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IN THIS ISSUE 2 Track and Field GVSU PLACES THIRD AT NATIONALS The Grand Valley State women’s track and field team set a program record when it sent 22 student-athletes to compete at the 2010 Outdoor Track & Field Championships on May 27-29 in Charlotte, N.C. ... (Pictured: Monica Kinney)
3 Baseball BASEBALL FINISHES STRONG The Grand Valley State baseball team endured a great deal of adversity during the 2010 season, but head coach Steve Lyon kept the diamond Lakers in tune for another title run... (Pictured: Joe Jablonski
5 Athletics TWO LAKERS EARN GLIAC SCHOLARSHIPS Grand Valley State University women's soccer player Natalja Stanski (Tecumseh, Ontario) and GVSU football player Alex Gilde (McBain, Mich.) are the recipients of the 2010 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) PostGraduate Scholarship... (Pictured: Alex Gilde)
10 Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup KEEPING THE CUP To be named the winner of the Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup trophy even once is quite an honor for an athletic department. To be named as back-to-back winners of the prestigious award would be an even greater accomplishment...
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VOLUME 2, NUMBER 1 EDITOR IN CHIEF Tim Nott MANAGING EDITOR Doug Lipinski EXECUTIVE EDITOR Doug Witte ACQUISITIONS EDITOR Courtney Goldschmeding ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Charlie Read STAFF WRITERS DJ Foster Kelsey Deacon CONTRIBUTORS Janine Freeman Andy Fry Sandra Jennings GV Sports Marketing GVSU Sports Information PRINTER Jenison Printing GV Sports Monthly Magazine is a magazine that focuses on athletics at Grand Valley State University. Copies of the magazine are free to the community. and located on news stands in the greater Grand Rapids area. Copies of the magazine are also distributed in Allendale by the Advance Newspaper. GV Sports Monthly Magazine GVSU, 192 Fieldhouse
GVSU Places Third at Nationals, 13 Named All-American The Grand Valley State women’s track and field team set a program record when it sent 22 studentathletes to compete at the 2010 Outdoor Track & Field Championships on May 27-29 in Charlotte, N.C. The Lakers finished third at the meet with 47 points, the highest they have ever finished in an outdoor season, and collected 13 all-american awards. Head coach Jerry Baltes was pleased with the performance from the women’s team and looks forward to next year. “Our women competed very hard in Charlotte to earn their highest finish in school’s history,” Baltes commented. “We took the most women athletes to the meet, we had the most women earn all-american honors and I am very confident we will win a championships in the near future.” The top-finisher for the Lakers was sophomore Monica Kinney. She recorded 13 points for GVSU with a second place finish in the 1500-meter run (4:23.00) and a fourth place finish in the 5000meter run (16:24.67). Senior Candice Wheat and sophomore Chanelle Caldwell also took home two all-america honors. Wheat cleared the 100-meter hurdles in 13.57 seconds for fourth place, while Caldwell claimed a third place finish in the 800meter run (2:06.60). Wheat, Caldwell, Kayla Vallar
Kelsey Deacon Staff Writer and Leiah Hess set a new school record in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:41.81, placing fourth. Senior Danielle Fonseca set a new school record in the preliminaries of the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 59.56 seconds. In the finals, she earned all-america honors with an eighth place finish (1:00.37). In the field events, Liz Murphy took home a second place finish in the hammer. Her toss of 181’8” recorded eight points for GVSU. Freshman Sam Lockhart earned her first outdoor all-american honors in the discus throw. She finished seventh with a throw of 148’9”. Jocelyn Kuksa earned five points for the Lakers with a fourth place finish in the pole vault (12’6.75”), while senior Maegan Doyen claimed all-america honors with a seventh place finish in the high jump. She cleared a height of 5’7”, scoring two points. On the men’s team, two student-athletes scored points for Grand Valley State, earning all-america honors. Junior Tyler Emmorey broke his previous
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school record with a sixth place finish and a time of 8:55.42, scoring three points for the Lakers. Sophomore Matt Armstrong also set a new school record in the shot put. His toss of 59’2.75” placed him second. Grand Valley State also earned two postseason awards from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). Assistant coach Joe Lynn was named Men’s Assistant Coach of the Year for his work with the distance crew, while the women’s program was honored with its second straight Division II Women’s Program of the Year Award. The award is based on where the team finishes at the championships of cross country, and indoor and outdoor track and field. Baltes was honored with winning program of the year for the second consecutive year. “This award goes to show how strong our program is during all three seasons. Our student-athletes and coaches have prepared to compete at a high level in cross country, and indoor and outdoor track and field,” Baltes said. “I am very proud and thankful for the hard work, the effort and the great results our student-athletes and coaches have put together over the past two seasons of winning the program of the year award.”
Baseball Ends Season After Strong Postseason Run The Grand Valley State baseball team endured a great deal of adversity during the 2010 season, but head coach Steve Lyon kept the diamond Lakers in tune for another title run. GVSU (37-16) advanced to the GLIAC Tournament for the seventh straight year and was then selected to appear in the NCAA DII National Tournament for the ninth consecutive year. Grand Valley State advanced to the NCAA DII Midwest Regional title game for the seventh time in the last nine years, but dropped a pair of games on the final day to eventual National Champion Southern Indiana. GVSU headed into Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play with an 8-3 mark and opened the league ledger with eight straight wins. Grand Valley State used a potent offensive attack that hit .368 and averaged over eight runs per game to build on its winnings ways. Injuries to an already depleted pitching staff forced pitchers that began the year in the bullpen into weekend starters. Senior Jared Knuth turned in a 6-2 record, while sophomore Cory Rademacher finished 5-2. Following a 1-2 mark in the GLIAC Tournament, the Lakers entered the NCAA Midwest Regional as the No. 2 seed. GVSU opened with a 6-3 win over league foe Ashland, followed by a 7-1 victory over Northern Kentucky. GVSU then improved to 3-0 in the six-team tourney with a 6-3
Tim Nott Editor in Chief win over Southern Indiana. The Lakers needed just one win on Sunday to advance to its fifth NCAA DII World Series in the last eight years, but USI claimed 7-3 and 11-4 wins over the Lakers to earn the World Series berth. The Lakers are one of three teams (Central Missouri and Tampa) to appear in every NCAA Tournament since 2002. In addition, GVSU has the fourth-best winning percentage (.724/390-148-1) of all DII schools since 2000. Senior 2B Kyle Gendron, sophomore CF Cody Grice and junior RHP Joe Jablonski reaped postseason honors following the 2010 baseball season. All three GVSU student-athletes were named to the American Baseball Coaches Association and National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association AllMidwest Region First-Team. In addition, junior SS Andrew Trepel was named the NCBWA All-Midwest Second-Team. The above mentioned four earned First-Team All-GLIAC honors, while senior 1B Cory Maguire, sophomore 3B Brian Robinson and Rademacher were named to the All-GLIAC Second Team. Sophomore OF Steve Anderson and Knuth earned honorable mention plaudits. Grice hit .455 with 18 doubles, five triples and
six home runs. His 100 hits established a GLIAC and GVSU single-season record. Grice, who tallied a .664 slugging percentage and a .506 on base percentage, drove in 49 runs and scored 66 runs. Cody was also 18-20 in stolen base attempts. Gendron hit .381 with 74 hits and a team-high 50 RBI. Kyle scored 40 runs, hit 15 doubles, seven home runs and two triples. Jablonski turned in an 8-3 record with a team-low 3.33 ERA in 14 appearances and 12 starts. Joe struck out 56 batters and yielded 40 runs, 30 of which were earned, in 81.0 innings pitched. He tossed five complete games and recorded two shutouts on the year. Trepel hit .360 with 68 hits, 36 RBI and 34 runs scored.
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Joe Lynn Receives Award Grand Valley State's assistant coach Joe Lynn was honored by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) on Friday (June 4) with the National Men's Assistant Coach of the Year award. Lynn's distance crew accounted for three of the Lakers' entries for the NCAA Championships, two of which were in the steeplechase. Lynn works with both the men’s and women’s teams and did a great job this year.
How you remember him: While Brian Kelly gets national headlines for being the head coach at Notre Dame, he is not the only former GVSU football coach at the helm of an NCAA Division I program. Jeff Quinn was Kelly’s offensive line coach and co-offensive coordinator in Allendale for 15 seasons. Quinn oversaw an offensive line that blocked for three Harlon Hill finalists (including Curt Anes who won the award in 2002) and 12 1,000yard rushers. In 2001, the Laker offense averaged an astounding 600.8 yards per game with Lisa Sweany Awarded National Honor The National Association of Collegiate Women the no-huddle spread that was directed by Kelly Athletics Administrators (NACWAA) will and Quinn. honor Grand Valley State Senior Associate Athletic Director and Senior Woman Administrator, Lisa Sweany, at the Administrator of the Year, Honor and Distinction Awards Banquet. The banquet will take place at the 2010 NACWAA National Convention on Tuesday, October 12, 2010 at The Worthington Renaissance Hotel in Fort Worth, Texas.
What he’s doing now: After helping to bring two national championships to GVSU in 2002 and 2003, Quinn followed Kelly to Central Michigan and Cinicinnati. Quinn served as the interim head coach for the Chippewas near the end of 2006 and led the team to a Motor City Bowl victory. He served in a similar capacity last season for Cincinnati in the Sugar Bowl against the Florida Gators. Now, Quinn will begin his first season as the head coach of the Buffalo Bulls in the Mid-American Conference (MAC).
Louie’s Locker Room Announcement GVSU Athletics announces a special partnership with Louie’s Locker Room. Louie’s Locker Room is an exclusive merchandise retailer that will sell official GVSU apparel at athletic events. Louie’s Locker Room will be available at three different locations on football game days. Follow gvsulakers.com for further information about this brand-new partnership. California Baseball Bound Laker baseball players Cody Grice, Andrew Trepel, and Cory Rademacher have all moved to California for the summer to play for the Redding Colt.45’s. The Colt.45’s are a part of a college baseball league based in California. Ticket Tour GVSU Athletics has partnered with Meijer, J&H Oil Convenience Stores, and other local businesses to make up the 2010 Football Ticket Tour. The tour will visit over 30 sites in the West Michigan area in just a 36 day period. The first tour stop will be at the J & H Oil Convenience Store on Lake Bella Vista in Rockford Tuesday, July 27th and the tour will conclude at the J & H Oil Convenience Store in Allendale Tuesday August 31st.
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Two Lakers Earn GLIAC Post-Graduate Scholarships Tim Nott Editor in Chief
Grand Valley State University women's soccer player Natalja Stanski (Tecumseh, Ontario) and GVSU football player Alex Gilde (McBain, Mich.) are the recipients of the 2010 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Post-Graduate Scholarship. The honor, which awards each recipient $5,000 in aid to the graduate school of their choice, was voted on by the Faculty Athletic Representatives in the GLIAC. Natalja Stanski, a senior from Tecumseh, Ont., was a key force on an impressive Laker backline that allowed only 12 goals all season and recorded 16 shutout wins en route to the program's first-ever NCAA Division II National Championship. She was named ESPN The Magazine Academic AllAmerican of the Year, Daktronics, Inc. First Team All-American, Daktronics, Inc. First Team AllMidwest Region and Second Team All-GLIAC.
Stanski was also honored with the NCAA Elite 88 Award for her outstanding academic and athletic achievements. The Laker's posted an incredible 844-6 record (.926) at GVSU, becoming part of the most successful senior class in the program's history. Stanski earned the 2008 GLIAC Defensive Player of the Year. Stanski has been a member of the Dean's List all eight semesters at Grand Valley State and is a three-time member of the Academic All-GLIAC Team. She is also a two-time recipient of the GLIAC Commissioner's Award. The biomedical science major with a 4.00 grade point average, will continue her studies at Wayne State University School of Allopathic Medicine. Alex Gilde, a senior from McBain, Mich., was a key contributor in the Lakers push to the 2009 NCAA DII Football National Championship game. He tallied 29 tackles, 5.0 tackles for loss, and 4.5 sacks, while blocking two kicks, forcing a fumble and recovering a fumble during the 2009 campaign. Gilde, who was a 2009 First Team AllGLIAC honoree, also earned Second Team ESPN The Magazine All-American plaudits and was honored with the NCAA Elite 88 Award for his out-
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standing academic and athletic achievements. Grand Valley State was 49-4 during Gilde's career with a National Championship and four GLIAC titles. He has been a member of the Dean's List all eight semesters at Grand Valley State and is a three-time member of the Academic All-GLIAC Team. In addition, Gilde was a two-time recipient of the GLIAC Commissioner's Award. Alex owns a 3.937 grade point average as a biomedical science major with a chemistry minor. Alex was one of only six GVSU students admitted into the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine.
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Keeping the Cup To be named the winner of the Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup trophy even once is quite an honor for an athletic department. To be named as back-to-back winners of the prestigious award would be an even greater accomplishment. However, the Grand Valley State athletic department just completed its seventh consecutive school year atop the Learfield Sports scoring system, capturing its seventh straight Directors’ Cup award and adding another crystal trophy to the incredible collection the school has put together in the past few decades. GVSU has collected its seventh Directors’ Cup trophy in a row after finishing second in both 2001-02 and 2002-03, putting together quite a nine-year stretch that surely looks to continue in the future. To better understand how prominent the award is, one needs to know the history and scoring system behind the Directors’ Cup. Starting during the 1993-94 school year, the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and the USA Today developed the Directors’ Cup program to honor the institution that scores the most points throughout the year in a pre-determined number of sports for both men and women. During the inaugural stages, the Directors’ Cup program was solely for Division I institutions, in which point totals from 20 sports (10 men’s, 10 women’s) would be counted toward the school’s cumulative total. In 1995-96, Division II, III, and the NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) were included in the Directors’ Cup standings for the very first time. The number of sports that could score points was different for each of the newest branches, as Division II could record points for 14 sports (seven men’s, seven women’s), Division III was allowed 18 sports (nine men’s, nine women’s) and NAIA was permitted a dozen sports (six men’s, six women’s). Teams advancing to postseason play are eligible to score points for their institution, with a national championship (or first place finish) giving the school 100 points toward its final tally. Depending on the number of teams competing in a sport at the national level and barring any ties, second place would earn a program 90 points, third place captures 85 points, fourth place garners 80 points, and so on. At the end of the school year, for Division II (for example), the top seven point totals in both men’s and women’s sports are counted to-
DJ Foster Staff Writer wards the institution’s year-end total. Any overload of points from teams not in the top seven are not counted towards the final standings. With that process now understood, it is easier to dive into the numbers and see how Grand Valley State has sat atop the Division II Directors’ Cup standings for seven consecutive years. For the past three years, the Lakers have eclipsed the 1,000-point mark and GVSU is the only Division II institution to reach that figure in the 15-year history of the award. No school east of Colorado had won the Directors’ Cup trophy before Grand Valley State captured the title in 2003-04 for the first time. That ended a four-year stretch from UC-Davis, as the Aggies won six times overall before moving to Division I. Aside from GVSU’s record-setting seven Directors’ Cup trophies and UC-Davis’ six titles, the only schools to win the award are Cal State Bakersfield and Adams State (Colorado). The Laker athletic department recorded seven top-five finishes and 10 different sports placed in the top-10 as it cruised to this year’s title. Not only did Grand Valley State use a balanced performance of men’s and women’s sports, but the
Lakers had terrific finishes in each of the three athletic seasons: fall, winter, and spring. During the fall 2009 season alone, GVSU recorded 380 points which, for some schools, is a strong point total for the entire year. The Lakers finished in the top-10 in four of the five NCAA championships in which they qualified, including four finishes in the top-five. Head coach Dave DiIanni and the women’s soccer team recorded their first-ever undefeated season and captured the first national championship in program history with a 1-0 win over CSU Dominguez Hills in December, giving Grand Valley State 100 points to add to its total. Exactly one week later, the Laker football team dropped a heart-breaking 30-23 loss in the national championship game to Northwest Missouri State, but capped off a tremendous season with a runner-up finish and another 90 points to the total. The women’s cross country team also earned 90 points in placing second at the national meet, falling to Adams State by just eight points. On the men’s side, the GVSU cross country team took home a fifth-place finish in late November and earned 75 points, while the volleyball team advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the 10th straight season and garnered 25 points. After the fall season, Grand Valley State held a strong 141-
GVSU President Thomas J. Haas, along with A.D. Tim Selgo and members of NACDA and Learfield Sports, speaks to GVSU fans and students during the presentation of the Leerfield Sports Directors’ Cup.
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Keeping the Cup (continued) point lead over second-place Minnesota Duluth and the Lakers would only widen that margin in the coming months. In the winter sports season, the Lakers racked up a season-high total of 330.50 points, as five programs finished in the top-30 nationally. Both swimming and diving teams recorded their best finishes in school history at the national championships in mid-March, as the men’s team notched a fourth-place trophy, while the women’s team claimed an eighth-place finish. It was a strong boost in the point total, as the men earned 80 points while the women received 70.5 points. The women’s indoor track and field team placed second at the national competition, finishing just nine points behind Lincoln (Mo.) for the team title. It was GVSU’s top-ever placement at the NCAA meet. That gave Grand Valley State 87.5 points towards its total, while the men’s indoor track and field team finished 29th, earning 42.5 points. Just one day later, the Laker men’s basketball team dropped a 78-76 overtime classic to Saint Joseph’s in the Midwest Regional semifinals, giving GVSU a 17th place showing and 50 points to its winter season total. Capping off the school year came a spring season in which the Lakers picked up three more top-10 finishes and pushed their point total over the
1,000-point mark. The women’s outdoor track and field team had eight athletes and the 4x400 meter relay team score points at the national meet, as GVSU finished in third place, its highest finish ever. Just outside the top-five was the women’s golf team, which notched a sixth-place total at the NCAA Women’s Golf Championships in Mesa, Arizona. During the year, Grand Valley State earned its first number one national ranking in women’s golf and finished the year strong with its finish in sixth place. Another team that advanced further than it had in school history was the women’s tennis team, which placed ninth at the national championships in Orlando, Florida in May. The Lakers moved onto the Sweet Sixteen and added 64 points to the Directors’ Cup standings for GVSU. On the men’s side, the outdoor track and field team placed 23rd at nationals, while setting a pair of school records in that meet. The men’s golf team notched its second straight GLIAC title in October and advanced to the Midwest/South Central Regional Tournament in May, scoring 23 points towards Grand Valley State’s total. Finishing off the athletic calendar year was the Laker baseball team, which advanced to the Midwest Regional Tournament for the ninth straight year, becoming just the third team in Division II to have
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competed in the NCAA Tournament every year since 2002. GVSU fell in the regional championship game to eventual national champion, Southern Indiana, as the Lakers participated in the regional title game for the seventh time in the past nine seasons. With its seventh straight Directors’ Cup trophy, Grand Valley State joins three other schools in the complete domination of the award. In Division I, Stanford appears to have clinched its 16th straight Directors’ Cup trophy this year, giving the Cardinal the trophy in 16 of the 17 years of the awards’ existence. Williams, the Division III winner for the past 11 years, is well on its way to making it a dozen years in a row that the Massachusetts-based school has won the Directors’ Cup award. In the NAIA, Azusa Pacific (California) is close to locking up its sixth straight title, as the Cougars have dominated the national field over the past five years. The GVSU athletic department, Laker student-athletes, and coaches will receive the Directors’ Cup trophy in a halftime ceremony at the 2010 football home opener against West Texas A&M on September 2nd.
A Letter from Tim Selgo ence’s all-sports trophy, while nine of our teams won GLIAC Championships. For the 7th straight year, the Lakers won the Directors’ Cup, the national all-sports trophy for NCAA Division II. The season was highlighted by our women’s soccer team winning the first ever national championship for that sport at GVSU. Congratulations to head coach Dave DiIanni, his staff, and their studentathletes for a wonderful ride! In addition, we had 11 teams finish in the top 10 in the country and six of them finished in the top four!
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Our student-athletes also continue to flourish in the classroom. Over 56 percent of them achieved a 3.0 GPA or better during the winter semester. Congratulations to both our men’s and women’s cross country teams for having the highest team GPA’s for the winter semester. Head coach Jerry Baltes’ teams are proof that you can be successful on and off the field!
student-athletes. We take pride in that we have achieved competitive success in our programs and function within the mission of the institution. One characteristic of a liberal education is to teach your students to give back to society. I am proud to say that for the second consecutive academic year, GVSU student-athletes accumulated a total of 3,000 community service hours! You may have read some of these stories on our web site. I encourage you to bookmark www.gvsulakers.com to stay current with all of the good news about Laker Athletics. We greatly appreciate the tremendous support we receive from the GVSU and West Michigan communities. Our goal is to stay humble, keep working hard, and provide intercollegiate athletic programs we can all be proud of. We look forward to seeing you at Laker athletic events in 2010-11. GO LAKERS!
Dear Friends of Laker Athletics, We are blessed to have a great school to recruit to Sincerely, The 2009-10 season has come to a close and once and outstanding coaches who know how to lead, again, we have many reasons to be proud of our they care about their students, and they know their Tim W. Selgo student-athletes and coaches. For the 12th straight stuff! That is a successful combination to have. Director of Athletics year, GVSU won the President’s Cup, our confer- Therefore, we can attract talented and goal oriented
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PLAYER PROFILES Rebeccah Rapin Senior Saginaw, Mich. Volleyball Marketing
Name
Justin Victor
Year Hometown Sport Major
Senior Allen Park, Mich. Football Criminal Justice
Many reasons: amazing campus, strong athletic program, small class size, and Why did you choose I chose to become a Laker because of the brand new campus and facilities as the perfect distance away from home. to become a Laker? well as Grand Valley’s winning tradition. Who has had the biggest impact on your sports career?
My parents, they have always supported me in my decisions to play sports and are my # 1 fans! Working in the hotel or marketing industry in a big city!
Who has had the biggest impact on your sports career?
What are your favorite things to do outside of football?
Lifting weights and relaxing with friends and family.
Where do you see yourself in five years? Settling down and starting a family after completion of my DPT degree.
My freshmen year, I spiked a serve back over the net (which I found What do your teamout later you can’t do), and they still haven’t let it go mates make fun of
Pretty much anything.
you for?
What are you excited Getting the chance to start a new era under Coach Mitchell and making a run Being able to play my final season with my best friend and hopefully about for the 2010-11 back to the championship. bring a national championship home! season?
If you ever really want to get on my good side, buy me chocolate or waffle fries! Do you have a pregame ritual?
Not really, but I usually eat Chili and a salad before every game
Little known fact about yourself?
I love to play guitar. Greatest memory playing for GVSU?
The 2009 season. The amount of adversity our team had to overcome to get to the championship game was simply amazing and something I will never forget.
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Recipe of the Month
Mom’s Awesome Baked Beans Directions:
Ing redien ts:
1. Brown and cook chop suey 1 1/2 lb. cho p sue y me at meat in a large skillet. Season 1/2 t. sal t with salt and pepper. Add beans, ketchup, mustard, brown Dash of gro und black pepper ns sugar, and onion. 1 (48-oz .) jar Ran dal l coo ked northe rn bea Transfer to a 2 1/2-quart casserole. 2. Bake uncovered at 325 degrees for 3 to 4 hours. Or cook in a crock pot on low for 6 to 8 hours.
Five things to look forward to in the fall of 2010 ... • Watching new head coach Matt Mitchell start a new era in Laker football.
1 (14 -oz .) bot tle ketchu p = 1 2/3 cup 3 T. pre pared musta rd 1 1/2 c. bro wn sug ar 1/4 large sweet oni on, cho ppe d (use the wh ole thi ng if you wa nt to)
• Seeing if the women’s soccer team can defend their national championship. • Following the women’s XC team in their quest to win a 10th straight GLIAC title and a national championship.
3. Serve, enjoy and get ready for lots of compliments on these beans.
• Finding out if the volleyball team can earn an 11th straight NCAA playoff berth.
About the Recipe
• Checking to see if the men’s golf team can claim a third consecutive GLIAC title.
This month’s recipe was provided by Dorothy Vice. Dorothy is the Office Coordinator for Athletic Rec and Facilities Management.
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TOUR STOPS Tuesday
(7/27) 4pm-7pm Mobil (J&H) Lake Bella Vista 6485 Belding Rd., Rockford, MI 49341 Thursday (7/29) 4pm-7pm Mobil (J&H) Sunnybrook 4380 Kenowa Grandville, MI 49418 Friday (7/30) 3pm-6pm Lake Michigan Credit Union 5023 Lake Michigan Dr Allendale, MI 49401 Tuesday (8/3) 4pm-7pm Mobil (J&H) Valley View 4200 - 32nd Ave. Hudsonville, MI 49426 Thursday (8/5) 4pm-7pm Mobil (J&H) Walker 1229 Walker NW Grand Rapids, MI 49504 Friday (8/6) 3pm-6pm Lake Michigan Credit Union 2720 Lake Michigan Drive, N.W. Grand Rapids, MI 49504 Saturday (8/7) 10am-12pm Meijer -28th street & Kalamazoo 1540 28th Street SE Grand Rapids, Michigan 49508 Monday (8/9) TBA True Value – Allendale 5425 Lake Michigan Drive Allendale, Michigan 49401 Tuesday (8/10) 4pm-7pm Mobile (J&H) Jenison 1991 Baldwin Jenison, MI 49428 Friday (8/13) 3pm-5pm Meijer - Grand Haven 15000 US 31 Grand Haven, Michigan 49417 Saturday (8/14) 10am-12pm Meijer - N. Holland Twp 3320 West Shore Drive Holland, Michigan 49424 2pm-4pm Meijer - Holland 746 E 16th St Holland, Michigan 49423 Sunday (8/15) 1pm-3pm Meijer - Norton Shores 700 W Norton Ave Muskegon, Michigan 49441 Tuesday (8/17) 4pm-7pm Marathon (J&H) Cottonwood Express 8407 Cottonwood Jenison, MI 49428
Thursday (8/19) 4pm-7pm Holiday Inn - Grand Haven-Spring Lake 940 W Savidge St. Spring Lake, MI 49456 Friday (8/20) 3pm-5pm Meijer – Jenison 0-550 Baldwin St Jenison, Michigan 49428 Saturday (8/21) 10am-12pm Meijer – Standale 315 Wilson Ave Grand Rapids, Michigan 49534 2pm-4pm Meijer - Grandville 3434 Century Center Dr SW Grandville, Michigan 49418 Sunday (8/22) 1pm-3pm Meijer – Knapps Corner 1997 E Beltline NE Grand Rapids, Michigan 49525 Monday (8/23) TBA GVSU Richard M. DeVos Center 401 Fulton Street West Grand Rapids, MI 49504 Tuesday (8/24) 4pm-7pm Mobil (J&H) Countryside 4842 Port Sheldon Rd. Hudsonville, MI 49426 Thursday (8/26) 7pm-9pm FANFEST – GVSU Turf Building 1 Campus Drive Allendale, MI 49401 Friday (8/27) 3pm-5pm Meijer - Rockford 2799 10 Mile Rd NE Rockford, Michigan, 49341 Saturday (8/28) 10am-12pm Meijer – Alpine 2425 Alpine NW Grand Rapids, Michigan 49544 2pm-4pm Meijer - Plainfield 3757 Plainfield Ave. NE Grand Rapids, Michigan 49525 Sunday (8/29) 1pm-3pm Meijer – Cascade 5531 28th St SE Grand Rapids, Michigan 49512 Monday (8/30) 4pm-7pm Mobil (J&H) Walker 1229 Walker NW Grand Rapids, MI 49504 Tuesday (8/31) 4pm-7pm Mobil (J&H) Allendale 6209 Lake Michigan Dr. Allendale, MI 49401
The GVSU Mobile Ticket Tour is a traveling ticket office that gives you a chance to buy season and single game tickets for the 2010 football season. You can also be one of the first to purchase the brand new All-Sports Pass. Some of the tour stops will include a chance to meet the football coaching staff, including head coach Matt Mitchell. There will also be giveaways and much more at every tour location. Just watch for the van and then join in the fun. For more information, check out ...