|
|
|
 |
| |
 |
MIAA Partners with NCAA in Division III Identity Initiative
The Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association has announced that it will partner with the NCAA in its Division III identity initiative.
Beginning Sept. 1 and running through the entire 2010-11 academic year, the MIAA will highlight student-athletes, coaches and teams through a variety of stories that will appear on the conference Web site that highlight the MIAA Division III intercollegiate athletic experience.
These stories, which will be produced by MIAA member schools, will celebrate how student-athletes integrate their passion for sport with commitment to excellence in the classroom and service to their communities, as they prepare themselves to be tomorrow’s leaders.
The NCAA earlier this year launched the Division III identity initiative to tell about the unique athletic experience at the NCAA Division III level. The DIII initiative lists six key attributes that our student-athletes stand for. These attributes include:
• Proportion – Appropriate relation of academics, athletics and other passions
• Comprehensive Learning – Opportunity for broad-based education and success
• Passion – Playing for love of the game, competition, fun and self-improvement
• Responsibility – Development of accountability through personal commitment and choices
• Sportsmanship – Fair and respectful conduct toward all participants and supporters
• Citizenship – Dedication to developing responsible leaders and citizens in our communities
The NCAA Division III identity initiative page can be found at http://www.miaa.org/d3identity, or by clicking on the Division III identity logo on the left side of this page.
The MIAA will also be highlighting another category with these stories, Athletic Excellence. This category will feature examples of excellence from throughout the conference’s past and present, ranging from individual accomplishments to team championships at the conference and national level.
Founded in 1888, the MIAA is the nation’s oldest collegiate athletic conference. It consists of nine member institutions – Adrian College, Albion College, Alma College, Calvin College, Hope College, Kalamazoo College, Olivet College, Saint Mary’s College and Trine University.
 |
|
Thursday's Result
Football
Trine 55, Manchester, Ind. 7
Friday's Contests
Volleyball
Midwest Classic at Calvin and Hope
Kalamazoo and Olivet at Hornet Invitational
Albion at Capital, Ohio Tournament
Saint Mary’s and Trine at Elmhurst, Ill. Tournament
Adrian and Alma at Ohio Wesleyan Tournament
Men's Soccer
Milwaukee School of Engineering at Calvin, 4 p.m.
Kalamazoo at Wis.-Whitewater, 7 p.m.
Goshen, Ind. at Hope, 7 p.m.
Women's Soccer
Calvin at Washington, Mo., 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday's Results
Women’s Soccer
Alma 4, Baldwin-Wallace, Ohio 3
Denison, Ohio 2, Adrian 1
Davenport 2, Albion 0
Calvin 1, Aquinas 0
Cornerstone 1, Hope 0
Olivet 3, Huntington, Ind. 1
Ursuline, Ohio 2, Trine 1
Aurora, Ill. 4, Saint Mary’s 0
Men’s Soccer
Oberlin, Ohio 1, Albion 0
Baldwin-Wallace, Ohio 4, Alma 0
Volleyball
Bethel, Ind. def. Saint Mary’s 25-17, 25-12, 25-23
Olivet def. Rochester 14-25, 25-18, 25-22, 25-22
Bluffton, Ohio def. Adrian 21-25, 25-16, 25-19, 20-25, 15-6
|
|
Trine picked to repeat as MIAA Football Champs
2009 MIAA football champion Trine has been picked to win the league championship in a preseason coaches poll.
The Thunder, who have won the last two MIAA championships, received six of the seven first-place votes in the coaches poll, released to the media at the start of a conference call Tuesday. Coaches could not vote for their own team.
Albion was picked to finish second, followed by Adrian, which received the other first-place vote.
Last fall, Trine became the first MIAA team in 16 years to advance to win an NCAA Division III playoff game, defeating Case Western Reserve, Ohio, 51-38, in a first-round game. The Thunder have won 14 consecutive MIAA games dating back to the 2007 season.
Poll Results (First-place votes in parenthesis):
1. Trine (6) 6 pts. 2. Albion 13. 3. Adrian (1) 14. 4. Hope 22. 5. Alma 25. 6. Kalamazoo 32. 7. Olivet 35.
The MIAA will kick off its 113th season of intercollegiate football action Thursday, Sept. 2, as Trine hosts Manchester, Ind., with league play to get underway Saturday, Oct. 2.
Click on each of the links below to read preseason previews and rosters for each school:
Adrian Preview / Adrian Preseason Roster
Albion Preview / Albion Preseason Roster
Alma Preview / Alma Preseason Roster
Hope Preview / Hope Preseason Roster
Kalamazoo Preview / Kalamazoo Preseason Roster
Olivet Preview / Olivet Preseason Roster
Trine Preview
|
|
MIAA Announces Academic Honor Roll, Team GPA Awards
The Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Academic Honor Roll for the 2009-10 academic year has been announced by Commissioner David Neilson.
The Honor Roll recognizes student-athletes who achieved a minimum 3.5 grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) for the entire 2009-10 academic year. A student needed to have won a varsity letter in a sport to be eligible.
The Academic Honor Roll was initiated in 1990 to recognize students at MIAA member colleges who excel both in athletics and in the classroom. This year's Honor Roll includes 73 seniors who achieved the distinction four consecutive years.
Click here for the 2009-10 MIAA Academic Honor Roll
The MIAA Team GPA Award winners for the 2009-10 academic year have also been announced by Commissioner Neilson.
The award is presented to conference teams that achieve a 3.300 or better grade point average for an entire academic year. This award is administered by the Faculty Athletic Representatives of the MIAA member colleges.
This year's honorees include four teams who have received the award every year since it was initiated in 1998-99. They are Albion women's soccer, Albion women's tennis, Calvin women's cross country and Hope women's cross country.
Click here for the 2009-10 MIAA Team GPA Award Recipients
|
|
Hope Edges Calvin for 2009-10 MIAA Commissioner's Cup
Hope College has maintained its decade-long hold on the Commissioner's Cup of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) by the narrowest of margins.
The Commissioner's Cup is presented to the league member with the best cumulative finishes in the 18 men's and women's sports sponsored by America's oldest collegiate conference. The NCAA Division III affiliated conference consists of nine schools -- Adrian, Albion, Alma, Calvin, Hope, Kalamazoo, Olivet, Saint Mary's and Trine.
Hope's margin of victory over second place and rival Calvin College was a mere one point, 209-208. Except for a tie in the Cup standings between the same two schools in 2007-08, this is the closest margin in the 76-year-history of the award.
The final standings weren't determined until the final baseball games of the spring season. A four-game Hope sweep of Albion assured the Flying Dutchmen of second place in the baseball standings, two places ahead of Calvin.
It marks the tenth consecutive year that Hope has won or shared the honor, an alltime record. Overall, Hope has won the award a league-record 32 times, including 25 times over the last 30 years.
Hope ended on top of the men's all-sports standings by eight points over Calvin while Calvin won the women's all-sports standings over Hope by seven points.
The Commissioner's Cup has been presented since 1934-35. Hope has won the award a record 32 times, followed by Albion 14, Kalamazoo 13, Calvin 9 and Alma 5.
09-10 Commissioner's Cup Standings: 1. Hope 209. 2. Calvin 208. 3. Adrian 130. 4. Albion 128. 5. Alma 98. 5. Trine 98. 7. Kalamazoo 95. 8. Olivet 84.
Men's All-Sports Standings: 1. Hope 100. 2. Calvin 92. 3. Albion 66. 4. Adrian 63. 5. Trine 52. 6. Kalamazoo 48. 7. Olivet. 39. 8. Alma 31.
Women's All-Sports Standings: 1. Calvin 116. 2. Hope 109. 3. Adrian 67. 3. Alma 67. 5. Saint Mary's 66. 6. Albion 62. 7. Kalamazoo 47. 8. Trine 46. 9. Olivet 45.
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
|
 |
|
