Calvin College Athletics Program to Join Nation-wide Division III Partnership With Special Olympics
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
By sports information student assistant Andrew Knot
As part of the Division III National Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), Calvin athletics recently joined a Division III partnership with the United States’ Special Olympic Committee, adding a valuable opportunity to the athletic department’s already service-driven outlook. The SAAC is an NCAA organization tiered at the national, conference, and school level. The national, and governing, branch of the organization, seeks to “to enhance the total student-athlete experience by promoting opportunity, protecting student-athlete welfare and fostering a positive student-athlete image,” according to the organization’s website.
The 2010-11 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Academic Honor Roll has been announ
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
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.
Brent Schuster Gets Taste of European Basketball During Weeklong Trip Overseas
Thursday, June 30, 2011
By Sports Information Student Assistant Andrew Knot
His commitment to basketball didn’t allow Brent Schuster the opportunity to travel abroad during his four years at Calvin. All of that changed just weeks after graduation, when basketball gave him that exact opportunity. Along with eight of the top players in Division II and III and their coach Brett Nichols, of Oberlin College, Schuster, the Knights’ standout center, spent 10 days touring Europe and competing against club teams. The trip, put on through an organization called USA Athletes International took him through Austria, Slovenia, and Italy, and massed a total of four games, in which his team finished 3-1.
