MCC Recognizes Standout Athletes
Beka German (Fruitport HS) was selected the Women’s Athlete of the Year, Eric Hilt (Reeths-Puffer HS) was selected the Men’s Athlete of the Year and Kory Brown (Sparta HS) received the John G. Thompson Student Athlete of the Year award. All three were honored at a luncheon on May 28, 2014. Also honored as nominees were Megan VanderWal (Orchard View HS), Shawn Chamberlain (Dexter HS), Jason Ribecky (Muskegon Catholic Central HS), Amber Carmean (Fruitport HS), Tyler Covell (Cedar Springs HS), and David VanBergen (Fruitport HS).
Fall 2013
Volleyball
Most Valuable Players- Beka German, Brandie Jones, Meghan Birr
Most Valuable Player – Most Improved Player- Lindsey Kotecki
Best Defensive Player – Amber Carmean
Best Offensive Player – Elyse Ray
Most Inspirational – Beka German
Men’s Cross Country
Most Valuable Runner – Esrom Woldemichael
Most Improved Runner – Hiram “Alex” Drew
SISSU (Guts) – Jacob Baker
ROHO (Heart) – David VanBergen
Women’s Cross Country
Most Valuable Runner – Andrea Lavigne
Most Improved Runner – Miranda Buckwald
SISSU (Guts) – Samantha Eely
ROHO (Heart) – Summer Hussey
Men’s Soccer
Most Valuable Player – Eric Hilt
Coaches Award – Michael Hower
Jayhawk Men’s Soccer Character Award – Logan Holland
Most Improved Player – Tyler Sparks
Best Defensive Player – Brandon Gillikin
Shot Stopper Award – Loghan Stong
Hustle Award – Chris Saunders
Women’s Soccer
Most Valuable Player – Alyssa Panozzo
Most Imporved – Ashlee Taylor
Hustle Award – Linsye Haan
Two-Year Participants Awards
Beka German – Volleyball
Amber Carmean – Volleyball
Lindy Szilagyi – Volleyball
Hiram “Alex” Drew – Men’s Cross Country
David VanBergen – Men’s Cross Country
Mathias Waterstradt – Men’s Cross Country
Meagan Lavin – Women’s Cross Country
Zack Sutton – Men’s Soccer
Angel Riley – Men’s Soccer
Eric Hilt – Men’s Soccer
Michael Hower – Men’s Soccer
Tyler Sparks – Men’s Soccer
Brandon Prim – Men’s Soccer
Anna Carmean – Women’s Soccer
Nikole Heinig – Women’s Soccer
Amanda Whiting – Women’s Soccer
Timera Crosby – Women’s Soccer
Morgan Kantola – Women’s Soccer
Hannah Forner – Women’s Soccer
Linsye Haan – Women’s Soccer
Alyssa Panozzo – Women’s Soccer
Tehran Peffley-Rout – Women’s Soccer
Ashlee Taylor – Women’s Soccer
MCCAA Awards
Men’s Cross Country
Esrom Woldemichael – All Region XII 1st team, All MCCAA, All Freshman team
Women’s Cross Country
Andrea Lavigne -All Region XII 2nd team
Summer Hussey, Andrea Lavigne – All MCCAA, All Freshman team
Men’s Soccer
MCCAA Co-Champions
Ben Ritsema -MCCAA Co-Coach of the Year
Eric Hilt, Zach Sutton – All Region XII 1st team, All MCCAA 1st team
Brandon Gillikin, Riley Kammeraad, Brandon Prim, Lpghan Stong,·All MCCAA Honorable Mention
Riley Kammeraad ·MCCAA All Freshman team
Eric Hilt -Region XII All Tournament team
Women’s Soccer
Linsye Haan – All Region XII 1st team, All MCCAA
Alyssa Panozzo – All Region XII 2nd team, All MCCAA Honorable Mention
WINTER 2013-14
Coaches Awards
Men’s Bowling Awards
3 Amigos Award – “Clutch” – Kyle Essenberg
3 Amigos Award – “Got To” – Jimmy Strysick
3 Amigos Award – “Let’s Go Baby!” – Logan Holland
Women’s Bowling Awards
Most Valuable Bowler – Jill Klein
Most Improved Bowler – Shelby Luther
King Pin Award – Adrianna Baker
Wrestling Awards
Outstanding Wrestler Award – Zachary Cooper
Outstanding Freshman – Tyler Stenberg
Outstanding Freshman – Donavan Fouchey
Team Academic Award – Lukas Gilmore
Most Improved Wrestler – Shawn Chamberlain
Men’s Basketball Awards
Offensive Player of the Year – Marquise Hatter
Defensive Player of the Year – Jake Anderson
Most Valuable Player – Tyiwan Jones
Women’s Basketball Awards
Most Improved Player – Katie McKinnon
Coaches Award – Sonnie Kurnat
Most Valuable Player – Krystal Geers
Two Year Award Winners
Cameron Calkins – Men’s Bowling
Kyle Essenberg – Men’s Bowling
Logan Holland – Men’s Bowling
Dylan Lewis – Men’s Bowling
Jimmy Strysick – Men’s Bowling
Caitlin Alviar – Women’s Bowling
Adrianna Baker – Women’s Bowling
Shawn Chamberlain – Wrestling
Justin Hagar – Wrestling
Andrew Nold –Wrestling
Cody Stenberg – Wrestling
Marquise Hatter – Men’s Basketball
Jake Anderson – Men’s Basketball
Sonnie Kurnat – Women’s Basketball
Quaneshia McBride – Women’s Basketball
MCCAA Awards
Men’s Basketball
Tyiwan Jones – All-Western Conference 2nd Team
Marquise Hatter – All-Western Conference 3rd Team
Women’s Basketball
Rob Recknagel – Western Conference Coach of the Year
Krystal Geers – All-Region XII 1st Team, All-MCCAA, All-Western Conference 1st Team; All-Western Conference All-Defensive Team
Taylor Brown – All-Western Conference 3rd Team
Abby Rodriguez – All-Western Conference Honorable Mention
Wrestling
NJCAA All-Americans
133 lb – Zachary Cooper (3rd place)
149 lb – Tyler Stenberg (6th place)
197 lb – Donavan Fouchey – (4th place)
2013-14 Spring
Softball Awards
Most Valuable Player: Megan VanderWal
Silver Slugger Award: Megan Jean
Gold Glove Award: Jessica Gillings
Freshman of the Year Award: Alyson Behnke
Coaches Award: Meghan Birr
Jayhawk Softball “Hustle” Award: Amanda Chaffee
Baseball Awards
Most Valuable Player: Josh Wieten
Most Improved Player: Matt Jesse
Mr. Defense: Kory Brown
Pitcher of the Year: Nick Keller
Freshman of the Year: Kyle Lawson
Role Player of the Year: Brody Anderson
Charlie Hustle Award: Caleb Roberts
Coaches Award: Luke Bunting
The Intangible Award: Josh Wieten
The Consistency Award: Patrick Giddings
The Quality Award: Matt Jesse
Team Captain: Brandon Melchert
Team Captain: Kory Brown
Golf Awards
Low Man: Joel Maire
Most Improved: Ollie Shepardson
Coaches Award: Tyler Covell
Most Fairways Hit: Ollie Shephardson
Most Greens Hit: Joel Maire
Fewest Putts: Tyler Covell
Two Year Award Winners
Amanda Chaffee – Softball
Megan VanderWal – Softball
Emily Peake – Softball
Jessica Gillings – Softball
Sydney Tharp – Softball
Mary Giudice – Softball
Zach Courtade – Baseball
Kory Brown – Baseball
Caleb Roberts – Baseball
Patrick Giddings – Baseball
Stephon Chandonnet – Baseball
Jason Ribecky – Baseball
Nick Keller – Baseball
Brandon Melchert – Baseball
Josh Wieten – Baseball
Brody Anderson – Baseball
Brad Keller – Baseball
Tyler Covell – Golf
Marcus Fry – Golf
Oliver Shepardson – Golf
MCCAA Awards
Softball
All-Region XII 1st Team
Megan Jean
All-MCCAA
Megan Jean
Megan VanderWal
All-Western Conference 1st Team
Megan Jean
Megan VanderWal
Western Conference Coach of the Year
Ryan Schalk
All-Western Conference 2nd Team
Alyson Behnke
Meghan Birr
All-Western Conference Honorable Mention
Emily Peake
Western Conference All-Freshman Team
Alyson Behnke
Meghan Birr
Megan Jean
NJCAA District G All-Tournament Team
Megan Jean
Baseball
All-Region XII 1st Team
Kory Brown
All-MCCAA 1st Team
Kory Brown
Nick Keller
Josh Wieten
All-MCCAA 2nd Team
Brandon Melchert
Damon Proctor
Jason Ribecky
MCCAA Coach of the Year
Cap Pohlman
MCCAA All-Freshman Team
Damon Proctor
Golf
All-Region XII 1st Team
Ollie Shephardson
All-MCCAA
Tyler Covell
Joel Maire
All-Western Conference 1st Team
Joel Maire
Ollie Shepardson
Western Conference All-Freshman Team
Joel Maire
Region XII All-Tournament Team
Ollie Shepardson
NJCAA National Tournament Qualifier
Ollie Shepardson
2013-14 ACADEMIC AWARD WINNERS NJCAA
NJCAA ALL AMERICAN ACADEMIC TEAM
Women’s Cross Country – 3.37 GPA
Women’s Volleyball – 3.31 GPA
Women’s Soccer – 3.12 GPA
Women’s Bowling – 3.11 GPA
NJCAA AWARD FOR SUPERIOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT (3.80 – 3.99 GPA)
Lukas Gilmore (wrestling) 3.98 GPA
Amber Carmean (volleyball) 3.92 GPA
David Vanbergen (cross country) 3.87 GPA
Kory Brown (baseball) 3.82 GPA
Kyle Essenberg (bowling) 3.82 GPA
NJCAA AWARD FOR EXEMPLARY ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT (3.60 – 3.79 GPA)
Tyler Covell (golf) 3.75 GPA
Eric Hilt (soccer) 3.75 GPA
Mathias Waterstradt (cross country) 3.71 GPA
Hannah Forner (soccer) 3.66 GPA
MCCAA
ACADEMIC ALL MCCAA (3.2 GPA)
| Eric Hilt – Men’s Soccer | David Vanbergen – Men’s Cross Country |
| Amber Carmean – Volleyball | Hannah Forner – Women’s Soccer |
| Elyse Ray – Volleyball | Anna Carmean – Women’s Soccer |
| Brad Keller – Baseball | Ashlee Taylor – Women’s Soccer |
| Jason Ribecky – Baseball | Tehran Peffley-Rout – Women’s Soccer |
| Brandon Melchert – Baseball | Meghan Birr – Volleyball/Softball |
| Patrick Giddings – Baseball | Sydney Tharp – Softball |
| Kory Brown – Baseball | Amanda Chaffee – Softball |
| Curtis Taylor – Golf | Dylan Lewis – Men’s Bowling |
| Tyler Covell – Golf | Kyle Essenberg – Men’s Bowling |
| Lukas Gilmore – Wrestling | Caitlin Alviar – Women’s Bowling |
| Mathias Waterstradt – Men’s Cross Country | Taylor Brown – Women’s Basketball |
ACADEMIC ALL CONFERENCE (3.0 GPA)
| Logan Holland – Men’s Soccer | Alyssa Panozzo – Women’s Soccer |
| Zach Sutton – Men’s Soccer | Morgan Kantola – Women’s Soccer |
| Kyle Vedrode – Baseball | Emily Peake – Softball |
| Nikole Heinig – Women’s Soccer | Tim Loeffler – Men’s Bowling |
MCC Athletes of the Year
Eric Hilt (Soccer) – Male Athlete of the Year
Beka German (Volleyball) – Female Athlete of the Year
Kory Brown (Baseball) – John G. Thompson Student-Athlete of the Year