<p>46 - Stanford
41 - USC
41 - UC Berkeley
34 - Florida
32 - UCLA
31 - Auburn
27 - Arizona
22 - Texas
22 - Michigan
21 - North Carolina</p>
<p>This is from the 2008 Beijing games.</p>
<p>What would make a great list is tracking universities with the most medals in the 2012 games.</p>
<p>Pretty impressive that Michigan is on that list, since it is hardly situated in a warmer climate location.</p>
<p>But you got a certain Michael Phelps. :)</p>
<p>PS For your pleasure:
<a href=“http://www.examiner.com/article/2012-london-olympians-with-michigan-ties[/url]”>http://www.examiner.com/article/2012-london-olympians-with-michigan-ties</a></p>
<p>We all know the big names, Michael Phelps (Swimming) and Jordyn Wieber (Gymnastics) who have ties to the Great Lakes State, and are competing in the premier events in the 2012 London Olympics. However there are many other Olympians in London who also have ties to Michigan. Here is a quick run down:</p>
<ol>
<li><p>Betsey Armstrong, Water Polo- Ann Arbor born and raised and matriculated at the University of Michigan. She is the goal tender in this sport, which doesn’t have the biggest following in the States. Fan can see the US women compete in this sport Monday, July 30th at 2:30PM on NBC</p></li>
<li><p>Tyler Clary, Swimming- He is a former University of Michigan swimmer and will compete in 200m Butter fly and 200m backstroke. Fellow American swimmers Phelps and Ryan Lochte will be the favorites in these events. </p></li>
<li><p>Jake Herbert, Freestyle Wrestling- a U of M wrestler will compete in the freestyle wrestling competition 84 kilograms class. We will have to wait till August 11th at 2:15PM on NBC to see him. </p></li>
<li><p>Charlie Houchin, Swimming- a U of M graduate and native of North Carolina. He will compete in the 4x200 men’s freestyle relay. </p></li>
<li><p>Justin Lester, Greco-Roman Wrestling- a graduate of Northern Michigan University will compete in Greco Roman Wrestling in the 66 kilograms class. Those contests are scheduled from August 5th through 7th and will be on MSNBC.</p></li>
<li><p>Allison Schmitt, Swimming- Graduated from Canton High School, and won a bronze medal in the Beijing Games. She will be competing in all of the freestyle swimming events in London. </p></li>
<li><p>Claressa Shields, Boxing- for the first time Female Boxing is an Olympic event. This Flint native will compete in the 75kg weight class. Women’s Boxing will begin on August 5th on CNBC. </p></li>
<li><p>Davis Tarwater, Swimming- yet another U of M swimmer on London. He will compete in the 4x200 relay thanks to Phelps dropping that event from his schedule. </p></li>
<li><p>Serena Williams, Tennis- One of the most dominate women in the sport of tennis, and born in Saginaw, MI. All the Olympic tennis action is held at Wimbledon and will be broadcast on the Bravo cable network. </p></li>
<li><p>Sarah Zelenka, Rowing- A Grad Valley State alumni, Zelenka is on something of a hot streak. She will pair with fellow rower Sara Henderson in the Women’s pairs rowing events</p></li>
</ol>
<p>If I recall correctly, Stanford actually fields the most teams out of any college. So it’s not that surprising considering the diversity of sports in the Olympics.</p>
<p>If I go to one of these schools, will I have a better chance to make the Olympics?</p>
<p>The common thread is athletic success at those schools and/or fielding Olympic sports rarely found in colleges. So if you actually make a team and are very successful, then yes.</p>
<p>Stanford is the only school of its calibur to offer athletic scholarships so they can recruit the best high school athletes if they are also really smart.</p>
<p>There are many possible reasons that Stanford does well, and many of them apply to other schools too. If you look at the Olympic sports, Stanford doesn’t field any more (relevant) teams than the rest of those who produce a lot of Olympic athletes. It’s just that the best student-athletes go to Stanford in higher numbers because it has many “top” teams (a positive feedback loop). Olympic athletes are probably attracted to Stanford for its strong Olympic record, which stretches back a century. Athletes have access to 1 million+ square feet of indoor athletic facilities and millions of sq. ft. of outdoor space, which is a lot given the small number of athletes. The weather is great year-round, so that probably helps too.</p>
<p>The athletic scholarships, which average ~$25k/year and are given to <150 students per class, also help to make sure the best matriculate. Other prestigious universities, like the Ivies, don’t “officially” give out designated athletic scholarships, but many of them, like Harvard, are willing to be more generous with top athletes in financial aid, thus getting around the Ivy ban on athletic scholarships. Athletes will usually choose Stanford anyway for its track record.</p>
<p>Well there are three Badgers (from the University of Wisconsin).</p>
<p>A small number, yes – well these are not the Winter games, right?</p>
<p>hehe</p>
<p>I don’t really care about it: go USA!</p>
<p>3. Jake Herbert, Freestyle Wrestling- a U of M wrestler will compete in the freestyle wrestling competition 84 kilograms class. We will have to wait till August 11th at 2:15PM on NBC to see him.</p>
<p>Jake Herbert wrestled for and graduated from Northwestern.</p>
<p>He currently trains with the Cliff Kleen Club at UM. Certainly not the same as being a UM wrestler.</p>
<p>“Other prestigious universities, like the Ivies, don’t “officially” give out designated athletic scholarships, but many of them, like Harvard, are willing to be more generous with top athletes in financial aid, thus getting around the Ivy ban on athletic scholarships.”</p>
<p>Are you saying that Harvard and offers athletes scholarship money in addition to need-based aid or awards athletes at a different rate than a normal applicant?</p>
<p>Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Century
<a href=“http://espn.go.com/endofcentury/s/century/wwos.html[/url]”>http://espn.go.com/endofcentury/s/century/wwos.html</a></p>
<p>I see Jack Nicklaus & Jesse Owens of Ohio State!! :)</p>
<p>Jesse Owens was hailed as the greatest Olympian of all-time!!</p>
<p>Go Bucks!! :D</p>
<p>Sparkeye you forgot the part where OSU will be a top 40 school by 2020!</p>
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<p>Maybe the other way around - if you make the Olympics you have a better chance getting into those schools or Stanford.</p>
<p>There are 37 Stanford athletes among this summer’s Olympians, plus one coach. (The announcer mentioned that fact out of the blue during a tennis match I was watching.)</p>
<p>Re: OP
Are these all US Olympians or did they include athletes from other countries?</p>
<p>Lets keep a running tally of athletes that medal at the Olympic Games who have an affiliation with an American university for entertainment purposes.:)</p>
<p>Here’s what I know of so far:</p>
<p>[Kelci</a> Bryant, Abby Johnston get synchronized diving silver | Cincinnati.com | cincinnati.com](<a href=“Cincinnati News, Sports and Things to Do | Cincinnati Enquirer”>Cincinnati News, Sports and Things to Do | Cincinnati Enquirer)
Synchronized 3-meter Diving Silver Medalists
Kelci Bryant: University of Minnesota
Abby Johnston: Duke University</p>
<p>[Oak</a> Harbor man wins silver in archery competition - Toledo Blade](<a href=“http://www.toledoblade.com/Olympics/2012/07/28/U-S-men-s-archery-team-beat-top-seeded-South-Korea.html]Oak”>Oak Harbor man wins silver in archery competition | The Blade)
Men’s Archery Team Gold Medalists
Jacob Wukie: James Madison University</p>
<p>[Kim</a> Rhode - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Rhode]Kim”>Kim Rhode - Wikipedia)
Women’s Skeet Shooting Gold Medalist
Kim Rhode: Cal Poly Pomona</p>
<p>[Peter</a> Vanderkaay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Vanderkaay]Peter”>Peter Vanderkaay - Wikipedia)
400M Freestyle Swimming Bronze Medalist
Peter Vanderkaay: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor</p>
<p>[Brendan</a> Hansen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Hansen]Brendan”>Brendan Hansen - Wikipedia)
100M Men’s Breastroke Swimming Bronze Medalist
Brendan Hansen: University of Texas-Austin</p>
<p>[Allison</a> Schmitt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allison_Schmitt]Allison”>Allison Schmitt - Wikipedia)
400M Freestyle Women’s Swimming Silver Medalist
Allison Schmitt: University of Georgia-Athens</p>
<p>[Dana</a> Vollmer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_Vollmer]Dana”>Dana Vollmer - Wikipedia)
100M Butterfly Women’s Swimming
Dana Vollmer: University of California-Berkeley</p>
<p>[Elizabeth</a> Beisel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Beisel]Elizabeth”>Elizabeth Beisel - Wikipedia)
400M Individual Medley Women’s Swimming
Elizabeth Beisel: University of Florida-Gainesville</p>
<p>Feel free to add on!</p>
<p>^Matt Grevers is the favorite to win 100m Back tonight. He went to Northwestern. :)</p>