2006-07 MIAA Academic Honors Announced
Several Alma College sports teams and student athletes have received MIAA Academic Honors this year. Click the links below to see the complete lists:
Posted: Sun, July 1st, 2007 at 9:23PM
Athletics
In the more than 100 years since its founding, Alma has stayed true to its roots by keeping its Scottish heritage alive. Today, Alma features a marching band clad in Kilts, a Scottish dance troupe, student pipers and its own tartan. Each year, the College hosts the Alma Highland Festival and Games, which feature traditional Scottish games and revelry.
Coach Profile
Jim Cole
Graduation: 1974
Jim Cole '74 enters his 17th season at the helm of the Scots. In 2004, Cole led the Scots to the MIAA title and a berth in the NCAA Division III national playoffs, the second time in three years the Maroon and Cream advanced to the NCAA postseason.
A former All-MIAA and All-District quarterback for the Scots, Cole draws on the championship experiences of playing for the 1970, '71 and '72 MIAA co-champions and coaching the 1988 co-champ's defense.
Cole sports a career mark of 105-67-0, making him Alma's winningest football coach.