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A 1976 Beaver Local graduate, Wayne earned a total of 9 varsity letters in three sports. In football he was selected to the all county and all tri-county squads in his senior year. Wayne's greatest achievements were in baseball. He was selected to the all county squad as a sophomore, junior and senior and was honored as the M.V.P. as a senior.

Wayne as brought notoriety to Beaver Local even after graduating; he received a scholarship to play baseball at Ohio University where he was a 4-year starting catcher and earned all conference honors. He was invited to attend spring training by the Seattle Mariner Organization.

Wayne currently serves as athletic director and head baseball coach at Joliet Junior College in Illinois where he is the winningest coach in their history and has 2 national junior college championships. He and his wife, Janine, have 2 children: Stacey and Kelsey.
2008 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE!!