WBB: Michigan Intercollegiate Athletics Association

[Flying Dutch Fan]

Agreed on the voters geting it right - Trine was CLEARLY the best team Hope faced all year.  I truly hope the Thunder team all realize what a special team they had and enjoyed their journey all year long.  I know that as a Hope fan, those games versus Trine were the ones that I made me nervous all year. 

The MIAA finished the year ranked 7th by Massey.  Obviously having Hope (#1) and Trine (#2) makes a huge impact, but that is also a credit to Calvin (#22), Albion (#41), and Alma (#79).  5 teams in the top 100 is pretty good stuff, but the others Adrian (#238), St Mary's (#254), Kalamazoo (#349) and Olivet (#356) put the league at #7.  (The #1 conference was the WIAC - with all 8 teams in the top 64!). 

Calvin (who was regionally ranked) really "suffered" from the accumulated losses against top teams giving them a 19-8 record.  They lost 3 times to #1 Hope, 2 times to #2 Trine, and 1 time to #3 UWW.   Their other 2 losses were to #20 DePauw and #41 Albion.  As someone shared on Twitter - Calvin was 19-2 against teams not in the final four this year.  Would have liked to see how far they could have gone in the tournament.

[sac]

Hope commits I've run across:

Colleen Hegewald  5-10 F  Traverse City St. Francis
Sidney Vis  5-10 F  G.R. South Christian
Kendall Sietsema 6-1 F  home school
Karissa Cochran   5-11 F    DeWitt
Sophie Canen 5-10 G  Saline
Sarah Ebel 5-10 F  Brighton
Karsen Karlblom  5-11  G   Prarie View HS, Crystal Lake IL
Lauren Nemens  6-0 G/F  Sterling Heights Stevenson
Lauren Leach  G  Angola, IN
Ally Dominiak 5-5 G  Bishop England HS, Charleston, SC


One local to me one for Trine
Erin Sherwood  5-11 F  Dansville

[Flying Dutch Fan]

Hope commits I've run across:

Colleen Hegewald  5-10 F  Traverse City St. Francis
Sidney Vis  5-10 F  G.R. South Christian
Kendall Sietsema 6-1 F  home school
Karissa Cochran   5-11 F    DeWitt
Sophie Canen 5-10 G  Saline
Sarah Ebel 5-10 F  Brighton
Karsen Karlblom  5-11  G   Prarie View HS, Crystal Lake IL
Lauren Nemens  6-0 G/F  Sterling Heights Stevenson
Lauren Leach 5-11 G  Angola, IN
Ally Dominiak 5-5 G  Bishop England HS, Charleston, SC

Impressive list (updated Lauren Leach and one more added below). 

Keegan Kaizer 5-9 PG - Floyd Central HS, Floyds Knobs IN

[Flying Dutch Fan]

With the season over (I'm still grinning ear to ear of course) I thought I'd share a few career stat rankings for our seniors - along with their career W-L record (for games in which they appeared) 

Sydney Muller (89-6):
3FG% - 0.383 - 10th

Kasey DeSmit (101-6):
3FG Made - 109 - 11th

Kate Majerus (91-2):
3FG Made - 91 - 13th
3FG% - 0.425 - 2nd

Olivia Voskuil (130-8):
Points - 1145 - 11th
FG Made - 458 - 9th
Rebounds - 719 - 5th
Blocks - 254 - 1st
Steals - 246 - 2nd
Games - 138 - 1st

Kenedy Schoonveld (130-8):
Points - 1479 - 2nd
FG Made - 559 - 4th
3FG Made - 167 - 5th
3FG% - 0.400 - 5th
FT% - 0.800 - 7th
Assists - 263 - 10th
A/TO - 1.96 - 2nd
Steals - 196 - 9th
Games 138 - 1st


And lastly - I just noticed that the national championship game was Coach Mo's 750th game at the helm.  His record is now a whopping 659-91 - 0.879

[AlwaysHope]

Sydney Vis, the Hope recruit from South Christian and a 1,000 point scorer in High School, is 6'2" according to MLive.

https://www.mlive.com/highschoolsports/2022/02/south-christian-senior-keeps-promise-reaches-career-milestone.html

After losing Voskuil, we also add 6'3" sophomore Raven Jemison who was injured for most of this year.  Plus we get Feenstra (6'1") back from injury and 6'1" Courtney Lee after completing her freshman year.  There are other unproven six footers from the JV team and incoming freshmen. 

But we will miss Vosk!

[pointlem]

Sydney Vis, the Hope recruit from South Christian and a 1,000 point scorer in High School, is 6'2" according to MLive.

If only MLive is right . . . though other sources confirm she is 5' 10" (or 5' 11") . . . but also that she's a super player and a great fit for the Hope program. Looks like an excellent group of incoming players to replace the current large classes of seniors and seniors-to-be. Perhaps in four years we'll be celebrating the achievements of another stellar senior group (though yes, it may be some time before we see another defensive post presence like Olivia).

https://www.wilkinsreport.com/page/show/6713624-michigan-class-of-2022-commit-list
https://www.maxpreps.com/athlete/sydney-vis/Udj07Q8jEeqAzqREozo6lw/videos.htm?videoid=0fbfab6c-2c52-4d82-9928-0d848e1ba802
https://westmidrive.leagueapps.com/clubteams/1962370/teamRoster?teamId=3512491

[TUAngola]

Hope commits I've run across:

Colleen Hegewald  5-10 F  Traverse City St. Francis
Sidney Vis  5-10 F  G.R. South Christian
Kendall Sietsema 6-1 F  home school
Karissa Cochran   5-11 F    DeWitt
Sophie Canen 5-10 G  Saline
Sarah Ebel 5-10 F  Brighton
Karsen Karlblom  5-11  G   Prarie View HS, Crystal Lake IL
Lauren Nemens  6-0 G/F  Sterling Heights Stevenson
Lauren Leach 5-11 G  Angola, IN
Ally Dominiak 5-5 G  Bishop England HS, Charleston, SC

Impressive list (updated Lauren Leach and one more added below). 

Keegan Kaizer 5-9 PG - Floyd Central HS, Floyds Knobs IN

That's an impressive recruiting list for Hope.  What I see is that 10 of the 11 girls are 5'9 or taller.  Having longer guards is great to have at this level. Disappointed Keegan chose Hope over Trine, the recruiting battle came down to those 2 schools.  Good get for Hope going to far southern Indiana down by Louisville to snag her.

[calvin_grad]

Sydney Vis, the Hope recruit from South Christian and a 1,000 point scorer in High School, is 6'2" according to MLive.

If only MLive is right . . . though other sources confirm she is 5' 10" (or 5' 11") . . . but also that she's a super player and a great fit for the Hope program. Looks like an excellent group of incoming players to replace the current large classes of seniors and seniors-to-be. Perhaps in four years we'll be celebrating the achievements of another stellar senior group (though yes, it may be some time before we see another defensive post presence like Olivia).

Other sources are right.  If Syd Vis is 6'-2", I'm 6'-7".  Trust me, I'm not.

[Flying Dutch Fan]

That's an impressive recruiting list for Hope.  What I see is that 10 of the 11 girls are 5'9 or taller.  Having longer guards is great to have at this level. Disappointed Keegan chose Hope over Trine, the recruiting battle came down to those 2 schools.  Good get for Hope going to far southern Indiana down by Louisville to snag her.

Longer guards - yeah, they kind of did OK for us this year - Schoonveld, Muller, McKinney, Baguley  - plus the two FR from this years team Tarrant and Kurncz.  While having size inside is important, I really feel like the size of your guards enables you to do so much more - switching on everything for example. 

[Flying Dutch Fan]

Congrats to Hope's Kenedy Schoonveld for winning both the D3Hoops and WBCA DIII National Player of the Year awards. 

And now we can add Josten's Trophy Recipient to that list - pretty inpressive bunch of awards!!!

https://odac.prestosports.com/jostens/2022/releases/032422-jostens-winners?preview=true

[Shamrock]

Congratulations, Kenedy!

[Flying Dutch Fan]

Just peaked at the history of the various Player of the Year awards for D3, and Kenedy Schoonveld is the 4th player in history (for either women or men) to pull off the "trifecta" of D3Hoops, WBCA/NABC, and Jostens awards in the same season.  Here is a list of those amazing people who accomplished the trifecta:

2006 - Megan Silva - Randolph-Macon
2009 - Jimmy Bartolotta - MIT
2019 - Madison Temple - Thomas More
2022 - Kenedy Schoonveld - Hope

[RogK]

Somehow, you misspelled Madison and More.

[Flying Dutch Fan]

Fixed it

[RogK]

A few days ago, the current Thomas More team won the NAIA :
https://www.thomasmoresaints.com/sports/wbkb/2021-22/boxscores/20220322_to00.xml?view=boxscore
Several Dutch names on the Dordt team, which scored more than half of its points in the 4th quarter.