I’D LIKE TO THANK JAYSON ARTAZ WHO IS THE HEAD COACH FOR BETHEL COLLEGE THRESHERS IN NORTH NEWTON, KANSAS IN THE KCAC IN NAIA FOR SHARING HIS THOUGHTS WITH THE CANNON NETWORK. HE SHARED, “WE ARE BRINGING BACK EVERYONE FROM LAST YEAR’S TEAM WHO MADE IT TO THE FINAL 16. WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT BEING ABLE TO BRING EVERYONE BACK, BUT UNDERSTAND THAT THE NAIA AND KCAC WILL BE EVEN BETTER THIS YEAR THAN IT HAS EVER BEEN. WITH EVERYONE GETTING THEIR COVID YEAR BACK EVERYONE WILL BE EVEN OLDER THAN THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN. WE BRING BACK FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICAN JAYLON SCOTT WHO HAS GOTTEN EVEN BETTER THIS SUMMER. WITH THE ADDITION OF OUR OTHER TOP PLAYERS CLIFF BYRD, BRYANT MOCABY, TAVAUGHN FLOWERS, AND ADAM GOURO WE LIKE OUR CORE
OF VETERAN RETURNERS AS WELL AS OUR YOUNGER PLAYERS NICK BONNER, JALYN TODD, AND HARPER JONAS. THE BEST PART ABOUT ALL THESE PLAYERS IS THEY ARE SO UNSELFISH AND HAVE REALLY BOUGHT INTO THE TEAM. THAT WAS THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE FOR US LAST YEAR. OUR GUYS BOUGHT INTO THEIR ROLES AND PLAYED THEM REALLY WELL. WE HAVE A COUPLE FRESHMEN WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT. ONE OF THEM IS JAVEN HUTTON FROM ARLINGTON, TEXAS. HE IS A PLAYMAKER AND IS A PHENOMENAL ON BALL DEFENDER WHO GETS STEALS AND DEFLECTIONS CONSTANTLY. HE IS GOING TO MAKE OUR VERY GOOD DEFENSIVE TEAM EVEN BETTER. AFTER WINNING CONFERENCE LAST YEAR AND MAKING A DEEP RUN WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE TARGET IS ON OUR BACK. PRESSURE IS A PRIVILEGE AND WE ARE HAPPY WE HAVE PUT OURSELVES IN THIS POSITION. WE ARE GOING TO FOCUS ON BEING THE BEST TEAM THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY BE THIS YEAR AND ARE EXCITED FOR THE CHALLENGE OF PLAYING IN THE KCAC WHICH WILL BE INCREDIBLY TOUGH THIS YEAR!! ”