CSR (John Mantel Named MIAA Player of the Week/Calvin Third in Director's Cup Standings)

CALVIN SPORTS REPORT FOR DECEMBER 1, 2008

John Mantel Named MIAA Player of the Week in Men's Basketball;
Calvin Third in First Set of Director's Cup Standings

MEN'S BASKETBALL

For the first time in his collegiate career, Calvin junior center John Mantel
has been named the MIAA Player of the Week in men's basketball.

 A native of Chelsea and a graduate of Chelsea High School, Mantel averaged
20.5 points and 6.0 rebounds a game this past weekend at the Grand Rapids
Sports Hall of Fame Tournament.

In the consolation game against Cornerstone, Mantel had 27 points and 9
rebounds including a pair of free throws that sent the game into overtime.
During the tournament, Mantel was 15-of-28 (.536) from the field, 2-of-5 (.400)
from three-point range and 9-of-9 from the free throw line. He was also
credited with three assists, three steals and two blocked shots. For his
efforts, Mantel was named to the all-tournament team.

Calvin is currently 3-1 overall and returns to action on Friday when it
travels to Wheaton to participate in the CCIW/MIAA Classic. Calvin will open
the tournament on Friday night with a 9:00 p.m. (EST) game against host
Wheaton. On Saturday, Calvin will face Carthage (WI) at 2:00 p.m. (EST). Both
games will be played inside Wheaton's King Arena.

DIRECTOR'S CUP STANDINGS

The first set of Learfield Sports Directors' Cup fall sports standings have
been released and Calvin sits in third place place with 190 points.

Williams (Mass.) is the leader with 243 points, holding a 10-point lead over
Cortland State (N.Y.). The first set of standings includes the sports of men's
and women's cross country, women's field hockey and women's volleyball.

Calvin picked up 90 points from its women’s cross country team which took
second at the NCAA III Championships. The Calvin men’s cross country team
took fifth at the NCAA III Championships which was worth 75 points in the
Director’s Cup standings. Calvin also received 25 points from its women’s
volleyball team which posted a 33rd place finish in the NCAA III Tournament.

Four of the seven fall NCAA championships have been completed with men's and
women's soccer and football still to be completed. Calvin will pick up
additional points from its men's and women's soccer teams when the final fall
sports standings are released later in December.

The Learfield Sports Director's Cup is based on points earned by teams that
compete in NCAA Championship events and is presented annually by the National
Association of Collegiate Director's of Athletics (NACDA) to the best overall
collegiate athletics program in the country. The Learfield Director's Cup race
is held at the NCAA I, II and III levels and also for NAIA institutions. The
competition was developed as a joint effort between the NACDA and USA Today.

Points are awarded based on each institution's finish in NCAA III Championship
competition in up to 14 sports -- seven for men and seven for women. Each
national champion receives 100 points with a national runner-up finish worth 90
points. Third place is worth 85 points and fourth place finishes count for 80
points with a sliding point scale continuing on down by order of finish.

Complete standings and the scoring structure can be found on NACDA's Web site
at: www.nacda.com.

Jeff Febus
Sports Information Director
Calvin College
(616) 526-6169 Office
(616) 526-8551 Fax
Received on Mon Dec 1 17:22:47 2008