2010-11 in
Review
- For an 11th consecutive year, Hope won the Michigan
Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Commissioner's Cup for
the best cumulative performance in the league's 18 sports for men
and women. Hope ranked 55th among the 310 NCAA Division III
colleges included in the NACDA Director's Cup national
standings.
- Hope won five MIAA championships -- men's soccer, volleyball,
men's and women's basketball and men's track & field.
- Hope qualified for individuals or teams in 10 NCAA
championships -- men's soccer, men's and women's cross country,
men's and women's basketball, men's and women's swimming &
diving, men's and women's track & field and volleyball.
- Seven athletes were voted the MIAA's most valuable player --
Chris Ansel, golf; Logan Neil, soccer; Liz Ellis, basketball
(defensive); Andrea Reinecke, softball (pitcher); and Kara Vande
Gutche, Heidi Grotters and Nicholas Rinck , track & field. In
addition, Brad Boelkins was presented the tennis scholar-athlete
award.
- Fifty athletes were voted to the All-MIAA first teams and an
additional 24 received All-MIAA second team recognition. The MIAA
Academic Honor Roll included 193 Hope student-athletes, including
16 for a fourth consecutive year. Ten teams, including all nine of
Hope's women's teams, received the MIAA All-Academic Team GPA award
-- women's basketball, women's cross country, women's golf,
softball, women's soccer, women's swimming & diving, men's and
women's tennis, women's track & field, and volleyball. The
women's cross country team received the honor for a 13th
consecutive year.
Three athletes achieved Division III All-America status --
Carrie Snikkers, basketball; John Donkersloot, track & field
and Jacie Fiedler, volleyball. Snikkers and Donkersloot were each
honored for a third consecutive year.
- Voted Hope's outstanding senior student-athletes were John
Donkersloot (track & field) and Kara Vander Gutche (volleyball
and track & field).
Three Hope athletic teams topped NCAA Division III in average
home attendance -- volleyball and men's and women's basketball. The
men's soccer program ranked second nationally in average home
attendance.
Enjoy Our 10-11 Photo Galleries
Highlighting Hope Athletics
Community Day Football Game
Hope/Calvin Volleyball Rivalry Match
Men's Soccer Purple Game for the Cure
Homecoming
2010
MIAA Volleyball Tournament - Hope vs.
Calvin
NCAA Regional Cross Country Meet (men)
NCAA Regional Cross Country Meet (women)
Hope/Calvin Men's Basketball Rivalry Game
Hope/Calvin Women's Basketball Rivalry Game
MIAA Swimming & Diving Championships
(men)
MIAA Swimming & Diving Championships
(women)
MIAA Men's Basketball Tournament - Hope vs.
Calvin
ACHA National Hockey Tournament at Hope
Seasons in Review
Fall
Sports Season
Winter
Sports Season
Spring
Sports Season
Photo Highlights of a Banner Year
