Five Hope College basketball student-athletes have been chosen to The 2022-23 Academic All-District® Men's and Women's Basketball Teams, selected by College Sports Communicators.
Seniors Claire Baguley, Kate Majerus, Ella McKinney, and Meg Morehouse of the MIAA co-champion Flying Dutch are honored, as is senior Evan Thomas of the Flying Dutchmen.
All five of Hope's Academic All-District® honorees advance to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-America® ballot.
First-, second- and third-team Academic All-America® honorees will be announced in mid March.
The Academic All-America® program recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the court and in the classroom. The College Sports Communicators Academic All-America® program separately recognizes basketball honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA — for each gender.
The Division III College Sports Communicators Academic All-America® programs is partially financially supported by the NCAA Division II and III national governance structures to assist CSC with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2022-23 Divisions III Academic All-America® program.
Majerus is a fifth-year forward from Sycamore, Illinois (Sycamore HS). The English Language Arts education major has played in 118 career games for the Flying Dutch and helped the program earn a third national championship in 2022.
Majerus has started 58 games the past two seasons and is a career 42.2 percent 3-point shooter.
Baguley is a forward from Ada, Michigan (Forest Hills Central). The environmental science major has appeared in 98 games, including all 25 this season in her first year as a starter.
Baguley, who has been accepted into the University of Oakland Medical School, is averaging a career-high 12.9 points per game this season while shooting a career-best 63.8% from the field and 56.8% from the 3-point range.
McKinney is a guard from Haslett, Michigan (Haslett). The biology major is scoring a career-high 12.4 points per game this season.
McKinney, who has been accepted into the University of Michigan Dental School, has played in 95 career games, including all 25 this season, her first as a starter.
Last season, McKinney was named to the NCAA Championships All-Tournament team.
Morehouse is a guard from Zeeland, Michigan (Zeeland East HS). The physical and health education major is averaging a career-high 20.1 minutes per game this season in her first season as a starter.
Morehouse has appeared in 88 career games. This season, Morehouse is producing a career-best 2.7 assists and 3.7 rebounds per game.
Thomas is a forward from Okemos, Michigan (Okemos). The biology major leads the Flying Dutchmen in scoring at 16.0 points per game despite playing in 15 of 24 games due to injury.
During his career, Thomas has scored 1,289 points over 80 games and 20th all-time in career points at Hope. As a junior, Thomas was selected as the MIAA's Most Valuable Basketball Player.
Thomas has been accepted into the University of Michigan Medical School and plans to enroll after graduating in May.
