CKSR (Calvin Students Named Recipients of Hartman/Renner Awards from MIAA)

CALVIN KNIGHT SPORTS REPORT FOR June 20, 2011
Calvin Students Named Recipients of Hartman/Renner Awards from MIAA
MIAA HARTMAN/RENNER AWARDS
(prepared by MIAA publicist Greg Chandler)
The MIAA has announced the winners of two awards honoring outstanding
publicity efforts by its member schools – the Hartman Writing Award and the
Renner Associate SID Award.
The awards honor two sports information directors who have given many years of
service to the MIAA - Robin Hartman of Albion College and Tom Renner of Hope
College. The Hartman Award honors outstanding writing in a sports information
capacity, either by a sports information director or assistant, while the
Renner Award honors outstanding efforts by student assistants in sports
information offices at MIAA schools.
Andrew Knot, a student assistant in the sports information office of Calvin
College, has been named the recipient of the Hartman Award, while Nate
Triezenberg, a recent Calvin graduate who also worked in the college’s sports
information office, received the Renner Award.

Andrew Knot
A native of Flossmoor, Ill. and graduate of Illiana Christian High School in
Lansing, Ill., Andrew Knot recently completed his junior year at Calvin. Knot
has served as a student assistant in the Calvin sports information office the
past two years. As a student assistant, Knot has served as a writer and as a
broadcaster. As a writer, he has filed game and feature stories. As a
broadcaster, he has served as both a play-by-play announcer and color
commentator for Calvin volleyball, soccer, basketball, baseball and softball
games.
A Dean’s List student at Calvin, Knot holds a double major in English and
German and a minor in writing. Knot spent the spring semester of the 2009-10
academic year studying in Austria and while there, participated in an
internship where he taught English in Vienna. He is currently serving as a
writing intern with Bruce Buursma Communications/Words Well Done.
After graduating from Calvin, Knot plans to teach overseas and eventually
pursue post-doctoral education.
Nate Triezenberg
A native of Highland, Ind. and graduate of Illiana Christian High School in
Lansing, Ill., Nate Triezenberg was graduated from Calvin this past May with a
degree in political science and international relations.
While at Calvin, Triezenberg spent three years working in the Calvin sports
information office as a student assistant. Triezenberg served as a statistician
for men’s and women’s basketball and men’s and women’s soccer. He also
broadcast soccer, volleyball, basketball, baseball and softball games through
Calvin’s website while also filling in occasionally as a play-by-play
basketball announcer for radio station WFUR-FM (102.9) in Grand Rapids, Mich.
In addition, he contributed to Calvin’s publications and website, producing
feature and game stories along with taking digital photographs. He also
compiled and updated records for various sports archives and represented the
Calvin sports information office frequently on road trips. He also conducted
audio interviews with a variety of Calvin athletes and coaches which have been
turned around into podcasts for the Calvin website.
Triezenberg spent one year as a member of the Calvin men’s basketball junior
varsity team. He also served as a student administrative assistant with the
Calvin men’s basketball program during the 2010-11 academic year.
He spent a portion of the 2011 spring semester on an internship with the
Federal Government in Washington, D.C. He is currently seeking a position in
law enforcement.
HARTMAN WRITING AWARD RECIPIENTS FROM CALVIN

Bruce VanBaren - 2008
Chaz Amidon - 2009
Jeff Febus, - 2010
Andrew Knot - 2011

RENNER ASSOCIATE SID AWARD RECIPIENTS FROM CALVIN

Annalise VenHuizen - 2008
Bruce VanBaren - 2009
Nate Triezenberg - 2011
Received on Mon Jun 20 14:54:41 2011