Athletics

Hope's athletic tradition embraces championships and scholar-athletes. Our coaches teach in the classroom and academic recognition and athletic accomplishment go hand-in-hand for our athletes.

As of 2012-13, Hope's intercollegiate teams had won 10 NCAA Championships and 34 MIAA Commissioner’s cups, for the best cumulative performance in the league’s 20 sports for men and women.

Hope, a Division III member, won 27 of the last 38 All-Sports Awards in the MIAA conference. iN 2012-13 Hope athletes and/or teams qualified for 10 NCAA championships.

High Spirits

Hope’s mascot is the Flying Dutchman, a nod to our Dutch heritage. Passion for our teams flies high, too. Fans deck out in orange and blue to fill DeVos Field House, one of the finest small college arenas in the nation. Several sports lead the nation in attendance.

Interested in playing a Division III sport at Hope?
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Men’s Teams and Coaches

Baseball	Stu Fritz	fritz@hope.edu [3]
Basketball	Matt Neil	neil@hope.edu [4]
Cross Country	Mark Northuis	northuis@hope.edu [5]
Football	Dean Kreps	kreps@hope.edu [6]
Golf	Bob Ebels	ebelsr@hope.edu [7]
Lacrosse	Michael Schanhals	schanhals@hope.edu [8]
Soccer	Steve Smith	sdsmith@hope.edu [9]
Swimming & Diving	John Patnott	patnott@hope.edu [10]
Tennis	Steve Gorno	gorno@hope.edu [11]
Track & Field	Kevin Cole	cole@hope.edu [12]

Women’s Teams and Coaches

Basketball	Brian Morehouse	morehouse@hope.edu [13]
Cross Country	Mark Northuis	northuis@hope.edu [5]
Golf	Greg Stafford	stafford@hope.edu [14]
Lacrosse	Tracy Benjamin	benjamin@hope.edu [15]
Soccer	Leigh Sears	sears@hope.edu [16]
Softball	Mary Vande Hoef	vandehoef@hope.edu [17]
Swimming & Diving	John Patnott	patnott@hope.edu [10]
Tennis	Adam Ford	ford@hope.edu [18]
Track & Field	Kevin Cole	cole@hope.edu [12]

Co-Ed Team and Coach

Cheerleading

Wes Wooley

wooley@hope.edu [19]

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