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Posted June 8, 2001
Recent graduate Kim Grotenhuis of Hamilton (Hamilton HS) has capped her brilliant collegiate career by becoming the first Hope College athlete in school history to be named a first-team Verizon Academic All-American three times.
Grotenhuis has been named a softball Academic All-American for the second time in her career. Last fall she was voted a volleyball Academic All-American.
The first Hope student-athlete to be honored in two different sports, she is the only honoree on this year's softball Academic All-America first team to have achieved a perfect 4.0 grade point average.
A social studies composite major, Grotenhuis gained MIAA all-conference recognition in both volleyball and softball. Her perfect GPA brought her Phi Beta Kappa recognition. She was also presented the college's Schouten Award as the outstanding female senior student-athlete and the Southland Medal as the outstanding woman in the senior class.
This spring she posted a 12-6 record with a school-record 0.90 earned run average. Over her career she was 47-23, had a 1.44 ERA and struck out a school-record 396 batters. She pitched three no-hitters. As the team's setter in volleyball, she established school records for assists.
The daughter of Larry and Beverly Grotenhuis of Hamilton, she is a 1997 graduate of Hamilton High School.
Grotenhuis is the fifth Hope softball player to be named an Academic All-American joining Anne Hendrickson (1985), DeeAnn Knoll (1987 and 1988), Johanna Pscodna (1992) and Laurie Byington (1996).
Since 1973, a total of 34 Hope student-athletes have been recognized through the Verizon/GTE program.
The Verizon Academic All-America program has been sponsored since 1952 by the College Sports Information Directors Association (CoSIDA). It was previously known as the GTE Academic All-American program. Verizon Communications was formed by the merger of Bell Atlantic and GTE. The program rewards college student-athletes who excel in the classroom and on the playing field.
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