WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
For the second time in his Hope College coaching career, Brian Morehouse is honored by his peers as the best in NCAA Division III women’s basketball.
The architect and director of the Flying Dutch’s 29-0 team has been named the 2020 United States Marine Corps/Women’s Basketball Coaches Association NCAA Division III National Coach of the Year.
Morehouse also was named the D3hoops.com Division III Women’s Coach of the Year.
From the WBCA, Morehouse will be presented with the Pat Summitt Trophy, named for the late legendary University of Tennessee coach and awarded annually to the United States Marine Corps/WBCA National Coach of the Year in each of the WBCA’s six membership divisions. The NCAA Division III national coach of the year is selected by a committee of coaches.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Whether a game-sealing block to preserve an NCAA Tournament second-round victory, or a game-winning jumper against a conference rival as time expired, Kenedy Schoonveld delivered when it mattered most for the Hope College women’s basketball team.
The 5-10 guard was an exceptional teammate as well, spearheading the 29-0 and top-ranked Flying Dutch to the only perfect campaign in NCAA Division III this season.
Schoonveld’s elite performance helped her earn All-America honors from the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association and D3hoops.com. The junior from Zeeland, Michigan (Holland Christian HS) is one of 10 WBCA Division III All-Americans and five D3hoops Second Team All-Americans.
“She hit big shot after big shot in tight games,” head coach Brian Morehouse said of Schoonveld. “Whether it was the game winner versus Albion, or huge shots in big moments like Trine and Illinois Wesleyan, the moment was never too big for her.”
It is the 11th time a member of the Flying Dutch has claimed All-America honors. She joins a Hope group that includes Carrie Snikkers (2009-11), Maura McAfee (2014, 2016), Francesca Buchanan (2017), Jordyn Boles (2008), Bria Ebels (2006), Amanda Kerkstra (2003) and Kristin Carlson (1995).
Junior center Olivia Voskuil earns honorable-mention All-America honors.
