Hillsboro, Kan. - Tabor College Head Track and Field Coach Dave Kroeker has been named the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Women's Track and Field Coach of the Year.

Coach Kroeker helped lead the Lady Jays to first place finishes in the McPherson Invitational, the ACCK meet, and a second place finish in the KCAC conference meet.

"It is a great honor to receive this award from my fellow coaches in the KCAC," said Kroeker. "It is recognition from people who know what it takes to put together a good team that gives special significance for me in receiving this award.

"The award, however, really belongs to the women on our team who performed so well at the conference meet and throughout this season," Kroeker added."It also is not accomplished without terrific assistant coaches, Joel Soo Hoo, Ken Christensen, Dave Espada,Andy Shewey, Trent Voth, and Jeff Harms who all contributed significantly to the success of the Tabor Women's Track team."