Several basketball players earn national honors

Junior Davaughn Jackson - Honorable Mention All-American and senior Jarrett McGriff and junior Amber Vogts - Daktronics NAIA Scholar Athletes

Siloam Springs, Ark. (March 30, 2009) - Three John Brown University basketball players have received recognition from the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) for their hard work both on and off the court this season. Junior Davaughn Jackson has been named to the NAIA’s Honorable Mention All-America Team and junior Amber Vogts and senior Jarrett McGriff have both been named Daktronics NAIA Scholar Athletes.

Jackson earned First Team All-Sooner Athletic Conference (SAC) honors this past season after leading JBU in scoring with 14.67 points per game and 7.58 rebounds per game, while McGriff and Vogts, who major in digital media and graphic design respectively, have both maintained a 3.5 grade point average as upperclassmen.

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John Brown University is a leading private Christian university, training students to honor God and serve others since 1919. Arkansas' top-ranked regional university (U.S. News Best Colleges 2019), JBU enrolls more than 2,100 students from 38 states and 53 countries in its traditional undergraduate, graduate, online and concurrent education programs. JBU offers 41 majors, with top programs including engineering, nursing, family and human services, biology, graphic design and construction management.