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==Sports== [[Butler Community College]] fields teams in both men's (mascot: Grizzlies) and women's (mascot: Lady Grizzlies) sports. Butler competes in the NJCAA's Jayhawk Conference, and its teams have won numerous league and national accolades. Butler's football team has won five NJCAA national championships (1981, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2007, and 2008), and also played in the NJCAA championship game in 2004 and 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.butlergrizzlies.com/sports/fball/A_Winning_Tradition|title=A Winning Tradition|date=December 2011 |publisher=Butler Community College|access-date= November 26, 2012}}</ref> The 1985 squad also finished the season ranked #1 nationally. The program has produced numerous NFL players, most notably [[Rudi Johnson]]. Butler's men's basketball program also has a rich tradition, including a national championship in 1953, NJCAA national tournament runners-up in 1992 and 1993, a national tournament third-place finish in 1996, seven Jayhawk Conference championships since 1990, four NJCAA players of the year, ten NJCAA All-Americans, and three NBA draft picks. Notable former Grizzlies with NBA experience include [[Stephen Jackson]], [[Tony Allen (basketball)|Tony Allen]], and [[Kasib Powell]]. Butler's men's and women's track and cross-country teams also have won numerous conference, regional, and national accolades.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.butlergrizzlies.com/sports/mbkb/NATIONAL_PROMINENCE|title= National Prominence and Tradition|publisher= Butler Community College|access-date=November 26, 2012}}</ref> {{anchor|broncos}}The [[El Dorado Broncos]] were a summer amateur baseball team composed primarily of college players. The team competed within the Jayhawk League as part of the [[National Baseball Congress]], or NBC. The Broncos have won three NBC World Series in 1996, 1998 and 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcbaseball.com/nbcfinalists.html|title=NBC World Series Finalists|publisher=National Baseball Congress|access-date=June 25, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120727060041/http://www.nbcbaseball.com/nbcfinalists.html|archive-date=July 27, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Several former Broncos players currently play in [[Major League Baseball]], including [[Nate Robertson]] and [[Heath Bell]] .<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcbaseball.com/news/article282.html |title=Heath Bell Named NBC Graduate of the Year |date=July 22, 2011 |access-date=June 25, 2012 |publisher=National Baseball Congress |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415040102/http://www.nbcbaseball.com/news/article282.html |archive-date=April 15, 2012 }}</ref>
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