Hall of Fame
Janet (Schilling) Patton earned her bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from then Findlay College. She also completed her teaching certificate at Findlay in 2008. While attending Findlay, she participated in both women’s basketball and softball. As a guard and forward in basketball, she played in all 94 games scheduled and earned four varsity letters. Over her career she averaged 14 points and 6 rebounds per game and was leading scorer in 41 games over 4 seasons. She scored in double figures 70 or 84 career games. She was the first woman in FC history to score over 1,000 points and finished with a career total of 1,294 points and 524 rebounds. She was named All-WBCC all four years she played and named NAIA District 22 first team for three years. She was also the first woman basketball player from Findlay to be named NAIA All-American. Her teams won the WBCC, NAIA District 22 Championship and Tri District runner-up. In softball, Janet earned three varsity letters in the three years she played, batted a .393, had an on base percentage of .893 and played 1st, catcher and shortstop. She was named 1st team WBCC and 1st team NAIA District 22 the three years she played. Patton is married to Ted, who is the girls’ varsity basketball coach at Waynesfield-Goshen and has two children, Kaylee and Emily and two step children, Lisa and Ashley. She is a teacher at Waynesfield-Goshen and serves on several committees. She coaches her daughter’s your basketball and softball teams and is a high school volleyball coach for WG.
