MBB: Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association

[KnightSlappy]

FWIW:  Hope is showing the HOF games at AQ, while Calvin has the games listed as "at Calvin", 

AQ is listing the game as @ Calvin

http://www.aquinas.edu/athletics/mens_bball.html#schedule

They must have pulled a switcheroo with the schedule.

[sac]

FWIW:  Hope is showing the HOF games at AQ, while Calvin has the games listed as "at Calvin", 

AQ is listing the game as @ Calvin

http://www.aquinas.edu/athletics/mens_bball.html#schedule

They must have pulled a switcheroo with the schedule.

Since that tournament left Van Andel, its never been at Aquinas....they're due to host.   But of the four gyms between the schools its easily the smallest, they may not host because of that.

[13wapiti]

I got a look at the Spring Arbor schedule the other day and it shows it's game with Hope to be away on 19 December.  This contradicts Hope's schedule.  This early perhaps all the schedules are in flux?

[ziggy]

I got a look at the Spring Arbor schedule the other day and it shows it's game with Hope to be away on 19 December.  This contradicts Hope's schedule.  This early perhaps all the schedules are in flux?

Hope walks into a dark gym in Spring Arbor, Spring Arbor walks into a dark gym in Holland.  D'OH!

[almcguirejr]

Western Michigan Christian grad makes it big:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Bylsma

He had quite a H.S. athletic career for being a part-time student.

[gohope]

The Kalamazoo Gazette reported in their "This and That" column in the Sports section this past week that Gull Lake Senior Matt Howe, a 6-foot-8 center, has singed to play basketball for Spring Arbor University.

[kenvandellen]

I really wanted to only get in as a guest, to post an answer to a question that was raised, but I couldn't figure out how to do that, so I registered.

There was some discussion about Huizenga Hall at Calvin College, named for medical missionary, Dr. Lee S. Huizenga. He was my maternal grandmother's cousin, so I know a lot about him.

He was born in the Netherlands in 1881, and immigrated with his family in 1883. He graduated from Calvin in 1906, from Calvin Seminary in 1909, and a while later from medical school. In 1920 he went to China with his wife and four daughters, where he established a leprosy hospital and became a world authority on that disease.

In April, 1943, Dr. Lee S. and Mrs. Matilda Huizenga were placed in a Japanese concentration camp in Shanghai, with daughters Eunice (22) and Faith (14), and adopted Eurasian son, Philip (4). Daughter Myrtle (27), with her missionary husband, Oscar, daughter, Matilda Shannon (3 months), were already there. Dr. Huizenga died in July, 1945.

Dr. Matilda Shannon Lucid, Dr. Huizenga's granddaughter, is an American astronaut. She was the narrator and an active participant in the Imax movie, Mission to Mir.

[Shannon's mother, Myrtle, was a student of my father in 1928-29, when he taught mathematics and science at Oakdale Christian School in Grand Rapids for a year before going on to medical school.]

[Another residence hall at Calvin, Van Dellen Hall, was named for Rev. Idzerd Van Dellen. We have no common ancestor since his ancestor and mine each took the surname Van Dellen.]

Ken Van Dellen

[almcguirejr]

I really wanted to only get in as a guest, to post an answer to a question that was raised, but I couldn't figure out how to do that, so I registered.

There was some discussion about Huizenga Hall at Calvin College, named for medical missionary, Dr. Lee S. Huizenga. He was my maternal grandmother's cousin, so I know a lot about him.

He was born in the Netherlands in 1881, and immigrated with his family in 1883. He graduated from Calvin in 1906, from Calvin Seminary in 1909, and a while later from medical school. In 1920 he went to China with his wife and four daughters, where he established a leprosy hospital and became a world authority on that disease.

In April, 1943, Dr. Lee S. and Mrs. Matilda Huizenga were placed in a Japanese concentration camp in Shanghai, with daughters Eunice (22) and Faith (14), and adopted Eurasian son, Philip (4). Daughter Myrtle (27), with her missionary husband, Oscar, daughter, Matilda Shannon (3 months), were already there. Dr. Huizenga died in July, 1945.

Dr. Matilda Shannon Lucid, Dr. Huizenga's granddaughter, is an American astronaut. She was the narrator and an active participant in the Imax movie, Mission to Mir.

[Shannon's mother, Myrtle, was a student of my father in 1928-29, when he taught mathematics and science at Oakdale Christian School in Grand Rapids for a year before going on to medical school.]

[Another residence hall at Calvin, Van Dellen Hall, was named for Rev. Idzerd Van Dellen. We have no common ancestor since his ancestor and mine each took the surname Van Dellen.]

Ken Van Dellen

Thanks for the information.

[northb]

I really wanted to only get in as a guest, to post an answer to a question that was raised, but I couldn't figure out how to do that, so I registered.

There was some discussion about Huizenga Hall at Calvin College, named for medical missionary, Dr. Lee S. Huizenga. He was my maternal grandmother's cousin, so I know a lot about him.

He was born in the Netherlands in 1881, and immigrated with his family in 1883. He graduated from Calvin in 1906, from Calvin Seminary in 1909, and a while later from medical school. In 1920 he went to China with his wife and four daughters, where he established a leprosy hospital and became a world authority on that disease.

In April, 1943, Dr. Lee S. and Mrs. Matilda Huizenga were placed in a Japanese concentration camp in Shanghai, with daughters Eunice (22) and Faith (14), and adopted Eurasian son, Philip (4). Daughter Myrtle (27), with her missionary husband, Oscar, daughter, Matilda Shannon (3 months), were already there. Dr. Huizenga died in July, 1945.

Dr. Matilda Shannon Lucid, Dr. Huizenga's granddaughter, is an American astronaut. She was the narrator and an active participant in the Imax movie, Mission to Mir.

[Shannon's mother, Myrtle, was a student of my father in 1928-29, when he taught mathematics and science at Oakdale Christian School in Grand Rapids for a year before going on to medical school.]

[Another residence hall at Calvin, Van Dellen Hall, was named for Rev. Idzerd Van Dellen. We have no common ancestor since his ancestor and mine each took the surname Van Dellen.]

Ken Van Dellen

Idzerd Van Dellen was my wife's Great-Great Uncle, and was also a missionary, but only as far as Denver, she reports.

[pointlem]

Lee Huizenga was, I gather, in Nanking/Nanjing, near Shandong/Shantung Province, where 1800 foreigners were interned by the Japanese from about 1943 to 1945.  The story of life in that camp (where perhaps Huizenga was sent?) is told in one of the best books I have ever read, The Shantung Compound, a story of human behavior under pressure, as told by one of its survivors, the University of Chicago theologian Langdon Gilkey.  The book rotates between the story of human behavior under trying circumstances (the heroes and villains weren't necessarily the ones one might have guessed) and reflects on how this illustrates a theological understanding of the human condition.

One person who died in the camp shortly before its liberation was Eric Liddell, the Olympian of Chariots of Fire fame.  Liddell was one of the heroes.  He helped all sorts of people, organized activities for kids, and even sold his gold medal to by sports equipment for the camp youth. 

The book and the continued and even more heroic story of Liddell would make a great sequel to Chariots of Fire, as I had opportunity to tell its producer, David Putnam.  And maybe Lee Huizenga could make an appearance!

Okay . . . back to BB . . . summer leagues soon starting?

[hope1]

i think the 2nd week of  june it starts

[oldknight]

I really wanted to only get in as a guest, to post an answer to a question that was raised, but I couldn't figure out how to do that, so I registered.

There was some discussion about Huizenga Hall at Calvin College, named for medical missionary, Dr. Lee S. Huizenga. He was my maternal grandmother's cousin, so I know a lot about him.

He was born in the Netherlands in 1881, and immigrated with his family in 1883. He graduated from Calvin in 1906, from Calvin Seminary in 1909, and a while later from medical school. In 1920 he went to China with his wife and four daughters, where he established a leprosy hospital and became a world authority on that disease.

In April, 1943, Dr. Lee S. and Mrs. Matilda Huizenga were placed in a Japanese concentration camp in Shanghai, with daughters Eunice (22) and Faith (14), and adopted Eurasian son, Philip (4). Daughter Myrtle (27), with her missionary husband, Oscar, daughter, Matilda Shannon (3 months), were already there. Dr. Huizenga died in July, 1945.

Dr. Matilda Shannon Lucid, Dr. Huizenga's granddaughter, is an American astronaut. She was the narrator and an active participant in the Imax movie, Mission to Mir.

[Shannon's mother, Myrtle, was a student of my father in 1928-29, when he taught mathematics and science at Oakdale Christian School in Grand Rapids for a year before going on to medical school.]

[Another residence hall at Calvin, Van Dellen Hall, was named for Rev. Idzerd Van Dellen. We have no common ancestor since his ancestor and mine each took the surname Van Dellen.]

Ken Van Dellen

Shannon Lucid! That's who was the Lee Huizenga astronaut descendant. Thanks for your report and welcome to the board. As this link reports,

http://www.nasa.gov/vision/space/features/shannon_lucid.html

Shannon was born in Shanghai and her parents and grandparents were all imprisoned by the Japanese in 1943. Shannon and her parents were freed in 1944 as part of an exchange but Dr. Huizenga remained in the camp and died in July, 1945. I don't know if the good doctor volunteered to stay to help others--maybe kenvandellen does. Other than having Lee Huizenga survive the war the only thing that would make this story better would be a report that one of his descendants played hoops for the Knights.

Speaking of hoops, there are a couple of changes to report on the incoming class at Calvin. Sac has does a nice job of organizing the known MIAA commitments to date but he can make one subtraction and one addition to the Calvin list of incoming players. Apparently Bryan Huntley has found the tuition difference between Calvin and GVSU to be more a more daunting task than he wants to undertake. Huntley will not transfer and will remain a Laker.

On the positive side of the ledger, Calvin reportedly will see a hoopster from Eastern Christian High School (North Haledon, NJ) come to town this September by the name of Nathan Van Eck. It's been a very long time since Calvin has had a northern New Jersey B-ball player suit up on Calvin's varsity but apparently this kid has potential. The last Eastern Christian kid I can remember on varsity was Tom Cooper who played in the late 70's, and before him was Del Willink. Both of those guys were good players, especially Willink, who was similar to Danny Rodts in many respects.

I've gotten reports that Van Eck is anywhere from 6'5" to 6'7" and that he has a big body, weighing in at 230. He was a first team All-Conference player and honorable mention All-Passaic County. I believe that Passaic is better known for producing football players (when Hayden Fry patroled the sidelines of Kinnick Stadium he regularly mined prep gridiron talent from that area of the Garden State), but the county's  population is around 500,000 so an honorable mention there might be worth something. Maybe an East Coast visitor to this board knows more about the young man.

[realist]

OK:  In addition to the Eastern Christian players that you mention I recall another from the early to mid 90's.  Not sure whether he was there with Eddie or during the switch to KVS.  The youngster I recall sort of "stood out"   he did not play all his years at Calvin, and if memory serves he dropped out midway through one season.  I have searched as much as I can, and have not been able to come up with a name.  The player I am thinking of was: a. black, b. had his hair beaded, braided  or dredlocks (sp)  ( my lack of knowledge in these matters is showing) c. could jump out of the gym.  However, he was rather undisciplined with a game more geared towards the streets than the MIAA.

[hope1]

hope has   hired   tim  schoonveld   as  co athletic director with eva folkert  on hope web site 

[almcguirejr]

http://www.hope.edu/pr/athletics/