CSR (Calvin Athletic Teams/Athletes Receive MIAA Academic Honors)

CALVIN SPORTS REPORT FOR July 2, 2009

Calvin Teams Receive MIAA Team GPA Award;
Calvin Scholar-Athletes Named to MIAA Academic Honor Roll;

MIAA TEAM GPA HONORS

A record 10 Calvin College athletics teams have received the MIAA Team GPA
Award for the recently completed 2008-09 academic year. The award, presented by
the Faculty Athletic Representatives of the MIAA member colleges recognizes
conference athletic teams who achieved a 3.3 or better grade point average (on
a 4.0 scale) for the entire 2008-09 academic year.

The previous high total for Calvin had been nine, achieved in 2007-08 and in
2004-05. All nine of Calvin's women's teams received the MIAA Team GPA Award
while the men's cross country team also achieved the feat.

Calvin teams that received the honor this year include: the women's golf team,
women's soccer team, women's cross country team, women's volleyball team,
women's basketball team, women's swimming and diving team, women's softball
team, women's track and field team, women's tennis team and as mentioned, the
men's cross country team.

This is the 11th year the award has been presented. Calvin had 10 of the 55
MIAA teams that earned the award.

Of special note, the Calvin women's cross country team earned the award for the
11th consecutive year, joining the Albion women's tennis and Hope women's cross
country team as one of four squads that have received the award all 11 years of
its existence.

Calvin's highest ranking team in terms of cumulative grade point average was
its women's tennis team. Led by head coach Jerry Bergsma, the women's tennis
team posted a 3.663 grade point average to rank second among the list of MIAA
teams so honored. Albion had the top spot with its women's cross country team
at 3.67. The Calvin women's cross country team led by Brian Diemer placed third
with a 3.662 grade point average.

Bergsma had both of his teams receive the honor as his women's golf team
achieved the award for the third time, posting a 3.375 grade point average.

John Ross also had both his women's basketball team on the list for a fifth
straight year, posting a GPA of 3.495.

Led by head coach Jong-il Kim, the women's track and field team picked up the
award for the fifth straight year and for the eighth time overall, posting a
grade point average of 3.594.

In addition, the women's volleyball team led by head coach Amber Warners
picked up the award for the seventh time, recording a team grade point average
of 3.488.

MIAA Team GPA Award recipients

Albion Women’s Cross Country, 3.674 (Hayden Smith)

Calvin Women’s Tennis, 3.663 (Jerry Bergsma)

Calvin Women’s Cross Country, 3.662 (Brian Diemer)*

Alma Women’s Cross Country, 3.650 (Gordon Aldrich)

Trine Women’s Cross Country, 3.628 (Doyle Houser)

Hope Women’s Golf, 3.618 (Eva Dean Folkert)

Alma Women’s Golf, 3.600 (Charles Goffnet)

Calvin Women’s Track and Field , 3.594 (Jong-il Kim)

Olivet Women’s Golf, 3.520 (Bill Maas)

Albion Women’s Track and Field, 3.527 (Steven Allison)

Saint Mary’s Women’s Cross Country, 3.504 (Jackie Bauters)

Calvin Women’s Basketball, 3.495 (John Ross)

Kalamazoo Women’s Cross Country, 3.492 (Dave Dimcheff)

Calvin Women’s Soccer, 3.489 (Mark Recker)

Calvin Volleyball, 3.488 (Amber Warners)

Albion Women’s Soccer, 3.474 (Lisa Roschek)*

Olivet Women’s Tennis, 3.472 (Mary Anne McMullen)

Alma Women’s Track and Field, 3.469 (Gordon Aldrich)

Adrian Women's Tennis, 3.465 (Emilie Sechaud)

Hope Men’s Tennis, 3.461 (Steve Gorno)

Calvin Women’s Swimming and Diving, 3.459 (Dan Gelderloos)

Kalamazoo Women’s Golf, 3.457 (Dean Marks)

Calvin Softball, 3.452 (Emily Bustrum)

Hope Women’s Basketball, 3.451 (Brian Morehouse)

Hope Women’s Soccer, 3.473 (Leigh Sears)

Hope Women’s Track and Field, 3.441 (Kevin Cole)

Calvin Men’s Cross Country, 3.432 (Brian Diemer)

Hope Volleyball, 3.429 (Becky Schmidt)

Kalamazoo Women’s Tennis, 3.417 (Sarah JohnstoSaint Mary’s Women’s Soccer, 3.412 (Ryan Crabbe)

Hope Women’s Tennis, 3.400 (Karen Page)

Albion Men’s Cross Country, 3.397 (Hayden Smith)

Trine Women’s Golf, 3.392 (Jennifer Lymangood)

Albion Volleyball, 3.391 (Melissa Walton)

Albion Men’s Basketball, 3.390 (Jody May)

Albion Women’s Golf, 3.384 (Kurt Westendorp)

Trine Softball, 3.383 (Donnie Danklefsen)

Adrian Softball, 3.379 (Kristina Schweikert)

Albion Women’s Tennis, 3.378, (Scott Frew)*

Hope Men’s Cross Country 3.376 (Mark Northuis)

Kalamazoo Women’s Soccer, 3.376 (Bryan Goyings)

Calvin Women’s Golf, 3.375 (Jerry Bergsma)

Albion Women’s Swimming and Diving, 3.353 (Keith Havens)

Hope Softball, 3.349 (Karla Wolters)

Kalamazoo Men’s Soccer, 3.347 (Chris Adrian)

Trine Men’s Cross Country, 3.346 (Doyle Houser)

Hope Women’s Swimming and Diving, 3.345 (John Patnott)

Olivet Softball, 3.340 (James Farnum)

Hope Men’s Golf, 3.339 (Bob Ebels)

Olivet Women’s Swimming and Diving, 3.335 (Jake Tabor)

Kalamazoo Women’s Swimming and Diving, 3.323 (Kathy Milliken)

Saint Mary’s Women’s Volleyball, 3.321 (Julie Schroeder-Biek)

Trine Women’s Track and Field, 3.311 (Bill Cooper)

Trine Men’s Golf, 3.308 (Bill SanGiacomo)

MIAA ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL ANNOUNCED
    
The 2008-09 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Academic
Honor Roll has been announced by Commissioner David Neilson and 142 Calvin
scholar-athletes have been named to the list.

The honor roll recognizes scholar-athletes who achieve a minimum 3.5
grade-point average (on a 4.0 scale) for the entire 2008-09 academic year. A
student needed to have won a varsity letter in a sport to be eligible. The MIAA
 Academic Honor Roll program was initiated in 1990 to recognize students at
MIAA member colleges who excel both in athletics and in the classroom.

This year's Honor Roll includes several students who achieved the distinction
four consecutive years. Of the students, 15 are from Calvin.

The 15 Calvin scholar-athletes named to the MIAA Academic Honor Roll for a
fourth straight year are seniors Julie Bratt (Lynden, WA/track and field),
Kristi Brummel (Byron Center, Mich./basketball), Kelly Edwards (Grand Blanc,
Mich./x-country/track), Laura Jackson (Decatur, IL/track), Michelle Koele
(Denver, CO/Soccer), Juliana Litts (Alexandria, VA/Soccer), Val Nydam
(Uxbridge, MA/X-Country/Track), Brian Odegaard (Stillwater, MN/x-country),
Sarah Partridge (East Lansing, Mich./basketball), Loren Scarbrough (Antioch,
IL/softball), Calah Schlabach (St. Michaels, AZ/X-country/track), Dennis
Steenberger (Aylmer, ON/Swimming and Diving), Cara Van Woerkom (Wyoming,
Mich./Swimming and Diving), Marissa Walker (Cedar Springs, Mich./basketball)
and Julie Wolfe (Westerville, OH/Swimming and Diving).
  
The complete list of MIAA Academic Honor Roll recipients can be found on the
MIAA web site at: http:www.miaa.org
 

Jeff Febus
Sports Information Director
Calvin College
(616) 526-6169 Office
(616) 526-8551 Fax
Received on Thu Jul 2 15:00:26 2009