In June of 1980, Bill Lundberg was running the race of his life. Just seconds away from qualifying for the Olympics in the steeplechase, he ruptured his Achilles tendon. Then in February, his father suddenly died. Only a month later Lundberg lost his first coaching job at Jackson Community College.Despite these early hardships, Lundberg went...
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Charger Chatter: Nick Hixson
Last weekend Nick Hixson ‘12 joined Andre Holmes and Jared Veldheer as one of three Hillsdale alumni playing in the NFL. Like Holmes in 2011, Hix- son will have to work his way up from the practice squad. As a new member of the New Orleans Saints, Hixson shares with us how he perservered through...
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Volleyball bested in top-tier tournament
The Chargers opened their season by playing in a tour- nament hosted by five-time defending NCAA Champions Concordia-St. Paul in Min- neapolis, Minn. The team went 0-4 against Concordia, South- west Minnesota State Univer- sity, Brigham Young University (BYU)- Hawaii, and Regis University. “When I scheduled the tour- nament last year, I knew that this...
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Chargers lose season opener on the goal line
Hillsdale College fell to the California University of Pennsylvania 30-22 last Thursday, Aug. 30, ending the season-opening game on the Vulcan one-yard-line after a last-attempt pass was batted down in the end zone. Head coach Keith Otterbein said that despite the loss, it was a good way to open the season. “There was a great...
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Putt Named 2012 GLIAC Scholar-Athlete
Former Hillsdale track and cross-country star Amanda Putt ‘12 won the GLIAC Scholar- Athlete Award this year due to what coaches described as diligence both on the track and in the classroom. Assistant track coach Amanda Mirochna said Putt is “diligent, humble, and a leader. No one would ever know she is one of the...