Athletics

Hanover College's intercollegiate athletic program is affiliated with the NCAA (Division III) and the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference, which includes outstanding schools from Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky. Students can compete for the Panthers in 16 sports, including men's and women's basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis and track & field as well as baseball, football, softball and volleyball. More than one-third of Hanover's student body participates in varsity athletics. Many students compete for more than one varsity sports team.

Women's golf fourth at HCAC championship
Hanover College placed fourth at the 2008 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Women's Golf Championships. The seven-team, 36-hole tournament was held Oct. 11-12 at the Hulman Links Golf Course in Terre Haute, Ind.

Freshman Molly Burpo (Martinsville, Ind.) earned all-conference honors with a sixth-place finish for Hanover, which totaled 738 strokes as a team (361-377). Burpo fired a 91 in the second round after opening with an 85 on the 5,800-yard course.

The Panthers'  Natosha Wood (Columbia City, Ind.), a freshman, finished 12th overall with a 187 (93-94). Junior Kristen Brookes (Columbia City, Ind.) and freshmen Paige Schroeder (Jasper, Ind.) tied for 21st in the 37-golfer field. Each player carded a 192 in the tournament. Brookes shot a 102 in the second round after a 90 in the first round. Schroeder posted a 93 in the first round and a 99 on the second day of competition.

Freshman Morrison Mims (Lexington, Ky.) placed 24th for Hanover with a 197 (104-93).

Transylvania University (Ky.) earned the Heartland Conference's team championship with a 705 (352-353). The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology's Stephanie Harrington was the event's individual medalist with a 162 (84-78).

HCAC Women's Golf Championship - Final Results

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Benter, Kile & Myers enter Athletic Hall 
Former Hanover athletic standouts David Benter, Dan Kile and Gary Myers were inducted into the Hanover College Athletic Hall of Fame, Friday, Oct. 10, as part of Hanover's Homecoming celebration.

A 1996 Hanover graduate, Benter was a four-year letterwinner with Hanover's basketball team. He was the NCAA Division III national player of the year as a senior and also was an all-American as a junior.

Benter led Hanover to two berths in the NCAA national tournament and was a two-time Indiana Collegiate Athletic Conference player-of-the-year and a three-time team most valuable player.

He capped his career ranked fourth in Hanover history in scoring with 1,934 points and sixth in rebounding with 755 boards.

Kile was a three-sport standout at Hanover during the 1950s. He served as captain of the baseball, football and basketball teams, as well as president of the Varsity "H" club and Lambda Chi Alpha.

After graduating from Hanover in 1956, Kile was a teacher and basketball coach at Vevay High School from 1956-1959. He served as vice principal, athletic director, guidance counselor and basketball coach at Knightstown High School from 1959-1969. He, later, worked as principal, athletic director and basketball coach at Brookville High School from 1969-1981.

Kile passed away in 1986.

Myers, a 1977 Hanover graduate, was a four-year letterman with the College's football team and also lettered twice in both baseball and basketball.

As a receiver, Myers helped the Panthers' win four consecutive Hoosier-Buckeye Collegiate Conference football titles and earn two berths in the NAIA national tournament.

He was an honorable mention all-American as a junior and a two-time all-conference selection. As senior, he was the first recipient of the Jim Peterson Award for the College's most valuable offensive back.

Started in 1995, the Hanover College Athletic Hall of Fame exists to recognize individuals who have served Hanover athletics with distinction, either by virtue of their performance as a coach or member of athletic teams or by meritorious efforts on behalf of athletics, either as an undergraduate or in years after leaving the institution.

Selections are made by a committee which represents current members of the athletic department, college staff and alumni. Nominations, which are accepted throughout the year, are judged on the person's athletic involvement while at Hanover, accomplishments after leaving the college (professional and/or community) and continuing interest in the college, service to the college and involvement in college activities.

The hall of fame, which resides in the Horner Health and Recreation Center, currently honors 100 individuals who have left their mark on Hanover athletics.

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