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Shaun Sanderson
Head Women's Basketball Coach
Email: lsanders@jjc.edu
The 2009-2010 basketball season will be Shaun Sanderson's second year at the helm as head coach for the Joliet Junior College Lady Wolves. Sanderson had a great deal of success in his inaugural year. In his debut he guided Joliet to a 17-14 overall record. With a conference record of 8-2, Joliet brought home its sixth conference championship in seven years. This team accomplishment was enough for the opposing coaches to vote Sanderson as the 2009 N4C Conference Coach of the Year.
Sanderson's success can be traced back to recruiting. Since joining the Joliet Junior College athletic staff in 2005, Sanderson has gained the reputation of being a recruiter. He brought in two-time NJCAA All-American Shantel Johnson. Then followed that up with another All-American in Terri Warnsley. With Sanderson's desire to watch film, go to gymnasiums and evaluate both in and out of state players, his peers have given him the nickname "the recruiting guru."
Sanderson's first three seasons as an assistant coach, under then head coach Tony Giese, saw Joliet finish with an overall record of 71-22. This includes an impressive 27-3 N4C conference record.
From 2002-2004, Sanderson was an assistant coach under then head coach Danny Turner at Joliet Township High School. He helped guide the Lady Steelmen from a 4-win season (prior to his arrival) to a Regional Championship and two Top 25 final rankings in the Chicago Sun-Times. Sanderson was also the head JV coach and saw every player on that team develop and go on to have successful collegiate careers. Some of those players included Ebony Ellis (Northern Illinois), Jaquetta Westley (Youngstown State), and Ashley Easley (Yale, 2009).
Prior to his years at JTHS, Sanderson was a volunteer assistant/manager at the University of Illinois at Chicago under then head coach Tim Eatman (University of Arkansas). He assisted in tape editing, statistics, practice drills and individual skills.
Sanderson started his basketball coaching career in 1997, when he was hired as head coach for Calvary M.B. Church girls' basketball team in Chicago. He helped introduce and develop a love for the game to girls playing organized basketball for the first time.
A native of Chicago, Sanderson graduated from Dunbar Vocational H.S. where he was a standout outfielder. He then went on to Central State University in Wilberforce, OH to continue his playing career. In December of 2007, Sanderson earned his Associate of Arts degree from Joliet Junior College. Currently, he is finishing his degree in Communications at Governors State University.
Sanderson, as a volunteer, currently serves as the recreational coordinator for the Harvey Brooks Foundation (Joliet), a non-for-profit organization that provides life-skill development and educational achievement. Having a passion for improving the lives of young adults, Sanderson also mentors students at Joliet high schools through the YMCA's Achievers Program, where he serves as coordinator. His is also a longtime member of the Black Coaches Association (BCA).
Sanderson and his wife Elaine reside in Joliet. They have a daughter, Sydnie.
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George Lowery
Assistant Women's Basketball Coach
The 2009-2010 season will be Coach Lowery's second term as women's basketball assistant at Joliet Junior College. Coach Lowery spent six years coaching high school students at various schools in Will County. For five years, he served as Head Coach for the freshmen and sophomore girls' basketball teams at Joliet Township High School. Prior to that, he spent time as the freshman boys' coach at Bolingbrook High School. His overall secondary coaching record is 88 wins and 32 losses. He also had the privilege of being Head Basketball Coach for all grades at Valley View Middle School. Mr. Lowery started his coaching career in 1997 at Valley View Middle School as the boy's and girl's basketball and track coach.
In addition, Mr. Lowery is pursuing a mathematics degree in secondary education and has worked for the last twelve years as a paraprofessional at a junior high.
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Siobhan Dantzler
Assistant Women's Basketball Coach
Siobhan Dantzler enters her second year with the Lady Wolves coaching staff as an assistant coach. From 2006-08, Dantzler was the girls' varsity assistant coach for Hyde Park High School in Chicago.
Dantzler played collegiate basketball at South Suburban College for two years. She then went on to Chicago State University on an athletic scholarship where she averaged 12.0 points per game and 8.0 rebounds per game as a senior. She finished her collegiate career as the second all-time leader in blocked shots at Chicago State. Not only was she successful on the basketball court, Dantzler received All-Academic honors as well. In 2001, Dantzler went on to play professionally for the Challengers of the NWBL USA Elite traveling team.
Along with her playing experience, the last seven years Dantzler has been employed by NBA basketball players to assist at their summer basketball camps for high school children.
A native of Chicago, Siobhan earned her bachelors degree in Political Science from Chicago State University in 2001 and her MBA from Keller Graduate School in 2006. She is employed as a manager in the Allstate claims office.
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Stacy Tucker
Assistant Women's Basketball Coach
Former standout point guard, Stacy Tucker (LaBuhn), returns to Joliet Junior College for her second year as assistant coach. The JJC all-time assist leader graduated from University of Colorado at Colorado Springs in 2008, with a bachelor's degree in psychology. Her primary responsibility will be with the development of the guards.
Stacy, a graduate of Lincoln-Way Central High School, started her collegiate career at Carthage College before transferring to Joliet Junior College for the 2005-06 season. While at JJC, Stacy averaged 10.0 points per game, 8.4 assists per game, and 3.0 steals a game. She had a career high 25 points and 15 assists in one game. LaBuhn was the driving force to leading the Lady Wolves to a school record of 25 wins.
Stacy's success in the classroom and on the court earned her NJCAA Academic All-American honors and an athletic scholarship to University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. Her playing career was cut short due to a leg injury.
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