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CHAMPION CHRIST.

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J O H N B R O W N G O L D E N E A G L E S1 National Championship » 5 Sweet Sixteens » 1 Final Four » 8 NAIA Tournament Appearances

2019-20 SCHEDULE »

Home: 5-0 | Away: 2-0 | Neutral: 1-0 | Streak: W8

NOVEMBER W/L SCORE2 CROWLEY’S RIDGE (Ark.) W 90-568 vs Missouri Valley # W 63-439 at #9 Benedictine (Kan.) # W 78-6511 at Philander Smith (Ark.) W 71-5215 OZARK CHRISTIAN (Mo.) ^ W 88-6816 COLLEGE OF THE OZARKS (Mo.) ^ W 96-8221 SOUTHWESTERN A.G. (Texas)* W 65-6023 TEXAS WESLEYAN* W 95-9126 CHAMPION CHRISTIAN (Ark.) 7 p.m.

DECEMBER W/L SCORE3 ECCLESIA (Ark.) 7:30 p.m.10 PHILANDER SMITH (Ark.) 7 p.m.14 at Crowley’s Ridge (Ark.) 3 p.m.31 at Missouri Southern State (Exh.) 5:30 p.m.

JANUARY W/L SCORE2 SCIENCE & ARTS (Okla.)* 7:45 p.m.4 at Mid-America Christian (Okla.)* 3:45 p.m.9 CENTRAL CHRISTIAN (Kan.)* 7:45 p.m.11 at Langston (Okla.)* 3:45 p.m.16 at Southwestern Christian (Okla.)* 7:45 p.m.18 OKLAHOMA CITY* 3:45 p.m.23 at Wayland Baptist (Texas)* 7:45 p.m.25 at Oklahoma Panhandle State* 3:45 p.m.30 MID-AMERICA CHRISTIAN (Okla.)* 7:45 p.m.

FEBRUARY W/L SCORE1 at Science & Arts (Okla.)* 3:45 p.m.4 at Central Christian (Kan.)* 7:45 p.m.6 LANGSTON (Okla.)* 7:45 p.m.12 at Oklahoma City* 7:45 p.m.15 SOUTHWESTERN CHRISTIAN (Okla.)* 3:45 p.m.20 OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE STATE* 7:45 p.m.22 WAYLAND BAPTIST (Texas)* 3:45 p.m.27 at Texas Wesleyan* 7:45 p.m.29 at Southwestern A.G. (Texas)* 3:45 p.m.

^ John Brown University Classic# Benedictine (Kan.) Classic* Sooner Athletic Conference Game

THE MATCHUP »

CHAMPION CHRISTIAN TIGERS / 2-2Head Coach: Leondard EppsRecord: 0-0 (1st Season)Assistant Coaches: Jessie Byrd and Cody Connor

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JOHN BROWN GOLDEN EAGLES / 8-0Head Coach: Jason Beschta (Bryan ‘00)Record at John Brown: 83-74 (6th Season)Overall Record: 145-111 (9th Season)

GAMEDAY INFORMATION »

DATE: Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019LOCATION: Bill George Arena (Siloam Springs, Ark.)TIP-OFF TIME: 7:35 p.m.LIVE VIDEO/STATS: JBUathletics.com • Stretch InternetSERIES RECORD: First-ever meetingLAST MEETING: N/AFIRST MEETING: N/A

CCC RECORD ON THE ROAD: 0-2 (.000)LAST FIVE OUTINGS: 2-2 vs Bacone (Okla.): 105-81 W (Oct. 30) at Texas A&M-Texarkana: 68-97 L (Nov. 2) vs Baptist Bible (Mo.): 104-60 W (Nov. 8) at Baptist Bible (Mo.): 91-94 L (Nov. 19)

OPPONENT BREAKDOWN »

TALE OF THE TAPE » HOW THEY COMPARE »

POINTS FG% 3FG% BOARDS ASSISTS BLOCKS STEALS SCORINGDEFENSE

FG%DEFENSE

3FG%DEFENSE

REBOUNDMARGIN

SCORINGMARGIN

47.591.8 37.0 41.5 18.3 2.3 10.0 82.5 43.6 30.5 1.2 9.3

16.210.531.141.964.67.82.415.837.442.450.080.8

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QUICK HITS »

» The Golden Eagles are 8-0 for the first time since the 2013-14 season when John Brown went undefeated and 11-0 through the first semester of play. After the first weekend of Sooner Athletic play, with its wins over Texas Wesleyan and SAGU, the Golden Eagles join Mid-America Chris-tian and Wayland Baptist as the only three squads to sweep through the first weekend of play. Both the Evangels and Pioneers are ranked in the NAIA National Coaches’ Top-25 Poll.

» After averaging 23.0 points and 4.5 rebounds and assists per game, sophomore Luke Harper collected SAC Player of the Week honors, the first of his career. He has now hit the 20-point mark in five of eight games this season.

» Champion Christian, from Hot Springs, Ark., is officially 2-2 on the season, but have played 10 contests so far this season, six against NCAA I and II programs. The Tigers are coached by newcomer Leonard Epps, who was most recently the assistant bench boss at SAGU.

» Last night the Champion Christian took on Arkansas - Pine Bluff in exhibition action, falling 75-67. After a 33-33 deadlock at the intermis-sion, the Golden Lions went on an 18-0 run to start the second half to pull away for good, eventually taking a 61-41 lead in the second half. Kentrell Jacobs led the Tigers with 20 points on 6-of-8 shooting overall.

WHAT’S TRENDING »

» In games decided by ...5 points or less ........................2-06-10 points ...............................0-011 points or more .....................6-0

» At the half ...Leading ....................................6-0Trailing .....................................2-0Tied ..........................................0-0

» When shooting ...At or better than 40%...............8-0Under 40%...............................0-0Better than opponent ...............7-0Worse than opponent ..............1-0

» When rebounding ...More than opponent ................7-0Less than opponent .................1-0Same .......................................0-0

» Behind the arc ...At or better than 40%...............5-0Under 40%...............................3-0

» When turning it over ...Less than opponent .................4-0More than opponent ................3-0Same .......................................1-0

LIKELY STARTERS »

GOLDEN EAGLES PPG RPG APG GSF 15 Densier Carnes 12.5 10.3 2.0 8G 22 Luke Harper 19.3 3.6 3.3 8G 23 Rokas Grabliauskas 10.6 2.0 2.3 8G 24 Ira Perrier 4.8 4.5 2.4 8F 32 Quintin Bailey 11.0 5.3 1.9 8

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NUMERICAL ROSTER »

NO. NAME HT. YR. POS. HOMETOWN / PREVIOUS SCHOOL11 Kiree Hutchings 5-11 Jr. G Santa Cruz, Calif. / Biola University14 James Beckom 6-3 Fr. G Cork, Ireland / Bentonville HS (Ark.)15 Densier Carnes 6-6 Jr. F Atlanta, Ga. / Link Year Prep20 Adam Asgeirsson 6-4 Fr. G Njardvik, Iceland / Fjölbrautaskóli Suðurnesja22 Luke Harper 6-3 So. G Plano, Texas / Homeschool23 Rokas Grabliauskas 6-4 Jr. G Kaunas, Lithuania / Link Year Prep24 Ira Perrier 6-3 So. G Brighton, England / Link Year Prep25 Braden Bayless 6-6 So. F Tulsa, Okla. / Regent Preparatory30 Nemanja Obradovic 6-9 Fr. F St. Gallen, Switzerland / Lang Prep32 Quintin Bailey 6-7 Sr. F Stratford, New Zealand / Citrus College33 Dwayne Hart 6-8 Sr. F Falmouth, Jamaica / Christiana HS34 Nathan Stolz 6-6 R-Fr. F College Station, Texas / Homeschool35 Kobe Robinson 6-3 R-Fr. G Pryor Creek, Okla. / Pryor HS

A-Z ROSTER »

No. Name Yr.20 Adam Asgeirsson Fr.32 Quintin Bailey Sr.25 Braden Bayless So.14 James Beckom Fr.15 Densier Carnes Jr.23 Rokas Grabliauskas Jr.22 Luke Harper So.33 Dwayne Hart Sr.11 Kiree Hutchings Jr.30 Nemanja Obradovic Fr.24 Ira Perrier So.35 Kobe Robinson Fr.34 Nathan Stolz Fr.

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TEAM STAFF »

Title Name Experience Alma MaterHead Coach Jason Beschta 6th Year Bryan ‘00Assistant Coach Tim Kisner 2nd Year Central Michigan ‘01Director of Athletic Training Todd Bowden 24th Year Arkansas ‘86Athletic Trainer Holly Bingham 5th Year Southern Nazarene ‘06Director of Sports Information Nicholas Robinson 8th Year Calvin ‘09

11 // Kiree Hutchings 14 // James Beckom 15 // Densier Carnes 20 // Adam Asgeirsson

24 // Ira Perrier

22 // Luke Harper

23 // Rokas Grabliauskas 25 // Braden Bayless 30 // Nemanja Obradovic 32 // Quintin Bailey

33 // Dwayne Hart 34 // Nathan Stolz 35 // Kobe Robinson HC Jason Beschta

CLASS ROSTER »

No. Name Yr.32 Quintin Bailey Sr.33 Dwayne Hart Sr.11 Kiree Hutchings Jr.15 Densier Carnes Jr.23 Rokas Grabliauskas Jr.22 Luke Harper So.24 Ira Perrier So.25 Brayden Bayless So.14 James Beckom Fr.20 Adam Asgeirsson Fr.30 Nemanja Obradovic Fr.34 Nathan Stolz Fr.35 Kobe Robinson Fr.

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SAC STANDINGS »

Rk Team SAC Over GB18 MACU 2-0 9-0 --

JBU 2-0 8-0 --3 WBU 2-0 6-1 --

LANG 1-1 6-2 1.0SCU 1-1 5-2 1.0OCU 1-1 6-3 1.0

13 USAO 1-1 5-3 1.0SAGU 0-1 5-1 1.5TXWES 0-1 5-2 1.5CCCK 0-2 6-2 2.0OPSU 0-2 3-1 2.0

AC Tim Kisner

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CCC ROSTER »

NO. NAME HT. YR. POS. HOMETOWN / PREVIOUS SCHOOL0 Josiah Marshall 5-10 So. G Baton Rouge, La. / Southern University1 Derrick Guinn 6-3 Fr. G Euless, Texas / Trinity HS2 Stefan Tellis 6-0 Sr. G Phoenix, Ariz. / Crown College3 Trevon Reed 5-5 Sr. G Emmet, Ark. / Blevins HS4 Akbar Ndikuriyo 6-0 Fr. G Dallas, Tenn. / Tarrant County College5 D’Andre Butler 5-10 So. G Beebe, Ark. / Central Baptist College10 Jermualle Norwood 5-9 Fr. G Ft. Smith, Ark. / Northside HS11 Cory Griggs 6-1 Fr. G Memphis, Tenn. / Egypt HS12 Jo Phillips 6-5 Fr. F Flint, Mich. / Jacksonville HS13 Ariyon Williams 6-0 Fr. G Dallas, Texas / Lakeview HS14 Corey Irving 5-9 Fr. G Avondale, Ariz. / La Joya HS15 Cameron Dismuke 6-0 Fr. G Buckner, Ark. / Hall HS20 Jordan McCray 6-3 Fr. F Dallas, Texas / J.J. Pierce HS22 Kentrell Jacobs 6-4 Fr. F Ft. Smith, Ark. / Northside HS23 Ezekial Capaci 5-11 Fr. G Hot Springs, Ark. / Gospel Light Christian HS35 DeMarkiyo DeVoil 6-6 Sr. F Bastrop, La. / Kansas Christian College

LIKELY STARTERS »

PLAYER PPG RPG APGG 1 D. Gunn 4.0 3.3 0.5G 2 S. Tellis 14.8 3.0 2.5G 5 D. Butler 16.0 4.0 4.0G 15 C. Dismuke 13.0 2.8 1.5F 20 J. McCray 2.0 2.0 0.0

Combined Season Stats

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Record: Overall Home Away NeutralAll Games (2-2) (2-0) (0-2) (0-0)Conference (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) (0-0)Non-Conference (2-2) (2-0) (0-2) (0-0)

TOTAL 3-PT REBOUNDS# Player GP GS MIN AVG FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT R/G PF A TO BLK ST PTS P/G

1 Derrick Guinn 4 2 0 0.0 6 18 .333 0 4 .000 4 6 .667 4 9 13 3.3 4 2 4 0 0 16 4.02 Stefan Tellis 4 4 0 0.0 20 38 .526 6 13 .462 13 17 .765 1 11 12 3.0 10 10 4 0 7 59 14.84 Akbar Ndikuriyo 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.05 D'Andre Butler 4 0 0 0.0 23 35 .657 4 5 .800 14 15 .933 7 9 16 4.0 4 9 6 1 4 64 16.0

10 Jermualle Norwood 4 1 0 0.0 6 15 .400 6 13 .462 1 3 .333 2 7 9 2.3 8 16 7 0 6 19 4.811 Cory Griggs 4 1 0 0.0 9 20 .450 0 5 .000 1 2 .500 1 6 7 1.8 12 16 7 1 9 19 4.812 Jo Phillips 3 2 0 0.0 11 17 .647 0 0 .000 6 13 .462 5 10 15 5.0 5 5 6 0 1 28 9.313 Ariyon Williams 4 2 0 0.0 4 10 .400 2 8 .250 3 6 .500 0 4 4 1.0 3 6 5 0 4 13 3.314 Corey Irving 1 0 0 0.0 2 5 .400 2 4 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6.015 Cameron Dismuke 4 2 0 0.0 18 44 .409 8 21 .381 8 10 .800 3 8 11 2.8 5 6 5 1 5 52 13.020 Jordan McCray 1 0 0 0.0 1 1 1.00 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 1 1 2 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2.022 Kentrell Jacobs 4 2 0 0.0 22 57 .386 12 35 .343 5 6 .833 9 17 26 6.5 9 3 9 3 4 61 15.323 Ezekial Capaci 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 2 1.00 0 1 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.030 Sam Carter 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 2 .000 1 2 3 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.035 DeMarkiyo DeVoil 4 4 0 0.0 10 18 .556 0 0 .000 6 9 .667 9 12 21 5.3 9 0 2 3 0 26 6.5TEAM 8 18 26 3

Champion Christian (Ark.) 4 0 132 278 .475 40 108 .370 63 92 .685 51 115 166 41.5 70 73 58 9 40 367 91.8

Opponents 4 0 116 266 .436 40 131 .305 58 72 .806 42 119 161 40.3 80 51 82 8 22 330 82.5

TEAM STATISTICS CCC OPP

SCORING 367 330Points per game 91.8 82.5Scoring margin 9.3 -

FIELD GOALS-ATT 132-278 116-266Field goal pct .475 .436

3 POINT FG-ATT 40-108 40-1313-point FG pct .370 .3053-pt FG made per game 10.0 10.0

FREE THROWS-ATT 63-92 58-72Free throw pct .685 .806

REBOUNDS 166 161Rebounds per game 41.5 40.3Rebounding margin 1.3 -

ASSISTS 73 51Assists per game 18.3 12.8

TURNOVERS 58 82Turnovers per game 14.5 20.5Turnover margin -6.0 -Assist / turnover ratio 1.3 0.6

STEALS 40 22Steals per game 10.0 5.5

BLOCKS 9 8Blocks per game 2.3 2.0

ATTENDANCE 0 0Home games-Avg/Game 2-0 2-0Neutral site-Avg/Game - 0-0

SCORE BY PERIODS 1st 2nd TOTALOpponents 147 185 332Champion Christian (Ark.) 171 197 368

Date Opponent Score W L Record Attend

10/30/2019 h Bacone (Okla.) 105-81 W 1-0 011/02/2019 a Texas A&M-Texarkana 68-97 L 1-1 011/08/2019 h Baptist Bible (Mo.) 104-60 W 2-1 011/19/2019 a Baptist Bible (Mo.) 91-94 L 2-2 0

Note:*denotes a conference game.

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CCC SEASON STATISTICS »

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2019-20 JBU SEASON STATISTICS »

John Brown (Ark.) Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 23, 2019)All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRALALL GAMES 8-0 5-0 2-0 1-0CONFERENCE 2-0 2-0 0-0 0-0NON-CONFERENCE 6-0 3-0 2-0 1-0

Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg22 Luke Harper 8-8 222 27.8 54-100 . 5 4 0 27-51 . 5 2 9 19-23 . 8 2 6 5 24 29 3.6 21 0 26 29 2 8 154 19.315 Densier Carnes 8-8 238 29.8 27-58 . 4 6 6 13-29 . 4 4 8 33-41 . 8 0 5 19 63 82 10.3 20 0 16 22 10 13 100 12.532 Quintin Bailey 8-8 180 22.5 36-63 . 5 7 1 0-1 . 0 0 0 16-27 . 5 9 3 15 27 42 5.3 23 1 15 19 3 3 88 11.023 Rokas Grabliauskas 8-8 226 28.3 25-58 . 4 3 1 19-46 . 4 1 3 16-21 . 7 6 2 2 14 16 2.0 16 0 18 8 0 7 85 10.611 Kiree Hutchings 8-0 167 20.9 21-54 . 3 8 9 13-31 . 4 1 9 7-9 . 7 7 8 4 15 19 2.4 16 0 13 16 0 7 62 7.830 Nemanja Obradovic 8-0 128 16.0 18-35 . 5 1 4 4-16 . 2 5 0 8-12 . 6 6 7 6 17 23 2.9 10 0 4 8 1 2 48 6.024 Ira Perrier 8-8 231 28.9 16-33 . 4 8 5 2-10 . 2 0 0 4-11 . 3 6 4 10 26 36 4.5 16 0 19 13 2 15 38 4.820 Adam Asgeirsson 8-0 89 11.1 11-21 . 5 2 4 9-18 . 5 0 0 0-1 . 0 0 0 1 8 9 1.1 8 0 9 7 0 2 31 3.914 James Beckom 8-0 82 10.3 10-15 . 6 6 7 0-1 . 0 0 0 4-8 . 5 0 0 7 9 16 2.0 12 0 2 13 1 4 24 3.034 Nathan Stolz 3-0 16 5.3 3-6 . 5 0 0 1-4 . 2 5 0 2-4 . 5 0 0 1 4 5 1.7 2 0 1 0 0 1 9 3.035 Kobe Robinson 2-0 10 5.0 2-4 . 5 0 0 1-3 . 3 3 3 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 2.525 Braden Bayless 2-0 9 4.5 1-1 1.000 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1.0

Team 10 12 22 1 1Total.......... 8 1598 224-448 . 5 0 0 89-210 . 4 2 4 109-157 . 6 9 4 80 219 299 37.4 146 1 126 136 19 62 646 80.8Opponents...... 8 1600 181-432 . 4 1 9 59-190 . 3 1 1 96-140 . 6 8 6 49 166 215 26.9 159 - 80 138 16 65 517 64.6

TEAM STATISTICS JBU OPPSCORING 646 517 Points per game 80.8 64.6 Scoring margin +16.1 -FIELD GOALS-ATT 224-448 181-432 Field goal pct . 5 0 0 . 4 1 93 POINT FG-ATT 89-210 59-190 3-point FG pct . 4 2 4 . 3 1 1 3-pt FG made per game 11.1 7.4FREE THROWS-ATT 109-157 96-140 Free throw pct . 6 9 4 . 6 8 6 F-Throws made per game 13.6 12.0REBOUNDS 299 215 Rebounds per game 37.4 26.9 Rebounding margin +10.5 -ASSISTS 126 80 Assists per game 15.8 10.0TURNOVERS 136 138 Turnovers per game 17.0 17.3 Turnover margin +0.3 - Assist/turnover ratio 0.9 0.6STEALS 62 65 Steals per game 7.8 8.1BLOCKS 19 16 Blocks per game 2.4 2.0ATTENDANCE 0 0 Home games-Avg/Game 5-0 2-0 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 1-0

Score by Periods 1st 2nd TotalsJohn Brown (Ark.) 335 311 646Opponents 226 291 517

Date Opponent Score Att.11/02/19 CROWLEY'S RIDGE (ARK.) W 90-56 0

B 11/08/19 vs Missouri Valley W 63-43 0B 11/09/19 at Benedictine (Kan.) W 78-65 0

11/10/19 at Philander Smith (Ark.) W 71-52 011/15/19 OZARK CHRISTIAN (MO.) W 88-68 011/16/19 COLLEGE OF THE OZARKS (MO.) W 96-82 0

* 11/21/19 SOUTHWESTERN A.G. (TEXAS) W 65-60 0* 11/23/19 TEXAS WESLEYAN W 95-91 0

* = Conference gameB = Benedictine Classic (Atchison, Kan.)

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What a year we had in 2018-19 and we are ready to see what 2019-20 brings our way as we continue to work, serve and lead with our student-athletes.

We are so thankful for the accomplishments over the last year. It was a year of suc-cess on the court/field, in the classroom, in community service projects and in individual student-athlete’s lives. Our men’s basketball team, women’s soccer team and two cross country runners (sophomore Ben Martin and freshman Allika Pearson) represented us well at the NAIA National Championships, with women’s soccer finishing in the Round of 16. Our teams competed very well during conference play – finishing in the top half, and falling just short of a regular season and a tournament title in men’s basketball and in women’s soccer! Our men’s tennis team had a banner year and we had the privilege of hosting the SAC/RRAC regional tournament over in Broken Arrow, Okla., with the men and women both winning first-round matches.

The academic awards are at an all-time high. I could not be prouder of the performance in the classroom by our student-athletes, as well as the leadership the coaches are provid-ing in this area. The athletic department finished the school year with a 3.33 cumulative grade point average – the highest since we began tracking 16 years ago! Sixty-three (63) student-athletes were named to the SAC All-Academic Team, while 92 were named to the SAC Commissioner’s Honor Roll! All nine of our intercollegiate programs were honored with the NAIA’s Scholar-Team designation and four programs paced all other SAC insti-tutions with the top GPA’s – men’s basketball, volleyball and men’s and women’s cross country! We also had 28 students named NAIA Scholar Athletes – juniors and seniors with at least a 3.50 cumulative GPA!

I couldn’t ask for a more service-minded group. Our women’s basketball team continued work with the local non-profit Ability Tree, while women’s soccer traveled to Colcord (Okla.) Public Schools weekly to work with the Hornets of Character after-school program. Our men’s soccer team led the annual Siloam Springs Fútbol Club clinics in April – once again, spending time with close to 200 local kids. Our men’s basketball team volunteered at Northside Elementary once a week during the fall semester – giving time to those precious kindergartners, while also helping out a local widow with home projects. Our cheer team volunteered hours with the Boys and Girls Club, Ability Tree and participated in Serve Siloam. And we continued our collection of food for the Manna Center at the annual Toilet Paper Game and provided 2,000 rolls of toilet paper to them as well!

The mission of the Golden Eagle Booster Club is to give support to all of the JBU intercollegiate programs. We want our campus, local community, and all alumni to be proud of being a supporter of John Brown University Athletics.

My hope is that you will partner with us during the 2019-20 academic year and assist with our continuing needs.

Sincerely,

Robyn DaughertyDirector of Athletics

GOLDEN EAGLE BOOSTER CLUB »

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