Hope's Nolan Gardner
BASEBALL
Hope College second baseman Nolan Gardner been named the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Baseball Position Player of the Week.
Gardner from Grand Rapids, Michigan (East Grand Rapids HS) helped the Flying Dutchmen sweep three games from Trine University last week. (The fourth game of the series was canceled due to inclement weather.)
It is the sophomore’s first MIAA Athlete of the Week honor.
Gardner batted .500 against the Thunder with three hits, two runs batted in, and three runs scored. All three of his hits were doubles.
Defensively, Gardner made four put-outs at second base with six assists. He committed zero errors.
In stealing one base as well in Friday’s Game 2, Gardner raised his season total to 24 stolen bases, good for second on the Hope team and in the MIAA.
WOMEN’S TRACK/FIELD
The Hope College women’s outdoor track/field team captured both of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Athlete of the Week awards.
Sophomore Amanda Lines of Naples, Florida (First Baptist Academy) is the Women’s Track Athlete of the Week, while senior Addyson Gerig of Holland, Michigan (West Ottawa) is the Women’s Field Athlete of the Week.
Both Lines, pictured at right, and Gerig, pictured below, both excelled at the MIAA Field Day last week and Alma College and helped the Flying Dutch claim their third consecutive outdoor league championship.
Lines sprinted to a first-place time in the 200 meters of 26.04 seconds and a third-place effort in the 100-meter dash of 12.96 seconds.
The comprehensive education K-8 and special education major also ran the second leg of the MIAA champion 4×100 relay.
This is the first time Lines has claimed the MIAA weekly honor.
Gerig, a senior from Holland, Michigan (West Ottawa), finished in the top five in three field events last week.
The elementary science major was the MIAA runner-up in the high jump with a leap of 1.56 meters (5 feet, 1 ¼ inch), took third in the triple jump at 10.27 meters (33-8 ½), and placed fifth in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 16.68 seconds.
This is the second week in a row and the fourth time all-time Gerig has received the MIAA weekly award.
MEN’S LACROSSE
The Hope College men’s lacrosse team swept Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Athlete of the Week honors, with midfielder Luke Elder for offense and goalie Ian Bosman for defense.
Elder, pictured at right, and Bosman, pictured below, helped the Flying Dutchmen defeat third-seeded Calvin University and top-seeded Albion College last week to win the MIAA tournament and clinch the league’s automatic berth to the NCAA Division III Tournament.
Elder scored 13 goals over the two games. The senior communication major from Grand Rapids, Michigan (East Grand Rapids HS) tied an MIAA Tournament record with seven goals during a 19-13 victory at Albion on Friday.
Against Calvin, Elder totaled six goals during a 22-7 semifinal victory.
This is Elder’s first MIAA Athlete of the Week award.
Bosman collected 24 saves over two times, including 15 with a .536 save percentage during the title game against Albion.
The junior biomedical and biomechanical engineering major from Centennial, Colorado (Cherry Creek) made nine saves with a .692 save percentage against Calvin.
This is Bosman’s second MIAA Athlete of the Week honor of the season and his career.
WOMEN’S TENNIS
Hope College’s Leah Newhof has been recognized as the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Women’s Tennis Athlete of the Week.
Newhof of Caledonia, Michigan (Grand Rapids Christian HS) helped the Flying Dutch to their ninth consecutive MIAA Tournament title last week.
It is the senior’s second MIAA Athlete of the Week honor this season.
Newhof, an exercise science major, went undefeated in each of her singles and doubles matches in the tournament.
At No. 2 singles, she topped the Belles’ Lucy Chamberlain, 6-1, 6-0, in the semifinals and defeated Kalamazoo’s Maddy Winarski, 6-2, 6-4, in the finals.
At No. 1 doubles with teammate Sydney Jackson, Newhof played to an 8-4 pro set victory over Saint Mary’s Megan Davy and Alyssa Gulli and a 8-3 win over Kalamazoo’s Helen Pelak and Sophie Zhuang.
On the season, Newhof has not dropped a set in any of her singles wins as she has a 10-1 overall record. At doubles with Jackson, she is also 10-1 this year.
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