Tabor Bluejays
The Tabor Bluejays are the athletic teams that represent Tabor College in Hillsboro, Kansas. They are part of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), competing in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC).
Men's Sports | Women's Sports |
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Baseball Basketball Bowling Cross Country Football Soccer Tennis Track & Field |
Basketball Bowling Cross Country Soccer Softball Tennis Track & Field Volleyball |
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University | Tabor College |
Conference | Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference |
NAIA | Region IV |
Athletic director | Martin Ziesemer |
Location | Hillsboro, Kansas |
Varsity teams | 15 |
Football stadium | Joel Wiens Stadium |
Basketball arena | Campus Recreation Center |
Baseball stadium | Bluejay Baseball Field |
Nickname | Bluejays |
Colors | Blue and White[1] |
Website | www |
Football
The current head football coach at Tabor is Mike Gardner. Coach Gardner returned to take over the 2010 season after serving as head coach for the 2004 and 2005 seasons, where the teams posted a combined record of 20 wins and 3 losses with two consecutive conference championships and two post-season appearances.[2] In 2009, Tabor College built a Joel Wiens Stadium, a new football complex that is shared with Hillsboro High School.[3]
In 2012, Tabor redshirt Junior Brandon Brown was found murdered in nearby McPherson, Kansas. Two former members of the McPherson Bulldogs football team were charged. As of October 5, 2012, the investigation is ongoing.[4]
Women's basketball
Tabor college women's basketball team was nationally ranked in 2007.[5]
References
- Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Style Guide (PDF). July 6, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
- Malone Resignation Announcement Archived 2010-05-27 at the Wayback Machine
- Tabor College and USD 410 Break Ground for New Athletics Facility; tabor.edu; November 17, 2008. Archived February 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- "Murder cases continued". McPherson Sentinel. October 5, 2012. Retrieved October 12, 2012.
- Hillsboro Free Press "Tabor team spells consistency D-o-n-y-a" by Tom Stoppel, February 7, 2007