(Sugar Grove, IL.) - Dave Randall, the long-time former head baseball coach and administrator at Waubonsee Community College, is being inducted into the Chiefs' Athletic Hall of Fame. Randall, along with last year's 2020 inductees Robin Reder, John Bell and Maxzine Rossler, are all being honored on Thursday, June 10 in a private ceremony on the Sugar Grove campus. The event, which will be streamed 'live' via a link on www.GoChiefs.com, is set to begin at 7:00 p.m. (CST). In addition, Waubonsee student-athletes from the 2020-2021 school year will be recognized during the virtual banquet.
Randall was the Chiefs' head baseball coach for 37 seasons from 1978 through 2014, with 20 of his teams being ranked in the top-15 nationally. He led Waubonsee to 895 wins, at the time the second most ever by an NJCAA Division III baseball coach. Randall guided his teams to six Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference (ISCC) titles, despite being the only non-scholarship program in the conference at the time. He was named the ISCC Coach of the Year seven times, while also leading the Chiefs to three Sectional titles, five Region championships, seven Region runner-up finishes, and four NJCAA Division III World Series appearances. Randall's 1996 squad finished second nationally, while he directed the Chiefs to third place in 2013, fourth place in 2014 and seventh in 2010. Randall also coached cross country in the late 1970's and early 1980's, and even went 1-0 as a soccer coach, guiding Waubonsee's women's soccer team to one of the biggest upsets in Region IV history in 2002 knocking off seventh-ranked and undefeated (18-0) Harper College.
In addition, Randall served as Waubonsee's Athletic Manager from 1984 until his retirement in 2015, overseeing the Chiefs' 13 sports programs. Over the years he also worked as the ISCC Baseball Chairman, the NJCAA Region IV Code of Conduct Chairman, the Region IV Baseball Chairman, was an NJCAA Baseball Coaches Association Committee member, and was Director of the Region IV All-Star game for over 20 years. Randall was inducted into the Illinois Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2002, the Region IV Hall of Fame in 2005, and the ISCC Hall of Fame in 2015. He was selected the Chicago Hit and Pitch Club Junior College Coach of the Year in 1996 and was named Waubonsee Distinguished Alumnus of the Year in 1984.
Reder was a two-sport standout at Waubonsee from 1973 through 1975, helping lead the Chiefs' 1974 basketball team to the Skyway Conference Championship by averaging nearly 10 assists per game as the team's point guard. In the spring he played shortstop and second base for the Chiefs' baseball team, earning All-Skyway honors as a sophomore. In an era when only wood bats were used, Reder still batted over .300 and stole 27 bases to help the Chiefs go undefeated in Skyway play to win the college's first ever conference baseball championship in 1975. That team went on to win a Sectional crown and reached the Region IV Tournament title game, back when all 45 junior colleges in Illinois participated in one division. Later on Reder was a key member of the Aurora Home Savings & Loan fastpitch softball team that won the International Softball Congress (ISC) National Championship in 1980. For the last three decades he has been a player/manager of the nationally ranked Aurora Dolan & Murphy Shamrocks team. Reder was a teacher and coach in the Aurora East School District (four years), the Aurora West School District (three years), and the Indian Prairie School District (27 years) before retiring in 2014.
Bell was the head coach of the Chiefs' Cross Country program for 30 years, guiding Waubonsee runners to 22 Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference (ISCC) titles. His men's teams won 16 of those, including an unprecedented 6 consecutive titles from 1998 through 2003. Bell also led Waubonsee's runners to another unprecedented feat from 2007 through 2010. Each of those years his men's teams captured both the ISCC title and the Region IV crown, to qualify for the NJCAA Division I National Meet, while the women accomplished the same feat twice during that span. Overall his teams won a dozen Region IV titles as well and he was named the ISCC Cross Country Coach of the Year 17 times. He took seven men's teams to the NJCAA National Meet including his 1996 squad which placed 7th nationally, and his 2001 crew which had the best finish by any school without a foreign-born runner when they came in 11th nationally. Bell also steered Waubonsee's women to six ISCC crowns and five Region titles, with his 1996 team finishing 13th in the nation and both his 2004 and 2013 squads placed 19th nationally. In addition, Bell led the men's tennis program for 13 years, and was the recipient of the first ISCC Men's Sports Coach of the Year Award for the 2000-2001 school year. That year he guided both teams to conference crowns, region titles and top-20 finishes at Nationals. Coach Bell was inducted into the Aurora West High School Athletic Hall of Fame in 2003 and the ISCC Hall of Fame in 2005.
Rossler is the all-time leading scorer in Waubonsee women's soccer history and also excelled on the basketball court for the Chiefs. In 2010 she burst onto the national stage by finishing third nationally in goals with 37 and third in points with 82, while scoring in every ISCC match that season. Rossler was named an NJCAA Second Team All-American, and the Region IV and Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference (ISCC) Player of the Year. She helped lead Waubonsee to an undefeated conference title, a Region championship, and a District Runner-up finish. The Chiefs went 18-4-1 overall, including a 13-0 mark in the Region and were ranked 16th nationally. The following year Rossler finished second nationally in goals with 34, was third in points with 83, and 12th in assists with 15. She was named an NJCAA All-American once again, and was selected to both the All-ISCC and All-Region First Teams. Waubonsee again captured the Region title and went on to win the District crown, earning the program's first ever berth in the NJCAA Division I National Tournament. The Chiefs finished with 17 wins and were among the final eight teams nationally. Rossler still holds or shares 18 soccer scoring records, including most career goals (71); career points (166) and fastest goal to start a game (0:12). In addition Rossler was a key member of Waubonsee's basketball program, averaging 12.5 points-per-game while helping the Chiefs win 35 games over two seasons. She earned All-ISCC First Team and All-Region Second Team as a freshman guard, and was All-ISCC Second Team as a sophomore, and was Waubonsee's Female Athlete of the Year for 2011-12.