page_title: Hope College
section_title: Athletics
hierarchical_section_title: Hope College / Athletics
caption_attribution_description: English: DeVos Field House - Hope College Campus
context_page_description: Hope College is a private, Christian liberal arts college in Holland, Michigan. It opened in 1851 as the Pioneer School by Dutch immigrants four years after the community was first settled. The first freshman college class matriculated in 1862 and Hope received its state charter in 1866. Hope College is affiliated with the Reformed Church in America and retains a Christian atmosphere. Its 125 acres campus is adjacent to the downtown commercial district and has been shared with Western Theological Seminary since 1884.
context_section_description: Hope College competes in the MIAA conference, and is a Division III member of the NCAA. It currently fields 20 men's and women's varsity teams. The college has constructed several new outdoor athletic venues in recent years— DeVos Fieldhouse (2005), Boeve Baseball Stadium (2008), Wolters Softball Stadium (2008), Van Andel Soccer Stadium (2009) and Heeringa-Vande Poel Tennis Stadium (2012). The college recently acquired Holland Municipal Stadium from the City of Holland and has renamed it the Ray and Sue Smith in honor of a longtime coach and his wife. In 2006, the women's basketball team won the National Championship in its division, the second in school history.
  Hope has won the MIAA All-Sports/Commissioner's Cup Championship more than any other member school. Hope has won the honor a league-leading 34 times. In 2012-13 Hope athletes and/or teams qualified for nine NCAA championships.
  The school's athletic teams are called the Flying Dutchmen (men) and the Flying Dutch (women). The school colors are blue and orange (possibly chosen because the Dutch royal family is the House of Orange-Nassau). The college sponsors club ice hockey and rugby in addition to a popular intramural sports program.
  National Championships:
  1990 - Women's Basketball (NCAA Division III)
  2006 - Women's Basketball (NCAA Division III)
  2014 - Women's Volleyball (NCAA Division III)
  National Runners-up:
  1994 - Women's Swimming and Diving (NCAA Division III)
  1995 - Men's Swimming and Diving (NCAA Division III)
  1996 - Men's Basketball (NCAA Division III)
  1998 - Men's Basketball (NCAA Division III)
  2010 - Women's Basketball (NCAA Division III)
  Club Team National Championships:
  2018 - Men's Ice Hockey (ACHA Division III)
  Club Team National Runners-up:
  2003 - Men's Ice Hockey (ACHA Division III)
  2010 - Men's Ice Hockey (ACHA Division III)
  2011 - Men's Ice Hockey (ACHA Division III)
  The men's and women's basketball teams also take part in a notable rivalry, the Calvin–Hope rivalry.
caption: DeVos Fieldhouse on the campus of Hope College
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