CALVIN SPORTS REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 18, 2009 (PART TWO)
Greg Snapper Named ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American in Men's Soccer;
Brian Diemer Named Men's/Women's Great Lakes Cross Country Coach of the Year -
Nick Kramer Named Men's Regional Athlete of the Year:
Women's Swimming and Diving Ranked Fifth In Collegeswimming.com Top 25 Poll -
Men Receiving Votes
MEN'S SOCCER
Calvin College senior Greg Snapper has been named an ESPN the Magazine
Academic All-American.
A native of Madison, Wisconsin, Snapper has been named to the ESPN The
Magazine Academic All-America second team in the college division in men's
soccer. The college division includes NCAA II and III institutions as well as
schools from the NAIA ranks.
The ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America program is voted on by the College
Sports Information Director's Association of America (CoSIDA).
A graduate of Madison West High School, Snapper is the Veldhouse is the fourth
men's soccer player from Calvin to receive ESPN The Magazine Academic
All-America honors, joining Joel Veldhouse (2004), Sam Glass (1997 & 1998) and
Will Watts (1997) to have done so.
A four-year starter at sweeperback on defense, Snapper was named the MIAA’s
Most Valuable Player in 2008 & 2009 while earning a spot on the All-MIAA first
team three straight years. As a freshman in 2006, Snapper was named to the
All-MIAA second team. Earlier this fall, he was named the MIAA’s Defensive
Player of the Week for the fifth time in his career. Last year, Snapper was
also named to the Great Lakes All-Region second team.
Snapper has led a Calvin defense this fall that has posted 13 shutouts this
year and is ranked 22nd nationally in goals-against-average (0.62) and 18th in
shutout percentage (.590).
Snapper has also been a part of three MIAA championship teams and three Calvin
squads that have reached the NCAA III Tournament. Calvin is currently 16-4-2
overall and headed to the Round of 16 of the NCAA III Tournament. The Knights
will take on Carnegie-Mellon (PA) Friday night at 7:30 p.m. in a national
semi-quarterfinal game scheduled to be held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
A three-time member of the MIAA Academic Honor Roll and a six-time member of
the Calvin Dean’s List, Snapper carries a double-major of Spanish and
biochemistry while maintaining a 3.75 grade point average.
Calvin has now had its athletes receive ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America
accolades 82 times including 51 times in the last 12 years.
MEN'S AND WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
Calvin College cross country coach Brian Diemer has been named the Division
III Great Lakes Regional Men's and Women's Cross Country Coach of the Year.
Diemer swept both awards late this afternoon as announced by the United States
Track and Field Cross Country Coaches Association.
Despite losing five of its top seven runners from a year ago, Diemer led the
Calvin men’s cross country team to its 23rd consecutive MIAA title and its
14th consecutive Great Lakes Regional title. At the Great Lakes Regional meet,
Diemer’s team placed five runners in the top 25 led by sophomore Nick Kramer
who took first place individually. At the MIAA Championships, Calvin posted a
perfect score of 15 points.
Diemer has also had the Calvin women’s cross country team on top of the
Division III Top 35 polls for the last seven weeks. This fall, Diemer led the
Calvin women’s cross country team to its fifth consecutive MIAA title and its
21st overall. At the MIAA Championships, Calvin posted a perfect score of 15
points and followed with a first place score of 50 points at the Great Lakes
Regional, to win the regional crown for the third-straight year.
In addition, Nick Kramer has been named the Great Lakes Regional Men's Cross
Country Athlete of the Year by the USTFCCCA. A native of Dyer, Indiana, Kramer
became the ninth individual in Calvin men’s cross country history to claim a
Great Lakes Regional title this past Saturday, running 25:45, nine seconds
better than the next fastest runner.
A graduate of Illiana Christian High School, Kramer also took first place at
the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletics Association Jamboree and MIAA
Championships this fall, garnering MIAA Most Valuable Runner honors.
Both Calvin cross country teams will compete at the NCAA III Championships
this Saturday in Cleveland, Ohio. Baldwin-Wallace College will serve as host.
The Calvin women's cross country team will head in ranked number-one while the
Calvin men's cross country team will head in ranked 15th.
For more information on the national meet, please visit the Baldwin-Wallace
championships site at: - http://www.bw.edu/athletics/09ccnationals/
MEN'S AND WOMEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING
Collegeswimming.com has released its first Division III Top 25 poll of the
year and the Calvin women's swimming and diving team is ranked fifth. Under the
direction of head coach Dan Gelderloos, the Knights are currently 2-1 in dual
meet competition. Meanwhile the Calvin men's swimming and diving team which is
1-2 in dual meet competition is receiving votes in the men's poll but is not in
the top 25. The MIAA includes three men's teams in the top 25 with Kalamazoo
ranked fifth, Hope 18th and Olivet 22nd.
The complete poll can be found on-line at:
http://collegeswimming.com/news/2009/nov/17/kenyon-leads-division-iii-poll/
Both Calvin teams return to action on Saturday when they host Division II
Wayne State University at the Venema Aquatic Center at 1:00 p.m. A year ago,
both Wayne State teams earned national runner-up finishes at the NCAA II
Championships.
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