We've come to the end of another academic and athletic year.

And to help us wrap things up, I'm going to be joined in just a few minutes by athletic director, Ward Manuel.

It's a wide-ranging conversation, a great conversation.

So I hope you enjoy it.

That's next on Conquering Heroes.

Welcome to your one-stop podcast for all things, Michigan Athletics.

Updates on every team on campus and interviews with players and coaches are all on the way.

This is Conquering Heroes.

Here's your host, John Chanson.

Well, we're going to wrap up this athletic and academic year with a conversation with our

Director of Athletics, and that is the Donald R. Shepherd, Director of Athletics, Ward Manuel Ward.

Thanks for joining me.

And I know that when you look back on this year and the record number of championships,

13, it's got to be a lot of fun to look back on a lot of those moments.

Yeah, it really is.

John is always good to be with you.

But I was smiling as you asked me to question because it is really a phenomenal year for Michigan

athletics, for our student athletes, our coaches, our staff, our program, and our fans.

I mean, it's remarkable that we set a record in the Big Ten, and the Big Ten is over a hundred years old as a conference,

and to win 13 and to see the joy on the faces of our student athletes and coaches and staff

and fans, it just brings me a lot of joy to see their success and see their happiness.

It does seem unique that it would be now with, and I'll use this as a transition into the

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