The junior defensive lineman and education major competes with a prosthetic leg for the Flying Dutchmen, and his inspirational story will appear on “Courage in Sports: Gridiron Greatness.”
Like many young boys, Derik Smith aspired to play college football. He achieved it yet had to overcome some adversity along the way to do so. The Hope defensive end had part of his right leg amputated when he was 9, but that didn’t stop him from becoming a top-tier athlete. Joe Sager has more in a D3football.com feature.
Division III's greatest basketball rivalry, and perhaps D-III's best rivalry in any sport, will finally be coming to the gridiron, as Calvin University, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, is adding football for a future season.
With the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference facing the potential loss of its automatic bid, the conference has turned to Finlandia. The program has won just two countable games in the past four seasons, including two winless seasons in the MIAA.
Nearly 30 players were nominated, but only 12 get to the semifinal stage. Who are they? Read up on the players, then cast your fan ballot for the top all-around student-athlete in Division III football.
The Flying Dutchmen can clinch a share of their first conference championship since 2007 and its first trip to the NCAA Division III playoffs since 2006 with a win at Kalamazoo College on Saturday, November 9.
Quarterback Mason Opple ran for more than 200 yards as Hope handed Olivet its first loss, UW-La Crosse's defense took center stage and Bridgewater's did as well in Saturday's games.
The Flying Dutchmen used a potent ground attack to hand hosts Olivet College its first loss of the season, 21-7, and seized sole possession of first place in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association standings.
The Flying Dutchmen rallied from a second-quarter deficit by scoring on four consecutive possessions, and went on to defeat Albion College, 52-33, on Saturday.