Thursday, November 19, 2009

Recent News

I want to take moment to recap some news about some of our athletes here at Arkansas Sports Performance Center / Athletic Republic.

1. Jae Tucker (basketball, Little Rock Christian Academy) signed her letter of intent to play at Arkansas Tech University! Click here for more news & video on this!

2. Davis Ward (baseball, Little Rock Christian Academy) signed his letter of intent to play at Ouachita Baptist University (NCAA d-II)!

3. Tanner Bailey (baseball, Little Rock Christian Academy/Texarkana Community College) signed his letter of intent to play at the University of Mississippi!

4. There are over 25 athletes on the rosters of the four division one football schools in Arkansas (ASU, UCA, UAPB, & UA)

5. 2nd round of the playoffs in Arkansas high school football (1st round for class 3a)reveals over 50 ASPC athletes leading the top teams to the next round!

6. Michael Dyer (football, Little Rock Christian Academy) became the all-time leading rusher in the state this fall! He has over 7,400 yards in his high school career!

7. Looking at our college basketball rosters, we have 8 of our athletes represented!

8. Tyrell Johnson (Rison, Ark. State--Minnesota Vikings) is the starting strong safety for the first-place Vikings, and currently has 40 tackles!

9. Darren McFadden (Oak Grove, UA---Oakland Raiders) has been battling some injuries but is still a major part of the Raiders' offense!

10. College World Series participant Arkansas Razorbacks had a lot of contributions from ASPC athlete Drew Smyly!

11. Worked with Jennie Finch Softball Camp this fall!

12. Reggie Arnold (LR McClellan, Arkansas State) is bidding to become just the 8th player in NCAA Division One to rush for over 1000 yards in 4 straight seasons!

13. Young triathlete Logan Gartin has had an impressive year! Read this!

14. Tennis Recap: ASPC athletes Mario Martinez & Julio Olaya battled each other for the state overall tennis finals! Mario was in his second straight finals...Julio won this year, as a freshman! Also, in the girls' division, our own Rebecca Bailey won the Girls' Title!

We are very proud of these young people, and are blessed to be able to serve them!

bj

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