CALVIN KNIGHT SPORTS REPORT FOR MAY 13, 2015
Mark Veenstra to Receive Knight of Distinction Award;
Ben VanScoyk Named To Golf Coaches Association of America DIII All-Freshman Team and Ping Great Lakes All-Region Team;
Holstege Leads Decathlon at Gregory Multi-Events Invite / Track and Field Teams Regionally Ranked
CALVIN C CLUB ANNOUNCEMENT
The Calvin C Club is pleased to announce that its second annual Knight of Distinction award will go to Dr. Mark Veenstra '77, an orthopedic surgeon from Kalamazoo, Mich.
Veenstra will receive the award Thursday night at the annual C Club Awards presentation. The C Club Awards will take place at 6:30 p.m. and will be video live streamed at: http://livestream.com/calvin-college/events/4014957
Veenstra was a four-year starter for the men's basketball team from 1974-77. After his Calvin graduation, he played professional basketball in Germany and then obtained a medical degree from Wayne State School of Medicine. Veenstra has been an orthopedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine in Kalamazoo for 26 years.
In addition, he has been active in the work of the Luke Society, a medical missions organization. Veenstra has held a number of positions on the board of directors and led many medical mission trips to Gracias, Honduras. While in Gracias he has not only conducted successful operations; he has also taught Honduran orthopedic surgeons the art and techniques of arthroscopic surgery. Upon his recent retirement from his orthopedic group in Kalamazoo, Veenstra continues to make frequent trips to Gracias and played a leadership role in building a surgery center and a home for patients and visiting medical staff there.
Veenstra has also served his church, Westwood Christian Reformed, as a council leader and was the team physician for Kalamazoo Christian School and Kalamazoo College. He is married to Becky Hinken '77 and they have three sons: Matthew '06, Nathan and Joshua '10.
Veenstra's accomplishments on the court as a Calvin Knight are also noteworthy. He is the only four-time league Most Valuable Player in men's basketball history-from 1974-77-and still holds the MIAA records for most league points scored (1,233) and career league scoring average (25.7) and for one season (29.2). He holds Calvin records for best scoring average for a season (28.0) and career (25.4) and for the most rebounds in a game (36) and career rebounds (1,260).
"It was important to the C Club leaders that the strong tradition we began with the award last year was maintained," said C Club president Carl Gronsman '63. "In his scholarship, faith and international service, Mark Veenstra exemplifies what we think a Knight of Distinction should model for our current student-athletes."
MEN'S GOLF
Calvin College freshman Ben VanScoyk has been named to the Division III College Golf Association of America's All-Freshman Team. A native of Grand Rapids and a graduate of Grand Rapids Christian High School, VanScoyk has also been named to the Division III Ping Great Lakes All-Region team as named by the College Golf Coaches Association of America.
The six member CGAA All-Freshman Team team is composed of one golfer from each of the six regions in Division III. Members of the All-Freshmen Team are eligible for the Phil Mickelson Award presented by the Phil and Amy Mickelson Foundation as the most outstanding freshman in Division III men's golf. The Mickelson Award will be presented Friday, May 15 following the final round of the NCAA Division III Men's Golf Championships.
This fall, VanScoyk finished seventh in the final MIAA individual standings with an average of 75.38 strokes per round and earned a spot on the All-MIAA second team.
He then heated up on the golf course this spring, firing a four-under medalist round of 68 at the Farmingdale State Golf Tournament in Florida on March 20. At the Augustana Invitational April 10 and 11 he finished tied for second individually with a two-day total of 152.
MEN'S TRACK AND FIELD
NAPERVILLE, IL - Calvin College senior Erik Holstege had a solid first day of competition at the North Central College Gregory Multi-Events Invitational on Tuesday.
Holstege (Keswick, VA/Monticello HS) leads the competition through five events with 3,578 points.
He posted a time of 11.35 in the 100 meter dash, recorded a jump of 21-8 3/4 in the long jump, heaved the shot put 42-8, cleared the high jump bar at 6-1 1/4 and recorded a time of 52.05 in the 400 meter dash.
On Wednesday, he is scheduled to compete in the 110 high hurdles, the discus throw, pole vault, javelin throw and 1,500 meters.
MORE TRACK AND FIELD
The Calvin women's track and field team is ranked number-one in the latest USTFCCCA Division III Great Lakes Regional rankings. The Knights were ranked second a week ago but have risen past Ohio Wesleyan. The Knights are also ranked 44th nationally.
On the men's side, Calvin is ranked fifth in the USTFCCCA Division III Great Lakes Regional rankings.
The regional rankings can be found online at: http://www.ustfccca.org/assets/rankings/div3/2015-otf/DIII_2015_outWk7_TF_RegionalIndexTop10.pdf
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