Little Known Factoids About College Student-Athletes

As those of you who have read my blogs know, I'm a big fan of not just the major college sports programs, but also the small college programs, especially the sports program of my beloved alma matre: Bryan College, located in Dayton, TN near Chattanooga.

As I was perusing the school's athletic website http://www.bryanlions.com/, I decided to look at who was in the Bryan Hall of Fame. One member, a dear friend of mine who I went to school with in the early 90s, was inducted into the Hall of Fame back in 2006. The late John Spraklin played Soccer for the Lions and was an Academic All-American. He went on to coach girls high school soccer at Providence Christian Academy in Lilburn, GA, a suburb of Atlanta. In 1999, Spraklin led the Lady Stars to their first ever Georgia State Championship in Girls Soccer and possibly the first ever State Championship in the school's history.

Those of you who have ever ran in the Boston Marathon can appreciate this one. Tom Potter, a 1976 graduate of Bryan, was an outstanding Cross Country runner for the Lions. In 1974, Potter set a Boston Marathon record for the best time ran by a 19 year old. I'm not sure if that record has been broken, but even if it has been broken, it was still an amazing accomplishment from a Bryan student-athlete. Those are just some of the many student-athlete factoids that I will mention every now and then on kgussports.blogspot.com. More information on this article can be obtained by going to http://www.bryanlions.com/.