1994 Miracle Yearbook

Photo byTodd Hill Flying through the air, Jeff Bradley shoots a reverse lay-up as Bobby Polack comesfor reinforcement. On the fastbreak,Todd Lane cuts to the hoop to receive a pass from Jeff Bradley. Photo by Todd Hill Yellow Jackets Place Second in the Mid-Ohio Conference The1993-94CedarvilleCollegebasketballteam exceededeveryone'sexpectations. Aftergraduating fourstarters whocombined toscoremorethan6,000 points in their respective careers, head coach Don Callan entered his 34th year at the school simply hoping to assemble a competitive team that could finish with a winningrecord. Theresultwasa21-15 mark,which was the seventh straight 20-win cam- paignfor the Yellow Jackets,and theirfourth trip to the National Christian College Athletic Association tournament wherethey placed fourth. "Wehad so manyquestion marksatthebegin- ning of the season we really did not know what to expect," said Callan,who is the second winningest activecoachintheNAIA withacareerrecord of558- 412."Manyofouryoungplayersdevelopedquicker than anticipated and that was the key. This team matured as the season progressed." The Yellow Jackets did not have a senior on the team and the top two scorers weresophomores JeffBradleyandBobbyPolack,whobothtransferred to Cedarvillethe previous year. Buttheteamleader was junior captain El Seabra who averaged 17.3 pointsand 7.4rebounds per game. ThePortuguese native was named to the NCCAA All-Tournament team,the All-Mid-Ohio Conference first team,and totheAll-NAIA DivisionIGreatLakesRegionteam. Bradley,a 6-6 shooting forward from Ports- mouth,Ohio,led the MOCin scoring at23.7 points pergame. Hetopped 30pointsin agamefive times, which included a pair of39-point efforts,and scored a school-record82three-pointgoals. Heearned spotson the NCCAA All-American second team,the All NAIA Division I Great Lakes Region team as well as the All- MOCsecond team. Possibly the biggest surprise camefrom the 6-5 sophomore center Bobby Polack. He averaged 19.9 points and 10.2 rebounds per game despite having practically no organized basketball experience while growing upin Jamaica. Junior guard Josh Rangjoined Seabra in starting all36gamesand averaged5.7assists pergame. Hewas alsooneofthetopfreethrowshootersintheMOCat79.3 percent. Callanreceivedimportantcontributionsfromsev- eral other players. Junior forward Matthew Reynolds stepped in at mid-seasonand started 20games. Fellow classmateDavid WhismanaswellassophomoresJason Quinnand ToddLanecombinedfortenstartingassign- ments. Cedarville waspreseason picked to placeseventh in the tough eight-team MOC race. However,the Yel- low Jackets placed second to Rio Grande with an 8-6 record. Weare quite optimistic aboutthe next couple of years," said Callan. 'We don't lose any players to graduation and this group will be more experienced nextseason. Werealreadylooking forward to it." •Mark Womack With perfectform,ElSeabra goesup for a dunk and the crowd goes wild.