Hendrix College Athletics

A central California native, John Kane was a four-year swimming letterman and a member of three AIC championship teams. As a freshman in 1973, he set a new 200-yard breaststroke conference record and was a member of a record-setting 400-yard relay team.

In 1974, Kane was high point man in the AIC meet, where he set a new 200-yard breaststroke record and won the 100-yard freestyle and 1,000-yard individual medley. He was high point man again the next year and won the 200-yard breaststroke, setting a new Hendrix and AIC record, and won the 200-yard medley, tying the AIC record. He also won the 1,000-yard freestyle, 400-yard individual medley and 200-yard breast stroke. During his senior year, he was first in the 200-yard individual medley and the 200-yard breaststroke and third in the 1,000-yard freestyle. After Hendrix, Kane set state records in masters swimming.

Out of the pool, Kane has received several excellence awards for innovation and achievement at Acxiom Corp. He is involved with the choir and the praise team at First Baptist Church in Vilonia and has led the mission program on trips to Costa Rica, Mexico and Peru.