SBU Bearcat Coach Benjamin Wade Participates in Survivor: Tocantins – Brazilian Highlands

This just in, from the front page of the Bolivar Herald-Free Press: Southwest Baptist Bearcat’s Women’s Soccer Coach Benjamin Wade of Bolivar in CBS’ Survivor

After 18 seasons of CBS’ reality show Survivor, viewers may expect to see the usual cutthroat scramble for $1 million, but contestant Benjamin Wade of Bolivar said he had a different approach in mind when joining the cast. The women’s soccer coach at Southwest Baptist University and a self-proclaimed “Renaissance Man” set out to compete in Survivor: Tocantins – Brazilian Highlands to prove the game could be played without compromising character.

“My stance was integrity and to show everyone a Christian can be a real man,” Wade said.

Has it really been 18 seasons already? And what do you think, will his approach take him very far in the Highlands? Survivor: Tocantins – Brazilian Highlands premieres at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 12, on CBS.

Here’s his introduction on the Survivor website (careful – “beefcake alert”) and here’s a link to a Cast Introduction video. GO Bearcats!