Stephanie Buttrey and Andrew Overmire
| MOVEMENT | FALL 2021
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Alumni give back to next generation of U-M students BY DREW MOSER
The University of Michigan holds a special place in the hearts of Andrew Overmire and Stephanie Buttrey. They both studied here, and while they went to high school together, it’s the place where they became sweethearts. Overmire said it was Buttrey’s U-M varsity field hockey jacket that caught his eye when she walked into the bike shop where he worked. Now 40 anniversaries later, they are giving back to a university that gave them so much. Overmire received his bachelor’s degree in education in 1981 and master’s in education in 1983. He worked as a student athletic trainer under the tutelage of U-M Head Athletic Trainer Lindsy McLean. Once Overmire saw McLean’s impact on U-M student-athletes, he was hooked. He would become a student athletic trainer for two years with the football and track & field teams and continue as a graduate assistant athletic
