Jim Carey
1982 - 1993
Coach Jim Carey won 602 games as a Junior College Basketball Coach, which included a national championship in 1971. He played on two national championship teams while at Moberly Junior College, making him the only person in NJCAA history to have played and coached on a national championship team. As a player, he was a two-time NJCAA All-American from 1953-55, & was selected for the National All-Star Team in 1953-54. He was MVP of the Missouri Valley Conference from 1956-57, and All Conference in 1957. He also was an AAU All-American while playing in Iowa. Coach Carey coached in five different decades finishing at Garden City Community College in the early 1990’s. He coached at GCCC from 1982-93 compiling an overall record of 231-108. He is a member of the NJCAA Hall of Fame, Ellsworth College Hall of Fame, Moberly Junior College and Drake University Halls of Fame. Under his tutelage, over 90% of his players graduated from school. He also was Head Coach at the University of Nevada at Reno leading them to a NIT Tournament berth.

Joe Slobko
1976 - 1997
Joe Slobko, “Mister Baseball” or otherwise known as “#13”, is the man that was most instrumental in the development of Junior College Baseball in Region VI (Kansas). Coach Slobko had a record of 820 wins vs. 340 losses, for a W-L percentage of 71%, while coaching at Garden City Community College. He also won four Jayhawk Conference West Championships, six Sub-Region VI Championships and three Region Championships. His 1978 and 1980 teams were ranked #2 in the final NJCAA poll for those years. Coach Slobko’s 1981 Team was 60-16 followed up by the 1982 Team at 54-12 for a total of 114-28 over that two year span. He also worked as an Associate Scout with the Kansas City Royals and Cincinnati Reds. Approximately 50 of his former players were selected in the Major League Baseball drafts. Forty-five of those players signed a professional contract. “#13”, Coach Slobko, was the driving force behind the development of Williams Stadium. His dream was to have the best Junior College facility in the country, which it is.

Kevin Bascue
1981-82
Kevin Bascue put his mark on Garden City Community College Baseball when he was here as a player in 1981-82. He is first in many record categories including: career batting average (.443), most home runs in a single season (26), most home-runs in two seasons (50), & most runs scored (153). He was second in all-time single season hits (98), all-time single season runs scored (85), all-time single season RBI’s (93), career RBI’s (174), career hits (177), career doubles (36) & third on the all Garden City Community College list of times on base (277). His 1981 Team was 60-16, and his 1982 Team was 54-12. He accepted a baseball scholarship to Kansas University where he was 3rd all-time in single season home runs (13), & 4th all-time in single season slugging percentage (.764). He was also selected Big 8 All-Tournament. He was drafted in the 17th round by the New York Yankees (1981). He is currently Sheriff of Finney County. He graduated from the FBI National Academy in Quantico, VA, in 1995.

Bill Bryan
1969-1970
Bill Bryan came to Garden City Community College from Elmira, New York, in the years of 1969-1970. Bill was a JC GRIDWIRE All-American and a unanimous Jayhawk All-Conference football player (lineman) while here at Garden City Community College. He was Co-Captain of his team his sophomore year. Bill transferred to Oklahoma State University of the Big Eight Conference and finished his playing career there during the years of 1971-1974. Bill became the head football coach at Cimarron, Kansas in 1976. He then came back to Garden City Community College during the years 1984-1989 where he was College Coordinator and the Director of Admissions. He then left for the Dean of Student Services positions at Pratt Community College, Kansas, Lindsey Wilson College, Kentucky, and Nassau Community College, New York. Bill is presently the Dean of Students at Minnesota West Community and Technical College in Worthington, Minnesota. Ironically, Bill’s son, Michael, was elected to the Garden City Community College Hall of Fame the very same year as Bill (2004). Michael was also a lineman. He played at Garden City Community College in 1990, twenty years later than his father.