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The Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association announced Max Van Huis as the Men's Cross Country Athlete of the Week. Van Huis led the Thunder to a second place finish at the Mastodon Alumni Open on Friday with a time of 25:59.7 for the 8k race, finishing 6th.

Trine University student Lauren Hillin has been named as the recipient of a $5,000 Founders Fund scholarship from Phi Eta Sigma, a national honor society for first-year college students.

The Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association announced Hannah Parker as the Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Week this afternoon. Parker led the Thunder to a second place finish at the Mastodon Alumni Open on Friday with a time of 23:59.7 for the 6k race, finishing 10th.

HUDSONVILLE, Mich. - At the conclusion of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Outdoor Championships, the conference has determined the members of the All-MIAA squads and named MVP's for both men's and women's track & field. Trine University had four total student-athletes represented on All-MIAA teams from the men's and women's programs.

The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) has announced Cortez Garland as a Second Team All-District player in District VII of NCAA Division III. The Detroit, Michigan native was also a Second Team All-Region selection by D3hoops.com earlier in the week.

The Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) has announced their track and field Athlete of the Week award winners. The Trine University men's track and field team won the MIAA Indoor Track and Field Championships for the fourth consecutive season on Saturday.

Four Trine University seniors pitted their sales skills against collegiate teams from around the nation in the 2021 National Collegiate Sports Sales Championship, held Feb. 24-March 10.

A device to amplify sound using the natural properties of acoustic instruments and a business specializing in lures for freshwater bass fishing won the top prizes at the sixth annual Innovation Challenge hosted by Trine University's Innovation One and Fifth Third Bank on Feb. 15.

Two Trine University students are part of the 8% of top-tier college seniors selected to join the prestigious Orr Fellowship. Colin Hinkle and Kyle Callahan, both seniors at Trine, are among 100 students who recently accepted a job offer in Indianapolis through the fellowship.

Junior Trine University men's basketball player Myles Copeland(Perrysburg, Ohio/Toledo St. John's) adds to his list of acknowledgements for his individual record-setting performances last week by being selected to the D3hoops.com "Team of the Week" and as the U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) Men's Basketball "Player of the Week." [D3hoops.com Team of the Week] [USBWA Players of the Week] Copeland was tabbed the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association "Player of the Week" on Monday (Feb. 12). Copeland averaged 39.0 points and 10.0 rebounds to help lead Trine to a pair of wins this past week. He scored a career-high 41 points, and grabbed 11 rebounds, in the Thunder's win against Calvin. He then followed that game with a 37-point, nine-rebound effort later in the week as Trine beat Albion this past Saturday, Feb. 10. For the season, Copeland is averaging 19.2 points per game to lead the team and is second on the team in rebounding average at 6.3 boards per game. He is shooting an even 50.0 percent from the field (162-of-324), including 79.7 percent (118-of-148) at the free-throw line, to go along with 14 blocked shots. Trine will play its final regular-season home game on Wednesday, Feb. 14 against Kalamazoo (Mich.) College. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at the MTI Center.

Carly Osinski, a senior marketing major at Trine University, is one of 50 students from more than 1,200 applicants who have been accepted to the prestigious Governor Bob Orr Entrepreneurial Fellowship.

Erick Heckaman of Nappanee will continue his education in the Doctor of Physical Therapy program at Grand Valley State University.

Trine University's Department of Exercise Science will send a record number of graduates into doctoral programs this fall.