A league-high 230 Hope College student-athletes have made the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Academic Honor Roll for the 2015-16 school year, including 34 football players.
The 27th annual Academic Honor Roll consists of student-athletes who maintained a minimum 3.5 grade point average for the year. The academic awards program is administered by the faculty representatives of the MIAA member colleges.
* denotes number of years named to MIAA Academic Honor Roll
* Jake Birkhaug, sophomore from Batavia, Ill./Batavia
*** Jacob Boersma, senior from Grandville/Grandville
* Matt Childs, freshman from Munster, Ind./Munster
* Michael Custer, junior from Zeeland/Zeeland East
* Jacob Davenport, freshman from Livonia/Lutheran Westland
*** Dean DeVries, senior from Grandville/Grandville
*** Max Elder, senior from Orchard Lake/Andover
* Brandon Ellsworth, junior from Webberville/Fowlerville
* Sam Eshuis, sophomore from Scotts/Climax-Scotts
* Darren Ford, sophomore from Howell/Howell
* Stephen Gerger, senior from Laingsburg/Laingsburg
* Kirk Gibson, junior from Scotts/Climax-Scotts
** Keegan Goalen, senior from Hudsonville/Hudsonville
* Jake Helm, senior from Holland/Holland
* Tyler Horn, freshman from Marshall/Marshall
* Connor Howell, freshman from Novi/Novi
* Noah Kochanski, freshman from Royal Oak/Royal Oak
**** Matt Kroll, senior from Grand Haven/Grand Haven
* Chris Leigh, sophomore from Lake Orion/Lake Orion
* Andy Lucas, junior from McBain/McBain
** Ricky May, junior from Grand Rapids/East Kentwood
** Taylor Myer, senior from Ludington/Ludington
*** Aaron O'Meara, junior from Wyandotte/Theodore Roosevelt
*** Brandon Parcell, senior from Cadillac/Cadillac
* Jacob Pardonnet, sophomore from Brighton/Brighton
* Justin Phillips, junior from Kent City/Kent City
* Matt Reitsma, sophomore from Lowell/Lowell
* Michael Stephan, junior from Belding/Belding
* Jake Stid, freshman from Mason/Mason
* Tyler Trisch, freshman from Brighton/Brighton
* Jacob VanderVeen, sophomore from Alto/Caledonia
* Adam Walma, junior from Caledonia/Caledonia
* Cole Watson, junior from Louisville, Colo./Monarch
*** Ethan Zimmerman, senior from Niles/Edwardsburg
Kroll is one of 20 student-athletes to earn the honor all four years.
