1992 Miracle Yearbook

A SEASON OFEXCELLENCE Team Victories &Personal Achievements STRETCHING TOTHE NET...David Barnes scores two morefor the Jackets. TAG TEAM TRIUMPHS...A mid-air pass-offfrom El Seabra to Dominic McKinley proves to be a success- ful way to score. Photo by Tania Taylor Photo by Steve Cook Top row: Asst.coach - Casey Wood,asst. coach - Pete Reese, Kelly Seboe, Ron Pierce,Tracy Stringer,David Barnes,MattReynolds,Barry Jones,co-captain - DominicMc Kinley,Head coach - Don Callan. Bottom row: David Whisman,Tim Trow,ElSeabra,Jaden Callahan,co-captain - Mark Combs,Matt Wiremart,Bradley Palmer. The Yellow Jackets gave their faithful hoopfans plenty to cheer about in 1991-92 with a 27-7record, their first Mid-Ohio Conferencechampionship in 11 years,head coach Don Callan's 500th career victory, and an NAIA Top20ranking. Cedarville advanced to the NCCAA National Tournament after winning their third District III title in the pastfive years. The Jackets were rated as high as 19th in the NAIA Division!national poll. Their trek through the schedule included an 81-76 win over Wittenberg,and two-game sweepsover Rio Grande,Tiffin,and Walsh. Cedarville went12-2during the tough MOC schedule and eventually grabbed the numbertwo seed in the NAIA playoffs. However,they were knocked off 114-104in the opener by Malone which ended Cedarville's school-record 18-game winning streak at home. Callan got his500th win on January9when the Jackets romped Wilmington College 118-81 in the Athletic Center. In 32 years at Cedarville,he has posted a career record of514-388. Junior guard Ken Rucker wasthe Jackets'main man by averaging 18.8 points and 9.9rebounds per game. He wasan NCCAA All-America first team selection and wasnamed to the NCCAA All- Tournamentteam. Rucker,who also earned spots on the NAIA District22Division land All-Mid-Ohio Conference teams,will enter his final year with 1,498 career points. Dominic Mc Kinley finished his brilliant career as an NCCAA All-America second team pick. He graduated seventh on the all-time scoring list with 1,660 points and fourth in rebounding with 1,047 boards. McKinley set other schoolrecords for games played(140),games started(139),assists(483),and steals(371). Senior center Ron Pierce was an All-NAIA District 22and All-Mid-Ohio Conference pick after averaging 16.0 points a contest. Junior forward Jaden Callahan hit for 15.7 points and will begin his final season with 1,214 career points. He set a school record for three- point shooting at 46.6 percent. Besides McKinley and Pierce,Callan will bid farewell to seniors Tracy Stringer and Kelly Seboe. Stringer averaged 8.9 points as the team's sixth man, and Seboe was the squad's top Scholar-Athlete. •Mark Womack Cod Scoreboard Opponent Opp 97 Wilfrid Laurier 77 81 Geneva 59 (03 Concordia 77 It] Pikeville 77 103 Michigan-Dearborn 65 88 Western Ontario 90 93 Univ.of Waterloo 86 81 Wittenberg 76 97 Defiance 82 84 Malone 90 111 Graceland 84 117 Pikeville 111 114 Dyke 78 98 Wilberforce 64 118 Wilmington 81 83 Tiffin 70 97 Mt.Vernon Naz. 73 65 Shawnee State 73 90 Walsh 75 76 Ohio Dominican 67 98 Urbana 115 79 Tiffin 73 111 Rio Grande 91 95 Mt. Vernon Naz. 66 98 ShawneeState 87 95 Walsh 91 83 Ohio Dominican 69 109 Urbana 90 100 Rio Grande 94 104 Malone 114 77 Oakland City 73 77 Indiana Wes. 66 101 Bethel 114 108 Lee 110 Sports