Past Recipients
If you are looking for a list of impressive Hope graduates, look no further. These alumni have received awards presented by the Alumni Association and affinity groups.
- Distinguished Alumni Award
Recipient Year Jalaa' Abdelwahab ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™97 2022 John Abe ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™79 1995 George E. Arwady ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™69 1984 Lynn Davis ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™71 Austin 2018 Kathy Button ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™79 Beauregard 2000 Carol Bechtel ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™81 2010 Elizabeth Smith ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™31 Becker 1976 Robert Bedingfield ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™56 1996 Connie Hinga ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™49 Boersma 1978 Max D. Boersma ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™46 1978 Vernon L. Boersma ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™44 1975 Tim Brown ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™73 2022 Glenn Bruggers ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™48 2000 Phyllis Voss ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™47 Bruggers 2000 Elton Bruins ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™50 2020 James Bultman ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™63 1995 Warren D. ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™51 Burgess 1994 Phyllis Brink ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™58 Bursma 1987 Harvey J. Buter ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™48 1977 Mina Becker ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™36 Buys 1972 J. Scott Carpenter ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™87 2013 Sylvia T. Ceyer ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™74 1993 James I. Cook ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™48 1985 Lori Siegel ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™85 Cook 2001 Jeffrey D. Cordes ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™80 1993 Eugene F. Damstra ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™28 1970 Willard G. DeGroot ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™39 1972 Richard Decker ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™56 1998 Randall Dekker ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™47 1987 Robert N. DeYoung ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™56 1999 Paul DeWeese ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™77 1994 Jack H. DeWitt ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™32 1974 Robert Donia ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™67 2010 Harvey Doorenbos ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™55 1997 George C. Douma ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™36 1999 Margaret Hospers ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™55 Doorenbos 1997 John Dryfhout ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™64 1996 Geraldine Dykhuizen ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™26 1995 D. Ivan Dykstra ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™35 1970 Linda Dykstra ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™66 2001 Sue Bruggink ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™73 Edema 1991 Lois Ellert ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™36 1997 Marjorie Lucking ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™48 French 1984 Paul G. Fried ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™46 1984 Deb Heydenburg ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™87 Fuller 2021 Helen Howard ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™54 Hanson 1994 Elmer E. Hartgerink ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™39 1988 Jack Hascup ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™53 1984 James Hawkins ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™64 1997 H. Sidney Heersma ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™30 1991 William Heydorn ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™55 2011 Renze Hoeksema ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™48 1998 George J. Hoekstra ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™53 1980 Harvey J. Hoekstra ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™45 1975 Peter Hoekstra ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™75 2001 Helen Taylor ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™58 Hofman 2006 J. Samuel Hofman ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™55 2006 John Charles (J.C.) Huizenga ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™73 2014 Eugene Jekel ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™52 1987 Warren Kane ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™57 1984 Meredith Arwady ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™00 Kahrl 2018 John L. Kemink ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™71 1992 Gerrit J. Kemme ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™26 1983 Roger Kempers ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™49 2001 Everett Kleinjans ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™43 1976 Owen J. Koeppe ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™49 1979 Harvey Koop ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™43 1979 Mary Hemmes ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™46 Koop 1979 Donald Kroodsma ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™68 2008 Frederick "Fritz" Kruithof ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™61 1999 Herman A. Kruizenga ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™30 1981 Richard J. Kruizenga ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™52 1984 Tim Laman ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™83 2016 Elsie Parsons ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™46 Lamb 1984 J. Oliver ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™39 Lampen 1972 Calvin Langejans ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™58 2004 Janet Lawrence ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™80 1997 Thelma Leenhouts ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™66 2006 Harold F. Leestma ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™39 1976 Kenneth N. Leestma ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™52 1986 Lloyd J. Lemmen ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™44 1990 Jennifer Liggett ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™80 1999 Louis E. Lotz ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™72 1992 Edwin Luidens ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™40 1978 Ruth Stegenga ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™42 Luidens 1978 Lara Plewka ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™98 MacGregor 2021 Mike Magan ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™88 2017 Beth Marcus ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™42 1993 Gregg Mast ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™74 2000 Jim McFarlin ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™74 2019 Wesley S. Michaelson ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™67 1970 Craig Morford ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™81 2020 Dirk Mouw ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™29 1983 Bernard J. Mulder ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™23 1982 Donald G. Mulder ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™48 1971 John M. Mulder ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™67 1971 Laura M. Mumford ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™71 1985 Samuel Ndimbo ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™69 2004 Bruce Neckers ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™65 2002 Douglas Neckers ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™60 2015 James Neckers ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™23 1996 James Neevel ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™56 1987 Everett Nienhouse ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™58 2012 Milton Nieuwsma ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™63 2009 Lucille Brunsting ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™49 Noordhoff 1986 M. Samuel ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™50 Noordhoff 1986 Eleanore Short ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™51 Norden 1992 Russell L. Norden ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™49 1992 Stephen M. Norden ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™74 1989 Thomas Nowotny ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™59 2016 Andrew G. Nyboer ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™39 1989 Yoshie Ogawa ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™58 1989 M. Eugene Osterhaven ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™37 1993 Dean Overman ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™65 2010 Alfred M. Popma ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™28 1981 William Poppink ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™37 2002 Jerald Redeker ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™56 1987 James Riekse, Sr. ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™41 2000 A. Paul Schaap ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™67 2006 Ronald Schipper ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™52 1994 Joel E. Schoon-Tanis ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™89 2013 Robert H. Schuller ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™47 1970 Sylvio Scorza ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™45 1989 Marilyn J. Scudder ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™60 1988 Lawrence Schut ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™58 2003 Daryl L. Siedentop ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™60 1990 Larry Siedentop ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™57 2007 Gerald Sittser ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™72 2009 Evelyn Van Dam ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™50 Smallegan 1982 Jon Soderstrom ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™76 2011 Watson N. Spoelstra ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™32 1990 Richard E. Smalley ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™65 2005 Harvey Staal ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™43 1991 Henry J. Steffens ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™30 1981 Vernon Sterk ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™64 1995 Carla Vande Bunte ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™65 Sterk 1995 A. Dale Stoppels ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™47 1982 Marian Anderson ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™31 Stryker 1974 Eugene Sutton ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™76 2003 Ruth Ziemann ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™67 Sweetser 2008 Howard G. Teusink ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™35 1979 Norman Thompson ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™53 2004 Barabara Timmer ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™69 2003 Barbara Folensbee ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™43 Timmer 1980 J. Norman Timmer ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™38 1980 Johnnie Tuitel ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™88 2003 Frederick E. Vandenberg ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™53 1975 Alvin W. Vanderbush ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™29 1974 Delbert Vander Haar ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™44 1998 Gertrude Maassen ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™47 Vander Haar 1998 Guy A. VanderJagt ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™53 1973 John C. vanDerVelde ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™52 1985 Randall VandeWater ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™52 1986 Isla Pruim ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™24 VanEenenaam 1974 Charles VanEngen ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™70 1998 Eloise Hinkamp ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™51 VanHeest 2004 Gerard VanHeest ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™49 2004 Bruce L. VanVoorst 1970 Glenn ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™64 and Jackie Nyboer ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™67 Van Wieren 2012 Jeannette Veldman ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™26 1971 Jerold Veldman ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™55 2015 Lois Tornga ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™56 Veldman 2015 Lucille VanderWerf ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™23 Veneklasen 1970 Douglas Van Wieren ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™88 2019 Carl VerBeek ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™59 2007 John H. Versteeg ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™65 1984 Harrison Visscher ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™51 1991 Marjorie Dykema ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™53 Visscher 2002 Mary Zweizig ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™52 Visscher 1991 Maurice B. Visscher ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™22 1980 Robert Visscher ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™51 2002 Charles Votaw ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™51 1997 May Korteling ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™52 Votaw 1997 Wayne Vriesman ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™59 1995 William Waggoner ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™58 2005 Marie Verduin ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™34 Walvoord 1975 Donald Walchenbach ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™49 1973 Elaine Bielefeld ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™46 Walchenbach 1973 Ling Chi Wang ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™61 2005 T. Elliott Weier ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™26 1978 Janet Baird ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™58 Weisiger 1977 Richard F. Welch ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™50 1973 Kenneth J. Weller ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™48 1971 Wendell Wierenga ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™70 2017 John K. Winter ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™30 1992 William G. Winter ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™30 1992 Dwight P. Yntema ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™26 1977 Annette Kingsland ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™86 Ziegler 2014 - Ten Under Ten Award
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Recipient Year Sara Duhr ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™12 Bazydlo 2022 Natalie Brown ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™17 2021 Stephanie Bogema ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™10 2020 Eden Collins ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™12 2022 Joshua Coooper ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™17 2022 James DelBene ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™12 2021 Hillary Delhagen ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™09 2019 Charlyn Pelter ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™15 DeWitt 2020 Kristin Dittenhafer-Reed ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™09 2019 Divya Dhaliwal ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™14 2021 Palmer D'Orazio ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™16 2021 Meagan Elinski ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™13 2020 Sarah Watkins ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™08 Fabian 2018 Larissa Fall ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™14 2021 Jordan Fuller ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™10 2020 Tom Gable ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™13 2020 Lindsey Ferguson ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™09 Hanson 2019 Allix Hutchison ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™17 2022 Anysie Ishimwe ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™16 2021 Alecia Ivery ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™13 2022 Annalise Klein ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™14 2020 Xander Krieg ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™12 2018 Jonas Lawson ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™13 2018 Nicholas Leonard ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™12 2022 Adam Maley ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™12 2019 Emery Max ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™12 2021 Christine Washington ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™09 Michel 2019 Maggie Mohr ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™09 2018 Isabel Morris ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™15 2022 Karly Murphy ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™11 2021 Quinn Nystrom ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™08 2018 Samantha Poon ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™14 2022 Izzy Rhodes ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™11 2018 Travis Reith ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™10 2018 Chaz Shelton ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™09 2018 Brandon Siakel ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™11 2021 Molly Skawski ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™15 2021 Peter Stoepker ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™10 2020 Marco Tori ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™12 2022 Diego Romero ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™09 2019 Rachel Bakken ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™09 Romero 2019 Andreana Rosnik ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™13 2019 Carl Scholten ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™11 2018 Luis Silva ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™10 2020 Katherine Stritzke ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™08 Simons 2018 Eric Vachon ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™14 2020 Alexandra Vroom ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™19 2022 Amy Fisher ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™10 Weibley 2020 Allison Garza ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™10 Wicker 2019 - Meritorious Service Award
Recipient Year James Boelkins ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™66 2013 Connie Hinga ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™49 Boersma 2011 Ronald Boeve ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™60 1994 Sonja Boeve 1994 Gordon Brewer ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™48 1996 Elton Bruins ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™50 2009 Ronald Deenik ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™73 1995 Robert N. DeYoung ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™56 2014 Lamont Dirkse ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™50 1994 Ruth DeGraaf ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™50 Dirkse 1994 Eva Dean Folkert ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™83 2022 Richard Huff ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™52 2004 Norman "Bunko" Japinga 1997 Mary Lammers ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™60 Kempker 1993 Albert McGeehan ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™66 2009 Jacob Nyenhuis 2001 Robert Pocock ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™77 1995 Roger Rietberg ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™47 1998 Robert Ritsema ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™57 1999 Tom Renner ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™67 2012 Vernon Schipper ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™51 1997 Kathleen Stratton ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™78 1995 Barbara Dee Folensbee ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™43 Timmer 2012 Robert VanDis ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™47 1995 F. Phillip Van Eyl ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™55 1993 Gordon Van Wylen 1998 Margaret DeWitt Van Wylen 1998 Helen Thompson ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™45 Voogd 1994 Henry Voogd ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™41 1994 - Young Alumni Award
Recipient Year JalaaÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™ Abdelwahab ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™97 2010 Meredith Arwady ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™00 2007 Jeffrey Bates ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™98 2009 Daniel Capps ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™98 2012 John Conlon ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™97 2010 Sarah Sanderson ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™03 Doyle 2017 Josiah Dykstra ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™02 2017 Timothy Dykstra ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™98 2011 Jodi M. Kurtze ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™01 2007 Emilie Dykstra Goris ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™08 2016 Maxine Gray ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™04 2014 Seth ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™97 and Stephanie ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™97 Kaper-Dale 2012 Kristina A. Kyles ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™04 2008 Jeremy Latchaw ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™00 2015 Jonathan Moerdyk ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™09 2016 Luke Pinkerton ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™97 2010 Matt Scogin ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™02 2014 Todd Soderquist ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™98 2011 Matt Van Der Wende ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™05 2015 - Hope for Humanity Award
Recipient Year Kurt Avery ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™74 2019 R. Jack Baas ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™42 2003 James W. Baar ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™42 1998 Kathy Button ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™79 Beauregard 2012 Vern Boersma ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™44 2004 Ron Boeve ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™60 2006 Gordon Brewer ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™48 2001 James ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™63 and Martie Tucker ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™63 Bultman 2011 Ekdal Buys ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™37 1994 Russell DeVette ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™45 2007 Robert N. DeYoung ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™56 1995 Mary Dykema ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™73 1992 Elinor Jordan ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™04 2020 Jack Klunder ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™74 1997 Herm Laug ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™29 1990 George Moger ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™78 1991 Dick Nieusma ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™52 2000 Ross Nykamp ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™78 1993 Rick Reece ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™82 2017 Tom Renner ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™67 2014 Jon Mark Schoon ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™63 2005 Michele Sterk ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™91 2023 Vern Sterk ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™64 2018 William R. Vanderbilt ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™61 1999 Kara VanderKamp ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™95 2024 Robert Van Dis ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™47 2002 Jaci VanHeest ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™84 2009 Glenn Van Wieren ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™64 2010 Kenneth J. Weller ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™48 2008 Karla Hoesch ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É™73 Wolters 2010
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