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Basketball Highlights
Adam has always been content to be a role player on a winning team, but there have been games in which his abilities have been obvious. He scored 10 points or more in four games last season (high of 16 vs. Goshen) and 10 points or more in two games this season (had
11 vs. St Francis).
While he averaged just 3.8 points a game, Adam was efficient; he took just 2.9 shots per game. He didn’t do it very often, but he could shoot. He was perfect from three-point range in 11 games, and was perfect at the line in 10 games.
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as a Forester, averaging 3.1 assists a game. He had five or more assists in 19 games, and he had double-digit assists in six games. After a season high of 11 assists vs. Spring Arbor, Adam said, “I’ll take 11 assists over 11 points any day.” At the same time, he played 18 games without a single turnover and had more assists than turnovers in 85% of the games in which he played. His two-year assist/turnover ratio of 2.40 puts him among the best at Huntington College.
Personal Achievements
Adam graduated fourth in his class at Westview High School and has been a regular member of the Dean’s List at Huntington College. He was a two-time NAIA All-American Scholar-Athlete and was the recipient of the “Champions of Character” award at the NAIA national tournament this year.
A native of northern Indiana near Topeka, and the son of Dean and Lynnette Bontreger, Adam has always been an outstanding student and he has some musical talent as well. He sang with the Huntington College musical group “Preeminence” last year; plays the guitar and piano; and has sung the National Anthem before a home game each of the past two seasons. His favorite class at Huntington: American Literature.
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On Into the Future
Adam is currently student teaching at Huntington North High School and will get his degree in Secondary English education this spring. He hopes to find a teaching position that will also allow him to coach basketball or soccer, one of his life-long ambitions.
Adam is a very dedicated young man, not only to sports, but in his spiritual pursuits as well. It is his goal to not just to be a successful teacher and coach, but also to be successful in his walk with the Lord. It is Adam’s hope that he will be able to convey his faith on a continuing basis through his day-to-day contact with students, sports camps and public speaking.
-- by Mike Albertson
Awards and Recognitions
MCC Conference and NAIA Recognize Seven Foresters
All-MCC Honors
Alex Kock cleaned up in the MCC Awards department this season. The 6-6 sophomore (a surprise transfer from Wright State and a native of Auburn) was voted MCC Player of the Year and MCC Newcomer of the Year, and was also selected for the All-MCC First Team. Alex averaged 18.3 points and 8.3 rebounds a game; he also led the Foresters with 31 steals and 9 double doubles.
Kyle Ganton, 6-5 sophomore from Coldwater, MI, was named to the All-MCC Second Team, and Doug Sheckler, 6-6 freshman from Columbia City, was named to the All-MCC Third Team. Juniors Steve Snider and Chase Verba received MCC Honorable Mention.
NAIA Recognition
Kyle Ganton, 6-5 sophomore from Coldwater, MI, was named to the All-MCC Second Team; Doug Sheckler, 6-6 freshman from Columbia City, was named to the All-MCC Third Team. Juniors Steve Snider and Chase Verba received Honorable Mention in the MCC voting.
Senior Adam Bontreger was named NAIA All-American Scholar-Athlete again and received the “Champions of Character” award at the NAIA national tournament.
Four Foresters appeared in the NAIA top twenty on a regular basis throughout this season. Kyle Ganton finished at #7 in the NAIA with an 86.8% free throw shooting percentage. Alex Kock finished at #11 in defensive rebounding with 6.6 a game. James Haifley finished the season ranked #9 with 2.73 assists per turnover (#1 in the MCC), while Adam Bontreger ranked #17 in that same NAIA category with a 2.38 ratio.
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