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Archives for Athletics Category

Goshen College welcomes Dwight Gingerich as new athletic director and head men’s basketball coach

Dwight Gingerich, who has more than four decades of coaching and educational leadership experience and a track record of success, has been named as Goshen College’s new athletic director and head men’s basketball coach. Gingerich, a member of the Iowa High School Basketball Hall of Fame who currently serves as head of school and head boys basketball coach at Hillcrest Academy in Kalona, Iowa (formerly named Iowa Mennonite School), will begin his new roles on July 1.

Six Maple Leafs named All-Americans, Keitany earns national runner-up at indoor track & field championships

Six Maple Leafs became All-Americans at the 2024 NAIA Indoor Track & Field Championships on Saturday in four events. Mathew Keitany led the way with his national runner-up finish in the men's mile. Mercy Chebet, Drew Hogan, Kevin Liddell, Jacob Friesen and Annika Alderfer Fisher were also named All-Americans for their top-eight finishes.

Video: Goshen College, a home for international student-athletes – 91.1 The Globe

Eleven percent of students at Goshen College are international students, coming from over thirty different countries around the world. Of that 11 percent, forty-eight are student-athletes. But, why did they choose GC? Listen to three of their stories: Tim Wilkening, a men’s soccer player from Weinheim, Germany; Syanne Mohamed, a basketball player from Zimbabwe/Poland; and Pedro Scattolon, a tennis player from Rosario, Argentina.