
2010-2011: Team captain; started in all 32 games; second team WHAC All-Conference; WHAC Academic All-Conference; made the Grand Rapids Press All Area Third Team; led the team in scoring at 14ppg; tied for fourth in season free throw percentage and ranked 15th in the NAIA for season free throw percentage 84% (80-95); tied for 14th in season scoring with 447 points at CU; scored a season high 25 points twice versus Concordia University (01/15/11) and Madonna University (1/26/11); tied her career high with 10 rebounds versus Trinity International (11/06/10).
2009-2010: Team captain; third team All-WHAC; WHAC player of the week (1/18/10); tied
for team lead in scoring 14ppg; led team in 3-point field goal percentage .365
(65/178); 2nd on team in free-throw percentage .774 (82/106);
started in all 31 games; scored a career high 25 points twice versus Trinity
Christian (11/7/09) and St. Francis Ind. (1/2/10); grabbed a career high 10
rebounds versus Houghton (12/31/09) and Davenport (2/27/10).
2008-2009: Played in all 35 games averaging 20 minutes
and 7.1 points a game; connected on 75 percent free throws (45/60) and 39
percent from behind the arc (29/75); grabbed a season high 7 rebounds against
Madonna (1/10/09) and Davenport (1/21/09).
High School: Two year starter at Hudsonville High School; played in high school for two years after playing for the Lansing Crusaders home-school team; helped lead Hudsonville to back to back O.K. Red conference championships; averaged 15 points, three assists, four rebounds, three steals and shot 44 percent from the floor; named to the O.K. Red all-conference team as well as Honorable Mention all-state and second team
Grand Rapids Press All-Area Dream team; played in the Champions of Character All-Star game in 2008.
CAREER HIGHS (Melissa Veltkamp)
Points: 25 vs.
Trinity Christian and St. Francis Ind. (11/7/09 and 1/2/10)
Rebounds: 10 multiple
games
3-Pointers: 5 multiple games
Assists: 11 vs.
University of Michigan-Dearborn (01/08/11)
Steals: 5
multiple games
Field Goals: 11
vs. St. Francis Ind. (1/2/10)
Blocks: 2
multiple games
Minutes:
44 vs. St. Francis Ind. (1/2/10)
IN THE KNOW
Favorite Place on Campus:
Locker Room
Favorite TV show:
Food Network Channel
Reality show I wish I could be on:
Chopped (Food Network)
Favorite Fast Food:
Taco Bell
Favorite Flower:
Orchid
Can't live without my:
Foot
My hidden talent is:
Drawing
The Teammate I would trade places with
and why?
Jill, because I was supposed to be tall…so I'd like to know if I would
have liked being tall or not
Most Prized possession:
Engagement Ring
If my life could be captured in music
what genre would it be in? Disney theme songs
| # | Name | Cl. | Pos. | Ht. | Hometown | Previous School |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Melissa Veltkamp | SR | G/F | 5-8 | Hudsonville, Mich. | Hudsonville H.S. |
| 4 | Katelyn Cousins | SO | Gd | 5-7 | Ada, Mich. | Davenport/Forest Hills Central |
| 5 | Alexa Hensler | JR | Gd/Fwd | 5-9 | Waterford, Mich | Waterford Kettering H.S. |
| 12 | Olivia Jewett | SO | Fwd | 5-9 | Jasper, Mich. | Sand Creek H.S. |
| 13 | Janae Trombley | SO | Gd | 5-6 | Emmett, Mich. | Yale H.S. |
| 20 | Kathy De Young | JR | Gd | 5-6 | Martin, Mich. | Otsego H.S. |
| 21 | Ashley Niedermayer | FR | F | 5-10 | Lincolnshire, Ill | Adlai Stevenson |
| 22 | Maria Schafer | SO | Fwd | 5-7 | Tipp City, Ohio | Troy Christian H.S. |
| 23 | Samantha Flietstra | SR | F | 5-11 | Walker, MI | Grand Rapids Chr. H.S. |
| 24 | Ashley Moon | SR | Gd. | 5-5 | Fremont, Mich. | Muskegon CC |
| 32 | Kayleigh Hammond | JR | Fwd | 6-1 | Zeeland, Mich. | Zeeland West H.S. |
| 33 | Robyn Veltkamp* | SR | G/F | 5-8 | Hudsonville, Mich. | Hudsonville H.S. |
| 43 | Jill Hendrickson* | FR | C | 6-2 | Ada, Mich. | Forest Hills Central |