CALVIN KNIGHT SPORTS REPORT FOR MAY 10, 2018
2018 C' Club Awards Announced
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - The sixth annual Calvin College C Club Awards were held on Thursday in Van Noord Arena. The night was filled with a celebration of the 2017-18 athletic season. The winners are listed below.
To watch a video archive of the awards ceremony, click on the live stream link at: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__livestream.com_calvin-2Dcollege_events_8156799_videos_174666763&d=DwIFAw&c=4rZ6NPIETe-LE5i2KBR4rw&r=5aYEzXF7nc6LZSmi__PTAKGUps4SiBVbwUKLqa54NW8&m=f9O-WdWYSts4-BOZe57KquakKH57DzMnz0S5F9AmfaE&s=lqRv8Xoj8U0yzpMh6j5nfwPnLHH9ZFBoenh5mUcg74Q&e=
Individual Record-Breaking Performance
Ali Spayde - Women's Basketball
Team Record-Breaking Performance
Men's Golf
Play of the Year
Amanda Davio - Women's Lacrosse
Exceptional Performance in an Individual Event (Female)
Erin Van Lenten - Track & Field
Exceptional Performance in an Individual Event (Male)
Michael Moentmann - Swimming & Diving
Female Role Player of the Year
Kara Minderhoud - Basketball
Male Role Player of the Year
Austin Huizenga - Ice Hockey
Female Newcomer of the Year
Leah Newhof - Tennis
Grace Stock - Softball
Male Newcomer of the Year
Ricky Padilla - Baseball
Female Athlete of the Year
Anna Kamp - Volleyball
Male Athlete of the Year
Trent Vegter - Soccer
Breakthrough Team of the Year
Softball
Outstanding Team of the Year
Volleyball
Game or Event of the Year
Men's Swimming & Diving - MIAA Championships
Kay Tiemersma Award
Jenna Lodewyk - Volleyball
Abby Van Harn - Swimming & Diving
Beré Memorial Award
Ethan Valentine - Track & Field
CALVIN WINS MIAA COMMISSIONER'S CUP
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - With nine Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association championships to its credit for this season, Calvin has won the 2017-18 MIAA Commissioner's Cup all-sports award. This is the first time that a Calvin senior class has won all four years.
"This is an amazing accomplishment," said Director of Athletics Dr. Jim Timmer. "All of our teams fought hard for every point this year. This is a great honor for the seniors to be the first class at Calvin to win the cup all four years. I am proud of what all of our teams have accomplished this year."
The Knights won the award for the fourth-straight year and for the fifth in the last six years and 13th time overall with 132 points, two points ahead of Hope. Calvin won the men's all-sports standings by a seven-point margin over Hope and fell to the Dutch by five points on the women's side with 64.5 points.
This year Calvin won nine MIAA titles, with first-place finishes in men's cross country, men's soccer, volleyball, men's golf, men's swimming & diving, women's swimming & diving, men's indoor track & field, women's lacrosse and men's outdoor track & field. Although MIAA Tournament titles do not count in the standings, Calvin has three on the year in men's soccer, volleyball and women's lacrosse.
The MIAA Commissioner's Cup award is based on the cumulative performance of each member school in the league's 22 sports for men and women. The final Commissioner's Cup standings are determined on the basis of each college's standings in eight of eleven sports for men and eight of eleven sports for women. The Commissioner's Cup (All-Sports Award) has been presented since 1934-35.
Commissioner's Cup Final Standings: 1. Calvin 132, 2. Hope 130, 3. Trine 106, T3. Albion 102.5, 5. Adrian 89, 6. Alma 73.5, 7. Olivet 72.5, 8. Kalamazoo 70.5.
Women's All-Sports: 1. Hope 69.5, 2. Calvin 64.5, 3. Albion 52, 4. Trine 48.5, 5. Saint Mary's 45, 6. Alma 42, 7. Adrian 37.5, 8. Olivet 34, 9. Kalamazoo 28.5.
Men's All-Sports: 1. Calvin 67.5, 2. Hope 60.5, 3. Trine 57.5, 4. Adrian 51.5, 5. Albion 50.5, 6. Kalamazoo 42, 7. Olivet 38.5, 8. Alma 37.5.
SOFTBALL
Calvin 3, Franklin 0
HOLLAND, Mich. - The Calvin softball team opened the NCAA Tournament with a 3-0 victory over Franklin College on Thursday afternoon. The Knights improved to 31-8 on the year and the 31 victories established a new school record. The Knights will play the winner of the Hope versus Greenville game.
The Knights struck first in the third inning. Senior Jessica Brasser (Rockford, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian) singled to right field to get junior Rachel Newman (Chelsea, Mich./Chelsea) across home plate.
Junior Anna Gernant (West Des Moines, Iowa/Valley) scampered across home plate on a Franklin error in the fourth inning.
Junior Abby Colon (Caledonia, Mich./South Christian) blasted a no-doubt home run to center field to make it a 3-0 game.
Anna Gernant held the Grizzlies to two hits on Thursday and recorded six strikeouts.
Junior Rachel Borden (Edwardsburg, Mich./Edwardsburg) and Kristen Newman led the game with two hits.
The Calvin defense was strong on Thursday with the infield picking up line drives. Sophomore Bri Noorman (Jenison, Mich./Covenant Christian) threw out Grace Paszek at first base to end the fifth inning.
Thursday was the 20th time this season that Calvin played error-free ball.
Calvin is 3-1 on the year against Hope and 1-0 against Greenville.
BASEBALL
Hope 5, Calvin 4
ADRIAN, Mich. - The 2018 Calvin baseball season came to a close with a 5-4 loss to rival Hope in the MIAA Tournament Thursday afternoon.
Calvin (16-25) grabbed a 2-0 lead on RBI singles by juniors Jonathan Keane (Brookfield, Wisc./Brookfield Central HS) and Beau Redfield (Cedar Springs, Mich./Northpointe Christian HS).
Hope came back with a run in the top of the second and added four in the fourth to take a 5-2 lead.
Calvin chipped into the deficit on an RBI single by Quinn Hyndiuk (Elm Grove, Wisc./Brookfield East HS) in the fifth and a sacrifice fly by senior Nate DeZwaan (Hamilton, Mich./Holland Christian HS) in the sixth.
Calvin placed two runners aboard with no outs in the seventh but did not bring home the tying run. In the eighth, Calvin again stranded two runners and then went down in order in the ninth.
The Knights had 12 hits in the loss but left 11 runners on base.
Freshman Ricky Padilla (Poway, Ca./Poway HS) went 2-for-5 in the loss to extend his hitting streak to 16 games. Padilla will carry the hitting streak into the 2019 season. DeZwaan closed out his Calvin career with three hits.
DeZwaan finished his Calvin career with 160 hits and a batting average of .311. He now ranks fourth on the Calvin career list for hits. Padilla finished the year with 60 hits which matches the fourth-best single-season mark in Calvin baseball history.
Sophomore Trevor VanDuyn (Jenison, Mich./Jenison HS) took the loss to fall to 4-5 on the year. VanDuyn struck out three and walked one.
The 2018 MIAA Tournament marked the fifth time Calvin has reached the conference tournament including the fourth time in the last five years.
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