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NEWS 2/6/2013
Jimmy Jean signed with the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He will be playing for former Arkansas Razorback Offensive Coordinator Garrick McGee. Jimmy Jean is a 6’3 195lb Cornerback from Pompano Beach, FL. He graduated from Blanche Ely High School. Jimmy has over a 3.8 cumulative GPA and will be receiving his AA Degree in May. This past season Jimmy recorded 54 tackles (41 solo, 13 assist), 4 interceptions, 1 sack, 1 forced fumble, 3 fumble recoveries, and 3 pass break-ups. Jimmy also played Wide Receiver some and had 3 TD receptions and 1 2-point conversion. Coach Richard Wilson and the Buffalo football staff are extremely proud of Jimmy’s accomplishments on and off the field and look forward to seeing the bright future he has ahead. Below are links to his highlight videos. Jimmy is our second D1 signee of this year. Dalton Patterson graduated in December and received a scholarship to play for former Arkansas Razorback Head Coach Bobby Petrino at Western Kentucky.
Freshman season 2011 fall highlights
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9SJxFtID2I&feature=plcp
Sophomore season 2012 fall highlights
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJAx4xQpRo4
Jimmy Jean and Coach Garrick McGee of the University of Alabama Birmingham were interviewed by Justin Acri on 103.7 the buzz yesterday. Coach McGee spoke very highly of the Buffalo Football program, head coach Richard Wilson, and Jimmy Jean. Below is a link to that interview.
http://www.1037thebuzz.com/media-gallery/detail.asp?GalleryID=4188
NEWS 12/20/2012
On Wednesday December 19th, 2012 Arkansas Baptist College Sophomore Dalton Patterson signed with Western Kentucky University. Dalton Patterson is a 6’3 Cornerback from New Orleans, LA. He graduated high school from O. Perry Walker. In 2012 Dalton recorded 25 total tackles, 17 solo and 8 assist. Dalton also had 1 forced fumble and 1 fumble recovery and 2 pass break ups. Dalton Patterson has graduated in December with his Associate of Arts Degree in General Studies with a 3.2 gpa.
Below is a link to an article on Western Kentucky University’s Athletic Website:
http://www.wkusports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=5400&ATCLID=205838342
NEWS 8/23/2012
ABC Athletics is proud to announce that all home football games will be streamed live online! This Saturday, August 25, 2012 the Buffaloes will take on Navarro College at 1:00pm at Quigley-Cox Stadium. The games will also be archived for viewing at any time. Information regarding the stream is below! Go Buffaloes! You can also tune in to 92.7 FM
www.csnsports.com Click On: CSN-TV Channel-2 Little Rock then Navarro Colleg-ABC
A more direct link: http://www.citylinktv.com/csn-tv-little-rock-ar
NEWS 7/16/2012
Check out the preview feature on Arkansas Baptist’s upcoming football season in ArkansasSports360.com’s 2012 Football Preview here: http://www.pageturnpro.com/Arkansas-Business-Group/41433-Arkansas-Sports360-Football-Preview-2012/index.html#74.
NEWS 6/11/2012
TOREY DESHAZIER SIGNS WITH KANSAS CITY ROYALS
For the second year in a row a buffalo baseball players has signed with a professional baseball team. Saturday night Torey Deshazier a pitcher out of Pine Bluff Arkansas inked a free agent dealwith the Kansas City Royals. Torey had a 6 and 5 record with the with a ERA of 3.40. Last year Kentrell Hill (Asahdown) signed with the Giants. Kentrell is presently hitting over 300 in the rookie league and will be moving up to Class A ball.
NEWS 5/15/2012
Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration
Brandon D. Young-Football
Associate of Arts in Business Administration
Isaiah Justin Calles-Track
Casey Derieux Faddis-Football
Cletus Alada Moffi-Basketball
Bachelor of Arts in Human Services
David Green-Basketball
Destiny Sharde’ Harper-Basketball & Softball
Nicholas O’Brian Smith-Basketball
Tequilla Rhovan Turner-Basketbal
Associate of Arts in General Studies
Jordan Morehead Arthur-Football
Gary J. Artiste-Football
James Michael Blaise-Football
Lavar Ivan Brihm-Football
Bi’Anca Veronda Brooks-Basketball
Keathric Cartrell Brown-Football
Timothy Dyllon Brownmiller-Baseball
Dexter Clay Bryant-Football
Rashad Arius Bryant-Football
Blake Childress-Baseball
Cordell DeShun Collins-Football
Barry Wayne Davis, Jr.-Football
Micaiah Deshawn Davis-Football
Keith Curry Dotson-Track
Eddy Dariel Devora-Baseball
Terrell Donte Eskridge-Basketball
Christopher J. Flowers-Football
Adam M. Garner-Baseball
Mario Jamal Hector-Football
Darion Charles Hurst-Football
Zephyr Freeman Jean-Football
Gailbriel Carlece Jenkins-Basketball
Dewan A. Johnson-Basketball
Deforest Johnson-Football
Domonique Dion Jones-Track
Jeremy Blake Lockett-Baseball
Michael Drew McCurry-Baseball
Latrece Breyon Nelson-Basketball
Corbin Tyler Noll-Baseball
Andrew Jordan Phillips-Baseball
Angi S. Ramey-Basketball
Akinyemi Olumide Solanke- Basketball
Casse Renee’ Vaughn-Basketball
Jerrica Renee Walls-Basketball
Caitlyn Denise Williams-Basketball
NEWS 5/7/2012
Congratulations to the following Buffalo Baseball players for making All-Region this season. This is a big honor for these young men and Arkansas Baptist College Baseball.
First Team All-Region: Catcher-Patrick Castleberry, 3B-Tanner Rockwell
Honorable Mention All-Region: OF Roderick Lewis, Pitcher-Torey Deshazier, Pitcher-Nathan Pirl
Golden Glove Award: 38 Tanner Rockwell
NEWS 1/10/2012
ABC Athletics wants to say Congratulations to a special group of student-athletes. This past December, Arkansas Baptist College had 22 students graduate with either a 2-year or a 4-year degree. Of those 22, 12 were student-athletes. The following student-athletes received their Associate Degrees.
Associate of Arts in Business Administration
Casey Faddis-Football & Track
Associate of Arts in General Studies
Christopher Flowers-Football
Christopher Jewitt-Football
Eddy Devora-Baseball
James Blaise-Football
Jordan Arthur-Football
Joseph Metka-Football
Keith Dotson-Football & Track
Lavar Brihm-Football
Maurice Hall-Football
Michael Belin-Football
Rashad Bryant-Football
NEWS 6/28/2011
Three Arkansas Baptist College Buffaloes Baseball Team Members Receive NJCAA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN HONORS! Each athlete must have maintained a 3.6 during 4 full time semesters as members of the baseball team. There were 6 Baseball Academic All Americans in our Region (ABC had 3)…Awesome! Josue Deleon and Eddy Devora received the Exemplary Academic Achievement Award with a 3.72 GPA. Beau Fulcher received the Superior Academic Achievement Award with a 3.8 GPA. Another group of young men from ABC that are on their way to great success. Beau Fulcher signed a full scholarship to Arkansas Tech University where he will be playing baseball and Josue Deleon and Eddy Devora are looking to attend Jackson State University and continue their baseball careers.
HEARTSAVER AED TRAINING
This past year the ABC Athletic Staff went through training on our newly purchase AED’s. ABC Athletics would like to extend a special thanks to Steve and Sandy Landers for their generous donation of these vital life saving devices. Performing the training session was Mike Willingham.
ATHLETICS
Arkansas Baptist College competes as a Region 2 member of the National Junior College Athletics Association. The Buffaloes compete in eight sports: football, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women track, women softball, men’s baseball, and wrestling. ABC is the only college in the state of Arkansas that offers a two year football program and a two year wrestling program.
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