LAYING DOWN NUMBER ONE My name is Jason Beckman, and I am a senior on the Hope College men’s basketball team. I was a bit weary at first to open up and let a more vulnerable side of me show to readers here on the Hope Athletes’ Journal, but I think it’s “about time …
Monthly Archives: October 2018
Walking Into the Fire
This past summer I had the opportunity to attend the Global Leadership Summit. I was selected, along with a group of other Hope athletes to attend GLS and it tremendously changed my perspective on leadership and motivation. The Summit had speakers from around the world come and share their knowledge and different views of leadership …
Hope Athletes’ Journal: Grace Bubin
My name is Grace Bubin. I am a senior and a member of the Hope College women’s soccer team. Here is a piece of my story. Let me give you a little background on the life of Grace. I come from a great family and a great community — Rockford, Michigan. I have two parents …
Half a World Away But Close to Hope
One of the biggest fans of Hope College women’s soccer lives in Ethiopia. And some of the biggest fans of 12-year-old Sam Shebabaw reside at Hope. Never mind that they are separated by an ocean and a continent. Never mind that they are different in gender and social class and culture. Never mind any …