Bio

You were a letterwinner on the basketball court for four years. During your career, you scored 638 points, grabbed 274 rebounds and dished out 262 assists. Your best season was your sophomore year when you averaged 12.2 points per game.

Off the basketball court, you were a member of Kappa Sigma Alpha and Student Judicial Board, wrote for the Echo and served as a resident assistant in Shipherd Hall.

You graduated from Olivet with a bachelor’s degree in political science. For almost 20 years, you have worked in the insurance industry. Currently, you serve as vice president and principal owner for Buiten & Associates, LLC in Grand Rapids. You have also been a senior underwriter for Amerisure Insurance Company and New Hampshire Insurance Company.

Your passion for basketball has remained strong over the years. You have supported the Olivet basketball programs in many different ways, as a recruiter and philanthropist. You were an assistant coach for the USAAI boys’ basketball team, which won the gold medal at the 2009 and 2010 World Games in Klagenfurt, Austria. You are also the president of ACB Hoops, a non-profit spring and summer competitive travel basketball organization.

In addition, you continue to serve your alma mater as a member of the board of trustees.

Olivet honors you and is proud to induct you into the Olivet College Athletic Hall of Fame this 11th day of September, 2010.