Conqu'ring Heroes 77 - Abby Crumpton Minihan & Debbie Williams-Hoak
MGoBlue Podcasts with Jon Jansen
The Varsity Podcast Network
4.8 • 754 Ratings
🗓️ 1 December 2022
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Our Hall of Honor interviews conclude this week with two more inductees into this exclusive club. First, Jon chats with Abby Crumpton Minihan, the first women's soccer player to reach the Hall of Honor. She recalls her remarkable career and details her transition to coaching (2:00). Then, we hear from Debbie Williams-Hoak, the first Big Ten champion in Michigan Women's Track and Field history. She talks about the impact that Bo Schembechler had in her decision to attend the University of Michigan, along with the incredible career she enjoyed in multiple sports (15:00). Last month, Michigan Athletics celebrated the 2022 Hall of Honor class, which is the first in school history that consists entirely of female student-athletes and coaches of women's teams at Michigan. It is in honor and recognition of the 50th anniversary of Title IX legislation.
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| 0:00.0 | Today on Conquering Heroes, I get a chance to sit down with the very first women's soccer |
| 0:06.0 | inductee into the Hall of Honor. |
| 0:08.2 | That's Abby Crumpton, Minnehand. |
| 0:10.5 | And also I'm going to be joined by Debbie Williams-Holk, the first Big Ten champion in women's |
| 0:16.3 | track and field history. |
| 0:18.1 | A couple of great conversations. |
| 0:19.9 | So stay tuned here for those on Conquering Heroes. |
| 0:25.9 | Welcome to your one-stop podcast for all things Michigan Athletics. |
| 0:30.9 | Updates on every team on campus and interviews with players and coaches are all on the way. |
| 0:36.1 | This is Conquering Heroes. |
| 0:38.2 | Here's your host, John Jansen. |
| 0:40.9 | Now joined by another one of the new members of Michigan's Hall of Honor, |
| 0:46.4 | and that is Abby Crumpton-Minnahen. |
| 0:48.8 | And Abby, thanks for joining me. |
| 0:51.0 | And when you got a call from Ward Manuel, |
| 0:53.6 | saying that you were going to be the first |
| 0:56.1 | member of the soccer program, women's soccer program, going into the Hall of Honor. |
| 1:01.5 | What was your reaction? |
| 1:03.3 | Oh, man, I was shocked. |
| 1:06.0 | I think the phone call, like I just was not even on my radar at all. |
| 1:12.2 | So when I spoke toward it was, I was, I genuinely was shocked, but, you know, |
| 1:19.1 | obviously super honored, excited, you know, I think there's a little bit in disbelief, |
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