CSR (Bere/Tiemersma Award Winners Announced/Awards Ceremony Photo Galleries Now On-Line)

CALVIN SPORTS REPORT FOR MAY 17, 2007

Bere'/Tiemersma Award Winners Announced;
Photo Galleries of West Michigan Sports Awards/Detroit Athletic Club Awards
Now Available

BERE'/TIEMERSMA AWARDS

Calvin College has announced the 2007 recipients of its highest athletic
honors: the Beré Memorial Award and the Kay Tiemersma Athletic Award.

Tim Finnegan of Los Alamos, New Mexico, is this year's Beré Memorial Award
winner, Lisa Winkle of Grand Rapids and Becky Weima of Caledonia, are the
co-recipients of the Tiemersma Award.

The Beré Memorial Award has been presented annually by Calvin since 1951. The
Beré honors the top senior male student-athlete, based on athletic ability,
scholastic rank, character and leadership, and is selected by the school's male
coaches and the members of the Athletics Committee. It is given in memory of
Joe Beré, a Calvin student who was killed in a 1949 auto accident on his way to
watch a Calvin basketball game. The winner is selected by the coaches of the
school's men's sports and an Athletics Committee made up of students and
non-physical education department faculty members.

This is the 33rd year that Calvin has given the Tiemersma award--presented
annually to the top senior female student-athlete. The award honors Kay
Tiemersma, the first woman physical education teacher in the member schools of
the Christian Schools International organization, and a pioneer in women's
sports. Its presentation is based on athletic ability, scholastic standing,
and character and leadership. The winner is selected by the coaches of the
school's women's sports and an Athletics Committee made up of students and
non-physical education department faculty members.

This year also marks just the third that co-recipients for the Tiemersma Award
have been named. Co-award winners were also announced in 1990 and 1993.

For bios on Finnegan, Weima and Winkle, please visit the Bere'/Tiemersma web
page at:
http://www.calvin.edu/sports/releases/2006_07/BereTiemersma/release07.htm

PHOTO GALLERIES OF AWARDS CEREMONIES NOW AVAILABLE ON CALVIN WEB-SITE

Photo galleries of the recent West Michigan Sports Awards and Detroit Athletic
Club Awards are now available on-line.

Lisa Winkle and Brian Diemer of Calvin were two of the honored guests at the
West Michigan Sports Awards on Monday, May 14. Winkle was named the West
Michigan Female College Athlete of the Year while Diemer was named the West
Michigan College Coach of the Year. An on-line gallery courtesy of Julie Febus
is now available at: http://www.calvin.edu/gallery/WestMichiganSportsAwards

Meanwhile, Calvin's Becky Weima was honored at the Dodge Detroit Athletic Club
Awards on May 14 in downtown Detroit. Weima was named the Michigan Female
College Athlete of the Year by the DAC. An on-line gallery courtesy of Jeff
Weima is now available at:
http://www.calvin.edu/gallery/DetroitAthleticClubAwards

Jeff Febus
Sports Information Director
Calvin College
(616) 526-6169 Office
(616) 526-8551 Fax
Received on Thu May 17 13:24:54 2007