Kara VanderKamp ‘95 carries the lessons she learned on the soccer field and at Hope College into her missionary work in Niger. The 2024 H-Club “Hope for Humanity” Award recipient and Remember Niger Coalition CEO talked about her drive to support educational opportunities for youth in Niger (pronounced knee-jeer), the landlocked western African nation between …
Tag Archives: Women’s Soccer
Friends Out of Competitors
Attending the NCAA Convention was a great reminder that sports can create friends out of competitors.
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 …
More to Sweden than Ikea
It’s amazing that the experiences you never expect to have and the people you never expect to meet are the memories you know you’ll never forget.