1996 Miracle Yearbook

Below Right: Brent Miller stops in his tracks astwo MountVernon playersteam up on defense. Below: A loose ball, who will gain the possession? Above: Nate Huffman looks up as he prepares to drain a three pointer, while Krueger looks on for the pass. Right: Dr.Jim Phippsand Ben Failor call the Varsity Yellow Jackets' games for CDR Radio. After32yearsofcalling the play-by-play, Jim Phipps calls this year his last as the Voice of the Yellow Jackets. Thanksfor 32dedicated years of bringing the action to the fans--you'll be missed! MEN'S BASKETBALL It wasa yearin transition all the way around for the Yellow Jacket men's basketball team. The big- gest and obvious change was that offirst-year head coach JeffReep taking over for Don Callan, who stepped down following eight straight 20-win seasons and a leg- endary 35-year career. "Weplayed our best basketball at the end of the season," said Reep,whose team finished 17- 15 for the school's llth straight win- ning season. "I can't say enough about the players. They always played hard and won some diffi- cult games down the stretch." The Jackets were seeded fifth outoften teamsin the NAIA Great Lakes Tournament and opened with a 92-85 win at Mid-Ohio Conference for Rio Grande. Two nights later came a trip totop - seeded West Virginia State where rookie John Krueger's three- pointer at the buzzer provided a dramatic92-89victory. Cedarville then played for the championship at Findlay, another MOC mem- ber,forthe rightto gotothe NAIA Nationals. It was the Jackets' first title gamein 14 years and the two teams had split their two regular seasongames. The host Oilers pulled away for a 98-88 win. Seniorforward JeffBradley av- eraged a team-high 18.2 points and earned spots on the All-MOC and NAIA GreatLakesFirstTeams. He started all 95 games he played during his three-year career, fin- ished sixth on the Jackets'all-time scoring list with 1,833points,and drainedaschool-record243three- pointers for his career. Senior guard Jason Quinn averaged 14.5 points and was an All-MOC Sec- ond Team selection. Hewasvoted Cedarville'sMVPbyhisteammates. Quinn,aswellassophomoreguard Brent Miller, who led the team with 140 assists, were both All- NAIAGreatLakesScholar-Athletes. Senior guard Todd Lane was pre- sented the coveted Ted DeShields, Jr. Coaches' Award and classmate Nathan Huffman, who averaged 10.7 points,earned hisfourth let- ter in the program. John Krueger averaged 11.3 pointsandwasvoted the Freshman of the Year in the Mid -Ohio Conference.Juniorfor- ward Jon Woolley supplied 11.1 points and 6.1 rebounds before missing the final four games with a knee injury. Mark Womack,Sports Information Director sports