Welcome to Danville Area Community College and our Athletic Department. Danville competes in eleven sports and is a member of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) as well as Region 24 in the state of Illinois. DACC competes at the NJCAA Division II level and our coaching staff is committed to moving young people on to four-year institutions. We strive to win in the classroom and on the field of competition while also building character of our student-athletes. We believe that competing at the collegiate level is a privilege and that our student-athletes must take care of the classroom before they can compete. The ticket to the future is in the classroom. Thank you for visiting Danville Area Community College Athletics.

Tim Bunton
Athletic Director

Jaguar Current News (Week of 7/14/08)

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Men's Basketball

7/15/2008 - Congratulations to DACC Sophomore Point Guard Ronnie Williams who has signed a National Letter of Intent to play with Iowa Wesleyan College, an NAIA school located in Mount Pleasant, Iowa.  Williams was a redshirt Sophomore on the 2007-08 Jaguar Basketball team and helped lead them to a 24-12 record and Final Four appearance in 2008.  He is the 5th Sophomore from the 2008 team to sign a scholarship, joining Mark Dunn, Eastern Washington (NCAA I), Marcus Thomas, Loyola University (NCAA I), Sergey Struck, University of Indianapolis (NCAA II), and Anthony Ingram, Brescia College (NAIA I).

5/21/2008 - Congratulations to DACC Sophomore Mark Dunn who signed a National Letter of Intent with NCAA DI Eastern Washington University.  The 6'8, 270 pound Dunn averaged 5.5 points and 3.9 rebounds this season for the Jaguars. 

Women's Basketball

4/28/2008 - Coach Lyle Hicks announced that 6 players have been signed to play for the Lady Jaguars next season.  The signees are Ashley Ross, a 5’6 pt guard from Bloomington No, IN., Shelby Ross, a 5’9 guard from Columbus East, IN., Kassie Yates, a 5’5 guard from Western Boone, IN., Keri Roach, a 5’9 forward from Bismarck Henning, IL., Jessica Richards, a 6’0 forward from Warren Central, IN., and Aelleon Woodard, a 6’1 center from Kokomo, IN.  Joining this group will be Brittani Brandon, a 5’ 10 forward, Schlarman, IL, who signed to play volleyball as well at DACC.

“I am very excited to bring in such a well-balanced and talented group of young ladies who like to play the up-tempo style we use,” said Hicks.  “These young ladies are perhaps the best recruits I have had in my 8 years. They have the potential and the necessary work ethic to excel and take us to new heights.”

This group will join returning All Region guard Abby Kinder, Chelsey Miller, and Colombe Martin.  The Jaguars are looking to sign 3 additional players

Volleyball

8/27/07 -  The Lady Jaguars started their season Saturday afternoon with a pair of victories.  In Game one DACC defeated Rend Lake College 27-30, 30-27, and 15-8.  Danville was led by Freshman Lindsey Drummond who tallied 5 Kills.  In game two the Lady Jaguars defeated Morton College in straight sets 30-20 and 30-14.  Amy Osborn recorded 6 kills for Danville.  Next up for DACC is a road game at Kankakee on Wednesday, August 29th.

Baseball

6/5/2007 - COLORADO SPRINGS, CO - Easton Baseball, in conjunction with the NJCAA, has selected Danville Area Community College (Ill.) second basemen Ben Wolgamot as the 2007 NJCAA Division II Baseball Defensive Player of the Year. Wolgamot, a sophomore from Danville, Ill., earned NJCAA Central District Defensive Player of the Year honors by posting a .983 fielding percentage for the Jaguars. He recorded 83 putouts, 88 assists and 12 double plays at second base and was credited with just three errors.

Easton is the official bat supplier of NJCAA baseball and has also been awarding the top defensive player in each of the NJCAA baseball divisions since 1992.

Softball

5/18/2007 - Kylee Anderson and Chelsea Scott were both named Honorable Mention All-MWAC team members.  Congratulations ladies!

5/18/2007 - Head Coach Jimmie Evans is off to good start this recruiting season.  The Lady Jaguars have several new team members who have recently signed National Letters of Intent. These signings can me found on the Softball page.

5/11/07 - The Lady Jaguars were defeated 8-0 by Parkland in the opening round of the Region Tournament.  They then faced Shawnee later in the day and dropped a close game 1-0 to the Saints, ending the season for DACC.  First year Head Coach Jimmie Evans and the Lady Jaguars showed steady improvement and determination all season long to finished the season 14-25.

Women's Basketball

2/28/07 -  The Lady Jaguars season came to an end after losing to Lincoln Land 89-74 in the Region XXIV Tournament.  DACC was led in scoring by Witney Todd and Kendra Donley with 12 points each.  The Lady Jaguars finished the season 17-12.