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The quality of BJC's popular intramural sports program was demonstrated by these students, who brought home the state intramural bowling title.

Dr. Tom Ryan, a history professor who also served as director of College Life and athletic director, takes time out to join in an intramural volleyball game. Behind Ryan, wearing a tie, is Dr. George Young, vice president for student affairs. The building in the background is Chester Handleman Hall.

The Seahorses' third baseman waits for the throw in a softball game on Central Campus in the early 1970s. The site where the softball diamond was located is now a parking lot.

The Central Campus Aquatic Complex was dedicated in January 1976. Once the home of BCC's powerhouse swimming and diving teams, it now serves the college and community as a hub of aquatic activity.

The men's golf team won the first of two National Junior College Athletic Association championships in 1974, at Lehigh Acres, Florida. Holding the flag is medalist Mike Donald, of Hollywood. Donald, a two-time all-American at BCC, won a Chris Schenkel scholarship to Georgia Southern College and later played on the PGA Tour. He turned pro in 1978 and joined the PGA Tour in 1980. He won the 1989 Anheuser-Busch Classic and tied the Masters record for low first-round score (64) for a rookie. Other member of the BCC championship squad are, from left to right, Don Beattie, Russ Hulser, John Duggan, and Bob Perlsanter.

Over the years, the college has offered a variety of sports, including soccer, swimming, and diving for men and women; women's badminton; and men's cross-country and wrestling. From left to right are Rex Duff, Steve Christian, Don Edgar, and Ed Everett.

Students gained practical experience learning modern foreign languages in self-paced laboratory programs.

Sculptor Duane Hanson (left) was a regular guest at the Central Campus art gallery. A Davie resident and neighbor of BCC art professor Larry Tobe (right), Hanson often spoke to BCC art students. The sculpture The Surfer used Hanson's son as model. Tobe and his wife also served as Hanson models.

Hanson modeled his sculptures with gray polyvinyl body filler, airbrushed and painted skin, and then added hair and other details. Finally, he dressed them and added accessories. Hanson died in 1996, 11 days before his 71st birthday.

From the planting of the first tree on Central Campus─a black olive─BCC has grown to become among the State's best-landscape community Colleges.