A strong showing by Seminole State spring sports teams in regional and national competition capped off another successful year of Trojan athletics. During the 2009-10 academic year, a notable five of SSC's nine programs were NJCAA Region II Champions and advanced to national tournament play. With two of the four remaining teams garnering Region II Runner-up finishes, seven of Seminole State's nine teams finished as either Region II champions or runners-up. "We are very pleased with the collective body of work our teams and coaches have compiled this season," said Seminole State's Director of Athletics Dr. Thomas Mills.

2010 NJCAA Region II Softball Champions

For the second year in a row, the Trojan softball team and Head Coach Kristina McSweeney captured the Region II crown and traveled to St. George, Utah for the NJCAA National Softball Tournament in May. SSC survived until the final day of competition and finished 4th in the nation with an overall record of 52-17 in 2010. The Trojans finished 3rd in the nation in 2009. Katie Campbell, a sophomore from Tupelo, Oklahoma, was named to the All-Tournament team for her efforts.

The men's and women's tennis teams, coached by Brian Nelson, both validated their Region II championships and national tournament appearances with top ten in the nation finishes. Men's tennis traveled to Plano, Texas for their national championships where they finished 5th in the nation this spring. SSC's Bryan Canavan, a sophomore from Skiatook, Oklahoma, brought home an individual national championship by winning the no. 6 singles competition. A week earlier, the women's tennis team travelled to Tucson, Arizona and finished 9th in the nation at the women's national championships. Seminole High School grad and SSC sophomore Jade Cunningham had an impressive showing and finished as the national runner-up in the no. 6 singles flight.

Spring also brought success to the Trojan golf teams and head coach Nathan Jahn. After winning the Region II title by more than 60 strokes, the men's golf team ventured to the Phoenix, Arizona area for their national championship competition and brought home a 6th in the nation finish. Although the women's golf team finished as the Region II Runner-up, four individual golfers qualified for the women's golf national championship in Daytona Beach, Florida. Since team scores are the result of the best four scores, the ladies were permitted to compete as a team, as well as individually. In spite of competing short-handed vs. five member teams that count the best four of five scores, the four person SSC team managed a 16th in the nation finish at the golf national championship.

The men's basketball program narrowly missed taking their third trip to Hutchinson, Kansas in the past six years by falling to Connors State in the finals of the Region II Basketball Tournament in Shawnee this March. Although holding a slim lead with less than eight minutes remaining in the contest, the Trojans came up short and ended their season as Region II Runner-up with a record of 21-10.

2009 Region II Volleyball Champions

In November, Head Volleyball Coach Amy Gillespie's team snagged the first of SSC's five Region II championships on the year and advanced to Council Bluffs, Iowa for the NJCAA National Volleyball Tournament. The trip to nationals was the volleyball program's second and served as Coach Gillespie's debut on the national stage.

Mills added in closing that "We applaud the effort and dedication on the part of our athletes and coaches that is required to achieve this level of success. But we also realize that without the campus-wide commitment of our faculty, staff and administration, that none of this would be possible. I also want to personally thank the members of our community that accompanied our softball team to Utah, as well as the fans that followed us on the internet. Your combined support was a huge factor contributing to the resilient performance of the team."