Associate Athletic Trainer

Ben Edwinson joined the athletic training staff at JCCC in 2005.  Edwinson works primarily with the soccer teams in the fall, and he softball team in the spring.  in the fall of 2007, Edwinson began teaching part of JCCC's pre-athletic training program.

During his time on staff, Edwinson has been part of eight national championship teams, 55 top five national finishes, 68 region championship teams and 67 conference championship teams.

A native of Austin, Texas, Edwinson became a Certified Athletic Trainer in 2002, and has worked with athletes at many different levels.  Prior to joining the JCCC athletic department, Edwinson was head athletic trainer at DeSoto High School from 2003-05.  He also worked during the summer, 2006, as head athletic trainer for the Kansas Koyotes, an arena football team in Topeka, Kan. He has also worked as a volunteer athletic trainer at many competitions, including the 2005 Sunflower State Games.

Edwinson earned a bachelor of science in exercise science from the University of Kansas in 2001, and attained his Master’s Degree in December 2008, from Emporia State University. He and his wife, Joy, have three children.