Liam Casey/Hope College
Six Hope College student-athletes have been selected as Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Athlete of the Week honors: Liam Casey in men’s golf, Thomas De Vries in men’s soccer, Amanda Lopykinski in women’s tennis, Cole Pauly in men’s soccer, Maddy Struck in women’s cross country, and Connor Vachon in men’s cross country.
Casey (Northville, Michigan / Detroit Catholic Central HS) is the MIAA Men’s Golfer of the Week for the first time this season and the fourth time in his career. The sophomore shot rounds of 4-under-par 67 and 71 last week to claim medalist honors and lead the Flying Dutchmen to a first-place finish at Carthage College’s Strawberry Classic.
De Vries (Byron Center, Michigan / South Christian) is the MIAA Men’s Soccer Offensive Athlete of the Week for the first time in his career. The junior midfielder and public accounting/business major recorded points in each of the Flying Dutchmen’s three victories last week against Olivet College, the No. 3-ranked University of Chicago and Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (Ind.). De Vries scored a goal during a 3-0 victory against Olivet and during a 1-0 victory against Rose-Hulman while also assisting on the game-winner against Chicago.
Lopykinski (Lemont, Illinois / Lemont Township) is the MIAA Women’s Tennis Athlete of the Week for the first time this season and the second time in her career. The sophomore neuroscience major went 3-1 in singles play and 4-0 in doubles matches during the Flying Dutch’s two-day tournament last weekend on campus.
Pauly (Mundelein, Illinois / Mundelein) is the MIAA Men’s Soccer Defensive Athlete of the Week for the first time this season and the second time in his career. The sophomore defender anchored a Hope defense that did not allow a goal during three games and 270 minutes of action last week.
Struck (Hainesville, Illinois / Grayslake Central) is the MIAA Women’s Cross Country Athlete of the Week for the first time. The exercise science major posted a sixth-place run of 21 minutes, 54.7 seconds to lead the nationally-ranked Flying Dutch to a third-place effort at the Wheaton College Gil Dodds Invitational on Saturday.
Vachon (Jenison, Michigan / Jenison) is the MIAA Men’s Cross Country Athlete of the Week for the first time this season and the fifth time in his career. The secondary education major clocked a fifth-place finish at Wheaton’s invitational with a run of 24:39.3 that helped the regionally-ranked Flying Dutchmen place third out of 18 teams on Saturday.
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