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Event
Details
Venue:
Doors open at 6:15
The program begins at:
6:30 pm
About Sunrise hoops
- 90% of graduates pursue higher education (281 athletes)
- 90% of those have full-ride scholarships (including academic, arts, and athletic)
- Average GPA of student-athletes 3.2
- 71% of athletes come from impoverished communities
- 190 athletes received financial aid while in the program
- 49% of students receive financial assistance
- Over 1/2 of student-athletes makes a commitment to Christ in the program
- 40% of athletes are international (Mali, Columbia, Egypt, China, and more)
- Over 50% of alumni continue a career involving sports; coaching, playing, physical therapy, and so on.
- 4 National Honors Society
- 100% Graduation rate with Christian education
- 4 Professed faith in Jesus Christ (2020)
- 39 countries represented including countries closed to western missionaries (Venezuela, Senegal, Mali, Turkey, China, Russia, Japan)
- 87 Division I basketball players
- 3 National Geico Championship appearances (2019, 20, 21)
- 1 NBA First-round draft pick (Buddy Hield)
- 2015 Head coach of the year post-grad teams
- Naismith Coach of the Year 2021
- Coach Barnwell is from Emporia, Kansas
Sunrise Christian Hoops wants to continue to produce leaders of thought, character, and faith through pursuing excellence in academia, athletics, and Jesus Christ.