CALVIN SPORTS REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 5, 2010
Brook Van Eck Named to ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Third Team in
Women's Basketball;
Calvin Graduate Part of Front Office Staff of New Orleans Saints Headed to
Super Bowl This Weekend
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Calvin College senior Brook Van Eck has been named to the ESPN The Magazine
Academic All-District IV third team in women's basketball in the college
division.
A graduate of Lowell High School, Van Eck carries a 3.68 grade point average
while majoring in special education.
A senior forward, Van Eck is averaging 10.5 points and 6.0 rebounds a game
this year on a Calvin team that is currently 18-3 overall and ranked ninth
nationally. Earlier this season, Van Eck was named the Most Valuable Player of
the Wilmington Tip-Off Tournament and was later named to the all-tourmament
team of the Olivet Thanksgiving Classic.
Two weeks ago, Van Eck became the 10th player in Calvin women's basketball
history to reach the 500 rebound plateau for a career. She is currently ranked
ninth on the Calvin career list with 528 rebounds.
A year ago, Van Eck was named to the All-MIAA first team and finished second
in the MIAA scoring race.
A regular member of the Calvin Dean's List, Van Eck has also been a three-time
member of the MIAA Academic Honor Roll.
Van Eck is one of two MIAA players to earn all-district honors as Alma's Lacey
Best-Rowden has been named to the first team.
The complete ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District list for women's
basketball can be found on-line at:
http://www.cosida.com/documents/2010/2/4/w-basket-district.pdf
SUPER BOWL SPECIAL
Over the last nine years, Ian Tigchelaar has had a first-hand look at the
resurgence of the New Orleans Saints.
A 1995 Calvin College graduate, Tigchelaar has been with the Saints’
organization since 2001 and currently serves as the director of
business/marketing operations with the NFL franchise. This week, he is in
Miami, Florida, with the team for its first-ever trip to the Super Bowl where
the Saints will face the Indianapolis Colts.
Tigchelaar’s journey to the front office of an NFL organization began in a bit
of an unusual way. After graduating from Calvin with a degree in social work in
1995, he worked for several years in ministry including a stint as a Young Life
leader in Vero Beach, Florida. Looking for a career change, Tigchelaar
relocated to New Orleans in 2001 and landed an internship with the Saints after
interviewing at a job fair.
For more in Ian Tigchelaar's story, please visit the Calvin Web site at:
http://www.calvin.edu/sports/news/comments/calvin-college-graduate-part-of-front-office-staff-of-new-orleans-saints-he/
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