— TABOR COLLEGE ATHLETICS RELEASE —
ATLANTA, Ga. (TaborBluejays.com) – The Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) has announced their 2023-24 Academic Top 25 Team Honor Rolls.
The Tabor College Women’s Basketball team earned the second spot on the list for programs from the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). This year marks the fifth consecutive year that the Bluejays have landed in the Top 15, which makes Tabor the only institution in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) to make the WBCA Top 15 for five consecutive years.
The 2nd place national ranking was the highest finish in Tabor College History, as well as the highest finish for any Shawn Reed-led team. The Bluejays had previously finished 4th in both 2022-23 and 2020-21, topping previous finishes of 8th in the 2021-22 season and 12th in 2019-20. Tabor posted an impressive grade point average (GPA) for their varsity squad with a 3.826 during this past academic year, which marks the highest GPA posted by a varsity team during Coach Reed’s 13-year tenure in Hillsboro.
“We are so proud of our student-athletes and their efforts in the classroom,” said Head Women’s Basketball Coach Shawn Reed. “Tabor is an academically demanding institution and our team is committed to excellence in the classroom as well as on the court. To demonstrate this type of academic distinction during a year when we finished 27-5, won both the KCAC regular season and tournament championships and qualified for the NAIA national tournament is amazing! This accomplishment speaks volumes about the diligence and hard work of our student-athletes toward their respective academic disciplines while also performing at a championship level.”
Tabor College Director of Athletics, Jeff Brewer remarked, “This is a tremendous honor for the women’s basketball team. It shows the level of commitment they have in all they do; this is a very talented group on the floor and gifted academically in the classroom.”
“They have clearly chosen to make an investment in themselves as student-athletes. This says a lot about the quality of the program.”
