Senior Femi Hollinger-Janzen has verbally committed to continue his academic and soccer careers at one of the nation's premier soccer programs, Indiana University.

Femi (blue uniform) at the 2010 state showcaseThe 6'1", 175-pound senior was named the 2011 Indiana Player-of-the-Year. He set Bethany's all-time goal-scoring record with 67 on a header in the semi-state semifinal vs. Argos, previously held by Myron Bontreger ('87). Hollinger-Janzen slipped onto the national radar screen when he took MVP honors at Indiana University's camp earlier this summer. Hollinger-Janzen quickly received multiple offers before deciding on Indiana University.

Hollinger-Janzen will be the second Bethany athlete to play Division I soccer and the second to play a sport at Indiana; 2010 graduate Jesse Ramer played one soccer season at Western Michigan, while 2009 graduate Chelsea Noble played on the Indiana softball team her freshman year.

Hollinger-Janzen describes his own journey as "kind of a miracle": born with a bent leg in Benin to becoming a soccer standout. Read more at Bethany's Hollinger-Janzen to play soccer at IU (Steve Krah/Elkhart Truth) and at A Bright Future (Greg Keim/Goshen News).

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