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GVSPORTS Monthly Magazine • 1

VOLUME 1, NUMBER 6

EDITOR IN CHIEF

Tim Nott

MANAGING EDITOR

Doug Lipinski

EXECUTIVE EDITOR

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ACQUISITIONS EDITOR

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ADVERTISING DIRECTOR

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STAFF WRITERS

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Kelsey Deacon

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GV Sports Monthly Magazine is a

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Grand Valley State University. Copies of

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GV Sports Monthly Magazine

GVSU, 192 Fieldhouse

IN THIS ISSUE

10 Main Event

THE BOYS OF SUMMER ARE BACK

The Grand Valley State baseball program has been as suc-

cessful as any in Division II baseball the last seven years.

Head baseball coach Steve Lyon has turned GVSU...

5 Swimming and Diving

LAKER SWIMMING AND DIVING

The men’s swimming & diving team used superior team

depth to capture the 2010 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic

Conference (GLIAC) title with a four-day championship total

of 866 points...

3 Football

LAKERS INK 32 ON SIGNING DAY

Grand Valley State University head football coach Matt

Mitchell announced the signing of 32 student-athletes to

attend and play football for the Lakers in the fall of 2010...

2 Track and Field

TRACK AND FIELD PREPARES FOR NCAA

CHAMPIONSHIPS

Grand Valley State’s men’s and women’s track and field

teams have been competing all season preparing themselves

for the NCAA Division II Indoor National Championships...


Grand Valley State’s men’s and women’s track

and field teams have been competing all season

preparing themselves for the NCAA Division II

Indoor National Championships. The Lakers have

hosted eight meets in the Laker Turf Building,

with one of the biggest meets in the Midwest held

on Feb. 12-13.

The GVSU Big Meet had over 1,600 athletes

compete and over 6,300 fans in attendance over

the two days. Schools from all over the country

traveled to Allendale, Mich., to participate in the

event, including numerous Division I schools like

Michigan, Michigan State, Purdue, Ohio State

and Central Michigan.

During the meet, 21 Laker Turf Building

records were broken along with a GVSU school

record. Grand Valley State’s women’s 4 x 400-

meter relay team of Chanelle Caldwell, Kayla

Vallar, Danielle Fonseca and Jade Hull, finished

second with a time of 3:45.26 to break the previ-

ous school record of 3:47.08. The relay team also

automatically qualified themselves for the NCAA

National Championships.

Caldwell also qualified in the 800-meter when

she crossed the finish line fourth at the meet with

a time of 2:10.86. Other athletes that qualified for

nationals at the GVSU Big Meet were Monica

Kinney in the mile and Liz Murphy in the

women’s 20lb. weight throw.

Kinney placed third with a time of 4:53.64,

while Murphy threw a distance of 56’11.25”,

good for eighth place. Both finished first overall

in their events among Division II athletes.

The GVSU women’s track team also has 28

athletes provisionally qualified for nationals in 10

events, along with a distance medley relay team.

Among the top of those lists are Vallar and Cald-

well in the 400-meter dash and Candice Wheat in

the 60-meter hurdles. The Lakers also have eight

runners that have hit the provisional mark in the

5000-meter run.

Head coach Jerry Baltes is very pleased with

the success of the women’s team. “Our women

have had a great indoor season to this point,”

Baltes commented. “We have a great group of

senior women that understand this is their last go

around to do something special.”

On the men’s side of the field, Matt Arm-

strong automatically qualified in the shot put with

a throw of 57’5.75”, which broke Aleksas Abro-

mavicius’ school record of 57’0.25”. Donny

Stiffler provisionally qualified for nationals in the

shot put, with a throw of 56’4.50”. He finished

sixth at the GVSU Big Meet, behind Armstrong.

In the men’s high jump, Nate Miller hit the

provisional mark placing first at the Eubanks

Open with a jump of 6’8.75”. Dennis Quinton

and Ryan Rademacher also provisionally quali-

fied for nationals in the pole vault and long jump,

respectively.

In the running events, Paul Zielinski and Ross

Faasse hit the provisional mark in the 5000-meter

run. Zielinski qualified with a time of 14:39.55,

while Faasse crossed the line at 14:46.79.

GVSU’s track and field teams hope to con-

tinue their success and use their experience at na-

tionals. “This is our second year in the Laker Turf

Building and it has been an exciting journey. We

have hosted some great meets with outstanding

competition,” said Baltes. “This has allowed our

student athletes to gain very valuable big meet

experience throughout the season. Our hope is

this will help us when we get to the NCAA

Championships.”

The Laker men and women will compete at

the NCAA Division II Indoor National Champi-

onships March 12-13 in Albuquerque, N.M.

Track & Field Prepares for Indoor Championships

Kelsey DeaconStaff Writer


Grand Valley State University head football

coach Matt Mitchell announced the signing of 32

student-athletes to attend and play football for the

Lakers in the fall of 2010.

"I thought our coaching staff did an outstanding

job of first identifying talent and then second re-

cruiting those kids to be a part of Grand Valley

State University and our football program," said

first-year head coach Matt Mitchell. "We always

want to recruit the state of Michigan first and I am

extremely pleased with the quality of student-ath-

lete we were able to recruit to Grand Valley State."

Grand Valley State's 2010 class consists of 32

players from the state of Michigan and from Illi-

nois.

"Our name recognition and the success of foot-

ball program enables our coaching staff to get in

on some players that are being recruited at the Di-

vision I level," Mitchell added. "It is important for

us to continue to battle those Division I schools for

those players if we want to build on our past suc-

cess."

GVSU returns 43 letterwinners in 2010, includ-

ing nine players that have started games on offense

and nine that have started on the defensive side of

the ball. GVSU is 115-8 the last nine years with

four NCAA DII National Championships (2002,

2003, 2005, 2006) and six title game appearances

(2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2009). Grand

Valley State will open the 2010 campaign Thurs-

day, Sept. 2 at 7:00 p.m. versus West Texas A&M.

Lakers Ink 32 on National Signing Day

Incoming Freshmen

Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School

Jordan Beachnau QB 6-0 170 Lansing, Mich./Holt

Brandon Beitzel QB 6-3 196 Geneva, Ill.

Dakota Bender RB 5-11 183 Clarkston, Mich.

Justin Davis WR 5-8 173 Lathrup Village, Mich./Southfield Lathrup

Isiah Dunning DL 6-2 240 Ravenna, Mich.

Kyle Eilers OL 6-5 232 Montague, Mich.

Cam Fields WR 5-7 164 West Bloomfield, Mich.

Martel Goodson LB 5-11 203 Detroit, Mich./Martin Luther King

Randy Hogan LB 6-0 207 Lowell, Mich.

Deonte Hurst DB 5-11 170 Kentwood, Mich./East Kentwood

Ben Hutchins RB 5-8 171 Portage, Mich./Portage Northern

Antonio Hutchins LB 5-11 195 Portage, Mich./Portage Northern

Devonte Jones DB 5-9 150 St. Joseph, Mich.

Matt Judon DL 6-3 227 West Bloomfield, Mich.

John Kamps OL 6-5 233 Zeeland, Mich./Zeeland East

Adam Koning LB 6-1 196 Hamilton, Mich.

Marco Iaderosa PK 5-9 212 Farmington Hills, Mich./Farmington

Daniel Lindsey Ath. 5-11 181 Belleville, Mich./Inkster

Nathan Lindsey Ath. 6-0 191 Belleville, Mich./Inkster

Payton McCallum DL 6-2 242 Lapeer, Mich./Lapeer East

Keontre Miskel WR 6-1 179 Muskegon, Mich./Mona Shores

Chris Picano P 5-10 208 Brighton, Mich.

Chris Robinson RB 6-0 209 Ovid, Mich./Ovid-Elsie

Jack Sauber WR 5-10 173 Shelby Twp., Mich./Utica Eisenhower

Kirk Spencer RB 5-10 182 East Grand Rapids, Mich.

Tyler Van Bergen WR 6-0 166 Whitehall, Mich.

Sam Welch QB 5-11 190 Commerce Twp., Mich./Walled Lake Western

John Westfall OL 6-3 253 Highland, Mich./Milford

Craig Wilson DL 6-2 253 Traverse City, Mich./Traverse City West

Justice Wright RB 5-11 181 Macomb, Mich./Sterling Heights Stevenson

Bobby Wunderlich DB 6-3 184 Troy, Mich.

Vorheese Zanders WR 5-11 168 Detroit, Mich./Inkster

Transfers

Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Last School

Hunter Charneski DL 6-2 245 Green Bay, Wis./St. Cloud State

Kyle McMahon QB 6-3 218 Pontiac, Mich./Eastern Michigan

Norman Shuford RB 5-9 196 Farmington Hills, Mich./Akron

Head coach Matt Mitchell introduced his first recruiting

class on national signing day.


Where Are They Now?How you remember him:

Callistus Eziukwu was a force on the hardwood

during his four years at Grand Valley State. From

2005-08 Eziukwu evolved from a defensive shot

blocker into a complete player that dominated the

GLIAC and earned national honors. He was a key

part of the success that saw the program advance to

the NCAA Elite Eight and earn its first-ever no. 1

national ranking. After his senior season, Callistus

was named a first-team all-american by four differ-

ent publications. He is the only player in GVSU his-

tory to be in the 1,000 point, 100 block, and the 800

rebound clubs.

What he’s doing now:

Eziukwu started his professional career in France

with Saint Vallier Basket Drome where he averaged

9.6 points per game in his first professional season.

After one year he moved on to Turkey playing for

Usakspor Belediyesi. Currently he has played in 17

games for the club and is averaging 35.5 minutes,

18.4 points, and 3.5 blocks per game. He has hit

double-digit scoring totals in every game he has

played this season and has blocked eight shots on

two occasions.

Spring Football Game

Get a preview of the 2010-2011 football team

at the 15th annual Spring Classic Celebration

sponsored by Outback Steakhouse. The Spring

Classic will feature a 12:00 pm kickoff at Lub-

bers Stadium.

LMCU Challenge

Lake Michigan Credit Union will be hosting

high school boys and girls track meets inside

the Laker Turf Building from March 29-31. The

three day event will feature high school track

teams from across the state. Admission into the

meet is $5.00.

S&D Heading to National Championships

The men’s and women’s swimming and diving

teams had very successful seasons in the

GLIAC. The men’s team captured the GLIAC

Championship while the women put in a strong

performance to secure second place. Their per-

formances have the Lakers preparing for the

NCAA Division II National Championship in

Canton, Ohio on March 10-13.

Season Ticket Renewal Deadline

Hurry! April 16th will be the deadline to renew

your football season tickets for the 2010-2011

season. To make sure you don’t miss out call

the GVSU Athletic Ticket Office at 616-331-

3200 or stop in to the office. Office hours are

Monday from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm and Tuesday

/Thursday from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm.

Track and Field Sets Attendance Record

Grand Valley State men's and women's track

and field team hosted the GVSU Big Meet on

February 12-13 to set a new attendance record

as over 1,600 student athletes preformed for a

sellout crowd of 6,307 over the two-day meet.

Spring Trips

The Laker baseball and softball teams begin the

month of March on the road for their spring

trips. The baseball team travels to Winter

Haven, Fla. for a series of games in the sun-

shine state, while the softball team will be com-

peting in Clermont, Fla. For updated scores and

results, check gvsulakers.com over the spring

break.

NEWS IN BRIEF

GVSU CareerYear GP FG FGA Pct. FT FTA Pct. Pts PPGREB Avg.

04-05 28 157 213 .737 70 119 .588 384 13.7 226 8.1

05-06 31 161 263 .612 82 124 .661 405 13.1 201 6.5

06-07 24 124 199 .623 62 108 .574 310 12.9 173 7.2

07-08 37 239 383 .624 104 221 .471 582 15.7 324 8.8

Totals 120 681 1058 .644 318 572 .556 1681 14.0 924 7.7

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The men’s swimming & diving team used supe-rior team depth to capture the 2010 Great Lakes In-tercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) titlewith a four-day championship total of 866 points.The Lakers’ 2010 title was its third GLIAC titlesince 2005 (2005, 2008, 2010). GVSU will nowsend a contingent of seven swimmers and threedivers to the 2010 NCAA DII National Champi-onships in Canton, Ohio March 9-13.

The Lakers were consistent across the board ineach event for the entire GLIAC Championship atWayne State. GVSU scored 69 points in two eventson the opening night (Wednesday), followed bydaily totals of 271 points (Thursday), 244 points(Friday) and 282 points (Saturday). Individually,Raphael Santos, Matt Witkowski, Aaron Beebe,Justin Pattermann and Jordan Schrotenboer led theway for the Lakers as that group combined to reachthe finals in 15 individual events and were keymembers of all five relays that finished among thetop four.

“I was extremely pleased with our depth acrossthe board in every event and really liked the waythat our kids competed throughout the entire meet,”said second-year head coach Andy Boyce.

Santos, competing in his first-ever GLIACChampionship, was a part of three GLIAC titles ashe touched the wall first in the 100 and 200 back-stroke and swam the lead leg of the 200 medleyrelay that claimed a first-place finish. Raphael, whoset the Wayne State pool record in both the back-stroke events, scored points in six events.

Witkowski scored in a team-high seven events,reaching the finals in three individual races andfour relays. Matt tallied a second-place finish in the100 free and a third-place finish in the 200 free.Beebe reached the finals in four individual events,highlighted by a second-place finish in the 100 but-terfly and third-place finishes in the 200 freestyleand 200 breaststroke. Pattermann tallied a second-place finish in the 200 IM, a third in the 200 but-terfly and a fourth in the 200 fly, whileSchrotenboer notched second-place finishes in the200 free and 200 back. Evan Betts claimed hisfirst-ever GLIAC title on the 1-meter board with aschool-record score of 524.60, followed by a sec-ond-place finish on the 3-meter board.

Grand Valley State will rely on the services ofHans Hill, Joe Sayre, Santos, Beebe, Witkowski,Pattermann and Schrotenboer on the swimmingside, while divers Reece Bierhalter, Patrick Van-Dommelen and Betts will compete for the Lakersat the NCAA Championships.

The GVSU women were consistent in all facetsduring the GLIAC Championships taking secondplace. The Laker women vaulted into the lead withan opening round total of 123 points on Wednes-day, followed by 205 points Thursday, 144 pointsFriday and 211.5 points during the final day of

competition. Sixteen Laker swimmers and twodivers reached the finals for GVSU.

Diver Karen Verbrugge claimed the Lakers’ loneGLIAC title with her first-place finish on the 1-meter board in a school and GLIAC Championshiprecord total of 461.01. Verbrugge also notched athird-place finish on the 3-meter board, whileRachel Strom finished fourth on the 1-meter andfifth on the 3-meter board.

Kelsey Vermeer reached the finals in three indi-vidual events and was a part of four relays thatplaced among the top four in the GLIAC. Vermeerfinished second in the 50 freestyle, fourth in the100 backstroke and fourth in the 100 freestyle,while recording two seconds, a third and a fourthas a part of Laker relays. Erin Kinney was a topperformer in the distance freestyle events, record-ing a third in the 1650 freestyle and fifth in boththe 500 and 1000 free. Kinney was also a memberof the 800 free relay team that finished third. KimBaughman reached the finals in two events (50free-6, 100 back-6) and was a part of three relaysthat finished second, third and fourth, while LaurenDorsey also reached the finals in three events (100breast, 200 breast, 200 IM) and competed in tworelays.

“I’m excited to see our kids compete at theNCAA Championships,” added Boyce. “We didnot fully rest our swimmers for the GLIAC Cham-pionships so this will be the first time that our stu-dent-athletes are going into the NCAA’s with a fulltaper.”

Lakers Win GLIAC, Prepare for National Championships

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SOCCER


The Grand Valley State baseball program has

been as successful as any in Division II baseball

the last seven years. Head baseball coach Steve

Lyon has turned GVSU into one of the top pro-

grams in the country, regardless of region. The

Lakers are now mentioned in the same sentence as

Tampa, Central Missouri State, Delta State, Florida

Southern and Chico State to name a few as legiti-

mate World Series contenders each and every year.

GVSU is 294-95-2 since 2003 with seven GLIAC

titles, seven NCAA DII Regional appearances and

four DII World Series appearances. The Lakers are

the only team in DII baseball to advance to the DII

World Series four times since 2003 and GVSU is

one of three DII programs to appear in each of the

last seven NCAA Tournaments.

GVSU begins the 2010 season ranked fifth in

the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Associa-

tion preseason poll and Ping Collegiate baseball

poll, while the American Baseball Coaches Asso-

ciation poll ranks the Lakers 17th. GVSU will open

the season Feb. 27 at Quincy, before embarking on

a spring trip to Winter Haven, Florida where they

will play 11 games against the likes of regionally

ranked opponents St. Joseph’s College, Tampa,

Southwest Minnesota, Minnesota State-Mankato

and Nebraska-Omaha. The GLIAC slate will have

the Lakers playing each league opponent five times

before the top four teams advance to the GLIAC

Tournament May 6-8 in Chillicothe, Ohio.

“I’m excited to get outside and get the 2010 sea-

son under way,” said 12th-year head coach Steve

Lyon. “We have a solid nucleus of both pitchers

and position players returning, while I also feel we

have a number of newcomers that will make an im-

pact on the hill and in the field,” added Lyon.

Preseason DII All-American 2B Kyle Gendron

returns for his senior season after earning ABCA

Third-Team All-American honors as a junior in

2009. Gendron hit .390 with 90 hits, 62 runs

scored, 11 home runs and 52 RBIs as a junior. Join-

ing Gendron on the infield is a three-year starter at

1B in Cory Maguire. Maguire, who earned Second-

Team All-GLIAC honors a year ago, hit .362 with

76 hits, 62 runs scored, 52 RBIs and 11 HRs. Soph-

omore CF Cody Grice, the 2009 GLIAC Freshman

Tim NottEditor in Chief

TTHHEE BBOOYYSS OOFF SSUUMMMMEERR AARREE BBAACCKK2010 Baseball Schedule

Feb 27 at Quincy (2) Noon

Feb. 28 at Quincy (2) Noon

Spring Trip at Winter Haven, Fla.

Mar. 6 Missouri-St. Louis 2: 30 pm

Mar. 7 Saint Joseph’s (2) 9:30 am

Mar. 8 Mansfield 4:30 pm

Mar. 9 Lockhaven 11: 30 am

Mar. 10 at Tampa 6:00 pm

Mar. 11 SW Minnesota St. (2) 12:30 pm

Mar. 12 Augustana 9:00 am

Mar. 13 Minn. St Mankato 1:00 pm

Mar. 14 Nebraska-Omaha 10:00 am

Mar. 17 at Findlay(2) 2:00 pm

Mar. 20 Hillsdale (2) 1:00 pm

Mar. 21 Hillsdale Noon

Mar. 23 Northwood (2) 2:00 pm

Mar. 24 Ashland (2) 1:00 pm

Mar. 27 Tiffin (2) 1:00 pm

Mar. 28 Tiffin Noon

Mar. 30 Northwood (2) 2:00 pm

Mar. 31 at Hillsdale (2) 2:00 pm

Apr. 2 Findlay (2) 1:00 pm

Apr. 3 Findlay Noon

Apr. 6 Saginaw Valley St. (2) 2:00 pm

Apr. 7 at W.M. Whitecaps 6:00 pm

Apr. 10 at Northwood (2) 1:00 pm

Apr. 11 at Northwood 1:00 pm

Apr. 13 at Lewis (2) 3:00 pm

Apr. 14 at Wayne State (2) 2:00 pm

Apr. 17 at Ashland (2) 1:00 pm

Apr. 18 at Ashland Noon

Apr. 21 at Tiffin (2) 1:00 pm

Apr. 24 at Saginaw Valley St. (2) 1:00 pm

Apr. 25 at Saginaw Valley St. Noon

May 1 Wayne State (2) 1:00 pm

May 2 Wayne State Noon(2) - Doubleheader

Home games

Road gamesSophomore Cody Grice returns for his second season after being named the GLIAC Freshman of the Year in 2009.


of the Year and a First-Team All-GLIAC selection,

hit .411 with 69 hits, 45 runs scored and 34 RBIs,

while fellow sophomore outfielder Steve Anderson

tallied a .394 batting average, 52 hits, 34 RBIs and

28 runs scored as a true freshman. Sophomore

catcher Jared Cowan saw a significant amount of

action behind the dish late in the year when Bobby

Walmsley injured his knee. Cowan hit .283 with 15

hits, eight runs and seven RBIs in 17 starts.

Grand Valley State returns four starting pitchers

that combined for a 22-5 record in 2009. Senior

LHP Matt Cade notched an 8-0 record with a 2.44

ERA in 59 innings pitched. Cade tallied 50 strike-

outs and walked just 14. Sophomore Kyle Schepel

ended the 2009 campaign as one of the top hurlers

on the staff, recording a 5-1 record with a 2.15

ERA in 50.1 innings pitched with 43 strikeouts.

Senior Brad Raj, who saw action both at SS and as

a starting pitcher, tallied a 3-1 mark with a 4.85

ERA on the mound, while junior Joe Jablonski

sported a 6-3 mark with a 5.21 ERA in 65.2 innings

pitched. In addition, senior Jared Knuth and soph-

omore Cory Rademacher will be key figures in the

pitching staff.

Junior Andrew Trepel, a transfer from Indiana

State, is slated to handle the duties at shortstop,

while a pair of sophomores, Brian Robinson and

Bobby Martin, will both see action at third base.

Juniors Torre Aguirre and Paul Young, a transfer

from Grand Rapids C.C., will handle the duties in

right field. Aguirre saw spot action as a sophomore,

while Young earned all-region honors at GRCC.

Junior Dan Holcomb, a RHP transfer from Evans-

ville and the 2007 Mr. Baseball for the State of

Michigan, will be a key contributor of the Lakers

on the hill.

“We really have a challenging schedule out of

the gate on the non-conference side and in the

GLIAC,” said Lyon. “We have to be ready to go

when we hit the diamond for the first time, but I

really like the blend we have on our team. We have

good leaders both on the field and on our pitching

staff and we have players that gained a great deal

of experience in key situations last season that will

help during the 2010 season.”

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pitching and playing SS in 2009.

Cory Maguire will return to first base in 2010 as the starter

for the fourth year.


Q & A with Head Coach Jerry Baltes

As the track and field coach you oversee both

men and women and several different events.

What would you say is your biggest challenge in

facing such variety?

Keeping everything organized on a day-to-day

basis, and making sure every student-athlete has

every opportunity to reach their potential and be

successful.

What is the biggest difference between coaching

Cross Country and Track and Field?

In cross country we have one ultimate goal and

that is to be ready to compete to win the NCAA

Championship at the end of the year. Of course we

want to win GLIAC’s and the NCAA Regional, but

everything is focused on the NCAA Champi-

onships at the end of November. In track there are

many different focuses between events, and some

are focused on be ready for the GLIAC Champi-

onships, while we need to focus on the NCAA

Championships.

What’s the most important lesson you’ve

learned over your eleven years of coaching?

I think just to take it one day at a time, and stay

focused on helping get each person a little bit better

in hopes of them reaching their full potential. Also,

to not get too excited during the ups and don’t get

too down during the low points.

Throughout your tenure as coach of GVSU

you’ve posted some very gaudy numbers with

your athletes and have experienced so much

success, what do you attribute that to?

I have been very fortunate in that I have been

surrounded by great people every step of the way

here at GVSU. A very supportive administration,

the hardest working assistant coaches in the coun-

try, and the most giving student-athletes you could

ask for.

The GLIAC Coach of the Year award has been

given to you 28 times. Have any of those been

more special than the others?

That is a hard one to answer. I think they are all

special in that a lot of people work hard so I could

be recognized. So at the same time I do not like to

make a big deal about the award and focus more

on the accomplishments of our team.

Describe your favorite memory or proudest mo-

ment from your job?

I cherish the relationships the most. It is great

to stay in touch with our alums and see all the great

things each are doing in the real world.

Outside of GVSU Track and Field and Cross

Country, what are some of your favorite activi-

ties?

Hanging out with my family, wife Sam, and two

kids Ali (5) and Jack (2) as well as hanging out

with old college friends.

What is the best advice anyone has ever given

you?

I have had a lot of good advice sent my way

over the years, some of it I listened to right away

and some I come back to later and say I should

have listened sooner.

One thing that sticks out in my mind right now

is something Tim Selgo told me after my first year

here at GV. He told me to slow down and take rest

when you need it. At the time I was 24 and thought

he was crazy and I could keep going full speed

ahead every step of the way. Well now looking

back, being a few years older and a little more on

my plate with our family, I have to go back to that

and take it to heart more often.

Jerry Baltes is the head coach for the men’s and women’s

cross country and track and field teams at GVSU.

Sept. 2 West Texas A&M Allendale, MI 7:00 pm

Sept. 11 Hillsdale Allendale, MI 7:00 pm

Sept. 18 Indianapolis Allendale, MI 7:00 pm

Sept. 25 Findlay Findlay, OH 12:00 pm

Oct. 2 Tiffin Tiffin, OH 1:30 pm

Oct. 9 Northern Michigan Allendale, MI 7:00 pm

Oct. 16 Lake Erie Allendale, MI 7:00 pm

Oct. 23 Ferris State Big Rapids, MI 2:00 pm

Oct. 30 Michigan Tech Houghton, MI 1:00 pm

Nov. 6 Northwood Allendale, MI 7:00 pm

Nov. 13 Saginaw Valley State University Center, MI 7:00 pm

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Recipe of the Month - Tex Mex Dip

Laker Crosser

Directions:

I usually use the 40 oz. can with beans and the

10 oz. can hot without beans. Doesn’t matter

what kind: with or without beans, hot or not,

turkey meat or not.

Important: do not substitute store brand for

Hormel. There is something special about

Hormel with this recipe.

Ingredients:

40 oz. can of Hormel Chili (drain the excess liquid off, it won’t be much)

10 oz. can of Hormel Chili (small can with beans or spicy for variety) (drain)

Two (or three) 8 oz. blocks of Philadelphia cream cheese

Optional - One lb. of ground beef, cooked with onions, drained

Two 1 lb. bags of taco chips

About the Recipe

This month’s recipe was provided by Sandra Jennings. Sandra is the administrative

assistant in the athletic department. She is also the eye behind Sandra’s Snapshot

which is in every issue of the magazine.

Submit your own ...

If you would like to have your recipe featured in GVSPORTS Monthly Magazine,

please email the ingredients and directions to [email protected] with the

subject line, “recipe.”

Crossword answers available on page 14


March Home Events

Crossword Puzzle Answers

For Tickets call 616-331-3200

Sandra’s Snapshot

Two GVSU students and Papa John’s employees host children at Kids’ Club Day which was

sponsored by the athletic department.

Sandra’s Snapshot is a photo provided by

Sandra Jennings, the administrative

assistant for the GVSU Athletic Department.

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 3 4 5 6

7 8 9 10 11 12 13

14 15 16 17 18 19 20Baseball vs. Hillsdale

1 & 4 p.m.

21Baseball vs. Hillsdale

12 p.m.

22Softball vs. Olivet

3 & 5 p.m.

23 24Baseball vs. Ashland

1 & 4 p.m.

25 26 27Baseball vs. Tiffin

1 & 4 p.m.

28Baseball vs. Tiffin

12 p.m.

29 30Baseball vs.

Northwood 2 & 5 p.m.

31

Spring Break


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PLAYER PROFILES

To be a part of a DII program where I could continue my softball career away

from home and pursue my educational desires.

My Father, taught me to work hard, pushed me in everything I did, and was

there to help show me how to always improve.

In Colorado, with a secure environmental career, starting a family, and enjoying

various outdoor activities all the time.

Breanne Kronberg Name Matt MalloureSenior Year Senior

Softball Sport GolfMathematics Major Statistics

Favorite ...

Labyrinth Movie Happy GilmoreVegetable Stir Fry Food Steak and Potatoes

“The Way You Make Me Feel” by Michael Jackson Song Anything by DJ TiestoCoast Lines Place to visit Chelsea, Mich.

Chicago Blackhawks Sports Team Detroit Red Wings

Why did youchoose GVSU?

Who has had thebiggest impact on

your sports career?

What do you hopeto being doing in 5

years?

My sister was already a student here, and after visiting a few times I fell in love

with the campus. I planned to go to school here whether or not I could play

golf.

My Grandpa Don got me introduced to the game and gave me my first golf

club, a Wilson sand wedge, that I used to teach myself how to play in my front

yard.

I see myself out of graduate school with a job in pharmaceutical research, as

well as settling down to start a family.


The GridCory MaguireBaseball PlayerDavidson, Mich.

Doug WoodsHead Softball Coach

Jenison, Mich.

Sarah HoffmanGolfer

Saline, Mich.

Steve Lloyd-JonesBroadcaster

Rockford, Mich.

March Madness Winner?

Big plans for springbreak?

How much snow will weget in March?

Favorite non-mainstreamsport?

You have $3.00 to spendat McDonald’s. What doyou order?

Duke

Hopefully lots of sunshineon our spring trip to Fla.

3 inches

Bowling

McDouble, Parfait, and aCoke

Kansas

Softball spring trip to Orlando, Fla.

None, we have gamesscheduled

Ping Pong

Big Mac sandwich

Kentucky

Arizona with the team fora tournament

I don’t know? Did thegroundhog see his

shadow?

Snowboarding

Definitely a doublecheeseburger meal

without onions

Kansas

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