Unity Christian High School (Hudsonville)

Unity Christian High School is a private Christian school located in Hudsonville, Michigan. It is a member of Christian Schools International.

Unity Christian High School
48th Street Campus building in March 2016
Address
5900 48th Street Hudsonville, Michigan 49426 United States
Information
Type	Private, 501(c)(3), high school
Motto	Faith. Excellence. Service.
Religious affiliation(s)	Christian
Established	1953 (1953)[1]
NCES District ID	00643813
CEEB code	232055
Principal	Jerry DeGroot
Faculty	32.8 (on a FTE basis)[2]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	767[3]
Color(s)	Blue and White
Athletics conference	Ottawa-Kent Conference
Mascot	Crusaders
Publication	The Tidings
Affiliation	Christian Schools International
Website	www.unitychristian.org

Unity Christian had approximately 767 students for the 2025-2026 school year.^[4] Unity offers several Advanced Placement courses. The school also supports a band as well as an orchestra program, both of which have been successful at state band and orchestra festival.

The school also offers a dedicated section of hallway in honor of the one and only Isaac TeSlaa, who was drafted 70th overall in the 2025 NFL draft. TeSlaa showed amazing character and also putting the city on his back, becoming an hero for many athletes yet to go through THE Unity Christian High School. Also included in this section, Hayden Large, Drew and Cam Chandler, and many others such as Seth Breuker, Ben Muckey, Ryer Campbell, and Willam Haveman.

Academics

Unity offers over 100 courses including 9 Advanced Placement classes, as well as Careerline Tech Center courses. The A.P. classes that Unity offers are: Spanish Language, English Language, English Literature, Calculus, Statistics, Physics, Music Theory, U.S History and U.S Government. Traditional classes are graded on the 4 point GPA scale, while A.P. classes are weighted to a 5-point scale. ^[5] The school operates with semesters as opposed to trimesters or quarters.

Athletics

Unity Christian High School is a member of the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) and the Michigan Interscholastic Horsemanship Association (MIHA), and competes in the Ottawa-Kent Conference Green Division. The school offers 13 varsity sports for boys and 11 for girls. Boys are offered soccer, football, baseball, basketball, bowling, tennis, track and field, cross country, golf, wrestling, swimming, ice hockey (cooperative team with Hudsonville High School), and lacrosse (cooperative team with Holland Christian High School). Girls are offered soccer, softball, basketball, bowling, golf, track and field, cross country, tennis, volleyball, and swimming.^[4] A co-ed equestrian team is offered as well. Unity Christian's equestrian, bowling, softball, and track and field teams have also been successful in state competitions.

The Crusader varsity girls' soccer team had a 98 game unbeaten streak from 2005-2008.^[6] The school's American football team entered the MHSAA playoffs in 2007 for the first time. In 2008, the football team lost a first round playoff game to the eventual state champion, Holland Christian. In 2018 the football team won the Division 5 state championship. In 2021, the football team set a new single season state scoring record on their way to the state finals.

MHSAA State Championships

• 1973 Girls Basketball - Class B
• 1992 Softball - Class B
• 1994 Equestrian - B Division (MIHA)
• 1998 Equestrian - B Division (MIHA)
• 2004 Boys Bowling - Class B
• 2005 Girls Soccer - Division 3
• 2006 Girls Soccer - Division 3
• 2006 Girls Basketball - Class B
• 2007 Girls Soccer - Division 3
• 2007 Boys Soccer - Division 2
• 2008 Girls Soccer - Division 3
• 2009 Girls Soccer - Division 3
• 2009 Boys Soccer - Division 2
• 2010 Girls Soccer - Division 3
• 2012 Girls Soccer - Division 3
• 2012 Boys Soccer - Division 2^[7]
• 2014 Boys Soccer - Division 3^[8]
• 2014 Girls Soccer - Division 3^[9]
• 2015 Girls Soccer - Division 3^[10]
• 2016 Girls Soccer - Division 3^[11]
• 2018 Boys Soccer - Division 3^[12]
• 2018 Football - Division 5^[13]
• 2019 Boys Basketball - Division 2^[14]
• 2022 Vex Robotics ^[15]

Notable alumni

• Bethany Balcer, soccer player
• Laura Heyboer, soccer player
• Hillary Scholten, American politician
• Isaac TeSlaa, American Football player
• Roger Victory, American politician