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Alma College Exercise and Health Science Honorary to Sponsor First Matt Reinke 5K Run/Walk

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ALMA, Mich. – Matt Reinke graduated from Alma College in 2006 and was an instrumental part of the football program, helping the Scots to two MIAA Championships during his career in Maroon and Cream. He was an avid volunteer, working with Habitat for Humanity. He had recently begun his career in teaching as a student teacher at Clare High School. Reinke passed away on July 16, 2006 at the age of 23.

An Exercise & Health Science major, Reinke is being remembered for his academic and athletic success with the Matt Reinke Scholarship Fund.

To honor Reinke’s life and livelihood, the Alma College Exercise and Health Science Honor Society is sponsoring the First Annual Matt Reinke 5K Run/Walk on March 31, 2007. Appropriately, the race will begin and end at Bahlke Field, the football team’s home turf.

Registration is $10 without a T-shirt and $20 with a T-shirt

Prizes will be awarded to the male and female winner of each running age group as well as an overall male and female winner for both running and walking.

To download a registration form, click here or pick up a registration form at the Stone Recreation Center or Alma College’s EHS Department Offices.

Posted: Mon, February 19th, 2007 at 5:13PM

 

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Terry Smith

Terry Smith

Smith graduated from Michigan State University with a B.S. in Physical Education in 1984. After graduating, Smith got his start in coaching when he was the boy’s basketball coach at Fulton High School while working as a teacher at Ithaca High School. From there he moved to Cedar Springs High School were he coached and taught and won his first district championship in 1987.

The following year, Coach Smith got his first taste of coaching in the college ranks when he was an assistant men’s basketball coach at Ferris State University and was part of the team that won a GLIAC Championship and advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA DII Tournament.

After a year at FSU, Coach Smith left for Lake Superior State University where he served for three years as an assistant coach before being promoted to the head coach position in 1991. In five years time, Coach Smith had turned around the LSSU program. In 1996 his team won the first League Championship for LSSU since joining the GLIAC in 1978. During this time, Coach Smith also earned his M.A. in Physical Education from Central Michigan University.

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