Men's Basketball

Calvin College

3201 Burton Street NE - Grand Rapids, MI - 49546
Team Office: Tel: (616) 957-6704 Fax: (616) 526-8551
Team website: www.calvin.edu/sports/

Founded in 1876 and named after the 16th century reformer, Calvin is one of the largest Christian colleges in the U.S. It offers nearly 70 Bachelor degree programs through a traditional liberal arts curriculum. Majors offered include Recreation Product & Services Marketing, Physician Assistant, Optometry (OD), Film/Cinema Studies, and Athletic Training and Sports Medicine. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Calvin #116 among liberal arts institutions.

The campus is located in Grand Rapids (pop 200k) about 125 miles miles from Chicago.

School website
www.calvin.edu

College Profile

Type:

Private, Co-educational

Religious Affiliation:

Yes, Christian Reformed

Enrollment:

4,100

Getting In:

Moderately difficult. ACT 25/75: 23-29

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$29,000
Out-of-State: Same

Most Popular Majors

Education- Business- Engineering

Misc. Information

Head coach Kevin Van de Streek completed his 12th season at Calvin in 2007-08. Calvin has a long history of success with an all-time winning percentage of .672. Van De Streek has contributed to the success in his short tenure. Over the last eight seasons Van de Streek has averaged 19 wins per season. In 2000 he went 30-2. A 1981 graduate of Dordt College, Van de Streek was a three year varsity player and all conference point guard for Central Wisconsin Christian HS. Van de Streek began his coaching career as an assistant coach at Central Wisconsin Christian and later became head coach at the University of Sioux Falls (NAIA) where, over six seasons, he turned a lackluster program back to respectability before coming to Calvin in 1996-97. In 2007-08, the Knights finished at 16-11 but did not get an NCAA tournament bid.

Team Name	Knights
Colors	Maroon and Gold
Division	NCAA Division III
All-Time Record	1224-596 (.672)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	16-11	19-10	23-7	105-35 (.750)
Conference	9-5	10-4	13-1	45-17 (.725)
Conf. Finish	3	2	1	2, 3, 3, 1, 1
Post Appear.	n/a	2nd Rnd	2nd Rnd	NCAA 3x
Final 25 Rank	NR	NR	#13	1x

Coaches

Head Coach	Kevin Van de Streek
	Birthday: 1959-01-10
Started at Calvin College	1996-97
Contract Expires	?
Record as Head Coach	265-105 (.713)
Record at Calvin College	261-105 (.713)
Coaching Awards	Basketball Times D3 COTY (00), NABC COTY (00)

Asst. Coaches	Tim Van Dyke, Mark Christner, Jeff Krosschell

Recruiting Coordinator

Kevin Van de Streek, (616) 957-6704, kvstreek@calvin.edu

Conference and Schedule

Calvin plays in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (www.miaa.org) which is comprised of ten teams located in the states of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Indiana. The conference is the oldest college athletic conference in America. League play begins in January with games usually played on Tuesday or Wednesday evenings and Saturday afternoons. Calvin will play each team twice, home and away. The farthest conference game is at Tri-State (Angola, IN) some 140 miles from campus. The top six teams play in a single elimination post-season tourney with the winner receiving an automatic NCAA bid. The top two teams receive first round byes with high seeds hosting.

Conference Opponents

Kalamazoo, Adian, Albion, Hope, Alma, Tri-State, Saint Mary's (IN), Wisconsin Lutheran, and Olivet

Facilities

Calvin Fieldhouse
Capacity 4,500, Average attendance (?)