HOLLAND -- The winners of athletic letters for Hope College winter sports teams have been announced by men's athletic director Ray Smith and women's athletic director Eva Folkert.

Hope teams captured three of the four Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) winter sports championships.  Hope was champion in men's and women's basketball and men's swimming/diving.  Women's swimming/diving finished in second place.

Hope is also in first place in the MIAA Commissioner's Cup standings after the winter season.  The Commissioner's Cup is presented to the MIAA member school with the best cumulative standings in the 18 sports sponsored by the MIAA.

Eleven athletes lettered in their sport for a fourth consecutive year.  They are Jordyn Boles (basketball), Wade Engers (swimming), Julie Henderson (basketball), Nicholas Hinkle (swimming), Jeffrey Holtman (swimming), Trisha Meier (swimming), Emily Mills (cheerleading), Kevin O'Brien (swimming), Gregory Reznich (swimming), Amanda Scheeringa (cheerleading), and Stacy Warsen (basketball).

Men's Basketball Letterwinners

Brandon Bosch*, junior from Hudsonville (Hudsonville)
Will Bowser*, freshman from Midland (H.H. Dow)
Cody Canan*, junior from Grandville (Calvin Christian)
Kelvin Carter*, freshman from Midland (Midland)
Scott Glaser**, senior from Ann Arbor (Lenawee Christian)
Dan Holt***, senior from SpringLake (SpringLake)
Ryan Klein***, senior from Burr Ridge, Ill. (Timothy Christian)
Steven Kratz**, sophomore from Ludington (Ludington)
Zach Osburn**, junior from Holland (West Ottawa)
Jesse Reimink***, junior from Hudsonville (Hudsonville)
Douglas Sharples*, freshman from Washington (Romeo)
Ty Tanis*, freshman from Jenison (Jenison)
Marcus Vanderheide***, senior from Grandville (Calvin Christian)
Derek VanSolkema***, senior from Cutlerville (South Christian)
Tyler Wolfe***, senior from Cedar Springs (Cedar Springs)

Women's Basketball Letterwinners
Jordyn Boles****, senior from Grand Rapids (Forest Hills Central)
Erika Bruinsma*, freshman from Grand Rapids (Grand Rapids Christian)
Jenny Cowen**, sophomore from Dexter (Dexter)
Miranda DeKuiper*, freshman from Ludington (Ludington)
Dani Fegan*, freshman from Sault Ste. Marie (Sault Area)
Lauren Geers*, freshman from Scottville (Mason County Central)
Philana Greene**, sophomore from Grandville (Grandville)
Julie Henderson****, senior from Grand Haven (Grand Haven)
Courtney Knox***, junior from Mattawan (Mattawan)
Kaitlyn Kopke***, junior from Haslett (Haslett)
Rachael Kutney*, freshman from St. Clair Shores (Lakeshore)
Lindsay Lange***, senior from Manistee (Manistee)
Megan Mejeur*, sophomore from St. Joseph (St. Joseph)
Emily O'Hare**, sophomore from Grand Rapids (West Catholic)
Carrie Snikkers*, freshman from Hudsonville (Unity Christian)
Stacy Warsen****, senior from Cutlerville (South Christian)

Men's Swimming/Diving Letterwinners
Thomas Akers***, junior from Kentwood (East Kentwood)
Wade Engers****, senior from Ann Arbor (Ann Arbor Pioneer)
Phil Heyboer**, sophomore from Zeeland (Holland Christian)
Nicholas Hinkle****, senior from Mason (Mason)
Jeffrey Holtman****, senior from Rochester Hills (Rochester)
Brandon King**, sophomore from Willowbrook, Ill. (Hinsdale Twp. Central)
Stephen Kurti**, junior from Battle Creek (Battle Creek Lakeview)
Ryan Nelis**, sophomore from Holland (West Ottawa)
Kevin O'Brien****, senior from Battle Creek (Lakeview)
Lucas Osterbur***, junior from Greenville, Ohio (Greenville)
Matt Ray**, sophomore from Holland (Holland)
Gregory Reznich****, senior from Alma (Alma)
James Richardson**, sophomore from Mt. Vernon, Ohio (Mt.Vernon)
Matt Rose**, sophomore from Grandville (Grandville)
Mitch Ruch**, sophomore from Zeeland (Zeeland West)
Matthew Smith**, sophomore from Holland (Holland)
Clayton Sommers*, freshman from Zeeland (Zeeland East)
Nicholas Stone*, sophomore from Westland (John Glenn)
Cody Tozer**, sophomore from Sturgis (Sturgis)
Chas VanderBroek***, senior from Holland (Holland)
Austin Veltman*, freshman from Ada (Forest Hills Eastern)
J. Ryan Vogelzang***, junior from Holland (Holland Christian)
Aaron Welsch**, sophomore from St. Peters, Mo. (Ft. Zumwalt South)

Women's Swimming/Diving Letterwinners
Laura Ansilio***, junior from Western Springs, Ill. (LyonsTownship)
Rachel Bakken***, junior from Golden, Colo. (D'Evelyn)
Sarah Carr**, sophomore from Novi (Northville)
Meghan DeWees***, junior from Bay Village, Ohio (Bay)
Ann Frisella*, freshman from Arlington Heights, Ill. (Buffalo Grove)
Angie Griffore*, freshman from Holland (Holland)
Anna Heckenliable*, freshman from Fort Collins, Co. (Fort Collins)
Elizabeth Henning*, freshman from Wheaton, Ill. (Wheaton-Warrensville S.)
Ariel Humphrey*, freshman from Fremont (Fremont)
Ashley Jasperse*, freshman from Grand Rapids (Forest Hills Central)
Sarah Johnson***, junior from Delaware, Ohio (R.B. Hayes)
Andrea Keller***, junior from Kokomo, Ind. (Western)
Aria Kieft*, freshman from Spring Lake (Spring Lake)
Danelle Koetje*, freshman from Holland (Holland)
Trisha Meier****, senior from Cedar Park, Tex. (Naperville North)
Katherine Mix**, sophomore from Sycamore, Ill. (Sycamore)
Jessie Parsons**, sophomore from Anchorage, Ak. (HomeSchool)
Kelsey Pierson*, sophomore from Indianapolis (North Central)
Claire Piester**, sophomore from Columbia, Mo. (Hickman)
Brittaney Reest***, junior from Holland (West Ottawa)
Kathryn Schewe*, freshman from Berkley (Berkley)
Lauren Steel**, sophomore from Greensburg, Pa. (Greater Latrobe Sr.)
Tessa Talsma**, sophomore from Grandville (Unity Christian)
Alicia Tuuk*, freshman from Lansing, Ill. (Munster)
Heather Urling**, junior from Holland (West Ottawa)
Christina Vogelzang**, sophomore from Holland (Holland Christian)
Kate Williams**, sophomore from Wheaton, Ill. (Wheaton-Warrenville)
Whitney Willson**, sophomore from CommerceTownship (Walled Lake Western)

Basketball Cheerleader Letterwinners
Laura Adams***, junior from Bay City (Valley Lutheran)
Kyle Anderson*, freshman from Sparta (Sparta)
Zach Anderson**, sophomore from Sparta (Sparta)
Kalee Fox*, freshman from Canton (Plymouth)
Crystal Frost*, junior from Farmington, S.D. (Rosemount)
Mark Haskin*, junior from Zeeland (Zeeland)
Caramen Hirsch*, freshman from Highmore, S.D. (Highmore)
Tiffany Khousakoun**, sophomore from Holland (Holland)
Emily Mills****, senior from Marshall (Marshall)
Manuel Reynoso**, sophomore from Winfield, Ill. (Wheaton North)
Amanda Scheeringa****, senior from Schereville, Ind. (Illiana Christian)
Bart Schrader**, sophomore from Centerville (Centerville)
Karena Schroeder**, senior from ByronCenter (Byron Center)
Jeffrey Swift**, junior from Milwaukee, Wisc. (Milwaukee Lutheran)
Alicia Voyles***, senior from Fremont (Fremont)
Rachel Wendt*, senior from Hanover Park, Ill. (Glenbard North)
Jonathan Wissink***, junior from Zeeland (Zeeland East)
Matthew Wissink*, sophomore from Zeeland (Zeeland East)
Josh Zoerhof*, sophomore from Petoskey (Petoskey)

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