Athletic letter recipients for the 2020-21 Hope College winter sports teams have been announced by athletic director Tim Schoonveld.

Hope finished first in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association in women's basketball and women’s indoor track and field, third in men’s and women’s swimming & diving and men’s indoor track and field, and sixth in men’s basketball.

Hope is 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 22 sports sponsored by the MIAA.

Twenty-one athletes lettered in their sport for a fourth time.  They are: Ryann Gamm/Basketball, Preston Granger/Basketball, Calvin Hackert/Basketball, Sam Vree/Basketball/Mallory Gerber/Basketball, Jessica Moorman/Basketball, Lauren Newman/Basketball, Kenedy Schoonveld/Basketball, Ashleigh Thomas/Basketball, Olivia Voskuil/Basketball,  Mackenzie Ralston, Swimming, Hope Reynolds, Swimming, Emma Schaefer/Swimming, Barry Bait/Indoor Track & Field, Lukas Bruxvoort/Indoor Track & Field, Jared Lowe/Indoor Track & Field, Zackary Murphy/Indoor Track & Field, Noah Russo/Indoor Track & Field, Hannah Bredeweg/Indoor Track & Field, Hannah Kenny/Indoor Track & Field and Emily Tyner/Indoor Track & Field.

Men's Basketball Letterwinners

Danny Beckman***, senior from Shelby, Michigan/Shelby

Jeff Bikus**, junior from Hawthorn Woods, Ill./Mundelein

Clayton Dykhouse**, sophomore from Zeeland/Zeeland East

Ryan Gamm****,senior from Rockford/Rockford

Tyler George***, junior from Ada/Forest Hills Central

Preston Granger****, senior from Lansing/Lansing Christian

Calvin Hackert****, senior from Ludington/Ludington

Harris Hawkins*, sophomore from Lexington, Kentucky/Henry Clay

Jake Honer***,senior from Angola, Ind./Angola

Josh Lilja*, junior from Libertyville, Illinois/Libertyville

TJ McKenzie*, sophomore from North Muskegon, Michigan/North Muskegon

Eli Schoonveld*, freshman from Zeeland, Michigan/Holland Christian

Brady Swinehart*, sophomore from Ionia, Michigan/Ionia

Evan Thomas**, freshman from Okemos/Okemos

Sam Vree****, senior from Lansing, Ill./Illiana Christian

Tanner Wiegerink*, freshman from Holland, Michigan/West Ottawa

Joe Wilkins**,senior from South Haven/South Haven

Women's Basketball Letterwinners

Claire Baguley**,sophomore from Ada/Forest Hills Central

Courteney Barnes***, senior from Mokena, Ill./Lincoln-Way Central

Kasey DeSmit***,junior from Hudsonville/Hudsonville

Savannah Feenstra*, sophomore from Osceloa, Indiana/Northwood

Mallory Gerber****, senior from Schaumburg, Ill./Schaumburg

Raven Jemison*, freshman from Grand Rapids, Michigan/East Kentwood

Natalee Kott*, senior from Manistee, Michigan/Manistee

Katherine Majerus***, junior from Sycamore, Ill./Sycamore

Ella McKinney**, sophomore from Haslett/Haslett

Jessica Moorman****,senior from Northville/Northville

Meg Morehouse**,sophomore from Zeeland/Zeeland East

Sydney Muller***,senior from Grand Rapids/Grand Rapids Christian

Lauren Newman****, senior from Flushing/Flushing

Kenedy Schoonveld****,senior from Zeeland/Holland Christian

Hannah Smith***, junior from Midland/Midland

Ashleigh Thomas****, senior from Shelby Township/Lutheran North

Jessica Velasquez*, freshman from Goodrich, Michigan/Goodrich

Olivia Voskuil****,senior from Holland/Holland Christian

 

Men's Swimming/Diving Letterwinners

Brant Assink**, sophomore from Holland/Holland Christian

Spencer Cahill**, sophomore from East Kentwood/East Kentwood

Ben Catton*, freshman from Holland, Michigan/Holland Christian

Ben DuBay*, freshman from Omaha, Nebraska/Millard West

Theo Duong**, sophomore from East Kentwood/East Kentwood

Andrew Dwan***, junior from Bay City/John Glenn

Connor East*, freshman from North Farmington/North Farmington

CJ Gillengerten*, freshman from Haslett, Michigan/Haslett

Chris Honsberger*, freshman from Zeeland, Michigan/Zeeland East

Collin Kline**, freshman from Hudsonville/Hudsonville

Justin Kneeshaw*, freshman from Northview, Michigan/Northview

Alex Krygowski*, freshman from Valparaiso, Indiana/Valparaiso

Reilly LaGrand*, freshman from Grand Rapids, Michigan/Catholic Central

Kyle Langdon*, freshman from Holland, Michigan/West Ottawa

Ted Lockett**, sophomore from Cincinnati, Ohio/St. Xavier

James Mandeville***, junior from Manistee/Terre Haute South

Jack Muller**, sophomore from Queensland, Australia/Meridan State

JT Nissen**,sophomore from Spring, Tex./Klein Collins

Jake Peterson*, freshman from San Antonio, Texas/Churchill

Braedon Pfeil*, freshman from Holt, Michigan/Holt

Nate Schaekel*, freshman from Pittsboro, Indiana/Brownsburg

Bailey Smith**, sophomore from Battle Creek/Lakeview

Zack Theis*, senior from St. Johns, Michigan/St. Johns

Ewan Tiongson*, freshman from Portage, Michigan/Portage Northern

Jackson Uyl**, sophomore from DeWitt/DeWitt

Kamaron Wilcox***, junior from Grand Rapids/Forest Hills Central

 

Women's Swimming/Diving Letterwinners

Lindsey Case*, freshman from Plymouth, Michigan/Mercy

Aubrey East***, junior from Farmington Hills/Farmington Hills

Emma Engle**, junior from Kalamazoo/Home School

Jess Estabrook*, freshman from Carmel, Indiana/Carmel

Sophia Farbarzhevich*, freshman from Grand Rapids, Michigan/Forest Hills Northern

Rachel Gamm*, freshman from Rockford, Michigan/Rockford

Ashley Geddes*, freshman from Zeeland, Michigan/Zeeland East

Allie Graver**, sophomore from Grosse Ile/Grosse Ile

Cameron Hamilton*, freshman from Libertyville, Illinois/Libertyville

Jocelyn Hobbs*, freshman from Milan, Michigan/Milan

Maggie Hoerner*, freshman from Holt, Michigan/Holt

Alyssa Kerkman**, sophomore from South Lyon/Saint Joseph

Maddie Kievit*, freshman from Grandville, Michigan/Grandville

Paige Kuhn***, junior from Dorr/Hamilton

Abigail LaDuke***, junior from Holland/West Ottawa

Macey Mayer**, sophomore from San Antonio, Tex./Johnson

Abby Mendels*, freshman from Holland, Michigan/Holland

Alexis Nelson*, freshman from Chelsea, Michigan/Chelsea

Jordan Neymeyer*, freshman from Eldridge, Iowa/North Scott

Maddy O'Donnell*, freshman from Lincolnshire, Illinois/Stevenson

Alexa Paiz Osorio***, junior from Kalamazoo/Kalamazoo Central

Alyssa Potyraj***, junior from Grandville/Grandville

Mackenzie Ralston****,senior from Norton Shores/Mona Shores

Sydney Randall**, sophomore from Byron Center/Byron Center

Hope Reynolds****, senior from Exon, Penn./Villa Maria Academy

Emma Schaefer****, senior from DeWitt/Saint Johns

Ari Schafer**, sophomore from Barrington, Ill./Barrington Community

Madeline Tessin*, freshman from Waxhaw, North Carolina/Marvin Ridge

Delaney Wesolek*, freshman from Bay City, Michigan/John Glenn

 

Men's Indoor Track & Field Letterwinners

Andrew Althouse *, senior from Ludington, Michigan/Ludington

Tyler Arntz*, freshman from -/Saint Francis

Barry Bait****,senior from Granville, Ohio/Granville

Evan Bleitz***, junior from Milan/Saline

Anders Bogard**, sophomore from Mattawan/Kalamazoo Christian

Lukas Bruxvoort****, senior from Holland/Holland Christian

Daniel Campbell*, freshman from Brighton, Michigan/Brighton

Momodou Colley*, freshman from Novi, Michigan/Walled Lake Western

Gabriel DeYoung*, sophomore from Saegertown, Pennsylvania/Saegertown

Drew Dow***, junior from Bridgman/Bridgman

Ashish Duvvuru**, sophomore from Rochester/Rochester Adams

Zachary Elmore**, sophomore from Cadillac/Cadillac

Joey Gillengerten*, freshman from East Lansing, Michigan/Haslett 

Nick Hoffman***, junior from Holland/Holland

Aidan Jones**,sophomore from West Olive/Black River

Jacob Kelley**, senior from Rockford/Rockford

Benjamin Lentz*, freshman from Charlevoix, Michigan/Charlevoix

Jared Lowe****,senior from Cincinnati, Ohio/Wyoming

David McHugh***, junior from Whitehall/Reeths Puffer

Elijah Meder*, sophomore from Williamston, Michigan/Lansing Catholic

Zackary Murphy****, senior from Coldwater/Coldwater

Silas Peterson*, freshman from Holland, Michigan/Zeeland West

Jackson Player**, sophomore from San Antonio, Tex./Winston Churchill

Peter Ruffolo*, sophomore from Warrenville, Illinois/Wheaton-Warrenville South

Noah Russo****, senior from Grand Rapids/East Grand Rapids

Eric Salisbury**, junior from Zeeland/Zeeland West

Luke Shoemaker*, sophomore from Elkhart, Indiana/Concord

Brett Slayton***, senior from Holland, Michigan/Hamilton

Lazerick Smith*, freshman from Glen Ellyn, Illinois/Glenbard West

Jack Tamlyn*, freshman from Wyoming, Michigan/West Michigan Aviation Academy

Nathaniel Trumble** junior from Granger, Ind./Trinity School at Greenlawn

Nathan Woolum**, sophomore from Mattawan/Mattawan

Case VanderZee**, sophomore from Holland/Holland Christian

 

Women's Indoor Track & Field Letterwinners

Emma Althouse*, sophomore from Ludington, Michigan/Ludington

Grace Behrens** sophomore from Mishawaka, Ind./Trinity School at Greenlawn

Claire Benedict**, sophomore from Ada/Forest Hills Eastern

Sabrina Blank*, junior from Traverse City, Michigan/St. FRancis

Amelia Bont**, sophomore from Chesterfield/Anchor Bay

Hannah Bredeweg****, senior from Zionsville, Ind./Zionsville

Bethany Colbrunn*, freshman from Zeeland, Michigan/Zeeland East

Jacinda Cole***, senior from Holland/West Ottawa

Katie Cole*, freshman from Batavia, Illinois/Batavia

Helen Dodge**,sophomore from Grosse Pointe Park/Grosse Pointe South

Kimmie Drake*, freshman from Katy, Texas/Seven Lakes

Libby Gorman*, freshman from Traverse City, Michigan/St. Francis

Kyria Gowman**, sophomore from Livonia/Adlai E. Stevenson

Makinzie Groves*, freshman from Coldwater, Michigan/Quincy

Marisa Guidone*, sophomore from Chicago, Illinois/Home School

Ellie Haan**, junior from McBain/Northern Michigan Christian

Sophie Hall***, junior from Holt/Haslett

Ellie Jankowski**,sophomore from Granger, Ind./Penn

Hannah Kenny****, senior from Grand Haven/Grand Haven

Laura Klubeck*, sophomore from Zeeland, Michigan/Holland Christian

Mical Knafel*, senior from -/Marshall

Lindsay Lane**, junior from West Olive/West Ottawa

Amana Lines** sophomore from Naples, Fla./First Baptist Academy

Rebecca Markham*, freshman from Hoffman Estates, Illinois/William Fremd

Anna Mason**, sophomore from Zeeland/Libertas Christian

Madeline Moore*, freshman from Hillsdale, Michigan/Hillsdale

Erin Moran*, freshman from Arlington Heights, Illinois/John Hersey

Claire Muckian***, senior from Saint Charles, Illinois/Saint Charles East

Taylor Novotny*, freshman from Batavia, Illinois/Batavia

Bailey O'Brien*, sophomore from -/Traverse City West

Alana Policastro*, freshman from Geneva, Illinois/Geneva ommunity

Olivia Quillan*, freshman from Grandville, Michigan/Calvin Christian

Megan Raisch*, freshman from Grand Rapids, Michigan/Forest Hills Central

Jessie Schamanek*, freshman from Rochester, Michigan/Stoney Creek

Samantha Schermerhorn*, sophomore from Traverse City, Michigan/Traverse City West

Hayley Scollard**, junior from Traverse City/Traverse City Central

Emily Scott*, Freshman from Naperville, Illinois/Naperville

Lauryn Thompson*, junior from Portage, Michigan/Hackett Catholic Prep

Julie Timperman*, sophomore from Lafayette, Indiana/Faith Christian

Brooke Truszkowski**, senior from Traverse City, Michigan/Traverse City Central

Ana Tucker**,sophomore from Midland/Herbert Henry Dow

Heleyna Tucker**, sophomore from Midland/Herbert Henry Dow

Emily Tyner****, senior from Ann Arbor 

Emma Wable*, senior from Linden, Michigan/Linden

Julia Wilson*, senior from Lancaster, Pennsylvania/Lancaster Mennonite

Basketball Cheerleader Letterwinners

Natalie Edwards*, junior from Barrington, Ill./Barrington