SEED Mission Trips: Hope Athletics Orange and Blue Podcast

On the season’s final episode of the Hope Athletics Orange and Blue Podcast, four Hope College student-athletes joined Sports Information Director Alan Babbitt to discuss their service-filled and life-changing SEED trips this summer. Senior Libby Strotman, senior Madeline Tessin, junior David Brace and junior David Hesselbein each took part in a Sports Evangelism to Equip …

Matt Margaron, Shomari Tate: Hope Athletics Podcast

Sport helped Matt Margaron ’03 and Shomari Tate grow their Christian faith as youth. After finding a higher calling, both now are ministering as chaplains to the Hope College community, including our student-athletes and coaches. Margaron is in his third year as Hope’s Chaplain of Athletics. Tate is in his first year as Hope’s Chaplain …

Gino Battaglia’s Heart For Servant-Leadership in Quest of MIAA Championships

Leading the Flying Dutchmen to another championship is senior Gino Battaglia’s main focus in his last season as part of the men’s lacrosse team, but as he looks back at his time at Hope, he beams with pride at the growth he’s seen in the Hope squad over the last four years.