Tabor Bluejays

Tabor Bluejays
University Tabor College
Conference Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference
NAIA Region IV
Athletic director Rusty Allen
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.taborbluejays.com

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
Baseball
Basketball
Bowling
Cross Country
Football
Soccer
Tennis
Track & Field		 Basketball
Bowling
Cross Country
Soccer
Softball
Tennis
Track & Field
Volleyball

Football

Photo of the scoreboard at the end of the game, first round NAIA Football Championships Tabor vs Benedictine 2013

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

  1. ↑ Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Style Guide (PDF). July 6, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  2. ↑ Malone Resignation Announcement Archived 2010-05-27 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ Tabor College and USD 410 Break Ground for New Athletics Facility; tabor.edu; November 17, 2008. Archived February 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ "Murder cases continued". McPherson Sentinel. October 5, 2012. Retrieved October 12, 2012.
  5. ↑ Hillsboro Free Press "Tabor team spells consistency D-o-n-y-a" by Tom Stoppel, February 7, 2007

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