Olivet College’s Potter receives MIAA Senior Sportsman of the Year award

HUDSONVILLE, Mich. – Olivet College senior Zach Potter is the recipient of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Senior Sportsman of the Year award for the 2022-23 season. This award is presented to the top senior wrestler who that best exemplifies the multi-dimensional traits of an MIAA and Division III student-athlete.  The criteria for this award includes grade-point average, extracurricular activities, community service, and athletics.

On the mat, Potter serves as one of the team captains and has 11 wins this season, scoring bonus points in six. A business administration with marketing concentration major, Potter has been on the MIAA Academic Honor Roll each of the last three years.

Off the mat, he is a member of Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and Christian Comets Connect, president of Aspiring Educators Club, serves as Director of Youth Ministry at Springport Bible Church, and is an assistant girls' varsity soccer, volunteer wrestling coach and substitute teacher at Springport High School. Potter has participated in multiple community service projects, including fall campus clean-up and a mission trip to LaCenter, Kentucky for tornado clean-up.

"Because of his character, hard work, and unwavering positivity Zach was selected as our third and final captain this season, despite having never been a full-time starter," said Olivet head coach Brandon Brissette. "He brings his Christian and team values into every part of his life. Regardless of the setting: classroom, coaching, service, work, practicing or competing, he will connect fully in that moment and with those people. His love for people is tangible and those he is with always know he has their success equally as high as his own. He will leave a legacy of love with our team and we are excited to see that grow in his future endeavors."

The Comets host the 2023 Mid-States Invitational Saturday inside the Cutler Event Center. Action gets under way at 9 a.m.