Olson, Swords Named Preseason All-B1G; U-M Listed in Prime 5

ROSEMONT, Ill. — Olivia Olson and Syla Swords of the University of Michigan girls’s basketball workforce had been every named to the 2025 Preseason All-Big Ten workforce by each the coaches and the media, as introduced by the convention on Thursday afternoon (Oct. 2). In addition, Michigan was picked to complete third within the convention by the coaches and fourth by the media.

Olson was named the 2025 Big Ten Freshman of the Year by the coaches final season, along with incomes a second-team nod from the coaches and media. Olson began all 34 video games, scoring in double figures 29 occasions with 10 20-point video games and a 30-point efficiency final season. She averaged 16.3 factors, 5.3 rebounds and a pair of.1 assists in 30.8 minutes per sport because the top-scoring freshman within the Big Ten. Olson recorded a pair of double-doubles final season and set a brand new freshman program file for factors in a season with 553.

Swords was additionally named to the All-Big Ten second workforce by each the coaches and media final season, whereas additionally incomes a spot on ESPN’s all-freshman workforce. She appeared in all however one sport, averaging 16.0 factors, 6.2 rebounds and a pair of.5 assists in 32.5 minutes per sport. Swords grew to become the primary freshman in program historical past to be named to the Big Ten all-tournament workforce after serving to Michigan to an look within the semifinals. She recorded a pair of double-doubles on the season, highlighted by a 27-point, 12-rebound efficiency in her collegiate debut towards No. 1 South Carolina (Nov. 4). Swords helped Canada to the bronze medal on the 2025 FIBA AmeriCup, hitting the game-winning layup as time expired in extra time.

Michigan is coming off its seventh straight NCAA Tournament berth in 2024-25, successful 23 video games and reaching the second spherical of the NCAA Tournament. J. Ira and Nicki Harris Family Head girls’s basketball coach Kim Barnes Arico grew to become the all-time winningest coach in Michigan basketball historical past and relied on a freshman-heavy lineup to complete fifth within the Big Ten with 11 victories. U-M welcomes again a trio of starters in Olson, Swords and Mila Holloway (9.8 ppg, 4.4 apg), together with six different Wolverines who noticed the ground final season.

New season tickets are nonetheless out there, beginning at $75. Single-game and group tickets will go on sale starting on Oct. 7.