Download the PDF version here When Ginny Martin was a freshman at Maranatha, she decided to run for student society president. “I thought it’d be a fun thing to do,” Martin said. “When I was (elected), I saw that there was more to it than the fun society meetings. There’s more planning involved in it.” [Continue Reading...]
Marvin Klaudt, at first glance, is a typical transfer student going through transfer student battles—juggling his classes, enduring Wisconsin weather, and playing midfield for the Maranatha men’s soccer team. Klaudt recorded his second hat trick of the season Monday during a 10-2 win over Great Lakes Christian. He scored two game-winning goals in the same [Continue Reading...]
Maranatha Baptist Bible College has formally announced that it will withdraw from the Northern Athletics Conference at the conclusion of the 2012-13 academic year. The NAC Council of Chief Executive Officers accepted the request earlier this week. The decision to withdraw from the NAC came as a result of the CCEO (Presidents of the Conference [Continue Reading...]
Alex Board (’09) went to Nicaragua hoping to inspire kids to love soccer and love God. He instead found himself being inspired by them. “I am overwhelmed with joy every time I get to see kids come from places (where they have) nothing with huge smiles on their faces just because they get to play [Continue Reading...]
Most players want to win. Maranatha’s student-athletes are no different in that regard. There is more to sports at a Christian college, however, than the win-loss records. That aspect— the spiritual side of sports—is what makes Maranatha’s athletic program more than you expect. “As Christians, we’re called to a higher standard,” men’s soccer coach Jeff [Continue Reading...]
David Rogers believes his daughter may have missed her athletic calling. “I always wanted Karis to play volleyball,” David Rogers said with a chuckle. “I thought that, with her speed, she would make a great volleyball player. But it was never to be.” Some folks are grateful for Karis Rogers’ misplaced talents. The 5-foot, 5-inch [Continue Reading...]