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Calvin Teams and Athletes Receive MIAA Academic Honors
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.
Meanwhile 15 Calvin scholar-athletes have been named to the MIAA Academic Honor Roll for the fourth straight year.
Calvin Breaks NCAA III Single Game Attendance Record for Women’s Hoops - 3rd in Overall Attendance
Calvin College has finished third in the final NCAA III women’s basketball attendance standings with an average of 1,053 fans per game. Calvin’s attendance mark was strengthened by an NCAA III single-game attendance record of 4,395 fans for its January 7, 2009, game against Trine University. The January game against Trine served as the first-ever varsity basketball game inside Calvin’s Van Noord Arena. The single-game attendance record was confirmed by the NCAA statistics office this afternoon. It breaks the previous NCAA III single-game attendance mark of 4,356 fans established by Howard Payne (TX) during an NCAA III Tournament second round game against Chapman on March 3, 2007.
Marcia Harris and Brook Van Eck Named to All-MIAA Women’s Basketball Team
Two members of the Calvin women’s basketball team have received All-MIAA accolades. Named to the All-MIAA first team from Calvin are senior center Marcia Harris and junior forward Brook Van Eck.
Harris is receiving first team All-MIAA honors for the fourth consecutive year. She is just the second individual in MIAA women’s basketball history to be named to the All-MIAA first team four straight years. Harris joins Calvin graduate Lisa Winkle (2004-2007) as the only two players in MIAA history to achieve the feat.
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Larger (3:54)Lisa Winkle, Named Recipient of 2007 Jostens Trophy, Mathematics & Secondary Education
Larger (5:41)Former Calvin athlete, Sarah Winkle, was a starter for the women's basketball team and was co-captain with her younger sister, Lisa, as well as an excellent student (Sep 8, 2006)
