Larry Vasquez, Edmond, is a Member of the Southwestern College Men's Basketball Team

2011 Dec 16

The Southwestern College men's basketball team is seeing success on and off the floor during the 2011-12 season.

Larry Vasquez, Edmond, is a member of the team.

The team is currently 12-2 overall and 3-1 in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference.

2011 highlights off the court for head coach Matt O'Brien's team include:

• The team had the fourth highest grade point average in the country out of 245 schools.

• Eight players earned Academic All-Conference and two players earned NAIA Academic All-American honors.

• The team volunteered with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cowley County and hosted a Halloween party.

• They developed a reading program in a local elementary school.

• Builders helped with Southwestern's Numana Project, packaging 30,000 meals were packaged for shipment to hungry kids around the world.

• Coaches participated in Samaritan's Feet, coaching barefoot to provide shoes for poor children.

For news and up-to-date statistics and schedules, go to www.buildersports.com.

Southwestern College is a private institution granting undergraduate and graduate degrees and is affiliated with the United Methodist Church. About 1,800 students attend classes at the main Winfield campus, at five professional studies sites in Kansas and Oklahoma, or online around the world.