BASEBALL
Baseball Claims Two MIAA MVP Awards, Four All-MIAA Honorees
Fifth-year seniors Sean Hoey and Evan Maday made the most of their final seasons on the baseball diamond for Hope College.
In addition to leading the Flying Dutchmen to an MIAA regular-season championship this spring, the dynamic duo have earned Most Valuable Player honors from the league’s coaches.
Hoey is the MIAA’s Most Valuable Pitcher. Maday, a center fielder, is the Most Valuable Position Player of the Year.
The accomplishments mark the 16th season the Flying Dutchmen have claimed MVP honors and the second time they swept both honors. In 2007, Mike Rodgers (pitcher) and Brian Baker (position player) were honored.
Hoey (Holland, Michigan / West Ottawa HS) went 5-0 with 3.77 ERA in seven starts against MIAA opponents this season. The right-hander and education major topped the league in both innings pitched with 43 and strikeouts with 51.
Maday (Grand Rapids, Michigan / East Kentwood) finished fourth in the MIAA batting race with a .407 average over 21 league games.
The civil engineering major homered an MIAA-best seven times and tied for fourth with 27 RBIs during league play.
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