 John Doneyko
Associate Athletic Trainer
22nd Year
(Kent State, 1985)
YSU Associate Athletic Trainer John
Doneyko, ATC, continues to be one of
the
most dedicated members of the men’s
basketball program and the athletic
department.
Doneyko is in his 22nd season taking
care
of the Penguin student-athletes.
Besides
his duties as athletic trainer,
Doneyko has
been responsible for coordinating
the
men’s basketball travel since 1989.
He
has worked with six YSU men’s
basketball
coaches in 19 seasons.
During the 2004-05 season, “JD” as
he is affectionately known,
took part in his 500th YSU men’s
basketball contest when the Penguins
played at Missouri State on Dec. 3.
Since the 1986-97 campaign,
Doneyko has missed just eight games,
only one because of illness.
A licensed athletic trainer in Ohio
and a nationally-certified Athletic
Trainer, Doneyko has also worked
closely with the YSU football
team in his tenure and been part of
the four championship teams.
Prior to joining the YSU athletic
department, Doneyko worked as
an assistant trainer for the
Cleveland Browns.
Doneyko graduated from Kent State
with a bachelor’s of science
degree in 1985 and received his
master’s degree in athletic training
from Ohio in 1986.
John and his
wife, Kathleen, reside in Cortland
with their two sons, Kyle and Alex.
Kyle is freshman at Youngstown
State.
He and his family are active members
in Children of Chernobyl,
an organization which helps provide
respite and relief to children
who were affected by the Chernobyl
Nuclear explosion of 1986. |
