April 25, 2008
BRYAN ZOLLINGER NAMED KBCA JUCO MEN’S COACH OF THE YEAR
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Seward County Community College head basketball coach Bryan Zollinger has been named to the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association JUCO Men’s Basketball Coach of the Year. In Zollinger’s first season with the Saints he led them to a 32-6 overall record and to a Jayhawk West title and Region VI Tournament championship. The Saints went on to finish in third-place at the NJCAA Tournament in Hutchinson with a 3-1 national tournament record. Zollinger’s debut season at his alma mater tied for the school’s best post-season finish (3rd Place – NJCAA Tournament) and tied for the second most wins (32) in a single-season in Saints’ history. Zollinger will receive the KBCA Coach of the Year award as part of the KBCA All-Star Game Festivities on Aug. 6, in Topeka at Washburn University.
The KBCA selects a Coach of the Year for four-year colleges, two-year colleges, high school and junior high male and female sports. KBCA officers, staff and representatives present their selections for the awards while winners are presented after a vote is completed. All head coaches in the state of Kansas are eligible for the award and only one head coach is selected as their respective levels Coach of the Year.
Zollinger returned to Seward County after spending 10 seasons as the head coach at the College of Eastern Utah. Zollinger is now in his third stint with the Saints after playing for SCCC in 1984-1986 and then joining the Saints’ coaching staff as an assistant coach from 1994-1996. He has now won a Region VI Tournament title in all three capacities with the Seward County men’s basketball program.
In 2007-2008, the Saints captured the program’s fifth conference title with a 13-3 Jayhawk league record, marking only the second outright conference championship in SCCC history. Seward County finished the season winning 19 of its last 21 games overall. The Saints collected their first Region VI Tournament championship in a decade with victories over Labette C.C. (101-59), Garden City C.C. (63-60), Cloud County C.C. (69-54) and Cowley College (71-61, O.T.)
Zollinger has also been named the 2008 NJCAA D-I Region VI Coach of the Year and the Jayhawk West Conference Coach of the Year.
KBCA JUCO Men’s Basketball Coach of the Year Recipients:
2008: Bryan Zollinger (Seward County)
2007: Jay Herkelman (Coffeyville)
2006: Jay Herkelman (Coffeyville)
2005: Francis Flax (Brown Mackie College)
2004: Jay Herkelman (Coffeyville)
2003: Kevin Muff (Cloud County)
2002: Jay Herkelman (Coffeyville)
2001: Mike Jeffers (Johnson County)
2000: Mark Downey (Independence)
1999: Francis Flax (Brown Mackie College)
1998: Dave Brown (Seward County)
April 16, 2008
THREE SAINTS SIGN WITH NCAA DIVISION I PROGRAMS
Seward County Community College men’s basketball players Darko Cohadarevic, Bryson Hampton and Reggie Chamberlain signed their official NCAA letters of intent on Wednesday afternoon, which marked national signing day for NCAA basketball programs. COMPLETE STORY...
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April 8, 2008
COHADAREVIC NAMED HONORABLE
MENTION NJCAA ALL-AMERICAN
The National Junior College Athletic Association announced its 2008 men’s basketball All-Americans today and Seward County Community College sophomore Darko Cohadarevic was selected honorable mention. Cohadarevic, the Region VI Tournament Most Valuable Player, led the Saints averaging 15.4 points and 8.0 rebounds per game this season. He guided the Saints to their first NJCAA Tournament appearance in a decade, where he garnered All-Tournament recognition averaging 18 points and over six boards per contest. Cohadarevic becomes the fifth Seward County men’s basketball player to earn All-American recognition, joining Devonne Giles (2003, 1st Team), Jamal Brown (2001, 1st Team), Kevin Houston (1998, 1st Team) and Carlo Walton (1995, 2nd Team). COMPLETE STORY & ALL-AMERICAN SELECTIONS...
March 22, 2008
SAINTS DEFEAT THREE RIVERS
FOR 3RD PLACE IN NJCAA TOURNAMENT
Seward County Community College finished a historic season on Saturday night defeating No. 19 Three Rivers Community College, 81-63, in the NJCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament to claim a third-place finish at the Hutchinson Sports Arena in Hutchinson, Kan. The Saints led from start-to-finish and had big performances from sophomore Darko Cohadarevic (19 points, eight rebounds), sophomore Nick Burns (20 points, five assists), and freshman Reggie Chamberlain (19 points, 4-of-6 three-pointers) who helped the Saints tie the second most single-season victories in Seward County history with a 32-6 overall record. COMPLETE STORY, BOX SCORE & PHOTO GALLERY...
