CALVIN SPORTS REPORT FOR July 20, 2011
Calvin Teams Receive MIAA Team GPA Award;
Calvin Scholar-Athletes Named to MIAA Academic Honor Roll;
Volleyball Team Honored by AVCA;
Summer Knightfile Magazine Now Online
MIAA TEAM GPA HONORS
Nine Calvin College athletics teams have received the MIAA’s Team GPA Award
for the recently completed 2010-11 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 2009-10 academic year. Seven of Calvin’s women’s
teams received the MIAA Team GPA Award while the men’s cross country team and
men’s golf teams also achieved the feat. Calvin teams that received the honor
this year include: the women’s cross country team, women’s soccer team, men’s
cross country team, women’s volleyball team, women’s track and field team,
women’s tennis team, women’s swimming and diving team, men’s tennis team and
women’ basketball team.
This is the 13th year the award has been presented. Calvin had nine of the 50
MIAA teams that earned the award. Of special note, the Calvin women’s country
team under the direction of head coach Brian Diemer earned the award for the
13th consecutive year, joining the Albion women’s tennis, Albion women’s soccer
and Hope women’s cross country teams as one of four squads that have received
the award all 13 years of its existence.
The Calvin women’ cross country team had the top team GPA on the list of nine
Calvin teams that received the award, posting a team cumulative grade point
average of 3.532. The Calvin women’s cross country team ranked ninth overall
on the MIAA list with the Saint Mary’s cross country team leading all teams
with a 3.717 grade point average.
Diemer had both his men’s and women’s team honored as the Calvin men had a
cumulative team grade point average of 3.462.
John Ross had his women’s basketball team on the list for a seventh straight
year, posting a GPA of 3.348. His men’s tennis team was also on the list with a
GPA of 3.406 Led by head coach Bret Otte, the women’s track and field team
picked up the award for the seventh straight year and for the 10th time
overall, posting a grade point average of 3.449
Jerry Bergsma saw his women’s tennis team so honored for the eighth time with
a grade point average of 3.446. In addition, the women’s volleyball team led by
head coach Amber Warners picked up the award for the ninth time, recording a
team grade point average of 3.451.
Other notables included the women’s soccer team earning the award under head
coach Mark Recker for the fifth time (3.468) and the Calvin women’s swimming
and diving team doing under the direction of head coach Dan Gelderloos doing so
for the sixth time, posting a GPA of 3.440.
MIAA Team GPA Award recipients: http://www.miaa.org/academic/11tmhonor.htm
MIAA ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL ANNOUNCED
The 2010-11 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Academic
Honor Roll has been announced by Commissioner David Neilson and 111 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 2010-11 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, 10 are from Calvin.
The 10 Calvin scholar-athletes named to the MIAA Academic Honor Roll for a
fourth straight year are seniors Monica Bressler (Sanduskey, OH/Perkins HS),
Jake Christiansen (New Ipswich, NH/New Ipswich HS), Kristen Fletcher (Fort
Wayne, IN/Concordia Lutheran HS), Carolyn Nelson (Milan, MI/Milan HS), Melissa
Oosterhouse (Grand Rapids, MI/Grand Rapids Christian HS), Elaine Schnabel
(Chesterton, IN/Chesterton HS), Kaitlin Spoelhof (Holland/Holland Christian
HS), Alison Tuuk (Grand Rapids/Grand Rapids Christian HS), Rebekah VanDyk
(Bellflower, CA/Valley Christian HS) and Anna VanWyk (Dorr, MI/South Christian
HS).
The complete list of Calvin’s MIAA Academic Honor Roll recipients can be found
at: http://www.miaa.org/academic/1011honor.html
VOLLEYBALL
The Calvin women's volleyball team has achieved success on the court. Now the
Knights are being recognized for their success in the classroom.
For the second straight year, the Calvin women's volleyball team has received
the Team Academic Award from the American Volleyball Coaches Association. The
award, which was initiated in the 1992-93 academic year, honors collegiate and
high school volleyball teams that displayed excellence in the classroom during
the school year by maintaining at least a 3.30 cumulative team grade-point
average on a 4.0 scale or a 4.10 cumulative team GPA on a 5.0 scale.
During the 2010-11 academic year, the Calvin volleyball team achieved a
cumulative team grade point average of 3.451.
Led by head coach Amber Warners, the Knights captured their first-ever
national title, finishing the 2010 season with an overall record of 32-4 that
included a share of the MIAA regular season title. Of the 17 players on the
Calvin women's volleyball varsity roster last fall, nine received MIAA Academic
Honor Roll distinction for achieving a 3.50 grade point average or above during
the 2010-11 academic year.
Calvin is one of 90 schools at the NCAA III level to receive the AVCA Team
Academic Award which makes up approximately 23 percent of the NCAA III
membership that participates in women's volleyball.
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