins in the 400-yard medley relay (3:43.97), 400-yard freestyle relay (3:26.75) and the 800-yard freestyle relay (7:24.42) vs. No. 8 Texas and No. 23 Indiana (Nov. 2-3).
Freshman (2006-07)...Championship Meets... won four honorable mention All-America awards, placing ninth in the 200-yard IM (1:57.56) and 13th in 100-yard butterfly (53.90, swim-off 52.78), and as a member of the 12th-place 400-yard medley relay (3:38.91) and 800-yard freestyle relay (7:11.93) at the NCAA Championships (March 8-10); set Big Ten and school record in 200-yard IM ... garnered All-America as part of third-place 200-yard freestyle relay (1:28.80), eighth-place 200-yard medley relay (1:39.37, prelim 1:39.23) and fifth-place 400-yard freestyle relay (3:17.20) at the NCAA Championships (March 8-10); 200-yard freestyle relay set a Big Ten and school record, while 200-yard medley relay set a school record ... earned All-Big Ten first team ... swam on Big Ten Champion 200-yard (1:29.88) and 400-yard (3:20.32) freestyle relays, and runner-up 400-yard medley relay (3:39.00) at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 8-10); 400-yard freestyle relay time set new Big Ten meet record ... placed second in the 200-yard individual medley (1:58.47, 1:58.30 prelim) and 100-yard butterfly (53.83, 53.58 prelim), and ninth in the 100-yard backstroke with a career-best time of 55.11 at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 8-10) ... Regular Season... aided winning 200-yard medley relay (1:43.23) and fastest (3:23.58) 400-yard freestyle relay at Northwestern (Jan. 20) ... was part of winning 400-yard freestyle relay (3:22.23) at Michigan Invitational (Jan. 13) ... won the 200-yard individual medley (2:06.22) at EMU Invitational (Dec. 1-2) ... placed third in the 200-yard individual medley (2:00.63) at Texas A&M Invitational (Nov. 17-19) ... swam on fastest 200-yard freestyle relay (1:33.94) against No. 24 Princeton (Nov. 11) ... took first in both the 50-yard freestyle (23.50) and 50-yard butterfly (25.40), and swam first leg of first-place 400-yard medley relay (3:48.43) against Ohio State (Nov. 10) ... was part winning 200-yard medley relay (1:45.60) that earned a consideration time andwon the 100-yard butterfly (55.03) at No. 5 Georgia (Nov. 3-4) ... part of winning 200-yard medley relay (1:44.70) at Michigan State (Oct. 25) ... swam on winning 400-yard medley (3:43.01) and 400-yard freestyle (3:23.74) relays while finishing runner-up in 200-yard IM with a NCAA consideration time (2:02.95) in career debut against Florida (Oct. 14).
Prep... Pioneer High School (2006) ... National Honor Society ... top scholar (top five percent) ... 2006 Academic All-America ... four-year varsity letter winner in swimming ... six-time All-American as a freshman, sophomore and junior (2003-05) ... seven-time All-American as a senior (2006) ... led team to four high school state championships ... swam on public high school national-record 200 and 400 freestyle relay teams ... led team to three mythical high school national championships (2003, 2005-06) ... 2005 and 2006 Michigan high school Swimmer of the Year ... holds the state record in the 100 butterfly and a state championship in the 100 backstroke ... owns five national qualifying times.
Club/Junior Team... Helped Club Wolverine to a national title at the ConocoPhillips USA Swimming National Championships (Aug. 1-5).
Personal... Enrolled in the Division of Kinesiology ... majoring in movement science ... birthday is March 14, 1988.
50-yard Freestyle / 22.52r / 3/18/10
100-yard Freestyle / 49.12 / 3/20/10
200-yard Freestyle / 1:48.88 / 1/16/10
500-yard Freestyle / 4:48.63 / 12/6/08
100-yard Butterfly / 52.31 / 3/19/10
100-meter Butterfly / 1:02.79# / 1/2/10
200-yard Butterfly / 1:59.19 / 12/4/09
100-yard Backstroke / 55.11 / 2/9/07
200-yard Backstroke / 1:59.98 / 11/19/06
100-yard Breaststroke / 1:04.69 / 11/01/08
200-yard Breaststroke / 2:19.16 / 12/5/08
200-yard Individual Medley / 1:55.41!@ / 3/18/10
200-meter Individual Medley / 2:23.10# / 1/2/10
400-yard Individual Medley / 4:12.27 / 12/6/08
2011 Inductee
None
2012 Inductee
Bobby Savulich
Bobby graduated from The University of Michigan with a Bachelors degree in Sociology and EasternMichiganUniversity with a Masters degree in Sport Management. He was a member of Club Wolverine from 2005-2012, where he represented the team on numerous national and international competitions.
During his time at Club Wolverine and at The University of Michigan, Bobby was a 6x NCAA All-American and a 13x Big Ten Champion. He also won a Short Course National Championship. He was named one of three captains his senior year and was a member of two Big Ten Championship teams.
On the international level, in 2005 Bobby was a member of the United States Junior Pan Pacific team. In the summer of 2011, he swam at the World University Games in Shenzhen, China. He won a gold medal as anchor of the 4X100 Freestyle Relay. He also represented the United States as a member of the Pan Am Team in Mexico, winning two silver medals.
Additionally, Bobby is the co-founder Athlete Approved; a company that supports Olympic Hopefuls by sharing the ideas, techniques, and products they approve (). He is also the commissioner of the Professional Swimming League where he helped put on the first event titled Pro Dual 1. It was a huge success and revolutionary for the sport of swimming. It put swimming in a light never before seen and provided financial opportunities for struggling Olympic Hopefuls ().
Bobby Savulich/ / Class:
Senior
/ Hometown:
Edison, N.J.
/ High School:
Saint Joseph
/ / Event:
Individual Medley/Mid-Distance
At Michigan... Three-time 2009 All-American (400-yard medley relay, 200-yard medley relay, 400-yard freestyle relay) ... 2009 Honorable Mention All-American (200-yard freestyle relay) ... Four-time 2009 Big Ten champion (200-yard freestyle relay, 400-yard medley relay, 100-yard freestyle, 400-yard freestyle relay) ... 2009 All-Big Ten first team ... Two-time 2008 NCAA All-American (200-yard medley relay, 400-yard medley relay) ... Four-time 2008 NCAA All-American honorable mention (100-yard freestyle, 200-yard freestyle, 200-yard freestyle relay, 400-yard freestyle realy) ... Five-time 2008 Big Ten Champion (100-yard freestyle, 200-yard freestyle, 200-yard freestyle relay, 400-yard freestyle relay, 200-yard medley relay), first team All-Big Ten ... 2007 NCAA All-America (800-yard freestyle relay) ... Three-time 2007 NCAA All-America honorable mention (200-yard freestyle relay, 400-yard freestyle relay, 400-yard medley relay) ... 2006 NCAA honorable hention All-America (400-yard freestyle relay ... Three-time Big Ten Champion (200-yard freestyle (2007), 800-yard freestyle relay (2006-07)).
Senior (2008-09)... Three-time All-American (400-yard medley relay, 200-yard medley relay, 400-yard freestyle relay) ... Honorable Mention All-American (200-yard freestyle relay) ... Four-time Big Ten champion (200-yard freestyle relay, 400-yard medley relay, 100-yard freestyle, 400-yard freestyle relay) ... All-Big Ten first team ... Championship Meets ... Was a member of the sixth-place 400-yard freestyle relay (2:50.16) and finished 17th in the 100-yard freestyle (42.85) at the NCAA Championships (March 28) ... Swam on the seventh-place 200-yard medley relay team (1:24.98) and finished 35th in the 200-yard freestyle (1:35.28) at the NCAA Championships (March 27) ... Was a member of U-M's eighth-place 400-yard medley relay team (3:10.58), U-M's 11th-place 200-yard freestyle relay (1:18.20) and finished 41st in the 50-yard freestyle (19.86) at the NCAA Championships (March 26) ... Won the 100-yard freestyle (42.87) and was a part of the winning 400-yard freestyle relay (2:51.28) at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 28) ... Swam as part of the second-place 200-yard medley relay (1:25.24) and finished fifth in the 200-yard freestyle (1:35.40, 1:35.39 prelims) at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 27) ... Was a member of the Big Ten championship 200-yard freestyle relay (1:17.70), U-M's winning 400-yard medley relay team (3:07.16) and finished fourth in the 50-yard freestyle (19.74, 19.51 prelims) at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 26) ... Regular Season ... Part of the pool-record setting 200-yard medley relay (1:30.37) and won the 100-yard freestyle (44.96) at Michigan State (Feb. 8) ... A member of the winning 400-yard medley relay (3:16.11), the 400-yard freestyle winning relay (2:59.14) and took second in the 50-yard freestyle (20.32) at Ohio State (Jan. 30) ... Won the 100-yard freestyle with a consideration time of 43.53 and was part of the winning 200-yard medley relay with an NCAA `B' time of 1:28.15 and 200-yard freestyle relay (1:20.09) at the SMU Invite (Jan. 17) ... A member of the winning 800-yard freestyle relay with a NCAA consideration time of 6:24.33 and the second-place 400-yard freestyle relay that posted an NCAA `B' time of 3:12.21 at the SMU Invite (Jan. 16) ... Won the 100-yard freestyle with an NCAA `B' time of 43.45, was a member of the 200-yard winning medley relay, posting an NCAA `B' time of 1:27.03, also posted a consideration time in the 200-yard freestyle (1:36.09), finishing third, and a third-place consideration time of 20.00 in the 50-yard freestyle at Indiana (Jan.10), ... Won the 50-meter (22.85) and 100-meter freestyle (50.01) and was a member of the winning 200-meter medley relay and the winning 200-meter freestyle relay (1:32.69) at the Orange Bowl Classic (Jan.3) ... Member of third-place 400-yard freestyle relay (2:53.06) and finished 13th in the 100-yard freestyle (43.73) at USA Swimming Short Course Nationals (Dec. 6) ... Member of third-place 200-yard medley relay (1:27.90), the fifth-place 800-yard freestyle relay (6:31.73) and finished 14th in the 200-yard freestyle (1:37.10) at USA Swimming Short Course Nationals (Dec. 5) ... Member of first-place 200-yard freestyle relay (1:19.13), the fourth-place 400-yard medley relay (3:13.81) and finished 20th in the 50-yard freestyle (20.23) at USA Swimming Short Course Nationals (Dec. 4) ... Member of second-place 800-yard freestyle relay (6:36.92), second-place 400-yard freestyle relay (2:58.34) and finished second in the 100-yard freestyle (44.57) against Texas and Indiana (Nov. 1) ... Member of the winning 200-yard freestyle relay (1:20.28), the second-place 200-yard medley relay (1:30.24) and finished second in the 50-yard freestyle (20.01) against Texas and Indiana (Oct. 31) ... Won the 100-yard freestyle (45.28), member of the first-place 400-yard freestyle relay (3:01.27), finished second in the 50-yard freestyle (20.66) and took fourth in the 200-yard freestyle (1:39.85) against Florida (Oct. 17).