Hope Athletes Named to MIAA Academic Honor Roll
The 2002/2003 Academic Honor Roll of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) includes 153 student-athletes from Hope College. The academic awards program is administered by the faculty representatives of the MIAA member colleges.
The 14th annual Academic Honor Roll consists of student-athletes who maintained a minimum 3.5 grade point average for the year.
Among the Hope students named to the Honor Roll are eight seniors who both lettered four years and achieved the academic distinction. They are Amy Baltmanis of Paw Paw/Paw Paw HS (basketball), Daniel Bouwens of Zeeland/Zeeland HS (swimming), Karen Clark of Midland/Midland HS (track), Julia Eagan of Summit, N.J./New Providence HS (softball), Kathi Grotenhuis of Hamilton/Hamilton HS (basketball), Laura Hahnfeld of Midland/Midland HS (volleyball), Lee Kiessel of Suttons Bay/Suttons Bay HS (cross country), and Jessica Oosting of Grand Rapids/Calvin Christian HS (track).
A total of 12 students combined academic excellence while participating in two sports during the school year.
2002/03 MIAA Academic Honor Roll
Hope College Honorees
Student/Athlete Sport Yr Hometown/High School
* Katherine Armbruster SO Fr Wooster, Ohio/Wooster
* Mary Ayres SO Sr Plainwell/Plainwell
**** Amy Baltmanis BB Sr Paw Paw/Paw Paw
* Lisa Baran SW Fr South Lyon/South Lyon
** Kenny Bart BsB Jr Jenison/Jenison
*** Joshua Baumbach FB Sr Wyoming/Wyoming Park
** Matt Baumbach FB Sr Wyoming/Wyoming Park
* Justin Blazek CC Fr Portage/Northern
* Amy Blum TR, CC Fr Saline/Saline
** Jennifer Boersma SB Jr Dorr/South Christian
* Brian Boom FB So Coopersville/Coopersville
* Laura Borovsky TR Fr Livonia/Churchill
* Gregory Borst TR, CC Fr Jenison/Jenison
**** Daniel Bouwens SW Sr Zeeland/Zeeland
** Lindsey Brink VB Jr Chelsea/Chelsea
* Zach Buchan BsB Fr Cedar/Glen Lake
** Angela Bunker SB Sr Muskegon/Mona Shores
* Kevin Butterfield SO Fr Zanesville, Ohio/Zanesville
*** Chad Carlson BB Sr Holland/Holland
**** Karen Clark TR Sr Midland/Midland
*** Lindsay Close SW Jr Holland/West Ottawa
*** Deanna Clouse TE Jr Jackson/Northwest
*** Jennifer Coleman TE Sr Grand Rapids/Forest Hills N.
** Emily Colenbrander GO Sr Holland/Holland
** Colleen Corey BB Sr Jenison/Jenison
* Mitch Cumings FB So Holton/Holton
** Kristen Daniels TE So Greenville/Greenville
* Melissa DeBoer BB Sr Haslett/Haslett
** Anna DeHaan TE So Grand Rapids/City
* Jon Deming BsB Jr Portage/Portage Northern
** Peter Derby TR, CC Jr Cadillac/Cadillac
** Kortney DeVito TE So Okemos/Williamston
* Leah Dewitt SO Fr Holland/Holland Christian
** Kate Dornbos SO, Tn Sr Vicksburg/Vicksburg
* Jamin Dreyer SW Fr Holland/Zeeland
**** Julia Eagan SB Sr Summit, NJ/New Providence
* Linda Ebels BB Fr Falmouth/Michigan Christian
* Lisa Ekdom SW Fr Holland/Holland Christian
* Anna Eriks VB Jr Holland/West Ottawa
** Lindsay Fach SW So Rose City/Ogemaw Heights
**** Anneliese Fox TE Fr Alma/Alma
* Jennifer Franklin SW Jr Portage/Portage Central
** Ben Freeburn TR Sr Hartford/Hartford
*** Erik Frost TE Jr Midland/Midland
* Megan Fry CC Sr Charlotte/Charlotte
* Ross Geurink SW Jr Hudsonville/Hudsonville
* Dawn Gillam SO So Portage/Portage Northern
** Amanda Glas GO So Kalamazoo/Plainwell
* Casey Glass BsB Sr Hudsonville/Hudsonville
** Candace Graham SB So Hudsonville/Hudsonville
** Martha Graham TR, CC Jr Midland/Midland
* Andrea Gramm TR So Bremen/Bremen
* Leticia Grandia CC Sr Rockford/Rockford
**** Kathi Grotenhuis BB Sr Hamilton/Hamilton
* Kelsey Guisbert Tn Fr Farmington/Farmington
* Kyle Hackney FB Sr Alma/Alma
**** Laura Hahnfeld VB Sr Midland/Midland
* Daniel Halloran TR Jr Midland/Midland
* Libby Hammon SB Fr Allegan/Allegan
*** Jason Helsen FB Sr Ravenna/Ravenna
*** Lauren Hinkle SO Jr Indianapolis, Ind./N. Central
** Donavon Hornbeck CC Jr Ovid/Ovid Elsie
* Michael Howes BsB Fr Alma/Alma
** Edward Huebner SO Jr Portage/Northern
** Kelley Hutchins VB So Livonia/Livonia Stevenson
* Greg Immink BB So Hudsonville/Hudsonville
* Travis Jager FB Jr Kalamazoo/Kalamazoo Christian
** Lauren Jensen BB Jr Manistee/Manistee
** Eric Jongekryg CC Jr West Olive/Zeeland
* Sara Jongekryg CC Fr West Olive/Zeeland
* Neal Karsten TR Fr Zeeland/Holland Christian
** Sarah Keenan SW Jr Portage/Portage Northern
* Andy Keller FB Sr Hastings/Hastings
**** Lee Kiessel CC Sr Suttons Bay/Suttons Bay
** Julie King TR, CC So Jenison/Jenison
* Amanda Kistler CC Fr Ludington/Ludington
* Charlie Kleinheksel BB Sr Zeeland/Zeeland
* Kurt Koehler TR, CC Sr Ypsilanti/Gabriel Richard
* Kelly Kraft SB Jr Brown City/Brown City
* Justin Kribs BsB Jr Jenison/Jenison
* Steven Lepper SO Jr Midland/Dow
* Jason Lisko Tn Sr Downers Grove, Ill./D.G. South
* Patrick Looman GO Sr Holland/Holland Christian
*** Bryant Loomis SO Sr Fredonia, N.Y./Fredonia
*** Heather Ludwick TR Sr Newaygo/Fremont
** B.J. Maas BsB Sr Jenison/Jenison
*** Haley Martin SW Jr Battle Creek/Lakeview
** Jason Mejeur BB Jr St. Joseph/St. Joseph
** Jeffrey Melville GO Jr Grandville/Jenison
** Monica Merkley Tn Jr Sarasota, FL/Sarasota
*** Alexis Mick VB Sr Roscommon/Roscommon
** Allison Miller SB Jr Hopkins/Hopkins
* Rosa Morales TR Sr Queens, N.Y./Richard R. Green
** Kyle Morrison TR, CC Jr Niles/Niles
** Phil Morse FB So Dearborn Heights/Divine Child
* Emily Nelson CC Fr Mt. Morris, Ill./Oregon
* Kyle Nevenzel SO Jr Holland/Holland
** Katie Nienhuis BB Sr Zeeland/HollandChristian
* Megan Noll BB Fr Lake Orion/Lake Orion
* Brad Norden SW Jr Jenison/Jenison
* Meagan O'Neil SW Fr Troy/Troy
*** Brooke Oosting TR Sr Grand Rapids/Calvin Christian
**** David Ornee SW Fr Zeeland/Zeeland
** Don Overbeek BB Sr Wyoming/Calvin Christian
*** Kelly Parker SW Sr Battle Creek/Lakeview
* Holly Patterson Tn So Kalamazoo/Kalamazoo Christian
** Jill Pinter GO So Belleville/Ypsilanti Lincoln
*** Eric Plewka SO Jr Whitehall/Whitehall
* Julie Pollock GO Fr Midland/Midland
* Sarah Reese CC Fr Ann Arbor/Ann Arbor
** Rachel Riemer CC Jr Ludington/Ludington
** Chris Roecker SW Sr Battle Creek/Lakeview
*** Sarah Sanderson CC Sr Holland/Holland
* Kara Sayger SB Jr Rochester, Ind./Rochester
*** Peter Schaafsma CC Sr Cadillac/Cadillac
* Lindsey Schaap VB Fr Holland/Holland
* Vince Scheffler FB Sr Chelsea/Chelsea
* Rebecca Schewe SW Fr Berkley/Berkley
* Emily Schlitz TR, Tn So Potterville/Potterville
*** Sarah Scholten GO Jr Grand Rapids/G.R. Christian
* Tess Scholz SO Fr Portage/Portage Northern
*** Jeff Seymour SW Jr Holland/Holland
** Ryan Shedd GO So Coldwater/Coldwater
* Katie Sherron CC Sr Livonia/Livonia Stevenson
*** Michelle Smith SW Jr Olympia, Wash./Home School
** Sarah Smith SW So Dearborn/Dearborn
** Stephanie Springer TE Jr Bloomfield Village/Bir. Seaholm
* Erika Steele SW So Portage/Portage Northern
* Lauren Stieper SO Fr Dearborn/Dearborn
** Melissa Sulok SW Jr South Bend, Ind./Clay
* Ashley Tillman SW Fr Birmingham/Seaholm
* Allison Trotter TR Fr Haslett/Haslett
* Emily Tyler SO Fr Rochester/Rochester Adams
** Kara VanAssen VB Sr Jenison/Jenison
*** Mike VanBeek BsB Sr Hudsonville/Unity Christian
* Lauren Vande Kopple SB So Rockford/Rockford
** Mike VanHekken BB Sr Holland/Holland
** Kathryn Veldman TR, CC Sr Sawyer/River Valley
** Adelynn Vilmann BB So Houghton/Houghton
* Mitch Wacksman FB Sr Essexville/Garber
* Maureen Warfield TR Fr Jackson/Adrian
** Matt Waterstone SW So Holland/Holland
* Ryan Weaver TR, CC Fr Saline/Saline
* Jeff Weber TR, CC Fr Grandville/Grandville
*** Jonathan Wendrick GO Sr Brighton/Pinckney
* Rebecca Wieferich Tn Sr Ithaca/Ithaca
* Megan Willett CC Fr Cadillac/Lake City
* Kyle Williams TR, CC Fr Plainwell/Delton Kellogg
* Rob Wise FB Sr Alma/Alma
** Stephanie Witmer TR, CC So Muskegon/Muskegon
* Sarah Zuidema GO Fr Grand Rapids/G.R. Christian
* denotes number of years named to MIAA Academic Honor Roll
KEY: BsB-Baseball, BB-Basketball, CC-Cross Country, FB-Football,
GO-Golf, SB-Softball, SO-Soccer, SW-Swimming, TE-Tennis, TR-Track,
Tn-Trainer, VB-Volleyball
