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SCOTS JUNIOR WOMEN'S BASKETBALL FORWARD MEAGAN HOBLET GARNERS MIAA PLAYER OF THE WEEK RECOGINITION

ROYAL OAK, MI – The Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association has named Alma College center Meagan Hoblet and Hope College guard Jenny Cowen its Players of the Week in women’s basketball.

Hoblet, a junior from Cadillac (Cadillac HS), scored 32 points as the Scots split a pair of games last week. She scored 14 points in a 68-47 loss to Albion, then came back with 18 points, eight rebounds and two blocked shots in leading the Scots to a 63-61 win over Adrian. For the week, Hoblet made 13-of-24 shots (54 percent) from the field and 6-of-8 (75 percent) from the free-throw line.

Cowen, a junior from Dexter (Dexter HS), scored 35 points in leading the Flying Dutch to two wins and an outright MIAA championship. She scored nine points in a 102-52 defeat of Olivet, then poured in 26 points, including the go-ahead 3-point basket with less than a minute remaining, and grabbed nine rebounds as Hope rallied to defeat Calvin 68-65. For the week, Cowen made 12-of-24 from the field (50 percent), 5-of-9 from 3-point range (56 percent) and 6-of-7 from the line (86 percent).

 

Posted: Mon, February 23rd, 2009 at 5:57PM

 

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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.

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