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#2 Joe Kelly
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#4 Taylor Steckler
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#5 Mike Rooney
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#10 Tyler Meiborg
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#12 Logan Ruffridge
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#13 Teyshawn Campbell
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#22 Joby Frey
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#23 Taylor Olson
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#24 Nate Selberg
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#25 Alec Brown
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#33 Alec Saunders
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#35 Kamden Pledge
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#44 Alex Denny
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#50 Alex Heying
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Caitlin Johnson
Stuart Ordman
Head Varsity Coach
Coach Ordman is married with two children, Nina, 24, and Allison, 19. Ginny, his wife, currently teaches Introduction to Journalism, Yearbook and pre-algebra at Iowa City West High School. She is a Cedar Rapids West-Sider, a graduate of La Salle High School. Coach Ordman is a graduate of New Trier East High School in Winnetka, Illinois. He earned his B.A. degree from the University of Iowa and M.A. degree from St. Mary’s College. Coach Ordman played on the New Trier High School basketball team that pulled off several upsets and finished second in the Illinois state basketball tournament.
He began his teaching and coaching career at Central High School (KC, MO). He taught sophomore and junior English and coached freshmen boys for one season and varsity girls for three. Coach Ordman next taught and coached at Leavenworth, Kansas. He helped coach sophomore boys’ team for one year and the girls’ varsity for seven years. The girls’ varsity teams he coached won the school’s first state basketball championships in 1988 and repeated in 1989. The 1990 team finished in the final four.
At Jefferson, last year’s squad swept two games from Washington and Xavier. The J-Hawks defeated #2 ranked Davenport Central in an exciting contest at Jefferson in January. The team staged a dramatic comeback win over East Waterloo that featured a 20-0 run in the second half to reach their sub-state championship contest.
Coach Ordman is in his 12th year at Jefferson. He teaches physical education, including Adaptive PE. He is excited about the 2008-2009 team’s potential. He directs a number of basketball camps for boys in the summer.
Carey Ash
Assistant Varsity Coach
Coach Ash is in his 20th year on the basketball staff at Jefferson High School. He earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Iowa and his MA from Coe College in 2000. He teaches physical education and also serves as the activities coordinator at Wilson Middle School. He has coached 8th grade football at Wilson for the last 7 years. He also coaches girl’s track at Wilson. Carey is married to Jean, an eighth grade teacher at Taft Middle School. They have a daughter Emily who is 13, who plays AAU basketball on the J-Hawks. They also have a son Austin age 10, who plays for a forth grade team that is named the J-Hawks. Coach Ash is currently coaching his son’s team.
Carey and his family enjoy spending time with family and friends, and are avid Hawkeye fans and enjoy supporting all J-Hawk activities.
Tony Campbell
Assistant Varsity Coach
Coach Tony Campbell is in his second year on the Jefferson basketball coaching staff. He graduated from Regis High School in 1993 with All-State honors in football and basketball. He obtained his B.A. in elementary education from Luther College where he starred for the Men’s Basketball team finishing as the 6th all-time leading scorer.
After college, he taught Physical Education at Johnson Elementary and coached Men’s Basketball and Women’s Track at Washington High School. In 2004, Tony and his family moved to Las Vegas, NV where he taught middle school Science and coached club basketball for the Legendary Tarkanian Family.
Tony currently teaches Wellness at Wilson Middle School. He and his wife Jennifer have three children: Teyshawn, 9th grade, plays Varsity Basketball for the J-Hawks; Teeyha, 7th grade, enjoys singing and plays basketball; and Tyger 3rd grade, plays AAU ball for the state champion 3rd grade J-Hawks.