Monday Quick Hits: Porter for Hobey Baker

• Kevin Porter, captain of the Michigan hockey team, is one of ten finalists for the Hobey Baker Award. The Hobey Baker Award is like hockey's Heisman Trophy in a sense, and Porter is one of the favorites to win the honor. You can vote for Porter as 1% of the ballot comes from fan voting, but it appears someone has rigged it as Miami's Ryan Jones has over 183,000 votes right now. Considering the next highest total is in the 3,000's, I'd say Jones is getting some illegal help.
• Speaking of awards, Michigan head coach Red Berenson, freshman Max Pacioretty, and Kevin Porter all were honored at the CCHA Awards Show on Thursday. Berenson was named the CCHA Coach of the Year (surprisingly only for the second time in his career), Pacioretty was named the CCHA Rookie of the Year, and Porter was named the CCHA Player of the Year.
• Rich Rodriguez answers questions about Michigan's first padded practice:

• Also uploaded on MySpaceTV are an interview with Morgan Trent and highlights of spring practice.
• Running back Carlos Brown has a broken finger after injuring it while lifting weights. Brown was expected to see some time at quarterback this spring and also compete for the starting running back job, so this is definitely a setback. Also out right now due to injuries are wide receiver Zion Babb (hamstring) and defensive tackle Renaldo Sagesse (shoulder).
• Angelique Chengelis talks about how life will go on without Terrelle Pryor. When Rodriguez was asked about the newest Buckeye, he answered back with this memorable quote: "I only talk about the guys that play for Michigan."
• Jake Long scored a 26 and Chad Henne a 22 on the Wonderlic Test, which is given to NFL rookies to test their intelligence. Really the scores don't mean anything once the players get on the football field, but they always are a topic of conversation around the league.
• 2008 Michigan football student season tickets are now on sale and will be until March 28.
• MGoBlog posted his 2009 recruiting board for Michigan.
• Michigan Football Saturdays took a look at the SI Vault and posted links to Michigan-related pages.
• MVictors posted a video tribute to Bo Schembechler that was recently uploaded to YouTube.
• Randall L. Tessier, a professor at the University of Michigan, wrote to the Ann Arbor News to share some examples of athletes he's had that care greatly about academics. Included in the article is an interesting anecdote about former Michigan hockey player Jack Johnson.
• Thanks to the great weather in this state, the Michigan baseball team had to postpone another game today. They did get to play their home season opener on Thursday, and Big Ten Hardball was in attendance.
• Michigan will play VCU in the second-round of the Women's NIT tonight at Crisler Arena.
• The Michigan women's swimming team finished 9th at the NCAA Championships and had one swimmer win a national title.
• Two Michigan wrestlers both barely lost out on national titles, but did help the team finish tied for 7th at the NCAA Championships.