1998 Miracle Yearbook

by Mark Womack Jackets Start OffWith A Bang Jackets win first six games to cruise to a 23-10 season Cedarville College got backtoplayingwinningbas- ketballinthemen'sprogram. TheYellowJacketsfmished 23-10overallfor theirfirst 20-winseasoninthreeyears. Their 9-7 Mid-Ohio Con- ferencerecord tiedforfifth placeinthenine-teamleague. "Wefelt like it was a good seasonforusconsideringthe newplayersweincorporated intothesystem,"mentioned headcoach JeffReep. "It's somethingwecancontinue tobuildon." Junior forward John Krueger averaged 22.4 pointstoleadtheMid-Ohio ConferenceandtheNAIADi- vision I Great Lakes Section. He has piled up 1,778 career pointsduringhisfirstthreesea- sons and ranks ninth on Cedarville'sall-timescoringlist. Krueger was named an NCCAA Second Team All- Americanand wasvotedtothe All-NAIA Division I Great LakesFirstTeam,theAll-MOC First Team, and to the All- NCCAAMidwestRegionFirst Team. He was selected MVP ofthe20th AnnualCedarville Invitational afterscoringaca- reer-high41 pointsin thefinal gameand wasalsoMVPofthe Jackets'ThanksgivingClassic. Mid-Ohio Conference Freshman ofthe YearJesse Deister scored more points (580)thananyYellowJacket rookieinhistory whichcom- puted to an average of 18.1 pointspergame.Hewasone ofthetopfreethrowshooters inthecountryat87.9percent and also paced the squad in field goal accuracy at 55.8 percent. Deister wasnamed to the All-NAIA Division I Great LakesSectionSecondTeam and the All-MOC Second Team.HejoinedKruegeron thefive-playerNCCAAMid- westRegionFirstTeam. Men'sBasketballTeam: Row 1:(1-r) SteveComer,MikeLampton,Kyle Mraz,Jackie Williams,Clint Hayes,Dave Anthony. Row 2:D.A.Nichols,Gary Carter,David Fourman,Ted Forrest, Perry Mattis,JeffReep,Pete Reese. Row 3:Brent Miller,Linton Ellis,Aaron Stumpf,Tim Ware,Shay Richardson,John ICrueger, Jesse Deister. men's basketball 247