Van Eps Earns GPAC Weekly Honor
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Van Eps Earns GPAC Weekly Honor Posted Thursday, April 29, 2021 Updated Wednesday, May 12, 2021
(Thursday, April 29; Sioux Center, Iowa) The Great Plains Athletic Conference and Hauff Mid-America Sports have announced the GPAC Men’s Outdoor-Track-Athlete-of-the-Week for events held April 19-25 and Dordt’s Matthew Van Eps (Senior; Prinsburg, Minnesota) has earned the honor for the third time this season.
Van Eps ran the fastest time of all divisions at the Drake Relays in the 800 meters and he ran a 48.01 split in the 400 meters for the 4x400 team that claimed fifth place. Earlier in the weekend Van Eps anchored the 4x800 team to a win with the fastest time so far this season in the GPAC or the NAIA.
Veerbeek Claims Weekly Honor
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Veerbeek Claims Weekly Honor Posted Tuesday, February 23, 2021
(Tuesday, February 23; Sioux Center, Iowa) The Great Plains Athletic Conference and Hauff Mid-America Sports have announced the players of the week for contests played February 15-21. Dordt’s Ashtyn Veerbeek (Junior; Sioux Center, Iowa) is the women’s recipient.
Veerbeek scored 13 points, 13 rebounds, five assists and five blocked shots in a 75-42 win over the Briar Cliff Chargers on Saturday, February 20. The win was Dordt’s only game of the week and was the concluding contest for the 2020-21 regular season.
Van Eps Claims Weekly Honor
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Van Eps Claims Weekly Honor Posted Thursday, February 11, 2021
(Thursday, February 11; Sioux Center, Iowa) The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) and Hauff Mid-America Sports have announced the men’s indoor track and field athletes-of-the-week for events held February 1-7. Dordt’s Matthew Van Eps (Senior; Prinsburg, Minnesota) has earned the track portion of the award for the first time this season.
Van Eps won a pair of events at the Mount Marty Lancer Invite on Saturday, February 6 with a winning time of 1:21.98 in the 600 meters and he anchored the 4x800 relay team to a win in 7:44.56. The relays time is the fastest in the NAIA so far this season while his time in the 600 meters, after conversion, ranks fifth in the NAIA. Van Eps also has the fastest recorded time in the 800 meter
Barker Takes Weekly Volleyball Honor
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Barker Takes Weekly Volleyball Honor Posted Thursday, February 11, 2021
(Thursday, February 11; Sioux Center, Iowa) The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) and Hauff Mid-America Sports have announced the Men’s Volleyball players-of-the-week for contests played February 1-7. Dordt’s Shavon Barker (Senior; Bridgetown, Barbados) was named the defensive player of the week.
Barker, a middle blocker, had two solo and two assisted blocks in a loss to no. 15 rated Ottawa (Kansas). Barker is averaging nearly a block per set for the Defenders this season.