• The Hope Athletics Orange and Blue Podcast

  • De: Alan Babbitt
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The Hope Athletics Orange and Blue Podcast

De: Alan Babbitt
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  • Interviews and discussions with Hope College coaches and student athletes
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  • Cara Anderson and AJ Boucher: Hope Athletics Podcast

    Cara Anderson and AJ Boucher: Hope Athletics Podcast
    Jul 29 2024
    Cara Anderson and AJ Boucher pour themselves into everything they do for Hope College and Hope College Athletics. Anderson, who is graduating this December after majoring in social work, has been a team manager for the Flying Dutch women’s lacrosse team. The Adrian, Michigan, native and Lenawee Christian High School graduate also works in the college’s admissions office as a tour guide and team leader. Boucher is a junior elementary education major and a midfielder on the Flying Dutchmen soccer team. The Delton, Michigan, native and Richland Gull-Lake High School graduate also works as a campus tour guide. Earlier this summer, Anderson and Boucher stepped away from familiar roles to serve during a Sports Evangelism to Equip Disciples (SEED) mission trip to Costa Rica. Both talked about their experience in Season 4’s fifth episode of the Hope Athletics Orange and Blue Podcast. "Emotional" journey As part of the mission trip, the group delivered Sawyer water filters to remote areas of the country. These filters, which can last for as many as 20 years, provided a poignant reminder of how God can work through us, Anderson said. “We did some sports camps with kids out in those communities. One of these days we were up in the mountains … and it was super hot,” Anderson said. “One of the girls on our team asked one of the little girls she was with ‘Do you want some water?’ For the first time, that girl could have been like ‘I have clean water.’ That made me so emotional. We are so blessed here [in the United States]. We have clean water. In those communities, they rely so heavily on each other and the community that's right there. Taking them clean water was such a gift. “We got to share the gospel with the water filters. Jesus makes us clean and he doesn't care if we're dirty and messy and no matter what, we come out clean. The combination of all those things was such a gift, really shifted my perspective.” Boucher felt God working throughout the sports camps as well. “We had lacrosse, soccer, and basketball. We did some jump rope. We blew some bubbles as well,” Boucher said. “Every single one of them [soccer] was their favorite sport. I think for me, it touched me because it brought me a new joy to see that to my sport. I think I appreciated soccer a little bit more coming back to the States. “Honestly, it has given me a reason why I want to be a coach in the future. I want to see kids with that joy that I saw playing the sport that I love in Costa Rica. I want to see that joy here in the States. I think right now, soccer's growing, but I want it to get to a point where it's the most popular thing and it just brings that joy that I saw in Costa Rica. That really impacted me a lot.” Written transcript
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    30 m
  • Justice Mims and Samantha Smith: Hope Athletics Podcast

    Justice Mims and Samantha Smith: Hope Athletics Podcast
    Jul 16 2024
    Samantha Smith Justice Mims On a recent Hope College Athletics SEED mission trip, juniors Justice Mims and Samantha Smith felt God’s spirit moving within them. The two student-athletes and kinesiology majors spoke about their time in The Dominican Republic on the Hope Athletics Orange and Blue Podcast. Season 4’s fourth episode featured a conversation with Mims, a guard on the men’s basketball team, and Smith, a goalie on the women’s lacrosse team. Hope Athletics recognizes that sport provides an opportunity for athletes to have a significant platform from which to influence others. In traveling with the Sports Evangelism to Equip Disciples (SEED) program, Hope College students utilize their passion for sport to share the love of Christ with individuals around the world. Through participating in the SEED program, students are intentionally challenged to use their experiences to sow the seed and water the harvest so that the Good News of Jesus Christ takes root in their own lives as it is shared around the world. Mims, a native of Rochester Hills, Michigan, near Detroit, remembered how he felt after his group brought and instructed residents of villages to use Sawyer water filters that clean the water. Rich in spirit “Yes, they're underprivileged, but they're not poor, they're rich in spirit, 100%,” Mims said on the Hope Athletics Orange and Blue Podcast. “I always say this to people whenever I talk about the SEED trip. I really believe the biggest difference is that they have God in everything. “They welcome us in, even though we don't even speak the same language as them. We're just strangers, foreigners, and they're still inviting us in. Having the hospitality to give us their grace, it was just awesome. I really do think that because they had God in everything, it didn't matter what the situation was, they are much happier than what is perceived.” Smith, a native of Westfield, Indiana, near Indianapolis, was grateful for how those she met through the SEED mission trip, brought God into every conversation. “They see God in everything,” Smith said on the Hope Athletics Orange and Blue Podcast. “One of the biggest things that I noticed was our leader, John, told us that when we were done having a conversation with someone, we'd say, dios te bendiga, which means God bless you. Everybody on the trip picked it up immediately. We would say it every two seconds after every conversation, even if we didn't say ‘Hi’ to someone, we'd say that. “I just realized that in our community here, if we told a group of 20 20-year-olds, ‘Hey, after every conversation say ‘God bless you’, we'd all be like, ‘No, that's kind of random, kind of weird.’ But just because of the community they have created, that's completely normal and it's encouraged. That's something that I've been trying to incorporate here in my life, and I'll definitely try to incorporate it at Hope. There's always room for God in a conversation.” Written transcript of the interview
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    32 m
  • Keegan DeKuiper and Annie Lockett: Hope Athletics Podcast

    Keegan DeKuiper and Annie Lockett: Hope Athletics Podcast
    Jul 2 2024
    When injuries sidelined Hope College’s Keegan DeKuiper and Annie Lockett from competition last season, they put aside their disappointment and focused on supporting their teammates and coaches. Their servant leadership drew praise from those around them, including their respective men’s soccer and women’s volleyball teams. They were announced as Anchor Award recipients in April at the 2024 Hope Athletics HOPEYs ceremony. The Male and Female Anchor Awards are presented to athletes who anchor their teams, inspiring their teammates to train and perform at their best. Annie Lockett Keegan DeKuiper DeKuiper and Lockett spoke about their experiences and lessons learned during Season 4, Episode 3 of the Hope Athletics Orange and Blue Podcast. They both said they relied on their Christian faith to help navigate a challenging time in their lives. “It was super tough, but God just has a way of changing your heart (and) changing your mindset,” DeKuiper said. Added Lockett, “Ultimately, we serve a God who turns these poor things into good things, and he does that through people.” Ultimate Teammates A goalkeeper, DeKuiper went from starting nine games as a sophomore in 2022 to missing the entire 2023 season. The exercise science major from Norton Shores, Michigan (Mona Shores HS) rose to the occasion, head coach David Blahnik said. "Keegan is the ultimate teammate,” Blahnik said. “Whether he is the star of the game or injured on the sideline you can always count on him to be a servant leader to his teammates and coaches to help in whatever way possible." Lockett earned American Volleyball Coaches Association All-America honors as an outside hitter in 2022 and helped the Flying Dutch reach the NCAA Division III quarterfinals. The business major from Mason, Ohio (William Mason) never saw the court in 2023 but still poured herself into her teammates, head coach Becky Schmidt said. Hope finished as national runner-up last season. “Annie is a selfless leader who was able to impact the team despite not having one stat this year,” Schmidt said. “Her willingness to put the team first, celebrate her teammates and bring wisdom and perspective to the team was inspiring." Written transcript of the interview
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    28 m
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