About Bleeding Bruin Blue

Bleeding Bruin Blue is a blog covering the Bethany Christian Bruins, founded on August 6, 2008 by the pseudonymous Señor Loco. The blog has averaged nearly 500 hits per month and covered over 480 events (as of April 26, 2009); it is the most complete source of compiled Bruin game summaries during its life.

One notable feature of Bleeding Bruin Blue is its Athlete of the Week award, given each Sunday to the Bruin who demonstrated the most superior athletic performance (including objectives such as sportsmanship and fair play) during that week. Since its inception 13 days after the blog began, it has been awarded 32 times. Middle school as well as high school athletes are eligible: nearly one in five winners comes from grades six through eight. The most frequent winners have been Seth Kauffman, Jenae Rupp, and Ali Hochstetler with three apiece, and two other athletes have won twice. No middle schooler has won multiple weeks. The complete rules can be found here.

Planned features for the summer of 2009 include Trivia Tuesday and Scoring Sunday. A contest in honor of the Menno Lands' 20th anniversary is also planned; more details and an official name/logo will be announced soon.