MIAA Team GPA Award
Fourteen Hope College athletic teams have earned the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Team GPA Award for the 2018-19 school year.
The MIAA Team GPA Award is presented to conference athletic teams that achieve a 3.300 or better grade point average for an academic year. Grade point averages are calculated at the end of the academic year.
Six of Hope's seven MIAA champions during the 2018-19 school year also are MIAA Team GPA Award recipients.
The volleyball team, coached by Becky Schmidt, recorded Hope's top GPA at 3.72.
MIAA Academic Honor Roll
HOLLAND — The 2018-2019 Academic Honor Roll of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) includes 234 student-athletes from Hope College.
The academic awards program is administered by the faculty representatives of the MIAA member colleges.
The 29th annual Academic Honor Roll consists of student-athletes who maintained a minimum 3.5 grade point average for the year.
Among the Hope students named to the Honor Roll are 25 seniors who both lettered four years and achieved the academic distinction. They are Sydney Asselin (swimming) from Holland/Holland Christian; Eliza Beird (soccer) from Holland/Black River; Amanda Bentley (cross country and indoor track and field) from Somonauk, Ill./Somonauk; Stephen Binnig (soccer) from Pittsburgh, Penn./North Allegheny HS; Abigail Brinks (swimming), from Commerce Township/Walled Lake Northern HS; Grace Bubin (soccer), from Rockford/Rockford HS; Morgan Buursma (soccer) from Grandville/Calvin Christian HS; Hilary Curry (soccer), from Grand Rapids/Calvin Christian HS; Emma DuMez (volleyball) from Lake Geneva, Wis./Badger HS; Justin Folkert (tennis) from Hamilton/Hamilton HS; Emily Hamilton (cross country, indoor track & field, outdoor track & field) from Naperville, Ill./Naperville North; Connor Howell (football) from Novi/Novi HS; Michael Kiley (tennis), from Muskegon/Mona Shores HS; Lindsay Kooy (soccer) from Metamora/Flint Powers Catholic HS; Erin LaBarge (tennis) from Hudsonville/Hudsonville HS; Taylor LaBarge (tennis) from Hudsonville/Hudsonville HS; Avery Lowe (cross country, indoor track & field, outdoor track & field) from North Muskegon/North Muskegon HS; Kristen Marsman (soccer) from Holland/Holland Christian HS; Sara Plohetski (swimming & diving) from South Lyon/South Lyon HS; Nathan Schloff (cross country, indoor track & field, outdoor track & field) from Holland/Holland Christian HS; Mackenzie Schmidt (cross country) from Spring Lake/Spring Lake HS; Brian Simonich (swimming) from Highland/Milford HS; Murphy Stadelmaier (soccer) from Midland/Herbert Henry Dow HS; Benjamin Turner (indoor track & field, outdoor track & field) from Albion/Olivet HS; and Allison VanderStoep (indoor track & field, outdoor track & field) from Holland/West Ottawa HS.
