Typically, University of Michigan football players are the most visible athletes on campus. 

On Tuesday night, the 11th annual Mock Rock fundraiser, a variety show featuring skits performed by university athletes, gave lesser-known Wolverines their moment in the spotlight at Hill Auditorium.

With the exception of the men's and women's basketball teams, which are in-season, almost every major sports team at the university was represented at Mock Rock, from ice hockey, to football to women's tennis.

Twenty-two teams performed in all. 

First place went to the women's track and cross country teams, which did a Motown medley featuring the music of Stevie Wonder, the Jackson 5, and the Temptations. They closed their perfect-scoring performance with a classic "Soul Train" line.

But this wasn't about competition, it was about charity. A spokesman with the concert said as of late Tuesday, Mock Rock had raised about $65,000, and that figure did not yet include money from tickets purchased at the box office.

This year, three organizations will split the proceeds: C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, 826michigan and Student Athletes Leading Social Change.

Green Bay Packers cornerback Charles Woodson, a former Heisman Trophy winner who recently gave $2 million to Mott, served as the celebrity judge Tuesday.

He was joined by Carol Hutchins, the U-M softball coach who led the team to an NCAA Championship in 2005, Ryan Ermanni, a Michigan alum and sports analyst for Fox 2 Detroit, and Belle Petit, a young patient at the Children's Hospital.

The show at Hill Auditorium began with a number from the U-M men's swimming team. The crowd was subdued until the men stripped down to their swim trunks to perform "Stomp on the Ground."

Men's and women's gymnastics, which incorporated balance teams, tumble mats, a drum set, glowsticks and a disrobing into their routine, came in third. Woodson joked that, of all the teams performing at Mock Rock, the gymnasts were the only ones who do something he can't.

The "Better Luck Next Year" award, given annually to the lowest-scoring team, was won by the men's lacrosse team, whose routine, "Lax and Bros," was a tad mature for the family audience.

Football head coach Rich Rodriguez was in attendance. He said what he likes the most about Mock Rock - beyond the charity benefit - is the chance his players get to build camaraderie with athletes in other sports. He said that the football team was "coached" in its efforts by the wives of the coaching staff.

The football team's routine consisted mainly of posing and posturing. Even with favorable votes from Woodson, they didn't manage to place among the top teams.

Former Michigan athletes started Mock Rock in 1999 as a way to honor U-M wrestler Jeff Reese, who died while training at Crisler Arena. Money raised from the first events endowed a scholarship in his name. 

In recent years, funds raised have benefited other charities.

This year, Mott plans to put its share of the proceeds toward Woodson's Clinical Research Fund. 826michigan will fund the publishing of a children's book written by children involved in the organization. Student Athletes Leading Social Change will use its share to help build a school and water source in a Kenyan village.

James David Dickson can be reached at JamesDickson@AnnArbor.com