BLINN COLLEGE - FALL ATHLETIC GUIDE 2021
ATHLETIC DIRECTOR SCOTT SCHUMACHER Scott Schumacher is in his 10th year as the Blinn College athletic director. In 2020-21, Schumacher oversaw a Buccaneer athletic department that captured one national title in dance and had five teams earn trips to national tournaments. The Blinn volleyball, men’s golf, women’s golf, dance, and cheer teams competed at nationals, while the volleyball and men’s golf teams also won conference championships. In addition, the Blinn volleyball, women’s soccer, men’s soccer, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, men’s golf, women’s golf, baseball, and softball teams made trips to Region XIV tournaments. The Blinn dance team made history by claiming its eighth consecutive national title and third straight in Team Performance at the 2021 National Cheer Association & National Dance Association Collegiate Cheer and Dance Championships. The dance team placed second in Pom Open and cheer team placed second in Advanced Small Coed in the junior college division. The Blinn volleyball team finished fifth in the nation after earning a trip to the NJCAA Division I Volleyball Championship. The Buccaneers won the conference championship with a 12-1 record and concluded the season with a 27-3 overall record. The Blinn men’s and women’s golf teams made history by claiming spots in the NJCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Golf Championships. The men’s team finished 19th in the nation, while ranked 16th in the national poll. The women’s team finished 13th in the nation, while ranked 14th in the national poll. In addition, the men’s team won the Region XIV
Championship and Blinn’s Riley Simmons was named the Region XIV Tournament Champion. Other highlights in 2020-21 included volleyball players Jayde Shelton, Loren Scott, and women’s basketball player Hailey Atwood earning NJCAA All-America honors, Shelton and Atwood being named Region XIV Players of the Year, Scott winning the Region XIV Setter of the Year Award, and Atwood earning Texas Association of Basketball Coaches (TABC) Player of the Year honors. In addition, Shelton, Marco Rodriguez Jr. (men’s soccer), Hope Hillhouse (women’s soccer), and Dylan Theut (baseball) were named NJCAA Players of the Week. In May, Blinn head softball coach Rick Church was inducted into the NJCAA Softball Coaches Association Hall of Fame Class of 2021. This prestigious honor was given to Church, who has accumulated 928 career wins, and currently ranks 14th in all-time softball wins in the NJCAA. Blinn head coaches Terry Gamble (volleyball), Jeff Jenkins (women’s basketball), and David Johnson (men’s golf) were named Region XIV Coaches of the Year. A record 196 student-athletes were named to the spring athletic director’s honor roll and four Blinn student-athletes were named Atkinson Cup Award winners after maintaining perfect 4.0 grade point averages (GPA) throughout two years at Blinn. Blinn has captured 42 national championships since 1987, including 16 national championships under Schumacher. Schumacher also serves as the head men’s basketball coach. In 31 years as a junior college head coach, Schumacher has compiled a career record of 594-358. He ranks 14th in all-time wins among active men’s basketball coaches across 439 NJCAA programs. He has led three different junior college programs to conference championships and a top10 national ranking in the NJCAA polls. Schumacher is in his 35th year coaching basketball at the collegiate level and 13th year as an NJCAA athletic director.
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