Fall Sport Athletes
Receive Recognition (12/7/07)
The
Trinity fall sports athletes excelled both in athletic competition and in the
classroom. A large number of these athletes were recognized at the conference,
regional, and national levels for their outstanding efforts this season.
Overall the soccer teams, cross country teams, and volleyball team had 12
players earn all-conference honors, nine players receive all-region accolades,
and four athletes merit all-American status.
The
women’s soccer team, who took third place at the NCCAA national tournament,
received a number of those post-season honors. Of  exceptional note individually
are Mindi Harkema ‘09, Natalie Buikema ‘09, and Taryne Blomgren ‘09. All three
of these athletes received all-conference, all-region, and all-American recognition.
Also of special mention are Leanne Visser ’09, who received the NCCAA
Tournament Defensive MVP award, and Coach Josh Lenarz, who was named the NCCAA
North Central Region Coach of the Year.
 Deserving
special mention, men’s cross country runner Andy Jellema ’09 had an exceptional
season. He set the school record, was named all-conference and all-region,
earned NCCAA all-American honors, and was a qualifier for the NAIA national
championships.
Equally
impressive to their athletic accomplishments are the achievements of the student-athletes
in the classroom. Of the 34 eligible athletes from the five fall sports, 19
earned NAIA and/or NCCAA scholar-athlete recognition. In order to earn those
honors the student-athlete must be a junior or senior, have been in attendance
for at least one year, and have an overall grade point average of at least 3.4.
“We
are well aware that we have many strong students on our athletics teams, but
having over fifty percent earn scholar-athlete honors in a given semester is
very impressive,” said athletics director Jeff Raymond. “I commend all of our
student-athletes for the effort that they put forth to handle their busy
schedules and keep academics as a top priority.”
While
each of the fall sports had at least one individual recognized for academic
achievement the women’s soccer team led the way with eight players earning both
scholar-athlete honors, which is the most among all NAIA schools and tied for
the most in the NCCAA. The volleyball squad tied for the most on the NCCAA
scholar-athlete list with six.
Following
is a complete list of the post-season awards:
Volleyball
Megan Winters
Bethany Bandstra
CCAC All-Conference
NAIA/NCCAA
Scholar-Athlete
Michelle Schurman
Tami DeVries
CCAC All-Conference (Honorable
Mention) NAIA /NCCAA
Scholar-Athlete
NCCAA/CCAC Player of the Week Sarah
Koehling
NAIA/NCAA Scholar-Athlete NAIA/NCAA
Scholar-Athlete
Nichole Heyboer
Allison Katsma
NCCAA Scholar-Athlete
NCCAA Scholar-Athlete
Women’s Soccer
Mindi Harkema
Natalie Buikema
CCAC All-Conference
CCAC
All-Conference
NAIA All-Region
NAIA
All-Region
NAIA All-American (Honorable
Mention) NAIA All-American (Hon. Mention) NCCAA North Central All-Region
NCCAA
All-Region
NCCAA All-American
NCCAA
All-American (2nd Team)
NAIA/NCCAA Scholar-Athlete
NCCAA National
All-Tourney Team
Taryne Blomgren
NCCAA/NAIA
Scholar-Athlete
CCAC All-Conference (Hon. Mention) Nicole
Billin
CCAC/NCCAA Player of the Week CCAC All-Conference
(HM)
NAIA All-Region
NCCAA
North Central All-Region
NAIA All-American (Honorable
Mention) NAIA/NCCAA
Scholar-Athlete
NCCAA North Central All-Region Leanne
Visser
NCCAA All-American
CCAC
All-Conference (HM)
NCCAA National All-Tournament Team NAIA All-Region (2nd
Team)
Chelsey Brunt
NCCAA
Nationals Defensive MVP
CCAC All-Conference (Hon. Mention) Sarah
Faasse
Jill Machiela
NAIA/NCCAA
Scholar-Athlete
NAIA/NCCAA Scholar-Athlete Brittany Storkel
Joy Trethewey NAIA/NCCAA
Scholar-Athlete
NAIA/NCCAA Scholar-Athlete Becky Wych
Coach Josh Lenarz
NAIA/NCCAA
Scholar-Athlete
NCCAA Region Coach of the Year Team
CCAC Sportsmanship Award
Men’s Soccer
Jon Laack
Wale Akintunde
CCAC All-Conference (Honorable
Mention) CCAC All-Conference
NCCAA North Central All-Region
CCAC/Region Player
of the Week
NAIA/NCCAA Scholar-Athlete Ryan Clemens
Eric VandenBerg
CCAC
All-Conference (HM)
NCCAA North Central All-Region Jamie
Prins
NAIA /NCCAA Scholar-Athlete
NAIA/NCCAA
Scholar-Athlete
Cross Country
Andy Jellema
Korynn Scheeringa
CCAC All-Conference
NAIA/NCCAA
Scholar-Athlete
NAIA All-Region
Rich Visser
NAIA National Qualifier
NCCAA
Scholar-Athlete
NCCAA
All-American
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