America 250: Meet the Holland area's top 250 male athletes since 2001

[ASFN Admin]

While we continue to celebrate the 250th birthday of the United States, we continue to look at 250 - this time locally.

The top 250 male athletes from the Holland area since 2001 was much more difficult to pick than expected - and I am sure there are some people we missed or that readers might disagree with. Bring on the debate!

It is stunning how many elite athletes did not make this list - all-state players, NCAA Division I athletes, Sentinel Athletes of the Year. That is how privileged the Holland area is when it comes to sports. This list encompasses every level of athletes' careers, not just high school and athletes must be graduated to be considered.

Here are the top 250 male athletes since 2001 in alphabetical order:

Ethan Abberger, Holland Christian football

Tabahn Afrik, West Ottawa swimming

Ethan Alderink, Holland Christian basketball

Merritt Alderink, Zeeland West basketball

Pete Alfaro, Fennville basketball

Daniel Arellano, Holland soccer

Jake Arendsen, Holland Christian baseball

JP Avila, Holland Christian tennis

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Justin Barkel, Zeeland swimming

Julian Barrios, West Ottawa swimming

Khylin Barton, Zeeland East football, basketball

Danny Bauder, Zeeland West football, track & field

Tommy Beckman, Saugatuck football

Alex Beelen, Holland Christian baseball

TJ Beelen, Zeeland East football, track & field

Adam Berghorst, Zeeland East baseball, football

Jonathan Berghorst, Zeeland East football, baseball, track & field

Brad Birkholz, Hamilton track & field

Christian Birky, Saugatuck cross country, track & field

Josh Blanton, Zeeland West football

Toby Blom, Holland Christian soccer

Boone Bonnema, Zeeland East football, track & field

Tag Bonnema, Zeeland East football, track & field

Mitch Bosch, Hamilton football, track & field

Ben Boehm, Hamilton football, track & field, golf

Blake Bosma, West Ottawa football

Tyler Bosma, West Ottawa basketball, baseball

Caden Brink, Holland Christian soccer

Nate Brink, Holland Christian football

Seth Broekhuizen, Holland Christian football, soccer

Ethan Brooks, Zeeland West track & field

Tyler Brunsting, Saugatuck football

Luke Buckman, Holland football

Wade Buckman, Holland football

Tommy Buis, West Ottawa hockey

Cody Buresh, Hamilton football

Grant Burtch, Holland swimming

Quincy Byrd Jr., Zeeland East track

Spencer Carl, West Ottawa swimming

Nick Carlson, Hamilton golf

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Jake Carter, Holland soccer

Grant Caserta, West Ottawa football

Ben Catton, Holland Christian swimming

Owen Ceithaml, Holland soccer

Desmond Chapa, West Ottawa track & field

Brandon Claerbaut, Zeeland East basketball

Nate Claerbaut, Zeeland East basketball

Drew Coffin, Zeeland swimming

Ato Condelee, West Ottawa football, basketball, track & field

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Andy Cook, Hamilton wrestling

Parker Cook-Weeks, Holland Christian swimming

Skyler Cook-Weeks, Holland Christian swimming

Miguel Correa, West Ottawa wrestling, football

Jace Cossey, Fennville football, basketball, baseball

Kirk Cousins, Holland Christian football, basketball

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Ethan Curtain, West Ottawa wrestling

Coreontae DeBerry, Holland basketball

Carter DeBoe, Hamilton baseball

Adam DeJong, Holland swimming, football

Chris DeJong, Holland swimming

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Corbin DeJonge, Zeeland East track & field

Micah DeJonge, Zeeland swimming, water polo

Collin DeShaw, West Ottawa diving, football

Benny Diaz, Saugatuck football, track & field

Jordan Diekema, Zeeland East swimming

John Donkersloot, Zeeland East track & field

Gavin Drenten, Zeeland East wrestling

Bobby Drew, Holland/Saugatuck, football, track & field

Blake Dunn, Saugatuck football, basketball, baseball, track & field

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Brad Dunn, Saugatuck football, basketball, baseball, track & field

Brady Eding, Hamilton football

Gerrit Eding, Hamilton baseball

Kirby Eggers, Holland Christian soccer

Dave Ekdom, Holland Christian baseball

Jeff Ekdom, Holland Christian soccer

Odis Fickel, Holland soccer

Zach Flowerday, Holland Christian soccer

Matt Forward, Zeeland West football

Mark Freyhof, Hamilton cross country, track & field

Josh Fusco, Zeeland East football, baseball, track & field

Hector Garcia, Holland soccer

Johnny Garcia, Holland boxing

Josh Geschwendt, Zeeland swimming

Jonah Gilmore, Holland tennis

Brant Goodpaster, Hamilton football, basketball, baseball

Corey Gorgas, Saugatuck cross country, track & field

Joey Gosselaar, West Ottawa swimming

Anton Grigg, Holland football, baseball

Carson Gulker, Zeeland West football, basketball

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Tony Gugino, Holland Christian basketball

John Groendyk, Zeeland East track

Josh Groenhof, Zeeland East basketball

Mike Hall, Holland basketball

Dante Hawkins, Holland basketball

Max Hecht, Zeeland West baseball

Zach Heerspink, Hamilton track & field

Keaton Hendricks, Zeeland West football, track & field

Justin Hengst, Zeeland West football, wrestling

David Hertel, Holland Christian soccer

Phil Heyboer, Holland Christian swimming

Carter Hinson, Zeeland East wrestling

Bryan Hoekstra, Holland Christian soccer

Parker Holman, Zeeland West football, track & field

Bryan Holmes, West Ottawa football

Levi Honderd, Holland soccer, track & field

Brad Horling, Zeeland East football

Ethan Houghtaling, Zeeland East baseball, football, basketball

Leonard Houston, West Ottawa basketball

Jack Huisman, Holland Christian baseball

Cobe Huizenga, Zeeland East baseball

Ameer Ismail, West Ottawa football

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Colin Kalkman, Holland Christian swimming

John Kamps, Zeeland East football, track & field

Malachi Kapenga, Hamilton wrestling

Jason Kaye, Saugatuck basketball

Kolin Kazen, Saugatuck basketball

Tyler Keelean, Zeeland diving

Andrew Keizer, Holland Christian soccer

Sean Kelly, Saugatuck cross country, track & field

Zach Kerr, Saugatuck cross country, track & field

Austin Keur, Zeeland East football, baseball

Lance Kleino, Saugatuck football, baseball

Brenden Knoll, Zeeland East football, track & field

Evan Kobes, Holland swimming

Tim Klaus, Saugatuck football

Thano Klett, Hamilton baseball, basketball

Tate Knapp, Hamilton football, wrestling

Adam Koning, Hamilton football

Andrew Kraft, Zeeland West track & field

Demetrius Lake, Holland basketball

Parker Lambers, Holland Christian cross country, track & field

Trenton Lane, Hamilton football, track & field

Derek Leal, Holland wrestling

Niko Leal, Holland wrestling

Wes Leonard, Fennville basketball, football

Brody Maas, Zeeland West football

Derek Maas, West Ottawa swimming

Kevin Maas, West Ottawa swimming

Kyle Maas, West Ottawa swimming

Tyler Maat, Calvary basketball

Roman Mares, West Ottawa football

Sam Martens, Holland cross country, track & field

Travis Martin, Fennville football, basketball

Tucker Martinez, Zeeland West lacrosse

Steffon Mayhue, Holland football, track & field

James McCann, Black River cross country, track & field

Mike McClure, West Ottawa wrestling football

Steve McClure, West Ottawa wrestling

Ryan McDonald, West Ottawa football

Lucas McFarland, Fennville football, basketball

Adam Mena, West Ottawa soccer

Christian Mendoza-Hunyh, Fennville soccer

Chris Meyers, West Ottawa swimming

Kevin Mills, Zeeland swimming

DeShaun Mingo, West Ottawa football, track & field

Corey Mirto, Saugatuck basketball

Ian Miskelley, Holland Christian swimming

D.J. Mocini, Saugatuck basketball

Chris Mokma, Holland Christian baseball

Mike Mokma, Holland Christian baseball

Daniel Morgan, Holland Christian soccer

Desmond Morgan, West Ottawa football, hockey

David Moore, Holland swimming

Jeremiah Morren, Holland swimming

Bryce Morrison, Hamilton wrestling

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Jordan Moses, Hamilton swimming

Ben Mosterd, Holland Christian swimming

Jorddan Myrick, West Ottawa basketball

Spencer Nadolsky, West Ottawa wrestling

Zach Nagelvoort, West Ottawa hockey

Alec Nyboer, Hamilton swimming

Joseph Sirobbie Nelson, Holland boxing

David Nykerk, West Ottawa baseball

Zach Osburn, West Ottawa basketball, football

Aaron Overhiser, Fennville basketball, football

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Jalen Overway, Holland Christian basketball

Kyle Overway, Zeeland West football, diving, lacrosse

Chase Peddie, Zeeland West football, track & field

Jose Penaloza, Holland soccer

Darius Perisee, Zeeland West football, track & field

Ben Peterson, Fennville football, basketball, baseball

Jacob Pettinga, Saugatuck cross country, track & field

Nik Pettinga, Saugatuck cross country, track & field

Zach Pettinga, Saugatuck cross country, track & field

Shawn Pitsch, Hamilton wrestling

Sam Plaska, Zeeland West track & field

Grant Postma, Zeeland West football

Dan Pung, Zeeland West track & field

Trevor Raade, Zeeland East baseball

Trevor Raby, Zeeland West football, wrestling

Thomas Rathbun, Holland swimming

Brendan Ray, Holland swimming

Easton Remick, Zeeland East baseball

Ryan Rhoades, Holland Christian tennis

Trip Riemersma, Zeeland East basketball, track & field

Nathan Ricketts, Holland football

Layne Risdon, Zeeland East basketball and volleyball

Josh Rooks, Holland Christian football

Max Salas, Zeeland East baseball

Jeremy Sall, Zeeland swimming

Johnny Sanchez, Holland diving

Andrew Scheerhorn, West Ottawa swimming

Nick Schnobel, West Ottawa tennis

Reece Schreckengust, Saugatuck football

Jordan Schrotenboer, Holland swimming

Parker Schut, Holland Christian diving

Eric Serrano, Zeeland East baseball

Sam Sharnas, Black River cross country, track & field

Scott Sommavilla, West Ottawa baseball

Jayk Slager, Zeeland West football, basketball

Trey Sloothaak, Zeeland West football

Josh Snyder, Zeeland East football, baseball

Eric Solis, Holland swimming

Khadin Soto, West Ottawa swimming

Dustin Smith, Hamilton football, basketball

Troy Sneller, Hamilton track & field

Kyle Steigenga, Holland Christian basketball, football,track & field

Owen Stevens, Zeeland swimming

Trevor TerHaar, Zeeland West baseball, football

Cooper Terpstra, West Ottawa football

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Ben Thomas, Zeeland East baseball

Dwight Thompson, West Ottawa football

Jason Tran, Zeeland West football, track & field

Brian Tremml, Holland swimming

Gabe Trevino, Zeeland swimming

Skye VanderKuyl, Zeeland West football, track & field

Lake VanderPloeg, Holland Christian soccer

Ross VanderPloeg, West Ottawa tennis

Sam VanderSluis, Holland Christian basketball

Grant VanderZee, Holland Christian volleyball, basketball

Jordan VanDort, Zeeland West football, basketball, track & field

Korey VanDussen, Zeeland East basketball

Andy VanHekken, Holland baseball

Riley VanMeter, Holland Christian swimming

Jake VanTubbergen, West Ottawa basketball

Tyler VanTubbergen, West Ottawa football, basketball

Zach VanValkenburg, Zeeland West football, wrestling

CJ VanWieren, West Ottawa football, basketball

Ryan Verhelst, West Ottawa football, basketball, baseball

Spencer Viening, Zeeland East football

Wes Webbert, Saugatuck basketball

Xavier Wade, West Ottawa football, basketball

Garrett Weeden, Zeeland East track & field, football

Brandt Welcher, Hamilton wrestling

Collin Welcher, Hamilton wrestling

AJ Westendorp, Holland Christian football

Corey Westra, Zeeland East football, track & field

David Williams, Holland Christian baseball, football

Parker Williams, Zeeland East football, wrestling, track & field

Corey Willis, Holland football, basketball, track & field

Mike Winowiecki, Saugatuck basketball

Luke Witkowski, Holland hockey

Grant Wolfram, Hamilton baseball, basketball, tennis

Nick Zahn, Holland Christian lacrosse

Contact sports editor Dan D’Addona at Dan.D’[email protected]. Follow him on X, formerly known as Twitter @DanDAddona or Facebook @HollandSentinelSports.

This article originally appeared on The Holland Sentinel: America 250: Meet the Holland area's top 250 male athletes since 2001

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