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Story by Tyler Cundith
1/1/2006

Eight to be inducted into the JCCC Athletics Hall of Fame

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- Johnson County Community College is proud to announce the members of the Hall of Fame class of 2006. Eight individuals, seven former student-athlete and a current head coach, will be inducted into the JCCC Athletics Hall of Fame on Saturday, February 4.  The induction ceremony is scheduled between JCCC women’s and men’s basketball games against Neosho County at JCCC Gymnasium.  A Hall of Fame luncheon is set for 11:30 a.m. prior to tipoff of the women’s game at 2 p.m.

This year’s class accounted for 16 All-America honors and numerous individual records.  In addition, two of these individuals are already members of the NJCAA Hall of Fame.  The newest student-athlete members of this year’s Hall of Fame class are  (with sport and graduation year) Bob Downs (baseball -1974), Tracy Hootman (softball, tennis, basketball - 1987), Steve Nash (tennis - 1992), Katie Panek (track - 1995), Chris Morland (track - 1995), Ann Golubski-Shinliver (cross country, track - 1995) and Carlos Olivas (soccer - 1995).  Current JCCC tennis head coach Glen Moser also earns induction with this group.

The JCCC Athletics Hall of Fame was established in 1992, and this year’s inductees will bring the total number of members to 19.  Following are the achievements of this year’s inductees:

Bob Downs

Bob Downs, along with teammate Mark Balderston, became the the first two players to earn All-American in JCCC baseball history.  He is the first and only player to earn first-team honors, and he is the only JCCC pitcher to earn All-America accolades.  Downs posted a perfect season of 11-0, and finished with an ERA of 1.26 over 77 2/3 innings.  His 11 wins are still a record today, and his 77 2/3 innings pitched ranks second all-time. Downs 15 career wins also are a record.  Downs took his arm to Northwest Missouri State  where he earned MIAA second-team honors.

Downs professional life includes 30 years of service in the accounting industry in the St. Louis and Kansas City areas.  He also has served 30 years as a volunteer coach for a variety of sports, and 20 years as a Sunday School teacher.  Twenty-nine years ago he married his college sweetheart, Becky, and couple have two children, Katie, a senior at CMSU, and Sam, a junior at Blue Springs South High School.

Tracy Hootman

One of only two three-sport athletes in JCCC  history, Tracy Hootman left her mark as an All-American in softball.  Hootman was a first-team NJCAA All-Region VI and an honorable mention NJCAA All-American performer in 1987 for the Cavaliers softball program.  That season, she hit .270, drove in 15 runners, scored a team-high 29 runs and set a school record with 40 base on balls, which still is a record today.  JCCC finished runner-up in the Region VI Tournament in each of her two seasons. 

Hootman also earned All-Region VI accolades in tennis as a freshman, winning the No. 5 singles title at the Region VI Championships, which helped JCCC win the program’s first Jayhawk Conference and Region VI title.   The team went on to post an eighth-place finish at the NJCAA Championships.  Hootman reached the quarterfinals at the No. 5 spot at nationals, falling to the eventual national champion from Midland.  Hootman also played two seasons for JCCC’s women’s basketball team.  Her sophomore year, Hootman was part of a team that recorded the biggest single-season turnaround in team and conference history, improving 22 wins.  Hootman played in 26 games and averaged 2.2 points , 1.2 rebounds  and 1.2 assists per game.   

Following her career at JCCC, Hootman went on to play at Central Missouri State University.  During her two seasons with the Jennies softball program, Hootman was twice named All-MIAA, earning first-team honors in 1988, and second-team accolades in 1989.  She also was selected  to the 1989 Region All-Tournament team helping her team win regionals and advance to the Final Four of the NCAA Division II Nationals in Sacramento, Calif.  Hootman also etched her name in the CMSU record books.  She hold the single season record for walks with 27, and ranks seventh in career walks with 42.   In 1999, Hootman and her teammates were inducted into the CMSU Athletics Hall of Fame.  

Hootman returned to JCCC in 1990 for one season as an assistant coach, and again in 1997, and served four more years as an assistant.  During her five seasons, Hootman helped JCCC to a 240-66 record (.784), three conference championships, three Region VI titles and  three national tournament appearance, including two top-five finishes.  Additionally, 134 athletes earned East Jayhawk All-Conference honors, 30 were named All-Region VI, seven earned NJCAA All-America accolades and 12 were selected as NFCA All-American during her tenure.   JCCC teams also were nationally recognized academically during her time at JCCC.  In 1990, JCCC was honored as the country’s top academic team, then again won that title in 2000.  A total of nine individuals earned NJCAA Academic All-American, and 23 qualified for NFCA Academic All-America honors.  Following the 1999 season, Hootman, along with head coach Frank Barnes, were selected by the NFCA as the Coaching Staff of the Year.

Today, Missions have been a large part of her life in addition to teaching in the JCCC physical education department.   She has spent parts of the past six years in Guatemala and Brazil, and in July of this year she will travel to Kenya.  Most of her focus the past five years has been in Recife, Brazil, where she has taught English as a second language to children ranging from age four to 18.  She also has participated in the day-to-day running of the ministry.   

This past January, Hootman received her 20-year pin at JCCC.  She has served 16 years as a instructor, teaching first aid/CPR and racquetball.

Steve Nash 

Arguably one of the greatest tennis players in JCCC history, Steve Nash became the first player to earn three All-American honors in his career.  In 1992 he became the first two-time doubles All-American, and just the second player to garner singles and double All-American in one championship.  In 1991, Nash teamed with Dan Heck to become the first No. 1 doubles team to earn All-American.  In 1992, he and teammate Trini Ooi, became the first and still only No. 1 doubles team to reach the finals.  The duo earned second-team honors, finishing second nationally.  Also in 1992, Nash became the first No. 1 singles player at JCCC to reach the finals.  He finished runner-up and earned second-team All-American.   He also was selected the JCCC Male Athlete of the Year in 1992, becoming the first tennis player to earn this prestigious honor.  

Nash set a school record compiling 29 career wins at  the No. 1 position, which is still a school record today.  His 28 career wins in double play and his 57 combined victories also set all-time marks.  He currently ranks tied for sixth all-time in doubles wins and ninth in combined wins.  

Nash continued his career at Lamar University playing at the No. 1 and No. 2 positions in singles and doubles.  After one season, he transferred to Drake University to finish his college career.  In his final season, Nash posted wins over Top-25 opponents from Notre Dame, UNLV, Alabama, Oklahoma State and Oklahoma.  Named co-captain of the team, Nash was conference champion in both singles and doubles, and was regionally ranked in both.  His team was qualified for the NCAAs and reached the finals in the region. 

While in graduate school at the University of Iowa studying speech pathology and audiology, Nash started an audio and video production company doing local advertising work and recording and producing regional bands.  He also started a real estate company in Iowa City that buys and sells rental properties.   Nash also served from 2000 to 2005 as a volunteer assistant coach and conditioning coach for the University of Iowa men’s tennis program.  In 2001, he was hired as tennis coordinator for the University of Iowa recreational programs, and in 2005, added head coach for Iowa City High School boy’s tennis team to his list of duties.

Nash and his wife, Christina, have two daughters, Sidney Rene, 2, and Alexis Marie (1).

Katie Panek 

In 2000, Katie Panek became the second member of the Johnson County Community College women’s track and field team to earn induction to the NJCAA Hall of Fame.  In 1995, Panek put together a tremendous season.  She entered the season ranked among the top performers in the hammer throw.  She proved that to be true by season’s end, winning a national championship in the hammer, while setting a new NJCAA national meet record at 171'10".  She also set the set the school and Region VI meet records with a mark of 175'7", and owns the conference meet mark with a throw of 149'0".  Panek also won a conference and region titles in the hammer in 1995, and earned all-conference in the discus with a third-place showing.  Her freshman year, Panek was conference champion in the discus.
Panek went on to become a three-time All-American at Wichita State University.  She was named All-American in the 1996 and 1998 outdoor NCAA championships in the hammer.  She won every hammer event she entered in the 1996 season expect the U.S. Olympic Trials and the NCAA Championship, placing third at the U. S. Olympic Trials and eighth at the NCAA Championship.  She earned NCAA indoor All-American by finishing fifth in the 20-pound weight throw at the 1998 NCAA Indoor Championships.   Panek was a two-time Valley champion in the hammer and the 1996 champion in the weight throw.  She also was named the Valley’s 1996 Women’s Field Athlete of the Year and in 1998 was the Valley’s Women’s Outdoor Most Valuable Athlete.  She set school records in the hammer, discus and weight throw.  She was inducted to the WSU Hall of Fame in 2005.

Panek earned her bachelor of education at WSU in 1997, and two years later earned a Master’s of Education in sports administration.  After graduation, Panek was hired in athletic ticket operations at Wichita State.  In 2004, she left WSU for Westar Energy, where she works in Customer and Community Support.

Chris Morland

Chris Morland became the first athlete to sweep an event two straight years.  In 1994, Morland captured the East Jayhawk, Region VI and NJCAA championship in the javelin.   His mark of 222'2" set a national meet  record.  He followed his sophomore year by again sweeping all three championships in the javelin, becoming the first JCCC athlete to have that accomplishment.  He also set the East Jayhawk Conference meet record with a mark of 223'3", and the Region VI meet record with a throw of 237'10", which was also a JCCC record.  He still owns the JCCC, conference and region records today.  He was also honored as his team’s MVP following his sophomore season.  

Morland continued his career at the University of Tennessee, where he was a two-time NCAA qualifier in the javelin.  He posted a 15th-place finish nationally in 1996.  That season, Morland was ranked 12th in the United States, and was a U.S. Olympic Trials qualifier.  Morland was also a two-time Southeastern Conference performer in the javelin, placing third in 1996 and fifth in 1998.   His senior season, Morland was chosen the Tennessee team captain and awarded the Comeback Player of the Year Award.  

Today Morland remains a vital force in collegiate athletics.  He currently serves as the assistant strength and conditioning coach for North Carolina State University.  While at NC State, Morland has coached three ACC championship teams in two years, and is currently coaching a top NCAA sprint swimmer.   Prior to joining the staff at North Carolina State, Morland was the assistant coach for track and strength and conditioning for North Texas University.  He helped coach two school record holders and three conference champion throwers.  He also helped coach the North Texas women to their first conference championship, and coached five Mid-West Region qualifiers in the shot put, discus and javelin.

Ann Golubski-Shinliver

Ann Golubski-Shinliver etched her name among the top distance runners in JCCC history, earning six All-America honors in cross country and track and field in her two seasons.  Golubski-Shinliver earned her first All-America honor at the 1993 cross country championships.  Her effort helped JCCC to a ninth-place team finish.  A year later, Golubski-Shinliver raced to a 10-place individual finish, helping the Cavaliers record a third-place team finish, the highest national finish in team history to date.  Golubski-Shinliver’s 10th-place effort was also the fourth-best in team history at the time.  She also was a two-time All-Region VI performer in cross country.  At the 1994 region championship she recorded the fourth fastest time in team history.  

On the track, Golubski-Shinliver was a four-time All-American.  Her freshman year, she recorded third-place finishes in the indoor 5,000-meters and as a member of the indoor medley relay.  As a sophomore, Golubski-Shinliver won an individual national championship in the indoor 5,000-meters while setting a school record in the event.  She also ran a leg on the national champion indoor 4x800 relay, becoming the second female athlete to win two national championships in one meet, the first to do so indoors.  She also raced to a seventh-place finish in the 1,000-yard run, and ran a leg on the 4x800 relay at the 1995 national meet that placed sixth while setting a school record.  At the region level, Golubski-Shinliver garnered six All-Region awards, and won back-to-back indoor 5,000-meter championships.  She also was a the 1994 outdoor East Jayhawk Conference 5,000-meter champion, and ran a leg on the 1995 outdoor conference champion 4x800 relay.

Golubski-Shinliver continued her athletic career at Oklahoma State University, where she was earned All-Big 8 honors in 5,000-meters at the 1996 Big 8 Conference Indoor Championships.  During the outdoor season, she broke the five minute mark in the 1,500-meters, posting a personal-best time of 4:41.  She capped the season by earning Academic All-Big 8 accolades.

Golubski-Shinliver then transferred to Kansas State University where she earned her bachelor’s of science education degree in 1998.  She also competed for the Wildcats in cross country and track.  She was selected as an Academic All-Big 12 performer her senior year, and was team captain for the 1997-98 season.

Golubski-Shinliver’s professional career began in Olathe, Kan., where she taught fifth grade and coached the Olathe South swim team for two years.  She moved to Chicago, and top third and fourth grade at one of the Top Elite private schools in the country, the Bernard Zell Ashe Emet Day School.  She also coached seventh and eighth grade basketball.  Today, she and her husband, Stuart, live on an 80 acre farm in Wellington, Kan.  She teaches third grade at Washington Elementary and coached eight grade baskeball and sixth through eighth grad track and field.

Carlos Olivas  
 

In 1994, Carlos Olivas became the ninth soccer player to be honored as an NJCAA All-American , but just the second to earn first-team accolades.  Olivas was a key midfielder for the Cavaliers during his two seasons at JCCC, especially in the 1994 season.  Olivas helped lead JCCC to region and district titles, and a berth in the NJCAA National Tournament, the first in program history.  Olivas scored 34 points over his career with nine goals and 16 assists.  His 16 career assists tie for fourth on JCCC all-time chart.

Olivas followed with two standout seasons at Rockhurst, helping them to two NAIA National Championship appearances.  He scored 12 goals and had 13 assists for 37 points at Rockhurst.  

After graduating with a degree in education, Olivas decided to take his athletic ability to the next level and signed to play for the Kansas City Attack, a professional indoor team in the National Professional Soccer League.  Olivas was the Attack’s first-round selection in the 1997 NPSL amateur draft. During his three season tenure, he played in 78 games.  He had 99 career points, scoring one three-point goal, 34 from two-point range and 28 assists. 

Today, Olivas serves as an assistant coach under Fatai Ayoade.  This fall will his seventh season as a coach at the collegiate level.  During his career as an assistant coach, Olivas has been instrumental in the recruiting effort that has brought in some outstanding talent to the Cavalier soccer program.  Olivas has helped four players achieve NJCAA All-American, 34 earn All-Region VI honors and 18 garner Kansas Jayhawk All-Conference accolades.  He also has helped lead the team to four Region VI titles, two District championships, and two top-5 finishes in the NJCAA National Tournament.  In addition to his coaching duties, Olivas serves on the Kansas City, Mo. fire department.

Glen Moser

As a head coach at Johnson County Community College, Glen Moser has proven he is a winner. As a producer of quality athletes, as well as quality tennis players, Moser is an even bigger winner.  In 27 years at JCCC, Moser has over 1,100 wins.  That success, combined with his longevity, makes Moser one of the winningest coaches in collegiate tennis. 

Aside from his sterling win-loss record, JCCC’s men’s team has competed in the NJCAA National Tournament 22 times. Moser has guided the men to 15 top-10 finishes and four top-five finishes.  JCCC has also captured seven Jayhawk Conference and NJCAA Region VI championships under Moser, including five straight from 1985 to 1989.  JCCC has finished runner-up on 11 occasions.

JCCC’s women’s tennis team has appeared in 17 national tournaments, placing among the country’s top-20 programs each time, the top-10 ten times, and top-five five times.  The Lady Cavaliers have captured nine Jayhawk Conference and NJCAA Region VI championships under Moser, including the three straight from 1995 to 1997, and in dominating fashion.  

Moser’s hard work and dedication has not gone unnoticed. In 1992, he was selected by his peers as the recipient of the Herschel Stephens coaching award, which recognizes outstanding service and dedication to the NJCAA tennis coaches association.  In the spring of 2001, Moser received his coaches association's highest honor, as he was inducted into the NJCAA Men’s Tennis Hall of Fame at a banquet prior to the start of the 2001 NJCAA Men’s Tennis Championship.  Two years later, he earned induction into the NJCAA Women’s Tennis Hall of Fame.