MBB: Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association

[Flying Dutch Fan]

Avery Sanchez 6-2 PG  Turlock, CA (Pitman HS) will attend Hope

He was the Modesto Bee Player of the Year.

Impressive HS career - 4 time all league,  1915 pts, 661 reb, 440 ast, 210 stl, 247 3pt, 41% 3pt, and 81% ft!

And we (Hope fans) have one of our fellow posters to thank for helping recruit him, at least according to this article:

https://www.turlockjournal.com/sports/high-school-sports/sanchez-shines-at-six-county-asg-announces-college-plans/

[Flying Dutch Fan]

Updated list:

Player	Height	Position	High School	College
Cade Wallaker	6-0	G	Essexville Garber (MI)	Adrian
Carson Lutz	6-0	G	Milford (MI)	Adrian
Ben Murphy	6-2	G/F	Dexter (MI)	Adrian
Deuce Weston II	5-10	PG	Flint Carman-Ainsworth (MI)	Albion
Cameron Essell	5-11	PG	East Lansing (MI)	Albion
Aaron Lauer	6-1	PG	Novi (MI)	Albion
Bowen Moore	6-4	G/F	Holly (MI)	Albion
Kaleb Brown	6-4	G	Ann Arbor Huron (MI)	Albion
Colin Whalen	6-4	F	Pontiac Notre Dame Prep (MI)	Albion
Austin Miller	6-5	G/F	Marshall (MI)	Albion
Vincent Salmon	6-8	C	Brighton (MI)	Albion
Jaxon Jurmu	6-0	PG	Marquette (MI)	Alma
Zion Ruckard	6-0	PG	Aurora (CO) / St Thomas Aquinas transfer	Calvin
Michael Dekuiper	6-1	PG	Rockford (MI)	Calvin
Ben Elzinga	6-8	C	GR Covenant Christian (MI)	Calvin
Brendan Cargill	5-11	G	Forect Hills Central (MI)	Hope
Avery Sanchez	6-2	G	Turlock Pitman (CA)	Hope
Justin Fisher	6-3	G/F	Hudsonville (MI)	Hope
Tucker Walther	6-4	G	Schoolcraft (MI)	Hope
Derek Sanders	6-5	G	Brooklyn Columbia Central (MI)	Hope
Sean Wesolek	6-6	PF	Bay City John Glenn (MI)	Hope
John Kaul	6-3	G	Clarkston (MI)	Kalamazoo
Zander Nash	6-6	G/F	Imlay City (MI)	Kalamazoo
Tarren Calvert	5-11	G	Wyoming (MI)	Olivet
Levi Stambaugh	6-0	G	Mason (MI)	Olivet
Warren Williams	6-1	G	Wyoming (MI)	Olivet
Adam Devalaar	6-2	G	Holland (MI)	Olivet
Hayden Cross	6-2	F	White Lake Lakeland (MI)	Olivet
Alex Genuise	6-2	F	Allendale (MI)	Olivet
Gavin Ort	6-4	F	Waterford Mott (MI)	Olivet
Landon Lybarger	6-1	G	Monroeville Heritage (IN)	Trine
Ayden Dirschell	6-2	G	Coldwater (MI)	Trine
Montell Johnson	6-3	G	Indianapolis Park Tudor (IN)	Trine
Nolan Fedak	6-6	F	Westerville North (OH)	Trine
Paxton Crane	6-7	F	Ft Wayne Carroll (IN)	Trine

[ziggy]

Trine's Emmanuel Megnanglo and Olivet's Porter Kretschman made it into our Top 10 dunks of the year video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgEHwiZsxrY

If you're able, please consider giving the video a thumbs up on YouTube and hopefully it can find an audience beyond those normally plugged into D3 hoops.

[TUAngola]

Trine commitment:

Adam McBride, 6-1 G, Norwell HS, Ossian IN.  First team academic all-state, will study mechanical engineering at Trine.

[Grutte Dirk]

Trine's Emmanuel Megnanglo and Olivet's Porter Kretschman made it into our Top 10 dunks of the year video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgEHwiZsxrY

If you're able, please consider giving the video a thumbs up on YouTube and hopefully it can find an audience beyond those normally plugged into D3 hoops.

The play-by-play is a liar.
https://youtu.be/OgEHwiZsxrY?t=53

[TUAngola]

Saw Pete Smith at the Trine Super Regional Softball game yesterday.  He was sporting Trine gear, fairly certain he is leaving/has left Marietta to join Coach VanderWal's staff as assistant coach at Trine.  It looks like some of the assistant coaches from Coach Miller's staff are being retained by VanderWal; John Wysong, Ed Bentley, and Isaac Anderson.  Cortez Garland was also at the game, not sure of his status on the MBB staff, hoping he'll be retained.

Also congratulations to the Trine SB team on winning the Super Regional yesterday.  They will be 1 of 8 teams in the College World Series at Illinois Wesleyan.  Wishing them good luck as they try to win a second national championship.

[northb]

From Calvin's website:
Calvin University graduate Steve Honderd has been selected for induction into the Small College Basketball Hall of Fame. A 1993 Calvin University graduate, Honderd will be inducted into the Small College Basketball Hall of Fame on October 31 in Lakeland, Florida. The National Hall of Fame Class marks the ninth class inducted into the Small College Basketball National Hall of Fame. The National Hall of Fame induction ceremony will take place on Friday October 31st inside the Branscomb Auditorium on the campus of Florida Southern College.

Honderd remains one of Calvin's most decorated players. A four-year starter from 1989-1993, Honderd is Calvin's all-time leading scorer with 2,469 points. He was a four-time 1st Team All-MIAA selection and a two-time MIAA MVP. He earned NABC Division III All-America honors in 1992 and 1993. He was a part of three MIAA regular season title winning teams as well as Calvin teams that captured the first two MIAA Tournament crowns in 1992 and 1993. As a freshman in 1990, he helped Calvin reach the NCAA III Final Four for the first time in program history, which included a 33-point performance in a second round NCAA III Tournament win over Hope and a 30-point output in a national semifinal loss to DePauw. As a junior in 1992, he led the Calvin men's basketball team to its first Division III National Title including a 62-49 victory over the University of Rochester in the national championship game. He was subsequently named the Most Outstanding Player of the 1992 NCAA III Final Four. As a senior in 1993, he was named the NABC Division III National Player of the Year. In his final regular season game, he scored a Calvin and MIAA single-game record 61 points in a memorable overtime win over Kalamazoo that clinched the outright MIAA regular season title for the Knights.

In 2000, he was named the Division III Player of the Decade by DIII News.

Over the course of his collegiate career, he appeared and started in 119 of a possible 120 games, averaging 20.7 points and 7.4 rebounds a game while connecting on a Calvin career-record 62.8 percent of his field goal attempts.

In the classroom, he was a two-time Academic All-American as an economics major and later received a prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. After spending four years playing professional basketball overseas in Europe, he returned to West Michigan where he earned his MBA degree from Grand Valley State University.

In 2019, he was inducted into the Grand Rapids Sports Hall of Fame.

He and his Shelly are parents of three sons and reside in Holland, Michigan.

CALVIN DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS JIM TIMMER ON STEVE HONDERD: "I am thrilled to see Steve recognized by the Small College Basketball Hall of Fame. I had the privilege to be his teammate (1990) and later his student-assistant coach (1991). I've always said that he was an easy superstar to play with and coach. On the court, he made everyone better and did whatever he could to help the team win. He was relentless with his drive and determination and was always ready for the next challenge. He practiced as hard as he played in games. He was extremely coachable and  became a true ambassador for Calvin University. Congratulations to Steve and his family for this incredible honor."

CALVIN MEN'S BASKETBALL COACH BILL SALL ON STEVE HONDERD: "It was a pleasure to have Steve as a teammate during my senior year (1990). He was a huge piece on our first NCAA Final Four team and fit in seamlessly with a team that was led by veterans. One of the things that stands out from his career is that he continued to improve each year, adding something new to his game. He was always striving to improve. His work ethic was unmatched. I know fans of Calvin basketball that watched him play still look back on his playing days with fondness. The best part about Steve is that as great as a player that he was, he was, and still is, an even better person. Congratulations to Steve and his family from the Calvin men's basketball program for this honor."

[sac]

Very cool honor for Steve.

[TUAngola]

Trine commit:

Nick Ryan 6'3 G/F JFKennedy HS, Warren OH. 

Schools all time leading scorer, over 1900 pts in career. Avg 26.5 points, 11.8 boards senior season.  Sounds like a VanderWal guy that was being recruited for Marietta perhaps?

[Dr. Acula]

Probably a good bet.  I'm not familiar with him specifically, but JFK is a good small school program so I'd happily take their all time leading scorer on my team.  Their conference isn't great, but they play a pretty tough OOC slate so averaging 26.5 ppg didn't happen against a bunch of dogs.