CKSR (Kelli Schutte named recipient of Calvin C' Club Knight of Distinction Award / Baseball Drops MIAA Tournament Opener to Adrian / Track and Field Teams Compete at GVSU Last-Chance Meet)

CALVIN KNIGHT SPORTS REPORT FOR MAY 9, 2018

Kelli Schutte Named Recipient of Calvin C' Club Knight of Distinction Award;
Baseball Drops MIAA Tournament Opener to Adrian;
Track and Field Teams Compete at GVSU Last-Chance Meet

CALVIN C' CLUB NEWS

Dr. Kelli (Lautenbach) Schutte is the 2018 recipient of the Calvin Knight of Distinction Award.

Schutte will receive the award Thursday night during the annual Calvin C' Club Awards Celebration.

Each year C Club, the Calvin College alumni athletic organization, recognizes a former Knight who has served God, church and community with the Christian character that was shaped in part by participation in the athletic program at Calvin College. Previous recipients of this award have been Dr. Anthony Diekema '56, Dr. Mark Veenstra '76, Gretchen Toxopeus Pyles, '91 and Dr. Chris Holstege, '88.

Schutte is a 1991 Calvin College graduate where she was a standout in the classroom and on the track.

As an athlete, Lautenbach was a four-time All-MIAA selection in women's track and field. She was named the MIAA's co-MVP in 1990 and the MIAA's MVP in 1991. A sprinter, she captured four consecutive MIAA individual titles in the 400 meter dash, three MIAA titles in the 100 meter dash and one league crown in the 200 meter dash. She established school records in all three events during her time at Calvin while also running on record-setting 4x100 and 4x400 meter relay teams.

During her final two years, she led the Calvin women's track and field team to MIAA co-championships which ignited a string of 28 consecutive league titles by the Calvin women's track and field program.

She was also a three-time NCAA III All-American. At the 1990 NCAA III Outdoor Track and Field Championships she placed fourth in the 400 meter dash and was part of a 4x400 meter relay team that finished eighth. In 1991, she again earned All-America accolades with a seventh place finish in the 400 meters at the national meet.

Schutte later received her Master's Degree in Finance from Western Michigan University and a Ph.D in Labor Relations from Michigan State University.

After graduating from Calvin with a degree in economics, she served as a commercial bank lending officer. She later returned to Calvin to serve as a professor in the school's business department.

Schutte later relocated to Kansas City, Missouri, with her husband Kevin Schutte who is a pastor at Pathway Community Church and a church plant director with Resonate Global - a new church ministry of the Christian Reformed Church.

After moving to Kansas City, Schutte joined the faculty at William Jewell College as business professor. In 2009, she was appointed Chair of the William Jewell Department of Business and Leadership and continues in that role today.

During her tenure at William Jewell College, Schutte has served on the Even Better Task Force, led the college's creativity and innovation initiative, worked with the Entrepreneurial Society to enhance entrepreneurship on campus.

Schutte and her husband Kevin are actively engaged foster parents and have led foster care and youth outreach programs at Pathway Community Church. Schutte and her husband also have a daughter Abigal and a son Jeremy.

BASEBALL
Adrian 9, Calvin 2

ADRIAN, Mich. - The Calvin baseball team opened MIAA Tournament play at Adrian on Wednesday and faced the MIAA champion Bulldogs. Adrian walked away with a 9-2 victory and sent Calvin to 16-24 on the year. Calvin will play Hope in an elimination game at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday at Adrian.

Calvin struck first on Wednesday with two runs in the top of the first inning.

Junior Ryan Pena (Lake Forest, Calif./J Serra Catholic) doubled to shortstop that scored junior Jonathan Keane (Brookfield, Wis./Brookfield Central) and freshman Ricky Padilla (Poway, Calif./Poway).

The Bulldogs took the lead with three runs in the bottom half of the first inning.

Adrian added two more runs in the fifth inning, three runs in the sixth inning and one in the seventh.

Ricky Padilla is now riding a 15-game hit streak with two hits on Wednesday.

Jonathan Keane recorded six strikeouts in the start on the mound.

Senior Ryan Stewart (Shelby, Mich./Parkway Christian) had an effective eighth inning on the mound. Stewart recorded one strikeout.

Ricky Padilla, Ryan Pena and sophomore Quinn Hyndiuk (Elm Grove, Wis./Brookfield East) all had two hits for Calvin.

Thursday will be the fifth meeting of the year between Calvin and Hope. Both teams won two games in the rivalry in March. Last year, Calvin defeated Hope in the elimination game, 18-2.

MEN'S TRACK AND FIELD

ALLENDALE, Mich. - A small group representing the Calvin men's track and field team competed at a last-chance meet hosted by Grand Valley State University Wednesday afternoon.

Calvin took the top two spots in the 1500 meter run with freshman Noah Cummisford (Mequon, Wisc./Homestead HS) winning the race in a tie of 4:13.11 with freshman Micah Meindertsma (Caledonia, Mich./Caledonia HS) taking second (4:16.94.

Calvin also took three of the top five spots in the 5,000 meter run. Freshman Charlie Korneolje (Grand Rapids, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian HS) took first in a time of 16:45.51 with sophomore Jason Klaasen (Jenison, Mich./Unity Christian HS) taking second (16:55.67) and sophomore Ryan VanAppeldoorn (Holland, Mich./Holland Christian HS) taking fifth (18:11.64).

In the long jump, junior Lee Barents (Redlands, Ca./Arrowhead Christian HS) was fifth (20-11.25).

Junior Josh VanDyk (Tinley Park, Il./Chicago Christian HS) was sixth in the 800 meters (1:59.94) while sophomore Jacob Veenstra (North Haledon, NJ/Eastern Christian HS) was 13th (2:06.74).

In the discus, junior Brendan VanHouten (Grand Rapids, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian HS) was 10th (152-2).

A larger group of Calvin track and field athletes will compete at the Dr. Keeler Invitational Thursday and Friday at North Central College.

WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD

ALLENDALE, Mich. - A small group representing the Calvin women's track and field team competed at a last-chance meet hosted by Grand Valley State University Wednesday afternoon.

In the 800 meters, sophomore Margaret VanWylen (Holland, Mich./Holland Christian HS) was eighth (2:32.76).

In the 1500 meters, freshman Angeline Needs (Peru, Il./Saint Bede Academy) was fifth (5:08.17), freshman Taylor Ten Pas (Lynden, Wash./Lynden Christian HS) was seventh (5:16.38) and freshman Kelli Laube (Caledonia, Mich./Caledonia HS) 12th (5:44.88).

A larger group of Calvin track and field athletes will compete at the Dr. Keeler Invitational Thursday and Friday at North Central College.
Received on Wed May 9 23:11:28 2018