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Cincinnati State athletics provide opportunities for students to enhance their overall experience at the College by encouraging lifelong wellness, sportsmanship, and academics.
Cincinnati State currently fields teams in five sports: women’s and men’s basketball, women’s and men’s soccer, and golf. All five teams regularly compete under the rules and regulations of the National Junior College Athletic Association Region XII (Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio) and play a very competitive junior college schedule. After playing for Cincinnati State, many student- athletes go on to play for four-year schools.
The Cincinnati State Athletic Department is under the leadership of athletic director Tom Hathaway. Staff members include Wil Cagle, women’s soccer coach; Mike Combs, men’s soccer coach and fitness center director; Andre Tate, men's basketball coach; and Scott Webb, golf coach.
Cincinnati State's Josh Bialecki finishes first in individual play; team falls by one stroke to Vincennes in regional tournament
Cincinnati State sophomore Josh Bialecki finished first in individual competition at the NJCAA Region XII Tournament held at Weatherwax Golf Course in Middletown, Ohio on Sunday afternoon.
Bialecki, whose team lost by one stroke to Vincennes University, finished his final round with a 76 while totaling a three round total of 224 strokes to win the tournament by 9 strokes. Shelby Stewart, Ryan Reedy and Mike Molt from Vincennes finished in a tie for second with tournament totals of 233. Cincinnati State's Danny Gravett finished in fifth with a 234 total.
With the win in the regional tournament, Bialecki qualifies to compete as an individual at the NJCAA National Tournament for the second consecutive year.
"I can't wait to compete and represent my team at nationals. It has been an incredible two years with this group of guys and I want to cap it off with a great performance," Bialecki said.
Here are the final standings of the regional tournament:
TEAM
1st Vincennes University (307 + 311 + 322 = 940 total strokes)
2nd Cincinnati State Community College (323 + 301 + 317 = 941 total strokes)
3rd Schoolcraft Community College (329 + 320 + 328 = 977 total strokes)
INDIVIDUAL
1st Josh Bialecki (79 + 69 + 76 = 223 total strokes)
T-2 Shelby Stewart (74 + 76 = 233 total strokes)
T-2 Ryan Reedy (74 + 79 = 233 total strokes)
T-2 Mike Molt (76 + 79 = 233 total strokes)
5th Danny Gravett (78 + 77 + 79 = 234 total strokes)
"Today was highly competitive. Josh's accomplishments this week have been gratification for his two years of hard work at Cincinnati State. As a team, we fell a little short of our goals, but we look forward to supporting Josh at nationals," Cincinnati State head coach Scott Webb said.
Bialecki will have three weeks to prepare before traveling to the NJCAA National Tournament which begins on June 5. This year's tournament is held at Chautauqua Golf Club in Chautauqua, New York.
Cincinnati State names Tom Hathaway athletic director
Cincinnati State has named Tom Hathaway, a veteran sports administrator, to be its new athletic director.
He succeeds Theresa Check, who recently retired.
Hathaway has compiled a wide array of experience during his three-plus decades in athletic administration. Much of that was accumulated during his 27 years as assistant athletic director at the University of Cincinnati where he was responsible for sports communications and served in a variety of administrative roles.
For the past five years Hathaway has served as athletic director at Miamisburg High School. There he supervised more than $1.2 million in improvement projects to the school’s athletic facilities and developed a long-range plan for the development of sports programs and facilities. He also launched outreach efforts with area youth sports organizations and worked on a wellness coalition involving the school, the city of Miamisburg, township officials and employees of a nearby hospital.
“Tom not only has the skills to manage Cincinnati State’s sports programs, he’s also going to get them the attention they deserve,” said Cincinnati State President O’dell M. Owens.
Cincinnati State competes in men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s soccer, and golf. Over the past three years the golf team, the men’s soccer team, and the men’s and women’s basketball teams have competed in National Junior College Athletic Association national championships.
Hathaway, a graduate of the College of Wooster, launched his career as assistant commissioner of the small-college Ohio Athletic Conference.
He was the 2009 recipient of the Ohio Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (OIAAA) Horizon Award and was recognized for 35 years of service in athletic administration by the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (NIAAA).He is the author of seven publications and two highlights videos that have received national awards. He also co-authored a book on the history of UC basketball.
Hathaway will begin his duties at Cincinnati State on May 14.
Cincinnati State athletics continue to build a winning tradition
In recent years, Cincinnati State has proved to be one of the most successful junior college programs in the nation. Women's basketball repeated as champions of the Ohio Community College Athletic Conference in 2009 and 2010. Women's soccer finished ranked 13th nationally among all junior colleges. The most crowning achievements were earned by the 2010 men's basketball, the 2010 men's soccer team, the 2011 women's basketball team and the 2010 & 2011 men's golf teams as each program competed in the NJCAA National Tournament and made school history with record breaking results as shown below:
Men's Basketball - 2010 NJCAA National Runners - Up, OCCAC Champions, Overall Record: 27-9, Head Coach: Andre Tate
Women's Basketball - 2011 NJCAA National Tournament Appearance, 2011 NJCAA Region XII Champions, #7 National Ranking, Overall Record: 24-11, Head Coach: Theresa Check, 2012 NJCAA National Tournament Appearance, 2012 NJCAA Region XII District I Champions, 2012 OCCAC Champions, Overall Record: 32-3
Men's Golf - 2010 & 2011 NJCAA National Tournament Qualifier, 2010 & 2011 NJCAA Region XII Champions, Head Coach: Scott Webb
Men's Soccer - 2010 NJCAA National Runners Up, NJCAA Region XII Champions, OCCAC Champions, #2 National Ranking, Overall Record: 22-3-0, Head Coach: Mike Combs
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