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Class Senior
Age 23
Height 6'3"
Weight 195 pounds
Bats/Throws Right/Right
Major Business
Minor History
Hometown Grand Rapids, MI
High School Grand Rapids Christian

#24 Joe Thiry

Men's Baseball - Pitcher (P)

Joe Thiry
2009: Appeared in 11 games, starting in 10 (tops on team and tied for 5th in the MIAA)... threw 3 complete games... led the team and placed 6th in the MIAA in innings pitched with 58...posted an ERA of 4.91 (8th in the MIAA)

High School Awards: Played for the Eagles under coach Matt Vriesenga. Played on conference championship teams and was a member of the 2005 state runner-up squad. Named all-conference as a senior.

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2004 Baseball Roster

 

Alma College students are annual high achievers in the national Model United Nations competition. Alma has received Outstanding Delegation awards in each of the last 13 years (1997 through 2009) at the world's largest and most prestigious collegiate Model UN Conference in New York City.

 

Coach Profile

Gordon Aldrich

Gordon Aldrich was a late addition to the Alma College Coaching Staff in the summer of 2007. Coach Aldrich has joined the Alma College Family as the Cross Country and Track and Field Head Coach.

During his 26 years as a varsity Boy’s and Girl’s Cross Country Coach, Aldrich has won a Girls Open State Championship (1978), a Girls State Championship (1995), two Boy’s State Championships (1994, 1997), and was Runner-up on seven other occasions. During the same time, Aldrich coached teams to 17 conference championships, was nominated for the Michigan Interscholastic Track Coaches Association Coach of the Year 12 times for cross country, and walked away with the award four times (1994, 1995, 1996, and 1998). He was also named the Boy’s Cross Country National Coach of the Year in 1999 by the National Federation Interscholastic Coaches Association.

Aldrich was also honored with Michigan High School Coaches Association Track Coach of the Year in 1985 and 1998, and has received the Charles Sweeney Michigan Coaches Hall of Fame Track and Field Award.