Jon Behrens played baseball at Carlyle High School for the
legendary Coach Gary Wheeler before playing baseball at Kaskaskia
College from 1989-1991. During his career, Jon had a batting
average of .320, twenty-eight doubles, four triples, seventeen home
runs, one hundred and six runs batted in and an on base average of
.408.
Jon was selected to play in the Junior College All-Star game for
the South Team at Springfield, Illinois. In the championship
game for Region 24, Jon went four for five, hitting two home runs
and five runs batted in. In the bottom of the ninth, with his
team trailing 9-7, Jon hit a three-run homer to win the Region 24
Tournament with a final score of 10-9. Jon was named Most
Valuable Player and was selected to the All-Region team.
Jon continued his education at Southern Illinois University
Carbondale and is currently teaching Building Trade classes at
Carlyle High School.