Valpo Player Suspended: A Valparaiso player who was charged with misdemeanor theft has been suspended from the team. Jimmie Miles, projected to be the Crusaders’ starting point guard next season, turned himself into police. He is accused of picking up and delivering packages of fraudulently obtained cellular phones. Police called him a minor player in a fraud ring. If convicted, Miles faces a maximum penalty of one year in jail. Miles played in 19 of Valpo’s 29 games last season, starting 11. He averaged 4.9 points and 1.6 assists per game. The 2006-07 season will be the last for Valparaiso in the Mid-Continent Conference because they will be switching to the Horizon League starting in 2007. [7/16/06]
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The Seven C’s of Leadership
Former college basketball coach Mike Jarvis is back with a new book, The Seven C's of Leadership.
"Every one of us has leadership within us and this book offers fascinating principals that work in any setting—from the locker room to the executive board room. In The Seven C's of Leadership, Coach Jarvis lays out the essential ingredients of leadership."
-Jay Wright, NCAA Championship Men’s Basketball Coach, Villanova University
"At a time in America when we are witnessing an epidemic of opioid addictions and deaths, along with suicides, we need Coach Jarvis' Seven C's of Leadership – grounded in the power of Christ alone where we should all make our stand.”
-Lietenant Colonel Allen B. West (U.S. Army, Retired), Bronze Star recipient, and Member 112th U.S. Congress
"The Seven C's of Leadership is a slam dunk! Coach Jarvis has always been an outstanding leader because he has the ability to decipher what true leadership really means.”
-Dale Brown, Head Men’s Basketball Coach, LSU, 1972-1997, Member of the College Basketball Hall of Fame, and Shaquille O’Neal’s college coach