1993 Miracle Yearbook

VV1-111,1C, 1lar., 1,../IN GIN 13 VV./ill-11, JillJell 1-iillidlti111 goes for the lay-up. l'hoto by Todd Hill jackets tiefor Third in MOC CedarvilleCollegerolled toitssixthstraight 20-winseason with a23-9record. TheYellow Jackets tied for third in the MOC at 9-5,plus head coach Don Callan completed his 33rd season witha537-397record. Thehighlightof the season came midway through January when the Jackets were 17-2 and ranked #11 nationally in NAIA Division 1. Ken Rucker, a 6'3" senior forward from Philadelphia,PA., was named to the NAIA Division 1 AII-Americanthirdteamandtothe NCCAA first team. He paced the Jackets by averaging 24.5 points and 12.2 rebounds per game,plus was tabbed the NAIA District 22 Division 1 and Mid-Ohio Conference Player of the Year. Ruckerfinished hiscareerasthefirstplayer in Yellow Jacket basketball history to surpass 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds. His 2,281 pointsrankssecond to EricMounts(2,648)on Cedarville'sall-timescoringlistwhilehis1,200 rebounds rates fourth. He and Mounts are Cedarville's only NAIA All-Americans. Senior forward Jaden Callahan averaged 18.3pointsandfinished hiscareersixthamong Cedarville'sall-timescorerswith1,798points. HeistheJacket'scareerleaderinthree-point- ers made(186)and attempted(448). Two other seniors left their mark on the program. David Barnes finished his career with 1,051 points,while MarkCombsscored 1,009pointsand becameCedarville'sall-time leader in assists with 498. CedarvillesweptNAIAnationally-ranked Urbana University twice by scores of 104-93 and 92-79. The Yellow Jackets were 12-2 at homewhichincludedan89-76winoverMOC champion Walsh University. Yellow Jacketbasketballwasa bigdraw in the Athletic Center once again with 26,112 fans attending Saturday nights. A record crowd of 3,376 showed up for the Li'l Sibs WeekendgameonFebruary13againstTiffin. The only starter not graduating from this year'steam is6'2"ElSeabra. Hewasthethird leadingscorer with 12.3 points pergameand shot51 percentfrom the field. *Mark Womack Photo by Todd Hill Photo by Todd Hill THE DUNK!David Barnes jams it as the Jacket fans explode! FROM OUTSIDE,El Seabra leansin to get the basket. Sports 4:to