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Charger Chatter: Kyle Cooper

Kyle Cooper is a junior from Northville, Mich. He is the starting power forward on the men’s basketball team. He is studying accounting and has the opportunity to intern at PricewaterhouseCoopers next summer. He is also the Vice-president of Hillsdale’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.  He was named GLIAC Player of the Week on Monday after averaging...

The Chargers Coach to Cure
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The Chargers Coach to Cure

A special mascot led the Hillsdale Chargers football team onto the field at their Nov. 1 home game against Saginaw Valley State. This mascot was Ryan Newbanks, a 19-year-old Charger fan and friend of punter senior Matt Eltringham. Newbanks has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, “a genetic disorder characterized by progressive muscle degeneration and weakness,” according to...

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Swim team takes second place in Chicago

Hillsdale’s swim team lived up to their mantra of ‘beat the girl in the lane next to you’ this past weekend as they earned second place out of seven teams at the University of Chicago Invite. The team tapered their workouts going into the meet to be able to compete rested and energetic, and the...

Coach Otterbein given chair by team at end of season banquet
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Coach Otterbein given chair by team at end of season banquet

This Christmas season, everyone is looking for that perfect gift for that important person in their life. This year’s Charger’s football team found just the right gift for someone that means a lot to the team. The captains of the team— seniors Butch Herzog, Alex Fogt, Daniel Pittman and Tim Moinet— teamed up with Butch’s...

Chargers show promise at University of Michigan
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Chargers show promise at University of Michigan

The Hillsdale College men’s basketball team travelled to Ann Arbor to take on Division I powerhouse the University of Michigan on Saturday and hung with the Wolverines for much of the game before Michigan pulled away for a 92-68 win. “We saw a lot of good things in certain stretches and then we had bad...