(Monday, November 18; Sioux Center, Iowa) Derrick Nonhof, a senior at Kearney High School (Nebraska), has announced his intention to attend Dordt and join the Defender baseball program.  

"The addition of Derrick to our pitching staff gives us a left-handed arm that has proven he can throw strikes and get hitters out to this point. We are looking forward to having him and watching him develop throughout his time at Dordt," said Dordt baseball coach Ian Eshelman.  

Nonhof pitched 47 innings this season with a 2.38 earned run average and struck out 31. 

"I chose to attend Dordt because I was looking for a school that would allow me to set my future and career down a good path," said Nonhof.  

Derrick is the son of Ben and Stacy Nonhof of Kearney, Nebraska and he plans to study biomedical engineering.  

Dordt University in Sioux Center, Iowa, is a comprehensive Christian college rooted in the Reformed tradition. The Defender athletic program is a part of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC), American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) and the Mid-American Collegiate Hockey Association (MACHA).     

U.S. News & World Report, Money Magazine, Forbes.com, Washington Monthly, and Princeton Review all list Dordt on their best colleges lists. Dordt is home to approximately 1,500 students.