Athletic Staff
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Wayne L. King Jr.
Director of Athletics/ Head Baseball Coach
815-280-2210.
wking@jjc.edu |
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Wayne King, who was named Joliet Junior College’s Athletic Director in the spring of 1995, is beginning his 14th
year at the helm. In
2007-2008, the Wolves athletic programs endured another successful year under King’s guidance.
In the fall, the football team had a 10-2 overall record claiming the
Midwest Football Conference Eastern Division Championship. They advanced to
the Graphic Edge Bowl game where they defeated North Iowa Area CC 28-21.
Men's cross country competed at nationals in New York where they placed 14th
in the team category. The men's soccer team won the Region IV championship
game and advanced to the District tournament where it finished as a
runner-up. The women's soccer team finished its season as the Region IV
championship runner-up while the volleyball team competed well during a
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During the winter months, men's basketball finished as a runner-up in the
national championship. They earned the N4C conference championship and the
Region IV championship finishing with a 26-9 overall record. Women's
basketball finished with a 20-11 overall record for another great season.
This past spring, the baseball team claimed the N4C conference championship,
Region IV championship, and the District B championship to advance to the
NJCAA Division III World Series. JJC defeated Gloucester CC (NJ) 9-0 to
become the NJCAA Division III World Series Champions. Their 49-11 overall
record is a school record for most wins in a season. The softball team
continued to be competitive with a 22-24 overall record and an 11-4 N4C
conference record.
In addition to serving as JJC’s athletic director, this year marks King’s 23rd season as the head baseball coach. King, who already has the most
wins in the history of JJC, has compiled an overall record of 762-477.
During King’s tenure as Wolves head coach, he has guided his teams to two NJCAA national championship (1994
and 2008), eight NJCAA World Series appearances, twelve Region IV Division
III Tournament championships and four N4C titles.Without question, King’s
coaching success has not gone unnoticed. He has been voted Coach of the Year
in the competitive N4C five times. For the Wolves success in 1994 and 2008, he was named NJCAA Division III National
Coach of the Year, Coach of the Year for the Division III World Series and District D Coach of the Year. King was inducted into the Region IV Hall
of Fame by his fellow Region IV athletic directors as an administrator/coach in 2004.
King attended Beaver Local High School in East Liverpool, OH. There, he was a three-sport athlete and earned 12 varsity letters in football,
basketball and baseball.
King holds a bachelor and master degree from Ohio University in Athens, OH. He attended Ohio University on a
baseball scholarship, was a four-year starting catcher and earned Mid-America All-Conference honors.
Wayne and his wife Janine, reside in
Joliet, IL. They have two children, Stacey, and Kelsey, and two grandchildren. |
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Emily Marino
Women's Athletic Coordinator
Head Softball Coach
815-280-2777
emarino@jjc.edu
Emily Marino begins her fourth year at Joliet Junior College as the women’s athletic coordinator and head softball coach.
In her three years of coaching at JJC, Coach Marino has produced six NJCAA All-American players and one NJCAA Academic All-American.
Emily is a graduate of Joliet Catholic Academy in Joliet, IL. At JCA, she was a standout volleyball, basketball, and softball player earning 10
varsity letters.
Marino went on to play softball at the University of Florida where she was a four-year starting catcher/ first baseman. She holds numerous
records including RBIs (150), walks (138), and on-base percentage (.409). She is second in games started
(267), third in home runs (28), third in games played (269), and fourth in
hits (217). Her .296 batting average is
sixth on Florida’s all-time list. |
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| Emily is a 2001 graduate of the University of Florida with a
bachelor of science degree
in recreational science. After graduation, Marino spent the summer of 2001 in Italy playing professional softball. She then moved to Nashville, TN
where she was employed at Worth Club K as a softball instructor. Emily currently resides in Joliet, IL.
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Stephanie
Herman
Athletic Department Administrative
Assistant
Sports
Information Director
815-280-2431
sherman@jjc.edu
Stephanie Herman
enters her ninth year as the Joliet Junior College Athletic Department
Administrative Assistant. She also is the Sports Information Director.
In addition to her many duties as the Athletic Department Administrative Assistant, she
has also been the Sports Information Director for the past three years. She
was assistant women’s basketball coach for three
seasons and assistant softball coach for one season.
Herman is a graduate of Reed-Custer High School in Braidwood, IL. As a Lady Comet, she earned seven varsity letters while competing in basketball,
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Following her prep career, Herman continued her athletic career at JJC and was a member of the Lady Wolves basketball and softball teams. In her
freshman season, the Lady Wolves softball team finished the season with a school record 33 wins and placed 2nd at the NJCAA Division III National
Tournament.
Stephanie earned her associate’s degree in Business Administration from JJC. She resides in Braidwood, IL. |
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Candice
Kubeck
Head Athletic Trainer
(815) 280-2544
ckubeck@jjc.edu
Candice Kubeck M.Ed, ATC is in her third year as an Athletic Trainer though Athletic and Therapeutic Institute (ATI) for JJC's
athletics teams.
She
comes from the University of Texas in Austin, TX where she worked for a year
as an Assistant Athletic Trainer with the men's track and field,
cross-country, and football teams. She had various duties, which included
travel and care for the teams. Candice earned a master's degree in
kinesiology from the University of Texas, where she was a Graduate Assistant
for two years directly supervising the men's track and field, cross-country,
and football teams.
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She
earned a bachelor's of education degree double majoring in athletic training
and psychology from the University of Miami in Miami, FL. There she helped
pioneer the athletic training degree to become CAAHEP accredited by becoming
the first graduate in the athletic training program. The program became
CAAHEP accredited a year after she left. While working as a student athletic
trainer she completed rotations with football, men's and women's basketball,
men's and women's tennis, men's and women's track and field and volleyball.
Candice grew up in Mokena, IL and went to Lincoln-Way High School. There she
worked as an athletic training student for one year. She currently resides
in Plainfield, IL.
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Nate Seville
Assistant Athletic Trainer
(815) 280-2544
nseville@jjc.edu
Nate Seville MAEd, ATC/L, who
works as an outreach capacity through Athletic and Therapeutic Institute
(ATI), is in his first year as an athletic trainer for Joliet Junior
College.
He comes from University of
Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), where he received his master's degree in
Exercise Physiology. While at UAB, he worked for two years as one of the
graduate assistant athletic trainers and had direct supervision over
football. In 2004, the team participated in their first every bowl game -
The Hawaii Bowl. Prior to his time at UAB, he was chosen as one of the
seasonal intern athletic trainers for the 2002 season of the Chicago Bears.
In 2007, he worked as the head athletic trainer for NFL Europe's Hamburg
Seadevils football team in Germany. The team won the league's last World
Bowl.
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Nate completed his undergraduate
studies at Illinois State University in 2002 and received bachelor's of
science in athletic training and exercise physiology. While at ISU, he had
rotations in football, track and field, softball, cheerleading, and also did
some high school coverage as part of his athletic training curriculum.
Nate grew up in South Holland, IL
and graduated from Thornwood High School in 1997. He currently resides in
Mokena, IL with his wife Rayandra and his son Nolan.
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