In 1999, JCCC Women’s Soccer had the inaugural season. Head coach, Jim Schwab immediately established his program among the elite in the NJCAA, racing to a top-10 national ranking with an impressive 17-2 mark. JCCC easily won the region title and fell just one victory shy of reaching the national tournament that first campaign. Schwab also coached the country’s top goalkeeper in Amy Antonich and two of the country’s premier scoring threats in Tracy Kesterson and Connie Studna. All three were named as NJCAA All-Americans.
The only coach in JCCC Women’s Soccer history is Jim Schwab. Schwab won his 200th game in 2010, and his 250th in 2014 and topped the 300-win plateau in 2017. His 315 career victories are the most of any coach in the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference, third nationally among active coaches and fourth-most all-time in the NJCAA. Schwab has led Johnson County to 20 consecutive double-digit win seasons, and he has won 17 or more games 10 times, and the Lady Cavaliers have appeared in the NJCAA Women’s Soccer Preseason Poll in 13 preseason polls in the programs 20-year history (65%), including a No. 2 preseason ranking in 2010. Overall, his program has appeared in 93 of 176 polls over the last 20 years (53%).
Under his tutelage, JCCC has captured seven of the 19 Region VI titles, second most of any program in the region, and his teams have made it the final four in the region playoffs in 19 of 20 years. He also has won five Kansas Jayhawk Conference tiles and one District title. In 2009, he guided the program to its first NJCAA Tournament appearance, finishing runner-up. JCCC also tied its season wins mark with 19, while establishing a record for shutouts with 18.
14 NJCAA All-Americans, four NSCAA All-Americans, three NJCAA All-Tournament performers, 89 NJCAA All-Region VI performers, four Region VI Players of the Year recipients and 94 All-Kansas Jayhawk Conference performers, including nine in 2015 and 2017, eight in 2009 and seven in 2010 and 2014. In the classroom, 51 individuals have earned NJCAA Academic Student-Athlete awards, and five have posted 4.0 grade point average. In 2019, defender Georgia Vernardakis became the first JCCC female athlete to earn Google Cloud Academic All-America® College Division At-Large as named by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Assistant coaches include Katie Powers 1999 -2001, Wendy Loque 2002- 2006, Melissa Blount 2007 to present and Carlos Olivas 2015 to present
Wendy Loque 2002
Assistant Soccer Coach