Vickers Earns Academic Honor

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (June 2, 2010) -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced that 196 baseball players have been named 2010 Daktronics-NAIA Baseball Scholar-Athletes, and among the names is Lubbock Christian University's Tanner Vickers.

Vickers was the lone representative of the Chaparrals.  The Lubbock, Texas native just closed out his LCU career with a 21-8 pitching record and he was part of a four-year stretch in which the Chaps compiled a 187-44 record (81%).  In the classroom, Vickers achieved high academic standards while majoring in Business Management.  He is a two-time recipient of the honor.

Nominated by each institution's head coach, a student-athlete must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale, have achieved junior academic status to qualify and Nominee has been in attendance at the nominating institution two full academic years as a non-transfer student or a minimum of one full academic year as a transfer student. During the 2009-2010 school campaign, LCU has produced ten Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athletes.