Ray Johnson played baseball at Kaskaskia College from 1970-1972
with a batting average of .327. Ray's record also includes
thirteen doubles, six triples, eleven home runs and sixty-seven
runs batted in. Ray was All-Conference both years he played
at Kaskaskia College and was named to the Region 24 All-Star
team.
After Kaskaskia College, Ray continued his baseball career at
Eastern Illinois University where he held a .328 batting average in
his senior year with two home runs and ten runs batted in.
Ray led his team to a 2nd place finish in the NCAA Division 2
Tournament.
After graduation, Ray became a teacher at Unity High School in
Tolono, Illinois teaching business classes, coordinating the Co-Op
Work Program and coaching baseball. Ray later worked for the
Mahomet-Seymour School District where he taught high consumer
economics, coordinated the work study progra, and coached the golf
and wrestling teams.
Ray left teaching in 1986 but continues his involvement with the
schools and the youth of Illinois through the Hayden’s Sport
Center and as an independent businessman providing quality sporting
equipment and graduation regalia.