College sports

After many top-four finishes, the women's tennis team won the 1996 National Junior College Atheletic Association Championship. The players and coaches are, from left to right, Rosa Pons-Nunez, Tracy Hollinger, Edith Tieber, Azeb Kidane, Tiffany Odlum, Ella Ionescu, Vesna Mckenna, Adolfina Hadamofsky, head coach Tom Burke, and assistant coach Wil Gifford.

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.

Dr. Adams and Dean Harry Smith, at far right, congratulate Dale Thisler and Steve Medoff after their match at the rededication of the Central Campus tennis courts.

Dr. Adams congratulates art professor Lamonte Anderson and his "Fatcats" intramural team, winners of the President's Intramural Cup.

The intercollegiate sports program began in 1962 with men's basketball under the direction of coach Hubert Wright. The first athletic facilities were the tennis courts, which were built over the old Forman Field runways. Early JCBC teams were road warriors, often traveling to practice and play games. For the first few years, the basketball team played its home games at Stranahan High School in southwestern Fort Lauderdale. Hal Blitman, a coach for the men's basketball team, went on to coach the Miami Floridians of the American Basketball Association.