Nineteen members of the Hope College football team have earned spots on the 2016-17 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Honor Roll.

David Bos, freshman from Hudsonville/Unity Christian

Michael Custer, senior from Zeeland/Zeeland East

Mason Dekker, sophomore from Holland/West Ottawa

Brandon Ellsworth, senior from Webberville/Fowlerville

Darren Ford, junior from Howell/Howell

Kirk Gibson, senior from Scotts/Climax-Scotts

Adam Howard, freshman from Jacksonville, Ill./Routt Catholic

Connor Howell, sophomore from Novi/Novi

Marcus Lambert, junior from West Olive/Zeeland West

Chris Leigh, junior from Lake Orion/Lake Orion

Bryce Norwood, junior from Dearborn/Dearborn

Aaron O'Meara, senior from Wyandotte/Theodore Roosevelt

Jacob Pardonnet, junior from Brighton/Brighton

Justin Phillips, senior from Kent City/Kent City

Logan Shadaia, sophomore from Oakland/Lake Orion

Michael Stephan, senior from Belding/Belding

Jared Stygstra, sophomore from Holland/Holland Christian

Adam Walma, senior from Caledonia/Caledonia

Cole Watson, senior from Louisville, Colo./Monarch

The group is among a league-high 202 Hope College student-athletes to earn spots on the MIAA Academic Honor Roll by maintaining a minimum 3.5 grade point average for the year.

O'Meara was among 16 Hope College student-athletes who made the MIAA Academic Honor Roll all four years.

The academic awards program is administered by the faculty representatives of the MIAA member colleges.

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