Hope College

• Hope teams during 2012-13 took advantage of every opportunity to compete in the qualifying tournaments of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA). The season-ending tournaments in 13 sports determine who will represent the conference in NCAA championship play. Hope was the only MIAA member college to advance to every qualifier.

• Hope finished second in the MIAA Commissioner Cup standings behind rival Calvin. The Cup is presented to the member college with the best cumulative performance in the league's 20 sports. Hope has won the Cup a league-record 34 times.

• Hope won four MIAA championships during 2013-13 -- women's basketball, men's and women's tennis and baseball.

• Hope qualified individuals or teams for nine NCAA championships -- men's and women's cross country, volleyball, women's basketball, men's and women's swimming & diving, women's tennis and men's and women's track & field. The women's cross country team finished 10th in NCAA Division III while the women's tennis team qualified for the national tournament a second consecutive year.

• Hope ranked 64th among the 330 NCAA Division III college in the Learfield Cup national standings compiled by the National Association of Directors of Athletics (NACDA). NCAA Division III consisted of 444 institutions in 2012-13.

• Lacrosse for men and women made its intercollegiate debut in 2012-13 bringing to 20 the number of sports sponsored by Hope.

• Forty-five athletes were voted to the All-MIAA first teams and an additional 28 received All-MIAA second team recognition. The MIAA Academic Honor Roll included 192 Hope student-athletes, including xx for a fourth consecutive year. Ten teams received the MIAA All-Academic Team GPA award. The women's cross country team received the honor for a 15th consecutive year. Other teams honored included women's basketball, women's golf, women's lacrosse, women's soccer, women's swimming & diving, men's and women's tennis, women's track & field, and volleyball. Both cross country teams received All-Academic accolades from the United States Track and Field Cross Country Coaches Association of America.

• Three athletes were voted the MIAA's most valuable player in their sport -- Libby Westrate (swimming), Bobby Cawood (tennis) and Sarah Venlet (track). Honored as the outstanding defensive player in an MIAA sport were Liz Ellis (basketball) and Jessica Maier (volleyball). Honored by the MIAA for their sportsmanship were Kyle Kreps (tennis) and Charlotte Park (golf) while receiving coaches' academic honors were Leah LaBarge (tennis) and Luke Dishnow (soccer).

• Four athletes achieved Division III All-America status -- Greer Bratschie and Jenna Grasmeyer in volleyball, Joel Rietsema and Sarah Venlet in swimming. In basketball, Colton Overway was named to the national Good Works team.

• Voted Hope's outstanding senior student-athletes were Cory Schmidt (baseball) and Libby Westrate (swimming).

• Receiving All-Region honors in a sport were TJ Klein (baseball) and Laura Tjepkema (softball).

• Two athletes, Laura Tjepkema (softball) and Cory Schmidt (baseball) were voted CoSIDA Academic All-Americans. Seniors Mark Karam and Brian Lynn were honored by the National Football Foundation for academic excellence.

• The sportsmanship displayed by the women's soccer team was recognized by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA).

• The volleyball team was the Division III national leader in two statistical categories, assists and kills per set.

• Senior Chris Kunnen was named the Player of the Year by the American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA). Hockey is a club sport at Hope. The Flying Dutchmen advanced to the semi-finals of the national tournament.
• Dr. Kirk Brumels, associate professor of kinesiology and program director of athletic training education, was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Michigan Athletic Trainers’ Society Cross country coach Mark Northuis was honored as the Great Lakes Region women's coach of the year.

• A new Distinguished Service Award created by the MIAA was presented to longtime Hope professor Lynne Hendrix who served as one of the college's faculty representative.

• The college acquired the municipal football stadium from the City of Holland. It was named for longtime football coach Ray Smith and his wife, Sue. The college-owned DeWitt Tennis Center was named the “Outstanding Organization of the Year” by the Western Michigan District of the United States Tennis Association