Calvin Teams and Athletes Receive MIAA Academic Honors
Thursday, July 02, 2009
2008-09 Calvin MIAA Academic Honor Roll Listing
A record 10 Calvin College athletics teams have received the MIAA Team GPA Award for the recently completed 2008-09 academic year. The award, presented by the Faculty Athletic Representatives of the MIAA member colleges recognizes conference athletic teams who achieved a 3.3 or better grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) for the entire 2008-09 academic year.
The previous high total for Calvin had been nine, achieved in 2007-08 and in 2004-05. All nine of Calvin’s women’s teams received the MIAA Team GPA Award while the men’s cross country team also achieved the feat.
Calvin teams that received the honor this year include: the women’s golf team, women’s soccer team, women’s cross country team, women’s volleyball team, women’s basketball team, women’s swimming and diving team, women’s softball team, women’s track and field team, women’s tennis team and as mentioned, the men’s cross country team.
This is the 11th year the award has been presented. Calvin had 10 of the 55 MIAA teams that earned the award.
Of special note, the Calvin women’s cross country team earned the award for the 11th consecutive year, joining the Albion women’s tennis and Hope women’s cross country team as one of four squads that have received the award all 11 years of its existence.
Calvin’s highest ranking team in terms of cumulative grade point average was its women’s tennis team. Led by head coach Jerry Bergsma, the women’s tennis team posted a 3.663 grade point average to rank second among the list of MIAA teams so honored. This marks the fifth straight year that the Calvin women’s tennis team has received the award. Albion had the top spot with its women’s cross country team at 3.67. The Calvin women’s cross country team led by Brian Diemer placed third with a 3.662 grade point average.
Bergsma had both of his teams receive the honor as his women’s golf team achieved the award for the third time, posting a 3.375 grade point average.
John Ross also had both his women’s basketball team on the list for a fifth straight year, posting a GPA of 3.495.
Led by head coach Jong-il Kim, the women’s track and field team picked up the award for the fifth straight year and for the eighth time overall, posting a grade point average of 3.594.
In addition, the women’s volleyball team led by head coach Amber Warners picked up the award for the seventh time, recording a team grade point average of 3.488.
The softball team is receiving the award for the fifth time, the women’s swimming and diving team for the fourth time and the men’s cross country and women’s soccer teams for the third time.
MIAA Team GPA Award recipients
Albion Women’s Cross Country, 3.674 (Hayden Smith)
Calvin Women’s Tennis, 3.663 (Jerry Bergsma)
Calvin Women’s Cross Country, 3.662 (Brian Diemer)*
Alma Women’s Cross Country, 3.650 (Gordon Aldrich)
Trine Women’s Cross Country, 3.628 (Doyle Houser)
Hope Women’s Golf, 3.618 (Eva Dean Folkert)
Alma Women’s Golf, 3.600 (Charles Goffnet)
Calvin Women’s Track and Field , 3.594 (Jong-il Kim)
Olivet Women’s Golf, 3.520 (Bill Maas)
Albion Women’s Track and Field, 3.527 (Steven Allison)
Saint Mary’s Women’s Cross Country, 3.504 (Jackie Bauters)
Calvin Women’s Basketball, 3.495 (John Ross)
Kalamazoo Women’s Cross Country, 3.492 (Dave Dimcheff)
Calvin Women’s Soccer, 3.489 (Mark Recker)
Calvin Volleyball, 3.488 (Amber Warners)
Albion Women’s Soccer, 3.474 (Lisa Roschek)*
Olivet Women’s Tennis, 3.472 (Mary Anne McMullen)
Alma Women’s Track and Field, 3.469 (Gordon Aldrich)
Adrian Women’s Tennis, 3.465 (Emilie Sechaud)
Hope Men’s Tennis, 3.461 (Steve Gorno)
Calvin Women’s Swimming and Diving, 3.459 (Dan Gelderloos)
Kalamazoo Women’s Golf, 3.457 (Dean Marks)
Calvin Softball, 3.452 (Emily Bustrum)
Hope Women’s Basketball, 3.451 (Brian Morehouse)
Hope Women’s Soccer, 3.473 (Leigh Sears)
Hope Women’s Track and Field, 3.441 (Kevin Cole)
Calvin Men’s Cross Country, 3.432 (Brian Diemer)
Hope Volleyball, 3.429 (Becky Schmidt)
Kalamazoo Women’s Tennis, 3.417 (Sarah Johnston)
Hope Women’s Cross Country, 3.413 (Mark Northuis)*
Saint Mary’s Women’s Soccer, 3.412 (Ryan Crabbe)
Hope Women’s Tennis, 3.400 (Karen Page)
Albion Men’s Cross Country, 3.397 (Hayden Smith)
Trine Women’s Golf, 3.392 (Jennifer Lymangood)
Albion Volleyball, 3.391 (Melissa Walton)
Albion Men’s Basketball, 3.390 (Jody May)
Albion Women’s Golf, 3.384 (Kurt Westendorp)
Trine Softball, 3.383 (Donnie Danklefsen)
Adrian Softball, 3.379 (Kristina Schweikert)
Albion Women’s Tennis, 3.378, (Scott Frew)*
Hope Men’s Cross Country 3.376 (Mark Northuis)
Kalamazoo Women’s Soccer, 3.376 (Bryan Goyings)
Calvin Women’s Golf, 3.375 (Jerry Bergsma)
Albion Women’s Swimming and Diving, 3.353 (Keith Havens)
Hope Softball, 3.349 (Karla Wolters)
Kalamazoo Men’s Soccer, 3.347 (Chris Adrian)
Trine Men’s Cross Country, 3.346 (Doyle Houser)
Hope Women’s Swimming and Diving, 3.345 (John Patnott)
Olivet Softball, 3.340 (James Farnum)
Hope Men’s Golf, 3.339 (Bob Ebels)
Olivet Women’s Swimming and Diving, 3.335 (Jake Tabor)
Kalamazoo Women’s Swimming and Diving, 3.323 (Kathy Milliken)
Saint Mary’s Women’s Volleyball, 3.321 (Julie Schroeder-Biek)
Trine Women’s Track and Field, 3.311 (Bill Cooper)
Trine Men’s Golf, 3.308 (Bill SanGiacomo)
MIAA ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL ANNOUNCED
The 2008-09 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Academic Honor Roll has been announced by Commissioner David Neilson and 162 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 2008-09 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, 14 are from Calvin.
The 14 Calvin scholar-athletes named to the MIAA Academic Honor Roll for a fourth straight year are seniors Julie Bratt (Lynden, WA/track and field), Kristi Brummel (Byron Center, Mich./basketball), Kelly Edwards (Grand Blanc, Mich./x-country/track), Michelle Koele (Denver, CO/Soccer), Juliana Litts (Alexandria, VA/Soccer), Jessica Miller (Colorado Springs, CO/x-Country/Track and Field), Brian Odegaard (Stillwater, MN/x-country), Sarah Partridge (East Lansing, Mich./basketball), Loren Scarbrough (Antioch, IL/softball), Calah Schlabach (St. Michaels, AZ/X-country/track), Dennis Steenberger (Aylmer, ON/Swimming and Diving), Cara Van Woerkom (Wyoming, Mich./Swimming and Diving), Marissa Walker (Cedar Springs, Mich./basketball) and Julie Wolfe (Westerville, OH/Swimming and Diving).
The complete list of MIAA Academic Honor Roll recipients can be found on the MIAA web site at: http:www.miaa.org
