of students participate in local community service projects. Athletics The home campus in Brenham has offered intercollegiate athletics since 1903 and has won 30 national championships since 1987. The Blinn Buccaneers play football, men's and women's basketball, baseball, softball and volleyball. The football program won NJCAA championships in 1995, 1996, 2006, and 2009, the last of which was won with Cam Newton. The volleyball team won the NJCAA championship in 2008, 2011, 2013 and 2014. The softball team consistently makes the national tournament. Blinn's award-winning cheer and dance teams won the UCA and UDA National Championships in 2014 and 2015. Notable alumni Chris "Birdman" Andersen, professional basketball player Josh Ashton, professional football player John Baker, professional football player Don Baylor, Major League Baseball Player, MVP 1979 Josh Beckett (class of 1999), MLB Pitcher, World Series MVP (2003), ALCS MVP (2007), 2-Time World Series Champion, Pitched a No-Hitter (2014) James Beckford, won silver medal in long jump at 2004 Olympics Big Moe, rapper Michael Bishop, professional football player, quarterback in the CFL, former Kansas State All-American Lyle Blackwood, professional football player Chris Brazzell, professional football player Eric Brown, professional football player Shockmain Davis, professional football player Tim Denton, professional football player Danny Gray, professional football player Mike Green, professional football player Roderick Green, professional football player Marion Grice, professional football player Ty Hardin, actor on television series Bronco Chris Johnson, professional football player James Johnson, professional football player Dan Kubiak (Class of 1959), State representative from Rockdale, 1969-1983 and 1991-1998 Oliver Lafayette, professional basketball player Abraham Louis Levin (Class of 1903), physician and inventor of the Levin Tube which is still widely used in surgery Tim Montgomery, sprinter, 2000 Olympics, 1999 World Championships 400-meter relay gold medals Quincy Morgan, former professional football player; wide receiver in the NFL, former Kansas State All-American Shane Nelson, former professional football player of the Buffalo Bills Cam Newton, 2010 Heisman Trophy winner after transfer, where he won the 2011 BCS National Championship Game with the Auburn Tigers. Number 1 pick in the 2011 NFL Draft by the Carolina Panthers, and 2015 NFL MVP. Damion Ratley, professional football player Khiry Robinson, professional football player; running back in the NFL for the New York Jets Bernard Scott, professional football player Kendall Sheffield, professional football player Godfrey Siamusiye, distance runner Vantz Singletary, NFL and college football coach Tony Skinn, college basketball player Henry Thomas, actor starred in E.T.;