CSR (Derek Griffin Named MIAA Player of the Week/Women's XC Team Featured on NCAAsports.com)

CALVIN WEEKEND SPORTS WRAP FOR NOV. 18, 2007

Derek Griffin Named MIAA Player of the Week in Men's Basketball;
Women's Cross Country Team Featured on NCAAsports.com

MEN'S BASKETBALL

For the third time in his Calvin career, senior guard Derek Griffin has been named MIAA Player of the Week in men's basketball. A native of Whitehall High School, was voted the most valuable player of the Calvin Tip-Off Tournament this past weekend as the Knights posted a pair of season-opening victories. In a 92-65 victory over Grace Bible, Griffin scored 20 points on 8-for-12 shooting, including 4-for-7 from three-point range. He followed in Calvin's 87-82 victory over pre-season #1 ranked Washington, Mo. with 21 points, making 5-of-9 three p[oints behind a 6-for12 shooting performance. In the games he shot 14-for-24, including 9-for-16 outside the arch. He was 4-for-4 on free throws with two assists and a pair of steals.

WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY TEAM FEATURED ON NCAASPORTS.COM

The Calvin women's cross country team took fourth at the NCAA III Championships this past Saturday. One of the interesting aspects of the 2007 Calvin women's team was the fact that three of its top seven runners did not compete in high school cross country. In fact, two of Calvin's top seven played soccer as freshmen at Calvin rather than run cross country.

For a look at this interesting angle, please visit the NCAAsports.com web site for a feature story on the Calvin women's team written by NCAA staff writer Amy Farnum Novin at: http://www.ncaasports.com/crosscountry/story/10475298

Jeff Febus
Sports Information Director
Calvin College
(616) 526-6169 Office
(616) 526-8551 Fax
Received on Sun Nov 18 21:01:48 2007