CALVIN KNIGHT SPORTS REPORT FOR JULY 19, 2016
Calvin Lands Record 14 Teams on MIAA Team GPA List
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Commissioner Penny Allen-Cook recognized 95 teams on the 2015-16 MIAA Team GPA Award list. This award recognizes conference athletic teams for performance in the classroom of a 3.3 cumulative GPA or better (on a 4.0 scale). During the recently completed 2015-16 school year, 14 of Calvin's athletic teams achieved this distinction, the most in school history, breaking the previous school record of 11 set in 2012-13.
Calvin led the way with 14 teams honored, followed by Albion's 13 and Trine's 12 squads recognized for their academic success.
Nine of Calvin's women's teams received the MIAA Team GPA Award while five of the men's teams also achieved the feat. Calvin teams receiving the honor are as follows; women's cross country, women's tennis, women's swimming & diving, men's cross country, women's volleyball, women's basketball, women's outdoor track & field, men's outdoor track & field, women's indoor track & field, men's indoor track & field, men's swimming & diving, women's soccer, women's lacrosse and men's basketball.
Led by Brian Diemer, the women's cross country team continued a remarkable streak, earning a cumulative grade point average of 3.689. The Calvin women's cross country team is one of only two teams joining the Hope women's cross country team as the only teams to receive the award all 18 years it has been presented.
The women's tennis team led by head coach Kevin VanHaitsma received the award with a team GPA of 3.548.
Led by Dan Gelderloos, the women's swimming and diving team was back on the list with a team GPA of 3.522. The men's swimming & diving team recorded a team GPA of 3.383.
The men's cross country team was also under the leadership of Brian Diemer and earned the award for the 10th time with a team GPA of 3.504.
Dr. Amber Warners saw her women's volleyball team honored for the 14th time with a grade point average of 3.451.
John Ross saw his women's basketball team receive the award, recording a 3.432 GPA.
Bret Otte had all four teams make the list, his women's outdoor track and field team received the award for the 11th-straight year, with a GPA of 3.432. The men's outdoor track & field team tallied a GPA of 3.421. Otte's women's indoor track and field team posted an average of 3.419 and the men's indoor team finished with a 3.391 GPA.
Under the direction of Mark Recker, the Calvin women's soccer team is receiving the honor for the second straight year, recording a team GPA of 3.355.
Blake Boehm saw his women's lacrosse team earn the honor with a 3.328 team GPA
Under the direction of Kevin Vande Streek, the men's basketball team hit the list with a 3.317 team GPA.
The MIAA has presented the Team GPA Award each year since the 1998-99 academic year.
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