Thursday, October 21, 2010

Calvin Mens’ Basketball Roster is Official

I’ve been hearing whispers and rumors for a few days now about how the final roster was shaping up, and now the official list is now available for public consumption. You can find it here.

Returners
SR - Trent Salo, 5-9, G
SR - Danny Rodts, 6-6, F
SR - Brad Schnyders, 6-6, F
SR - Brend Schuster, 6-10, F/C
JR - Brian Haverdink, 6-4, F
SO - Bryan Powell, 6-1, G
SO - Tom Snikkers, 6-4, F
SO - Matt DeBoer, 6-5, F
SO - Adam DeYoung, 6-7, F/C

Newbies
SO - David Rietema, 6-1, G (From JV)
Unfortunately I didn’t catch much JV action last year, so I don’t have anything to say on Rietema. I promise to watch more JV games this year.

FR - Jordan Brink, 6-3, G, Illiana Christian HS
Junior year/AAU highlight video:



FR - Jake Greene, 6-5, F, Rockford HS
I don’t have much info on Greene, but a Google search turned up a sweet picture.

FR - Mitch Vallie, 6-5, F, Goodrich HS
Senior year highlight video:



Junior year highlight video (Grand Blanc HS):



FR - Tyler Kruis, 6-9, C, Calvin Christian HS
No highlight videos, but here's an mlive article about Kruis overcoming an illness to lead Calvin Christian to victory.

Depth Chart By Class

SRJRSOFR
GSalo PowellBrink
G  Reitema 
FSchnydersHaverdinkSnikkersVallie
FRodts DeBoerGreene
CSchuster DeYoungKruis

Lots of names packed into the end of the chart. That's both scary and exciting at the same time. Young teams can be an adventure, but they look to be set up well for the future. We'll have to wait and see how these young kids end up playing, but they could be entering a nice three year window of success.