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HUNTINGTON UNIV MAGAZINE

Snider earns Athlete of the Week honor

FOR RELEASE January 25, 2005
HUNTINGTON, IN - The Huntington College Athletics Department  announced its Athletes of the Week for the week of January 17 - 23, 2005.  Men’s basketball junior Steve Snider earned the honors for his excellent effort during the week’s competitions.

Steve Snider, a business management major from Indianapolis, Ind. (Hamilton Southeastern High School), was the bright spot in Huntington’s lone game of the week.  Snider went 6-8 from the field and 5-5 from the line against Indiana Wesleyan University to lead the team with 17 points.  Snider is currently averaging 12.6 points and 5.0 rebounds per contest for the NAIA 6^th-ranked Foresters.  Huntington is 15-7 on the season and is leading the Mid-Central conference with its 7-2 record.  The Foresters return to action on Tuesday, January 25 when they travel to Fort Wayne to take on the Cougars of St. Francis.

The Huntington College Foresters compete in 14 intercollegiate sports for men and women. In the past eight years, Huntington has produced 50 NAIA All-American honors and 99 All-American Scholar Athlete honors. 

Huntington College is a comprehensive Christian college of the liberal arts offering graduate and undergraduate programs in more than 70 academic concentrations. Following a decade of growth and development, Huntington College will become Huntington University in mid-2005. U.S.News & World Report ranks Huntington among the top comprehensive colleges in the Midwest. Founded in 1897 by the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, Huntington College is located on a contemporary, lakeside campus in northeast Indiana. Huntington is a member of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU) and was named one of the 50 best Christian places to work by Christianity Today magazine.

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