HOLLAND -- Letterwinners on spring sports teams at HopeCollege have been announced by athletic directors Ray Smith and Eva Dean Folkert.
The spring season culminated a successful year of intercollegiate athletics as HopeCollege won the Commissioner's Cup for having the best cumulative men's and women's program in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA). Hope also finished first in the MIAA men's and tied for first in the MIAA women's all-sports standings.
It marked the 27th time in school history that Hope has won the coveted MIAA Commissioner's Cup, the most of any member school.
Eight athletes lettered all four years in their respective spring sport. They were: Mike Billingsley of Birmingham (baseball), Candace Graham of Hudsonville (softball), Priya Malviya of Holland (women's tennis), Tina Pike of Rochester, Minn. (women's track), Emily Schlitz of Potterville, (women's track), Megan Sheehan of Hudsonville (softball), Travis Young of Tustin (men's track), and Andrew Vlasak of Grosse Pointe (baseball).
BASEBALL
Andrew Bedan*, freshman from Grosse Pointe/Grosse Pointe South
Mike Billingsley****, senior from Birmingham/Birmingham Seaholm
Brian Blanchard**, senior from Battle Creek/Lakeview
Nathan Brandsen***, junior from Holland/Holland Christian
Kurtis DeHorn**, sophomore from Allendale/Allendale
Jon Deming***, senior from Portage/Portage Northern
Jon Edmondson***, junior from Grand Rapids/Forest Hills Central
Colin Fry**, sophomore from St. Joseph/St. Joseph
Joseph Goeb*, freshman from E. Grand Rapids/E. Grand Rapids
Michael Howes***, junior from Alma/Alma
Joshua Hundt***, junior from Lansing/Okemos
Timothy Judson*, freshman from Hoffman Estates, Ill./Barrington
Daniel Keogh**, sophomore from Grosse Pt. Farms/Grosse Pte. South
Jack Keifer*, freshman from Manistee/Manistee
Bruce Lund***, senior from Reed City/Reed City
William Lutke**, sophomore from Allendale/Unity Christian
George MacKenzie**, junior from Grosse Pt. Farms/Grosse Pte. South
David Moran*, freshman from Dowagiac/Dowagiac Union
Vance Nardin**, senior from Kentwood/East Kenwood
Anthony Pastrick**, sophomore from St. Joseph/St. Joseph
Justin Pratt*, freshman from Hastings/Hastings
Michael Rodgers**, sophomore from Saline/Saline
Matthew Sattler*, sophomore from Brighton/Hartland
Scott Sommavilla*, freshman from Holland/West Ottawa
Kyle Trapp**, junior from Grand Rapids/Forest Hills Central
Matt VanBeek**, sophomore from Hudsonville/Unity Christian
Michael VanderVelde**, sophomore from Grandville/Grandville
Andrew Vlasak****, senior from Grosse Pointe/Grosse Pte. South
SOFTBALL
Emily Adams***, junior from Hudsonville/Hudsonville
Rebecca Baker*, freshman from Layfayette, Co./Centaurus
Amanda Boden**, junior from Ithaca/Ithaca
Katherine Bray*, sophomore from Muskegon/Reeths Puffer
Kylee Brouwer*, freshman from Hudsonville/Hudsonville
Danielle Constantin**, sophomore from Midland/Midland
Cristi DeGraff*, senior from South Holland, Ill./Illiana Christian
Casaundra Feltner*, freshman from Clarkston/Holly
Candace Graham****, senior from Hudsonville/Hudsonville
Erika Guijarro*, freshman from Los Angeles, Ca./Marshall
Kelsey Guisbert**, junior from Farmington/Farmington
Libby Hammon***, junior from Allegan/Allegan
Katie Immink*, freshman from Hudsonville/Hudsonville
Nicole Izenbaard**, sophomore from Kalamazoo/Kalamazoo Christian
Lauren Kucera**, sophomore from Dyer, Ind./Lake Central
Jessica Regnerus*, freshman from Hudsonville/Hudsonville
Kristi Rietveld*, freshman from New Lenox, Ill./Lincoln-Way Central
Megan Sheehan****, senior from Hudsonville/Hudsonville
Laura Tanouye*, freshman from Darian, Ill./Hinsdale South
Rebecca Whitman**, junior from Ludington/Ludington
MEN'S TENNIS
Robert Dody**, junior from Whitehall/Whitehall
Brandon King*, freshman from Grandville/Grandville
Andy Phillips***, junior from White Pigeon/Sturgis
Nathan Reed*, freshman from Glen Arbor/Glen Lake
Dustin Ruch*, sophomore from Zeeland/Zeeland
Andrew Ruemenapp***, junior from Petoskey/Petoskey
Jason Wagenmaker***, junior from Grand Haven/Grand Haven
WOMEN'S TENNIS
Erin Bradley***, junior from Hastings/Hastings
Lauren Engel***, junior from Traverse City/Central
Anneliese Fox***, junior from Alma/Alma
Christine Garcia*, freshman from Battle Creek/Battle Creek Central
Ashley Leary**, sophomore from Naperville, Ill./North Central
Priya Malviya***, senior from Holland/Holland
Heather Mandel*, freshman from Wheaton, Ill./Wheaton North
Amy Norris**, sophomore from Ann Arbor/Pioneer
Megan Wolthuis*, freshman from Mattawan/Mattawan
MEN'S TRACK & FIELD
*** Kyle Barnes***, junior from Central Lake//Central
** Justin Blazek,** sophomore from Portage/Northern
** Matt Casillas**, junior from E. Grand Rapids/East Grand Rapids
* Andrew Denniger*, freshman from Winfield, Ill./Winfield
*** Peter Derby***, senior from Cadillac/Cadillac
** Sanders Frye**, sophomore from Harbor Springs/Harbor Springs
* Erik George*, freshman from Livonia/Churchill
* Michael Groendyk*, freshman from Moorestown, N.J./Moorestown
** Aaron Kenemer**, sophomore from Zeeland/Zeeland
** Scott Langille**, sophomore from Glen Ellyn, Ill./Glenbard West
* Colin Lawrence*, freshman from Red Creek, N.Y./Steerling
** Jeffrey Layman**, sophomore from Holland/West Ottawa
* Mark McBride*, freshman from Ithaca/Ithaca
* Andrew Mininger*, senior from Traverse City/Central
* Chad Rector*, freshman from Grant/Grant
** Cameron Schuler**, sophomore from Albion/Albion
* Joseph Seymour*, freshman from Holland/Holland
* Rob Shooks*, sophomore from Central Lake/Central Lake
** Kyle Smith**, sophomore from Ada/Forest Hills Northern
*** Matthew Svoboda***, senior from Grand Haven/Grand Haven
** Ryan TerLouw**, sophomore from Pella, Ia./Pella
* Jason Todd*, sophomore from Niles/Niles
* Benjamin Walker*, junior from Okemos/Okemos
*** Tyson Warner***, junior from Portage/Northern
*** Jeff Weber***, junior from Grandville/Grandville
* Seth Weener*, freshman from Grandville/Grandville
* Michael Wilburn*, freshman from Rochester/Rochester
* Kyle Williams*, junior from Plainwell/Delton-Kellogg
*** Philip Wilson***, junior from Fruitport/Muskegon
* Alexander Wood*, sophomore from Traverse City/Traverse City West
**** Travis Young****, senior from Tustin/Pine River
* Nicholas Zendler*, freshman from Flint/Carman-Ainsworth
WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD
*** Laura Borovsky***, junior from Livonia/Churchill
* Amanda Bylsma*, sophomore from Hudsonville/Calvin Christian
* Holli Cooper*, senior from Cass City/Cass City
* Natalie Dall'Olmo*, freshman from Traverse City/Traverse City West
* Shayna Drost*, freshman from Charlevoix/Charlevoix
* Viktorija Graudins*, freshman from Kalamazoo/Loy-Norrix
* Lydia Hartsell*, freshman from Jefferson, Minn./Jefferson
* Kara Henderson*, junior from Pierce, Ca./Pierce
* Anne Hoekstra*, freshman from Kalamazoo/Loy Norrix
* Jennifer Ivanoff*, freshman from Flushing/Flushing
* Gracia Kamps*, senior from Hudsonville/Covenant Christian
* Heather Kamps*, junior from North Muskegon/North Muskegon
** Leah Koopmans**, sophomore from Holland/Holland
** Elizabeth Kreuze**, sophomore from Kalamazoo/Otsego
*** Lindsey Kuipers***, senior from Grandville/Grandville
* Lindsay Lange*, freshman from Manistee/Manistee
* Tricia Miedema*, freshman from Caledonia/Caledonia
** Erin Mitteer**, sophomore from Middleville/Caledonia
* Lissa Moore*, sophomore from Battle Creek/Lakeview
* Sara Omanson*, sophomore from Naperville, Ill./Naperville North
* Lisa Peterson*, freshman from Upper Arlington, Oh./Upper Arlington
**** Tina Pike****, senior from Rochester, Minn./Central
**** Emily Schlitz****, senior from Potterville/Potterville
** Mishelle Scott*, sophomore from Traverse City/Traverse City West
* Rebekah Shyne*, junior from Muskegon/Reeths-Puffer
** Leslie Tableman**, sophomore from Lansing/Lansing Eastern
** Allison Trotter**, junior from Haslett/Haslett
** Jennifer VanderMeer**, sophomore from Holland/Holland
*** Maureen Warfield***, junior from Jackson/Adrian