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Honest Abe

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Congratulations to Zach English who accepted a full scholarship to play basketball at John Brown University in NW Arkansas!! JBU is a private school located in Siloam Springs, AR. JBU is an NAIA school which competes in the Sooner Athletic Conference. JBU won a National Championship in 2005, and has reached the National Championship tourney 7 times in the last 11 years!

Zach was offered scholarships from 4 Universities from schools located in Texas, Florida, and Arkansas. JBU was the last school Zach visited, and he felt this was the best 'fit' for him. 

http://www.jbu.edu/athletics/basketball/


2013 Post-Season Quick Facts
Set a program-record by notching 27 regular season victories en route to its first-ever Sooner Athletic Conference regular season championship...Featured in two NAIA National Game of the Week matchups against Oklahoma Baptist, finishing 1-1 against the Bison...Won an impressive five of seven contests against top-25 competition...Holds eight top-10 rankings in team categories including No. 1 in three-point field goal percentage (39.6), No. 3 in total three-point field goals made (335) and No. 3 in three-point field goals made per game (10.15)...Netted four All-Conference selections: Coleson Rakestraw (first team), Abel Galliguez (second team), E.J. McWoods (honorable mention) and Max Hopfgartner (honorable mention)...Features the 2013 SAC Freshman of the Year, Kofi Josephs, and SAC Coach of the Year, Clark Sheehy...Landed a winning streak of seven or more games three separate times, including an 8-0 start to the season...
National Tournament History
John Brown is making its third appearance in four years in Kansas City and its seventh all-time...Last season, the Golden Eagles were ousted in the first round by Montana - Western, losing 85-83 in overtime...In 2010, JBU earned wins over McKendree (Ill.) in the first round before bouncing Fresno Pacific (Calif.) in the second round, eventually falling to Southern Poly (Ga.) in the quarterfinals...In 2006, the Golden Eagles fell in the opening round to sixth-ranked Azusa Pacific (Calif.), one year after ousting the Cougars in the 2005 National Championship game...In 2005, John Brown pieced together an unprecedented five-game stretch en route to its only national championship, downing Union (Tenn.), Louisiana State at Shreveport, Biola (Calif.), Carroll (Mont.) and Azusa Pacific in consecutive fashion after winning five of its last six games entering the tournament with its only loss coming in the SAC tournament title game to Oklahoma Baptist...In 2004, JBU dispatched eventual NCAA I member Houston Baptist (Texas) in the first round only to come up short in the second round against Concordia - Irvine (Calif.)...The Golden Eagles won its first-ever game at Kansas City in 2003, besting seventh-seeded Azusa Pacific in the opening round before falling in a close contest to Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) in the second round...John Brown boasts a 10-6 all-time record in seven appearances at the National Tournament, holding a 62.5 win percentage and is the only institution from the state of Arkansas to win a title in Kansas City...
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Bigcam2903

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Congrats to Zach & entire English Family. The hard work paid off. Please come back when you can & tell us all of what you thought College would be & how it really is. Young kids near to hear it from one of their local heroes.
Good Luck & May God continue to Bless You.
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[quote name="Honest Abe" post="1393198" timestamp="1365601455"]
[quote author=BLUEDOVE3 link=topic=110946.msg1393184#msg1393184 date=1365599640]
Thrilled that you have graduated and moved on to the next level  ;D

[color=pink]20-4A District Champs 2010-2012
Bi-District Champs 2010-2013
Area Champs 2010-2013
Regional Semi-Finalist 2011[/color]
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[/quote] ;D  ;D
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That's awesome!  Congrats to Zach and his family.  This kind of news is great encouragement for young kids.  Hard work and dedication to your craft really does pay off.

Like Team Game said, get that degree while you're getting to play the game you love.  That degree would cost you about $150K without the scholarship.  I don't even know Zach and I'm smiling.  Just awesome.
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[quote name="BLUEDOVE3" post="1393238" timestamp="1365608399"]
I'd like to think I helped push Zach into becoming the player he turned into.  ;D
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Bluedove, I get the feeling that you 'inspire' a lot of people.  :)  Keep up the good work
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