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The Life of a Student Athlete at DACC

Being a student athlete is a unique and challenging experience that requires much dedication and challenging work. On one hand, student athletes must maintain high academic standards to remain eligible to participate in their sport. This often requires long hours of studying and completing assignments, in addition to the time spent practicing and competing.

I am currently a student athlete at Danville Area community college, on a basketball scholarship. I can tell you a little about my experience so far. You are required to do more than the normal college student. Primarily, grades play a key factor in being a student athlete. You must maintain at least a 2.0 grade point average to be eligible to play.

Also, as a student athlete your actions off the court have a crucial impact on your outlook as well. Schools try to select good people to come to their schools and represent their school well. A lot of people would like to be in your position to have their tuition paid for, so all eyes are on you. This just includes things like being on time to class, being a good person, and participating in activities.

Additionally, student athletes are treated well. We sometimes receive food before games just to fill our bodies before we go onto the floor and give everything we got. We also get to travel to small cities and other colleges for free. School gear is a big incentive on the list. We receive sweatpants, shirts, hoodies, and even tennis shoes.

In contrast, being a student athlete is not just raining pros it also comes with its cons. The weight of having to show up on the court and the classroom can be challenging. You may have a day where you take 3 exams and have a big game all in one day. Or have a 6am workout, then have classes from 8am until 12pm, then practice from 2pm-4pm. This can be tough for an individual to maintain their mental health with all these agendas stacked on top of each other.

Moreover, if you’re a big family person, a student athlete can be challenging as well. You are expected to be on campus almost every day so if you don’t live relatively close you could be away from your family for quite some time. You're allowed to go home during holidays and breaks. Such as Christmas and summer break, although these breaks aren't too long because you have to return to campus eventually.

One of the biggest things a student athlete struggles with is time management. Our schedule is a lot more compacted than the average person's schedule. So, if you do not have everything in order and ready to go you can begin leaving and forgetting things that put you in jeopardy of being prepared.

Finally, student athletes sacrifice a lot. With most student athletes being young we have peers and family members that do things that may seem interesting or fun. But being a student athlete is exactly like having a job and your attendance will show how seriously you take it. With all these tough obstacles being a student athlete has an endless number of benefits if you can beat the odds.

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Barton: 2023-24 NJCAA Division I Men's Basketball National Champions

HUTCHINSON, Kan. (KWCH) - The Barton Cougars were the team to beat in junior college basketball for nearly the entire 2023-24 season. The Cougars brought a 35-1 record into Saturday’s NJCAA Division I National Championship game with a trophy to bring back to Great Bend on their mind.

Their opponent, Triton College held an early first half lead before a three-point attack gave Barton a 23-21 advantage. Barton went on to the locker rooms with a 46-39 lead at halftime.

Down the stretch Triton again made Cougar fans sweat, closing the deficit down to single digits in the final minutes, but it was Barton that prevailed 88-73. After falling in their lone national championship appearance 25 years ago, Saturday marked Barton’s first national championship in program history.

“It’s special. We wanted to be the first team to bring home the trophy,” said Barton guard Ring Malith. “I’m happy we did it, we had a great season.”

“You saw it here today, there was a lot of people here,” said third year head coach Jeremy Coombs. “We started to see that in our home games a lot this year. The place was packed, it was a great environment for the guys to play in. We’re happy to bring it back to Great Bend but we’re really excited for our team just because they worked so hard for it.”

The one-seeded Cougars dominated their way through the national tournament in Hutchinson Sports Arena, defeating their tournament opponents by a combined 59 points in four matchups as they were determined for the outcome they saw Saturday.

“Since the preseason it was our goal,” Tournament MVP Lajae Jones said. “Win the conference, region, and the national championship.”

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NJCAA (National Junior College Athletic Association). The National Junior College Athletic Association, founded in 1938, is the governing association of community college, state college and junior college athletics throughout the United States. Currently the NJCAA holds 24 separate regions across 24 states and is divided into 3 divisions : Division I Division II Division III

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Daron Oshay "Mookie" Blaylock (born March 20, 1967) is an American former professional basketball player. He spent 13 years in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the New Jersey Nets, Atlanta Hawks, and the Golden State Warriors. A 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) push-and-pass point guard, Blaylock was rated among the best defensive stoppers in the game. The former Garland High School, Midland College (where he earned NJCAA All American honors in 1987 , and University of Oklahoma star is most highly regarded for his quick hands and a ball hawking defensive style that produced more than 200 steals in a season five times and two NBA All-Defensive first-team selections. He was also a capable outside shooter, a fine passer who generally ranked among the league's assist leaders, and a durable instigator of the fast break. In 1988, he helped to lead the Sooners to the NCAA title game.

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NIACC women's basketball team ranked 10th in NJCAA Division II poll

NIACC campusMASON CITY – The NIACC women’s basketball team is ranked 10th in the latest NJCAA Division II poll released Tuesday. NIACC, which was also No. 10 in the preseason poll released Oct. 21, is off to a 3-1 start in the 2024-25 season. The Trojans own wins over Wilbur Wright College (97-31), Elgin CC (92-72) and Minnesota North College-Itasca (128-41). The Trojans’ lone loss came at the…

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Anthony Jerome “Spud” Webb (July 13, 1963) is a retired basketball player. He, who played in the NBA, is known for winning a Slam Dunk Contest despite being one of the shortest players in NBA history. NBA.com lists him as 5 feet 7 inches tall. Other references list him as 5 feet 6 inches. He is the president of basketball operations for the Texas Legends, the G League team for the Dallas Mavericks in Frisco.

He was born in Dallas. He received his nickname when he was a newborn baby and a visitor remarked to his parents that his round head resembled the Sputnik satellite. By the time he was brought home from the hospital, “Sputnik” had been shortened to “Spud.”

He was told that he was too short to play basketball. He got a chance to play on his junior high team only after two players did not complete the physical exam requirements in time for the first game. He scored 22 points in his first game. He could dunk the ball when he was 5 ft 3 in. At Skyline High School, he made the varsity team, he averaged 26 points per game as a senior.

He was recruited by North Texas Basketball Coach Bill Blakeley (his agent throughout his NBA career) he received his first opportunity to play on a college basketball team at Midland College, where he led the Chaparrals to the junior college national title in 1982.

In 1983, he was named an NJCAA All-American by the National Junior College Athletic Association. He played for NC State (1983-85) averaging 10.4 points and 5.7 assists.

His first six seasons were played with the Atlanta Hawks, but he had his best years statistically with the Sacramento Kings, where he played as a starter (1992-95). He posted career highs of 16.0 points and 7.1 assists per game in his first season with the Kings. He led the NBA in free-throw shooting in his last season in Sacramento, shooting 93.4 percent in 1994-95.

He split a season between the Atlanta Hawks and the Minnesota Timberwolves before finishing his career after one season with the Orlando Magic and retiring from professional basketball in 1997. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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Northern Essex Knights’ Reynoso Again Makes NJCAA Basketball All-America First Team

To submit school announcements, click on image. Northern Essex Community College men’s basketball standout Luis Reynoso was named Tuesday to the NJCAA Basketball All-America First Team for the second consecutive year by the NJCAA Men’s Basketball Committee. Reynoso of Lawrence becomes the first player in the history of the Knights basketball program to be earn two All-American awards and is just…

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Rippling with Lobo Legend Coach Ray Birmingham

I was so excited that Coach Birmingham agreed to come on the podcast. I have been a big fan of his as he is a legend in college baseball. I just knew if we could have an opportunity to visit, he'd share some of the incredible wisdom he's acquired throughout his career and boy was a right. This episode is pure gold and is chalked full of great stories about motivating and leading that everyone can learn from.

  Plus he is just one of the kindest and most thoughtful men I think I've ever met. Although I knew him through his social network presence, the conversation with him was so easy to have. He made me feel like he and I have been friends for years. He's a Rippler through and through.

  Here's a bit more about Coach:

  At UNM, Birmingham has the second-most wins in program history with 402 to his credit as the Lobo skipper, earning his 400th DI Career win on Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021 versus Air Force. He also initiated and had led the ongoing development and execution of the $3.65 million expansion of Santa Ana Star Field as well as UNM’s first privately-funded building on campus – the R.D. and Joan Dale Hubbard Clubhouse that was completed in December of 2016.

For his overall career, Birmingham is in exclusive company having won over 1,000 games. Entering the 2021 season, Birmingham will have coached in parts of six decades dating back to the late 1970s. Birmingham is also the winningest coach in the state’s history as all 1,220 of his victories have come coaching for teams in his home state of New Mexico (College of the Southwest, New Mexico Junior College and UNM).

In 2015, Birmingham was inducted into the New Mexico Sports Hall of Fame and was also inducted into the NJCAA Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame in 2011. He also currently serves on the College Baseball Hall of Fame Selection Committee.

Birmingham has also coached or spoken at numerous clinics throughout the United States and South America. He has been published in the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Journal and worked professionally for the Cleveland Indians, Oakland A’s and Kansas City Royals.

In 2004, Birmingham led the NJCAA all-star team to four wins in five games over the Chinese All-Stars in Beijing, China. In 2007, Birmingham was selected as the head coach of the NJCAA all-star team when China returned to the United States to play the U.S. team. Birmingham also coached the NJCAA West All-Stars to a three-game sweep over the East All-Stars in the summer of 2009.

In the summer of 2014, Birmingham served as the hitting coach for USA Baseball’s Collegiate National Team, which was made up of the top collegiate players from around the country. Team USA played games across North Carolina before traveling to the Netherlands to participate in Honkbal-Haarlem Baseball Week. The CNT won the international tournament by outscoring its opponents 34-6 over its final seven games. Birmingham helped guide Tennessee’s Christin Stewart to “Best Hitter” honors at the tournament and Albuquerque’s own Alex Bregman of LSU was named Honkbal Baseball Week MVP. Team USA concluded its summer with five games in Cuba, finishing with an overall record of 18-8-2.

In his 43rd year of coaching, Birmingham has been a part of 22 championships. All the college baseball programs Birmingham has coached have reached the top 25 in the national rankings at some point. Between University of the Southwest, New Mexico Junior College and New Mexico, 167 athletes have gone on to play professional baseball with 39 coming while the head coach at UNM. Additionally, under Birmingham at UNM, 40 athletes have earned All-America honors and 10 have been freshman All-Americans as well. Birmingham was also the coach of NMJC’s first basketball conference championship team – a team that was ranked No. 1 in the country.

Ready to get your Ripple On? Check out the latest episode of The Ripple Effect Podcast with Steve Harper!

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M. Basketball: Hamilton to be inducted into NJCAA Hall Of Fame Thursday http://dlvr.it/SqG3RV

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Albury and Greene Lead Chipola to #1 Ranking

Albury and Greene Lead Chipola to #1 Ranking

Deyton Albury, Paul Green and Chipola College are now the no.1 ranked men’s basketball programme in NJCAA Division I. Chipola remains undefeated (18-0) took the top spot in the latest edition of the NJCAA Div I rankings. Chipola improved one spot from the pre-holiday break rankings and has amassed a total of 348 points and all 12 first place votes. Southern Idaho (16-0) is ranked #2 with 332…

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Small College Basketball Tidbits

As we approach Christmas, I simply wanted to jot down some interesting observations and notes from the first several weeks of the season.  In no particular order, here goes:

-  Langston is a remarkable story.  Last year, the Lions went 1-27. After the season, Coach Chris Wright was hired as the new Head Coach, after leading Talladega to the NAIA National Championship game.  Langston overhauled the roster, and is now 13-0 on the season.  Just incredible!

-  After Emporia State knocked off #1 ranked Northwest Missouri State, the Hornets have now defeated NW MO State in three consecutive games.  Last year - in a season when NW MO State won their record-setting 3rd consecutive NCAA Division II National Championship, Emporia State swept the Bearcats in two regular season games.  Congratulations to Coach Craig Doty, who has won two NJCAA National Championships and an NAIA National Championship in his young career.

-  Last season, Young Harris was 6-21.  Thus far this season, the Mountain Lions are 10-0 thus far.  Congratulations to Coach Jeremy Currier and the Young Harris team.

-  The University of St. Joseph is an incredible story in NCAA Division III basketball.  In only their fourth year as a basketball program - started by Coach Jim Calhoun - the Blue Jays are now the #1 ranked team in NCAA Division III basketball.  Now led by Coach Glen Miller, St. Joseph is now 9-0.  Coach Glen Miller has the unique distinction of leading two different NCAA Division III teams to the #1 ranking in Division III basketball (he also lead Connecticut College to the top spot during the 1988-89 season.  Coach Miller has also been the Head Coach at two different Ivy League schools: Penn & Brown.

-  Randolph-Macon, who won the 2022 NCAA Division III National Championship, has now won a remarkable 53 straight home games.  Incredible!

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College of DuPage Becomes First NJCAA Program to Adopt PlaySight's Smart Sports AI Technology

College of DuPage Becomes First NJCAA Program to Adopt PlaySight’s Smart Sports AI Technology

Press Release – updated: May 20, 2019 GLEN ELLYN, ILLINOIS, May 20, 2019 (Newswire.com) – Today, the College of DuPage and PlaySight are excited to announce a new technology partnership – PlaySight’s SmartCourt sports AI technology will be coming to the Chaparrals coaches and student-athletes. The Chaparrals will have access to live streaming and automated production technology, as well as…

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NJCAA Region 12 East Championship at SC4 Fieldhouse in Port Huron MI on March 10 2017. Delta College Pioneers vs Macomb Community College Monarchs

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Seth Coffing

Seth Coffing is an experienced coach with a proven track record built over 19 years of coaching at all levels, and 17 years teaching K-12. Among his basketball accomplishments are a #1 ranking in the country for NJCAA DII, 2011 BCAM and Bank Hoops Coach of the Year, and 2012 Conference Coach of the Year. He has recruited numerous student-athletes and helped them go on to earn degrees and successful professional careers. Seth Coffing was also a Varsity Baseball Coach for five years with two District Championships and a Regional Championship earning Division and Regional Coach of the Year. He also volunteers as a Manager of Frederick Flying Dogs, a men’s adult baseball team. Seth also has experience in sports radio announcing football, basketball and baseball/softball as well as hosting a radio coach's show. He knows how to connect with people of different ages, backgrounds, and personalities, and help them bring their A-game to every contest. In addition to his well-rounded sports career, Mr. Coffing also possesses a Teaching Certificate in K-12 Physical Education, 6-12 Social Studies, an Administrator Certificate, and a Personal Fitness Certification. Coach Coffing’s education includes a Bachelor’s Degree in Exercise Sports Science and History (with an emphasis on teaching), and a Master’s in Educational Leadership. Other than being a passionate and competitive athlete and coach, Seth Coffing is also family-oriented and enjoys spending weekends with his family.

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