Former Generals Named Eurobasket Player of the Week

(Nitra, Slovakia) - Former Sheridan College Generals J.R. Cadot was named the Eurobasket.com Player of the Week after helping his team, Nitra, come close to defeating league opponent Komarno. Cadot lead the way with a game-high 26 points, adding six rebounds and seven assists for Nitra as his team was edged out by Komarno (#2, 3-1) 95-91. The game was between two of the league's top four teams. Nitra moved-up to 3rd in the Slovakian Extraliga with a 3-2 record on the season. Nitra currently sits .5 games behind Komarno and 1.5 games behind the league leader. 

In the team's last game Cadot had a remarkable 54.5% 2-point field goal percentage. He has turned to be Nitra's top player in his first season with the team. The Texas Christian University graduate is league's top scorer, averaging 18 ppg. Cadot is also in the league's top rebounders (8th best: 6.2rpg), and assists (7th best: 3.2apg). A key contributor in several other areas, Cadot also averages 1.4bpg, 2.4spg, 61.9% FGP and 43.8% from behind 3-point line.

Western Illinois Nabs General

(Sheridan) - Tate Stensgaard, a 6’8 Sheridan College red-shirt freshman committed to Western Illinois University to continue his basketball career. A Rapid City, South Dakota native, Stensgaard red-shirted the 2011-2012 season for the Generals and will play his freshman year this season.

“Western Illinois is a great place. I’m really excited to play for Coach Molinari,” said Tate. “He is a great coach and will be able to help me grow as a player and a person. Playing for Sheridan College has helped me get to this point. Coach Smiley and Magrino have helped me improve my game tremendously, and Sheridan has opened up so many new doors for me in my life”

Coach Smiley had this to say about Tate: “We’re really, really excited about Tate getting the opportunity to move on to the Division 1 level after playing this year here at Sheridan. Tate is one of the great success stories of junior college basketball in general, going from a player that wasn’t recruited really at all out of high school due to his location and the lack of recruitment in a small state, to now getting the opportunity to move on to the NCAA D1 level. Tate bought in to the redshirt concept last year, added 27 pounds of muscle and refined his game, and he’s turned into a really good player. I can’t say enough about the importance of Coach Magrino’s help in developing Tate last year while he sat out, and I’m really excited to see how Tate will help our Sheridan team this year and the Leathernecks for the next three years. He is a tremendous person, student, and asset to our community and I’m sure he’ll do the same at Western Illinois.”

Western Illinois finished last season with a 19-15 record, advancing to the championship game of the Summit League tournament before falling to South Dakota State in overtime.  Western Illinois then went on to the College Basketball Invitational tournament where they lost to Oregon. Tate will continue his career at Western Illinois as a sophomore for the 2013 season.

Generals Participate in Sheridan Reading Program

The Sheridan College Generals took place in the B.E.A.R. program on October 11^th, 2012 at Sagebrush Elementary School in Sheridan, Wyoming.  The B.E.A.R., Be Excited About Reading, is a national program that helps support children in their efforts to become better readers by building an exciting environment that entices them to read.  A group of men’s & women’s basketball players from Sheridan College recently took place in one of the school wide “read-a-thons”. The read-a-thon students are rewarded for their efforts by given the opportunity to read with local high school and college students. 

Assistant Coach Dan Magrino had this to say about the experience: “Anytime we can get out in the community and show our support for a great cause such as B.E.A.R. we are excited about the opportunity.  Our guys are role models to the youth in the community, and emphasizing the importance of furthering your education is something that we pride ourselves in.”

The Generals will be in action next weekend October 19^th & 20^th at the Casper College Jamboree in Casper, Wyoming. The Generals open regular season play on November 2^nd & 3^rd in Gillette, Wyoming at the Gillette College Tournament. 

Don Meyer To Visit Sheridan

(Sheridan) – The Sheridan College Men’s basketball team is excited to announce that NCAA All-Time win leader & ESPY award winning Coach Don Meyer will be hosting several events in Sheridan, Wyoming.

Coach Don Meyer is a renowned speaker, hosting leadership seminars and speaking for national organizations such as New York Life. Coach Meyer’s life was changed in 2008 when a near fatal car accident discovered that he had carcinoid cancer. Despite having his leg amputated, Meyer returned to the sideline that winter for Northern State University where he set the All-Time NCAA Win’s record with 923 victories. ESPN awarded Meyer with the Jimmy Valvano Perseverance award that summer at the ESPY’s.  Later that year ESPN’s Buster Olney released the New York Times Bestseller How Lucky You Can Be, chronicling Coach Meyer’s tale.

Coach Don Meyer will be on Sheridan College campus, Monday, October 15^th, 2012 at 6:30 pm in the CTEL where he will cover various topics from leadership, to goal setting.  On Tuesday, October 16^th, 2012 at 7:30 am at the Holiday Inn, Coach Don Meyer will speak for the Sheridan County Chamber of Commerce. Finally, on Tuesday, October 16^th, 2012 at 6:30 pm, location TBA, Coach Meyer would like to invite out all area coaches to partake in a Coaches Roundtable to discuss various coaching topics and strategies.

Former Generals Sign Professional Contracts

(Sheridan) – Former Sheridan College standouts Antoine Proctor and JR Cadot have signed professional contracts to play in the top professional basketball league in Slovakia. Proctor has signed with the MBK Handlova basketball club, and Cadot has signed with BK Spu Nitra. 

Cadot signs his first professional contract after finishing his collegiate career at TCU where averaged 11.4 points on 50% shooting and 7 rebounds a game in his senior season. He was also named to the All-Mountain West Third Team.

Proctor completed his career at Montana State University-Billings where he averaged 18.7 points per game and 5.3 rebounds per game while being named the GNAC Newcomer of the Year, and earning a First Team All-Conference selection and First Team All-Region selection.

Proctor & Cadot competed for the Generals during the 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 seasons.  Both earned All-Region selections for the Generals while compiling a 54-13 record.

California Native Rounds Out Generals Recruiting Class

(Sheridan) – The Sheridan College Generals have rounded out their 2012 recruiting class with the signing of Ontario, California native Darren Smith. Smith, a 6’7” 205-lb forward comes to the Generals after playing last year at La Jolla Prep School in La Jolla, California. Smith also played for the highly touted Dream Vision AAU Team from Los Angeles, California, playing alongside 3 top-100 prospects.

"We're really excited to finalize our class with the signing of Darren. We've been following Darren for a long time and happy that he will be a General. Coach Magrino did a tremendous job staying in contact with Darren throughout the year so we were in position to recruit him this late in the process. Darren is an explosive, dynamic athlete that can play multiple positions for us next year. He has a chance to be a very high level player as he continues to develop, and we're excited to start working with him this fall."

The Generals welcome nine new faces to the roster this season to join alongside five returners from the 2011-2012 Generals squad that went 25-7, finishing 2^nd place in North Region IX.

Darren Smith Highlight Video 

Moore signs to play with Crusaders

(Sheridan) – Sheridan Generals freshman guard Grayson Moore, 6’5” Logan, UT, has signed a letter of intent to continue his career with the University of Northwest Nazarene Crusaders.  Moore averaged 2.3 points per game last season for the Generals, while shooting 52% from the field and averaging 1.2 rebounds per contest. 

Coach Smiley commented on Grayson’s signing: "We're thrilled that Grayson will have the opportunity to play for a great coaching staff at Northwest Nazarene. Coach Daniels and Coach Mejeur are in the process of building up the program, and we're really excited that Grayson will be part of that process. The GNAC is one of the top D2 programs in the nation, and we're excited to see how Grayson acclimates!"

“I'm proud to say that I have been able to be a part of the Sheridan College basketball team,” said Moore.  “They have a great tradition, of not only winning, but being a good team off the court as well. Coach Smiley and Coach Magrino helped me sharpen my skills, as well as showed me how to play the game at a higher level. I am thankful for the opportunity to play at Sheridan.  I'm very excited about moving on to play at NNU. It's a school that's up and coming with the basketball program, and I'm proud to be a part of that. Coach Daniels is doing a good job with the team. And I'm excited to continue my basketball career there as a Crusader.”

Northwest Nazarene University plays in the NCAA Division II Great Northwest Athletic Conference, home to the 2012 NCAA Division II National Champions Western Washington University.  The Crusaders finished last season with a 12-14 record, going 6-12 in the GNAC. Grayson in the 8^th General moving on this season joining Lamont Prosser (Portland State University), Jermaine Lippert (University of Detroit), Khion Sankey (Lipscomb University), Wayne Bradford (Weber State University), Robert Heyer (University of Texas Permian-Basin), Rolands Narkis (Bellevue University), R.J. Leverette (University of Missouri-Southern).

Generals Showcase Their Talent This Summer

(Sheridan) – All five returning players for the Sheridan College Generals participated in showcase events this summer across the nation. Four returning sophomores participated in the Jerry Mullens Junior College Showcase in St. Louis Missouri on July 14^th.  Brandon Pines (6’8”, F/C, Columbia, MD), Ron Mvouika (6’4”, G, Paris, France), Victor Bermudez (6’3”, G, North Las Vegas, NV), and Isaac Oeltjen (7’1”, C, Red Wing, MN) all received invitations to play in one of the largest junior college events in the nation.  The four Generals showcased their talents in front of several hundred four-year college coaches.

The closing junior college event of the summer was the All-American JUCO Showcase located in Las Vegas, Nevada. Representing Sheridan College at this event was Victor Bermudez and Red-shirt Freshman Tate Stensgaard (6’7”, F, Rapid City, SD).  All five returning Generals look to build on their success from last season when the Generals posted a 25-7 record, tying them for 2^nd place in North Region IX.