Eagles of Excellence Gala

Thank you for an extraordinary 2024 Eagles of Excellence 20th Anniversary Gala! 

The Eagles of Excellence 20th Anniversary Gala on Monday, November 4, 2024, was a joyous celebration of extraordinary education and community at Hudsonville Public Schools! We are grateful for the many helpers and supporters who made this wonderful evening possible and to the over 300 attendees for sharing your evening with us. 

A special thank you to Blake Harms, 2017 Hudsonville High School graduate and Wood TV 8 Meteoroligst, for expertly MC’ing and to Varsity Voices for your moving a Capella performance. 

Congratulations again to our Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame Inductees, Lifetime Legacy Award recipients and Eagles of Excellence Students and Mentors. You are truly deserving of this high recognition and inspire us to soar! We look forward to continuing the tradition of excellence for the next 20 years and for many, many generations to come.

2024 Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame Inductees 

The Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame recognizes and celebrates graduates of Hudsonville High School whose personal endeavors, career achievements, and community service exemplify a commitment to excellence and dedicated service to others, as well as being an inspiration to current and future students. This award is the highest honor bestowed upon an outstanding alumnus/a by the Hudsonville Education Foundation in partnership with Hudsonville Public Schools. Congratulations to this year's inductees. 

Sandra VanDam Anderson, PhD, MS, BSN, RN 
Class of 1961
Career Achievements 
Global Program on AIDS, World Health Organization

Col. Peter J. Gryzen
Class of 1993
Career Achievements
Vice Commandant of Cadets, U.S. Air Force Academy

Roger D. Miller, M.D.
Class of 1958
Career Achievements
Vietnam War Veteran, Pioneering Cardiologist, Grand Rapids, MI

Jesse Reimink, Ph.D.
Class of 2005
Career Achievements
Rudy L. Slingerland Early Career Professor of Geoscience, The Pennsylvania State University

Inaugural Lifetime Legacy Award Recipients

The Lifetime Legacy Award category was established to honor non-alumni of Hudsonville Public Schools who are deemed worthy of recognition for their contributions to the Hudsonville school district and education community.

Donald Van Doeselaar, EdS
Former Mayor, City of Hudsonville; Former Superintendent, Hudsonville Public Schools and Founding Chairman, Hudsonville Education Foundation 

Marvin H. Patmos and June (Serum) Patmos, Class of 1938
Posthumous
Founders, Sunrise Acres Egg Farm; Education Advocates and Literacy Philanthropists

Eagles of Excellence Student and Educator Recognition

We are pleased to introduce the following students as 2024 Eagles of Excellence. These students were chosen for demonstrating quality character traits inside and outside of the classroom and for their academic efforts. Each student will be accompanied by a mentor of their choosing that has positively impacted them on their educational journey.

Class of 2025

Logan Leddy [Chris Cousino], Katelyn Rigterink [Julie Tuuk], Macabe Scholtens [Ken O'Rouke], Ella Terpstra [Marc Beemer]

Class of 2026

Ryan Aukeman [Adam Nelson], Caeden Kennedy [Marc Beemer], Charlotte Spaniolo [Deb Fridsma], Maggie Szlachcic [Brandy Walker]

Class of 2027

Aiden Bayle [Christopher Ray], Elizabeth Huizinga [Rachel Caswell], Ryan King [Philip Matthews], Callie Naber [Charlotte Higgs]

Class of 2028

Charlotte Baker [Mike Price], Dylan Levandoski [Mark Mulder], Donovan Nelson [Hannah Anderson], Jorja Straub [Jennifer Stutz]

Class of 2029

Lainey Alward [Wendy DeSmit], Ella Harmer [Jessica Jenema], Reese Langendorfer [Chris Bowen], Nolan Williams [Sarah Lenhart]

Class of 2030

Ginny Beaudoin [Angela Ernstes], Zack Bolhuis [Nate Bolhuis], Tierney Brechting [Zachary Jacobs], Jillian LaSorsa [Brittany VanMaastricht]

Diamond Sponsors

Gold Sponsors

Silver Sponsors

Bronze Sponsors

For information on Sponsorship Donation opportunities, go to www.hudsedfound.org/sponsor.html or contact Janessa Smit.