Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle

What it actually takes to run at Cornerstone
NAIA · WHAC · MI
No published standards, no estimates — this is what Cornerstone actually signed: 33 athletes in the 2025-26 class. What it takes, straight from the results.
Cornerstone is a 1,781-student private campus in Grand Rapids, MI and competes in the WHAC. Lewis, Shaquelle leads a staff of 11 covering 1 event group.
Median: the middle signee’s personal best. Range: the full spread of the class, fastest to slowest. 1500m/Mile and 3000m marks read as their 1600m/3200m equivalents. Sourced from verified meets, not self-reported times.
The Cornerstone program at a glance
- Division
- NAIA
- Conference
- WHAC
- Campus
- Grand Rapids, MI
- Enrollment
- 1,781 students
- T&F operating budget
- $409K men · $363K women
Private institution
Program expense, not scholarship aid
Men's standards
Home-grown signees: marks pulled from verified American high-school meets.
+5 more events with real signee standards — 400m, 100m, 200m, Discus, Shot Put
Full access unlocks every event in Cornerstone’s class — names, marks, program budgets, and how to reach the coaching staff.
Unlock the full standards →Women's standards
Home-grown signees: marks pulled from verified American high-school meets.
+7 more events with real signee standards — 800m, High Jump, 100m, 100m Hurdles, 300m Hurdles, 3200m, Long Jump
Full access unlocks every event in Cornerstone’s class — names, marks, program budgets, and how to reach the coaching staff.
Unlock the full standards →Who recruits for Cornerstone
Pulled directly from the program’s athletics staff directory. Event groups coached here: distance and cross country.
- Lewis, ShaquelleAssociate Head Coach Track and Field
- Schalk, JasonAssociate Head Coach of Cross Country and Track & Field, Events & Facilities CoordinatorDistance
- Wright, AndyHead Coach
- Brightmon, WesleyAssistant Coach
- Freese, JakeAssistant Coach
- Kimball, MatthewAssistant Coach
- Koutz, PaulAssistant Coach JoeBooh
- Swihart, KenanAssistant Coach
- Sydney WagnerManager
- Val DeBoerAssistant Coach / DistanceDistance
- William ErhartAssistant Coach
Direct, verified contact info for the full Cornerstone staff lives in the member database.
Every verified mark in Cornerstone's 2025-26 class
17 of the 33 athletes signed have a verified high-school mark, shown here with the mark each was signed on. The other 16 have no verified mark on record, so they are left out rather than guessed. Not a published standard, not an estimate. Names, hometowns and the coach who recruited each athlete are the member view.
Signed out of: Mich.
Signed out of: Mich.
Members see who each of these 17 athletes is, where they came from, and the coach who recruited their event — see the named class
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These numbers move every recruiting cycle — they’re last class’s signing marks, not a fixed bar. Programs also weigh progression, event needs, academics and open roster spots, so a mark in range starts a conversation; it doesn’t guarantee one.
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More WHAC recruiting standards
Real signee marks for the programs Cornerstone recruits against.
NAIA standards for the events Cornerstone signs
What the whole division signed in each event, not just this program.
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