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Our full season recap is live on Vimeo! Thank you to everyone who joined us and supported us on the journey of the 2023-2024 season!

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

1 year

2023 GPAC Champions

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2 years

Defenders are DANCING! ⚔️ Your Defenders are playing in the national tournament as a #9 seed in Oskaloosa, IA on Friday March 11! #DefenderWay

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4 years

Who needs weights for a workout when you have Coach @Kyle_Lindbergh ’s kids!

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2 years

Congratulations to our leader Coach Van Haaften on 500 career wins! Amazing to see all the lives he has impacted along the way! #DefenderWay

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6 years

Excited to welcome Jacob Vis to the Defender basketball family! #Made2Thrive #DefenderWay

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@DordtHoops

5 years

Despite the Defender loss last night, it was a BIG WIN for Coach Lindbergh and his wife welcoming their healthy baby daughter into the world! #Made2Thrive #FutureDefender

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

4 years

Congratulations to junior forward, Garrett Franken of Atlantic, IA on being named All-American! #DefenderWay

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@DordtHoops

1 year

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4 years

Congratulations to senior Jesse Jansma on becoming the 40th member of the 1,000 point club in today’s win over Viterbo.

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@DordtHoops

6 years

Welcome Cade Bleeker to the Defender basketball family! #Made2Thrive

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

4 years

Congratulations to our All-GPAC performers! 1st Team - Garrett Franken (Jr) 2nd Team - Jesse Jansma (Jr) 2nd Team - Cade Bleeker (Fr) Honorable Mention - Marcus Winterfeld (Jr) #DefenderWay

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@DordtHoops

1 year

#4 seed in the NAIA National Tournament playing in Henderson, Tennessee!

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@DordtHoops

4 years

Happy to birthday to @coachvh4dordt with one of the strongest suit and sock game in the business!

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

3 years

Not how we wanted the season to end but so proud of the team and our togetherness all year long. Grateful for these six seniors who always gave it their all and honored God in all they did. #DefenderWay

Dordt Defender Athletics

@dordtdefenders

3 years

🏀| FINAL: @DordtHoops season comes to a close in the GPAC Tournament. Jacob Vis scored 21 points and had 10 rebounds, Garrett Franken scored 13, and Jesse Jansma added 10 points. #gpacscores

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

1 year

all smiles

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@DordtHoops

4 years

Congratulations to junior Marcus Winterfeld on reaching 1,000 points during last nights win! Winterfeld becomes the 39th member of the 1,000 point club.

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

1 year

With this game winner @BryceCoppock03 gives us an auto-bid at the national tournament and a trip to the conference championship! @GPACSports @NAIAHoopsReport @NAIA

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

6 years

Defender Nation welcome Trey Hinote! The sharpshooter from Greene County High School will be wearing the Black & Gold next year! 🏀 #Made2Thrive

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

5 years

Congratulations to Junior Forward Garrett Franken! #DefenderWay Franken totaled 42 points and 15 rebounds in Dordt’s two wins last week over Northwestern & Briar Cliff.

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

6 years

Meet the tough sophomore guard, Kendrick (aka Kenny) Van Kekerix from Rock Valley, IA!

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

2 years

Congrats to Cade Bleeker on joining the 1,000 point club tonight against Mayville State!

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

4 years

These six are leaving a great legacy behind and we are excited to officially call them Dordt University Alumni! #DefenderWay

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

1 year

GPAC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME HERE WE COME

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@DordtHoops

5 years

🚨 Fresh Throwbacks 🚨 See these in action at 8pm tonight!

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@DordtHoops

1 year

Bleeker steal, Rankin behind the back pass, Vis one-hand dunk Welcome to 2023🥳

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

4 months

Junior, Luke Rankin, is now the Dordt Men’s Basketball Career Assist Leader. We are thankful and proud of the leader Luke is for our program, on and off the court. Congrats, Luke!

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

1 year

Congrats to Coach Van Haaften on his 100th win as the head coach for our Dordt Men’s Basketball program!

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

3 years

Spring 🏋️ workouts are underway! And Coach Skylar is putting the guys through the gauntlet! (No players were harmed during the filming of this 😂)

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

5 years

Hoop Scoop - Coaches Kids’ Episode! Learn some fun facts about Coach VH and get your 👶🏼 fix in!

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

3 years

Wonderful night celebrating the basketball season and our players, parents, coaches and supporters of Defender Hoops. Wishing our seniors the best as they open the next chapter of life and live out Christ’s calling for their lives!

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

3 years

Congratulations to Ben and Bailey Gesink on their wedding!

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

1 year

Congratulation to Jacob Vis on being awarded second team All-American! Jacob was consistent and dominate throughout this whole year. Jacob also was awarded first team Academic All-American once again⚔️

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

6 years

Thrilled to welcome 6’9” center Camden Bialas to the Defender Basketball family! Congrats Camden!

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@DordtHoops

6 years

Huge thanks to the Franken family in Atlantic, IA for the delicious pre-game meal! These guys are fed and ready to go! Next stop...Lamoni! #Made2Thrive

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

7 years

Trying to help in any way we can @CoachSampsonUH Thoughts & prayers are with you all #HoustonStrong #ForTheCity #DordtCommunityCares

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

2 months

Coach Kyle Lindbergh will be resigning as assistant coach for our program. He will be transitioning into Director of Athletic Development at Dordt. His 6 years with our program we went to 3 NAIA National Tournaments, had a record of 124-59, and won a GPAC Tournament Championship

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

7 years

Excited to welcome @caleb_harmsen to DC next year! Proven winner over the years at Western Christian!

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@DordtHoops

5 years

⚠️D.U. HOOP SCOOP Ep. 1⚠️ ▶️ Follow along this season as Senior Mitch Lambert offers an inside look at Defender Men’s Basketball. Check out what our guys have been up to as we prepare for the start of practice next week!

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

1 year

We made it to Tennessee! (High of 71 degrees tomorrow is looking 🔥) Pit stop in Kansas City this morning for a church service and meal! So grateful for the support from some Future Defender families and a chance to stretch the legs. #DefenderNation

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

2 years

National Tournament send-off for both our Men’s and Women’s 🏀. Thankful for the campus wide support and prayer over our teams! #DefenderWay Good luck to @DordtWBB this week!

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

5 years

S1 E2 of the Hoop Scoop! First practice ☑️ Fresh practice uniforms ☑️ Got better ☑️ The Browns ❓🤔

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

8 years

Requesting prayers for Jacob Lewis as he recovers from a serious car accident #prayforjake

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

1 year

Huge thank you to @dalevandenberg and @BankWithPeoples for taking the team out to Buffalo Wild Wings after our conference semi-final victory!

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

5 years

Congratulations to Garrett Franken for earning for Second Team All-Conference honors!

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

4 months

Tonight we presented Luke Rankin with his All-time assist record ball and some congrats from current and former teammates!

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

5 years

🚨UPDATE 🚨 Sophmore, Garrett Franken earning conference player of the week!

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@DordtHoops

4 years

Congrats to our very own dual sport athlete Grant Brouwer on being a high jump All-American jumping over 6’8” #DefenderWay

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

5 years

The goal setting session for the season at @coachvh4dordt house finishes with a much needed haircut for Junior Kenny Van Kekerix! Thanks Barb VH for taking taking care of our guys!

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

8 years

Took the guys to Lincoln today to see @big_jake34 - incredible progress in 4 weeks! Keep crushing that rehab buddy!!

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

3 years

There is nothing @kendal_zylstra won’t do for Dordt Hoops!

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

8 years

Team GPA of 3.47 for the 2015-2016 academic year ranked us first among all NAIA Division II Scholar-Teams! Outstanding accomplishment!

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@DordtHoops

6 years

First game in the Netherlands ends with Dordt on top! 83-59 against the National Military Basketball Team. ⁦⁦ @dcathletics ⁩

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

5 months

Jackson takes on coach VH with a generational quiz. Take a look to see who pulled out the win⚔️ @coachvh4dordt @jlousch

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

2 years

⚫️🟡 COMMITTED 🟡⚫️ Excited to announce our first commitment of the Class of 2023 with Connor Millikan! Connor led the state of Nebraska in scoring for all levels last season. Welcome to Defender Nation Connor! #DefenderWay

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

4 years

We are excited to welcome Bryce Coppock to @dordtuniversity and the Defender basketball family! #DefenderWay

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

3 years

Beautiful morning for some pre-season conditioning! Only 53 days till a Dordt Hoops basketball game!

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

2 years

Congratulations to Senior Cade Bleeker being recognized for his 1,000 point milestone at todays home game!

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@DordtHoops

5 years

It’s official. #DordtUniversity

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

6 years

That’s a slam dunk for @coachvh4dordt and the Defenders as we get our first win of the year 72-61 at Waldorf by finishing the game on a 21-2 run!

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

6 years

Today we recognized @ahenrickson as he surpassed the 1000th point mark back in December! We are looking forward to getting him back on the court!

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

5 years

Thanks to everyone for coming out and making it such a fun atmosphere tonight at Late Night with the Defenders! #DefenderNation Stay tuned in the days to come for some highlights from the night!

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

5 years

🚨DEFENDER NATION 🚨 Welcome Andrew DeVries to the Defender Basketball family!

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

5 years

Great afternoon of basketball at the American State Bank All-Star Game. It was fun watching these talented players, including a few future Defenders! Congrats to Cade Bleeker for winning MVP!

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

6 years

We have a new family member! Welcome @cooperross22 to the Defender Nation. April snow couldn’t stop this signing! #DefenderNation

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

3 years

Excited to welcome Ben Loverude, of Des Moines, IA to the Defender Basketball family! #DefenderWay

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

6 years

One week from today your Dordt men’s 🏀 team will be 🛬 in the Netherlands! 🇳🇱 A great partnership with the @Dutch_Windmills who is going to be do big things this season!

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

4 years

A team effort both on and off the court from the team this past year!

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

5 years

Meet the electric Freshman PG Cooper Ross from Carroll, IA 🏀 #Made2Thrive

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

5 years

Alec Henrickson finishes his career #10 in career scoring (1401) and #2 in 3’s made (232). He was an excellent leader on this team, and kept improving all season long! #Made2Thrive

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

4 years

Congratulations to Coach Boer and his family! He did a tremendous job in his two years as a coach with Dordt basketball. He is going lead young men in a Christ-like way and have a lot of fun on the hardwood! #DefenderWay

Pella Christian AD

@PCEaglesAD

4 years

We are excited to announce that JD Boer has signed a contract to be the new leader of the Pella Christian boys basketball program! JD attended Western Christian and Dordt University. He earned a BA in secondary education. Later, he earned a ME in sports leadership. (1/2)

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

4 years

Thanking God for all the blessings we have! Here are a few things we are thankful for! And a few things your Defenders are looking forward to digging into today! 🦃

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

4 years

Excited to welcome Luke Rankin to @dordtuniversity and the Defender 🏀 family! #FutureDefender 🚨👀⬇️🚨

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

5 years

Great win by both programs tonight! Loved having our two #FutureDefenders on the bench tonight! #Made2Thrive

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

4 years

When you wake up and it’s the first DEFENDER 🏀 GAMEDAY of the season! Stay tuned for how to watch your Defenders play tonight!

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

6 years

A little sneak peak into our photo shoot today! Some good looking men repping the white, black & gold! #Made2Thrive

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

5 years

Congratulations to Alec Henrickson, Zach Bussard, and Chad Barkema for earning Honorable Mention All-Conference honors!

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

2 years

⚫️🟡 SIGNED 🟡⚫️🖋️ Excited to officially sign Connor Millikan from Springfield, NE! The senior guard from Paltteview High School is poised for a great senior year! #DefenderWay

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

6 years

Final of 112-46 tonight in our game against Rowic. Jesse Jansma leading the way with 29 pts (5-3’s). Chad Barkema with 21 pts and Zach Bussard with 16pts, 9 rbs. Guys did a great job of running in transition!

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

6 years

First practice of the year! #Made2Thrive

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

6 years

Not sure if there is a guy out there who cares more about being a great TEAMMATE than @AndrewOD_5 Thank you, Andrew, for sharing your passion for the game and being a positive impact on our young squad this year!

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

1 year

Coach VanHaaften knows best. 12. Point. Win.

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

5 years

Meet some of the Freshmen and hear what they like about Dordt after 1 month of being on campus! Which freshmen is trying to earn some brownie points?! 😂

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

2 years

In the words of @mbyk52 “STRAIGHT MONEY!!” Congrats @DordtWBB and now just one more!

Dordt Defender Athletics

@dordtdefenders

2 years

🏀 See you tomorrow! @DordtWBB secures a bid in the National Championship with a 53-52 win over top-seeded Southeastern! The Defenders will play against the winner of Thomas More and Central Methodist tomorrow at 7:00 PM. #GoDefenders ⚔️

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

5 years

☀️ Great morning for team conditioning ☀️ This is a special group of young men! We’ve put in the work and enjoyed a great offseason and now excited to get started with 🏀 practice on Monday!

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

8 months

Exactly 4 weeks until we take the court for the start of the 2023-2024 season! We’ve had an exciting off-season and can’t wait to play our first game on October 27th⚔️

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

5 years

Defender Nation was awesome last night! Student section was 🔥🔥🔥 Look forward to seeing everyone this Saturday in the DeWitt for more DU 🏀

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

2 years

Senior Kendal Zylstra has been a leader and servant in this program and on campus @dordtuniversity the past 4 years. Today he leads our team through our scouting reporting for tonight’s game and did a great job! #DefenderWay

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

2 years

Exciting finish to the American State Bank High School All-Star game at Dordt University! (Video in thread ⬇️) 104-101 White team with the win! Vance Katzfey Black Team MVP Lucas Lorenzen White Team MVP Also a couple of #FutureDefenders out on the court tonight!

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

10 months

Congratulations to our leader, Ross Douma, on this recognition two years in a row! You have had a tremendous impact on Dordt University and Dordt Hoops, especially in the days of the sweater vest!

Great Plains Athletic Conference

@GPACSports

10 months

Ross Douma from @dordtdefenders named 2023 GPAC Athletic Director of the Year. Read More -> #GPACNation

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

4 years

Thanks for all you do behind the scenes @mbyk52 and for being the voice of the Defenders for another season! Hope you did not get altitude sickness after being up there all night! #DefenderWay

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

6 years

🔥🔥🔥

Brian Van Haaften

@coachvh4dordt

6 years

A new era, new attitude, new uniforms, and a great group of guys that will have these friendships for life. #BuildIt #DordtBasketball

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

4 years

🚨 Defender Nation 🚨 Please help us welcome Jackson Louscher to @dordtuniversity and the Defender basketball family! #DefenderWay

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

6 years

🏀 Meet the versatile forward from Atlantic, IA: Garrett Franken! 🏀

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

4 years

Beautiful start to the morning and the week with some pre-season conditioning!

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

6 years

Handed out our new Under Armour gear to the guys 🔥🔥

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

3 years

Congratulations to our All-Conference selections! Garrett Franken - First Team Jesse Jansma - First Team Cade Bleeker - Honorable Mention Jacob Vis - Honorable Mention #DefenderWay

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

6 years

The history and tradition of the Defender Basketball program is due to the amazing men that have come through this program. Thank you to all of our alumni and those who support DC Hoops! #DefenderWay

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Dordt Men’s Basketball

@DordtHoops

3 years

Happy birthday to Coach Van Haaften! @coachvh4dordt is entering his 4th season here at Dordt and it couldn’t be more fitting to have a birthday on #NationalCoachesDay as we celebrate him and all he does for the program and @dordtuniversity

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