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2011-2012 KJCCC Fall Sports All-Academic Selections

Spence Reaches 300 Junior College Coaching Milestone
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With Saturday night’s Barton Community College 55-39 victory over Butler Community College, head women’s basketball coach Darin Spence picked up his 300th career win in junior college basketball.  Ironically, No. 300 came against the same school he started his junior college career with back in 1988.  - Full Story

Louque selected National Assistant Coach of the Year
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OVERLAND PARK, KS – Johnson County Community College women’s assistant soccer coach Wendy Louque made history at the annual National Soccer Coaches Association of America convention last weekend in Kansas City, Mo. She was selected the Junior College National Assistant Coach of the Year, becoming the first the first community college coach and female to earn this honor. She was one of four finalists for the award.  Full Story

NJCAA and PrestoSports Announce Six-Year Partnership

Johnson County Women's soccer Earns NSCAA Ethics Award
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OVERLAND PARK, KS – The National Soccer Coaches Association of American (NSCAA) recognizes teams that exhibit fair play, sporting behavior and adherence to the Laws of the Game, as reflected by the number of yellow caution cards or red ejection cards they are shown by referees throughout the season. The Johnson County Community College women’s soccer team was one of 43 NCAA Division I and II, NAIA Division I and II and NJCAA programs to be awarded a Silver Team Ethics Award by the Nationals Soccer Coaches Association of America for the 2011 season.  JCCC, led by head coach Jim Schwab and assistant coaches Wendy Louque and Melissa Blount, were one of only five community college teams recognized. Full Story

NJCAA Announces Volleyball All-Americans

Highland Hires Held As Head Football Coach
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Highland Community College officials have announced the hiring of Ryan Held as the head football coach for the Scotties. Held, a native of Overland Park, most recently served as the offensive coordinator at #3 nationally ranked Butler Community College. “Highland is committed to winning,” said Held. “We will run a first class program where student-athletes can come and have a jumping board, both academically and athletically, to find the four-year environment that fits them.”  Full Story

Aaron Flores Named Head Football Coach at Coffeyville Community College
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Coffeyville Community College announced Monday the hiring of Aaron Flores as the new Head Football Coach.

Flores, who was the Offensive Coordinator this past season at Itawamba Community College in Mississippi, served as offensive coordinator at Butler Community College in El Dorado, Kan. for ten seasons. During Butler's 2003 National Championship season, Flores was named Offensive Coordinator of the Year by American Football Monthly Magazine.

Prior to Butler, Flores was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colo. He started his coaching career at Missouri Western State College in St. Joseph, Mo.

After graduating from Olathe South High School, Flores played quarterback for Butler in 1990-91. He earned the Bachelor of Science degree in social sciences from Emporia State University. He is married to the former Kristen Cataldi, and they have one daughter, Ryann.

Holy Toledo! Lady Tiger Volleyball Team Brings Home the Program’s First Ever National Championship
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Having finished as the national runner-up in 2005 and 2009, the Cowley College volleyball team left no doubt as to who the best team in the nation was in 2011 as they defeated Oakland (MI) Community College 23-25, 25-18, 25-21, 25-21 in the title match of the NJCAA Division II National Volleyball Tournament played Saturday in Toledo, OH.
Cowley, which was ranked No. 1 throughout the majority of the season, finishes the year with a 22-match win streak and a record of 38-2. Oakland ends the year with a record of 41-4.

For Lady Tiger head coach Jenifer Bahner it has been a whirlwind season.
“It has all been so surreal, I am still trying to soak it all in,” Bahner said. “Winning the national championship was such an exciting moment for the girls.”For the second time in the tournament Cowley had to rally after dropping the first set.

“We knew Oakland was a great team but we never stopped fighting and competing,” Bahner said. “We had so many girls contribute in so many different ways”
Sophomore setter Molley Scanlon was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player as she consistently put her teammates in position to be successful.  Full Release

Kansas Community College Wins National Soccer Championship
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(Concordia, Kan.)  -  The Cloud County Community College men’s soccer team won the NJCAA National Championship on Sunday, Nov. 20, with a 4-1 victory over Monroe College, New York.

Cloud struck first as German "Viola" Solano scored three minutes into the 1st half. Goal two came from Francis Villalta with 44 seconds left in the 1st half. 
Monroe scored their first and only goal with under 15 minutes left to play. CCCC answer right back with a goal by Adam Halliday. Solano added the fourth goal for the T-Birds with under three minutes to play to close out the 4-1 win.

German Solano was selected as the tournament’s Most Valuable Player.  Luke Huggett and Neil O'Sullivan were also named to the All Tournament Team. CCCC soccer coach Steve Ralos was named the NJCAA Men’s Soccer Coach of the Year. 

On their way through the National Tournament, Cloud County defeated #6 Lincoln College (IL) 4-0 on Thursday. On Friday, the Thunderbirds handed #2 Tyler Junior College (TX) a 3-1 loss after two overtimes in penalty kicks. Tyler was the defending back-to-back national champions.   Cloud County ends their season 23-1-3.

The 2011 NJCAA Men's Soccer National Championship was held at Reach 11 Sports Complex in Phoenix, Arizona, and was hosted by Paradise Valley Community College.

Garden City Takes 2nd at NJCAA Cross Country Championships
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The Garden City Community College men's cross country team capped off a very successful season with a second place finish at the NJCAA National Championship Meet in Hobbs, New Mexico on Saturday. The Busters finished with 113 points which was a distant second to National Champion Paradise Valley Community College who finished with 54 points.

Amos Bowen once again led the men's team as he has most of the year. He finished as the fifth place individual in the meet, running a time of 26 minutes and 47 seconds for the eight kilometer race. Michael Wolf (20th), Chris Zirkle (24th), Nick Baca (31st), and Leandro Santillan (40th) rounded out the team scoring for Garden City. Carlos Ahkothe (41st) and Chris Ramsgard (50th) were the other two runners for the Busters as they all finished in the top 50 of a race that had 288 competitors. Rounding out the top five after Garden City were Central Arizona Community College, North Iowa Area Community College, and fellow Region VI competitor Johnson County Community College. Region VI was represented very well individually as they had three of the top five finishers.

In the women's race, GCCC's only runner Kelsey Geshwentner placed 35th out of 268 runners at the national meet. Geshwenter ran the five kilometer race in 20 minutes and 42 seconds. In the team race on the women's side Iowa Central Community College won with Butler Community College being the top Region VI team in 11th place.   Complete Meet Results