Kalamazoo Valley Community College
Athletic News Release
June 22, 2004

The 2005 recipients of the prestigious Dale B. Lake Presidential Award have been named.  This award is a yearly endeavor that honors KVCC’s founding President, Dale B. Lake, by giving annual recognition to outstanding student-athletes at KVCC.  Exceptional academic achievement, outstanding athletic contribution, and evidence of uncommon leadership and character are among the criteria for this award. 

                                                                  
                                               This year the lady recipient is Becca Wahmhoff. 

      Becca graduated from Gobles High School.  Throughout her high school and college career, she has excelled in both basketball and softball.  Becca is a member of the KVCC Honors College.  She has volunteered regularly at the Kalamazoo community soup kitchen administered by Ministry with Community.  Her 3.90 GPA with 54 hours passed at KVCC, has earned her Distinguished Academic All American status in the NJCAA. 

     Coach Ron Welch comments that he “…could always count on her to do the right thing for the good of the team.  She is the epitome of what a team player should be and is a shining example of what athletics at the community college level is really about.”

     Wahmhoff has been nominated for the prestigious Betty Jo Graber Female Student Athlete of the Year Award, an award given annually to one female community college student in America.  Becca was a Liberal Arts major at KVCC, and transferred to Michigan State University in the fall of 2005. 

                                                      
            Wahmhoff is pictured here with Cougar Head Coach, Ron Welch immediately after a formal presentation of the award before one of the Lady Cougar's early season games in November.