Marie Hartwig - Awards and Honors

Awards and Honors

Hartwig has received numerous awards and honors for her contributions to the University of Michigan and women's athletics, including the following:

• Each year, the University of Michigan presents the Marie Hartwig Award to the outstanding junior woman varsity athlete.
• The alumni association also established a Marie Hartwig endowed professorship. The Marie Hartwig Collegiate Professorship was established to benefit a faculty position within Physical Education and is the second endowed professorship within Kinesiology.
• In 1984, athletic director Don Canham renamed one of the buildings in the athletic campus the Marie D. Hartwig Building in her honor. The building today houses the Wolverine athletic ticket department, media relations office, marketing and promotions,and information technology.
• In 1989, she was the second woman inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor. (Micki King was the first woman inducted.)
• In 1989, Hartwig also received the Distinguished Alumni Service Award, which is presented annually, and recognizes alumni who have distinguished themselves "by reason of services performed on behalf of the University of Michigan, or in connection with its organized alumni activities." The Distinguished Alumni Service Award is the highest honor the Alumni Association can bestow upon an alumna/us on behalf of the University.
• She has also been given the Applause Award, presented to an outstanding faculty or staff member at the Interlochen National Music Camp in recognition of exceptional service and concern for Interlochen during their employment.