Growing Character Through Success — and Adversity
2025 Finneytown Hall of Fame Inductee

A three-sport standout and 2000 FHS grad, Jason Gardner’s time at Finneytown was marked by both triumphs and challenges—from leading a winless football team that never gave up, to captaining the basketball team’s Elite 8 run and helping end a 25-year football drought with a winning season.

Today, Jason continues to give back—coaching, mentoring, and staying deeply connected to the Finneytown community. “I’m thankful for the upbringing I had here,” he says.

We are thrilled to announce that Brandon Robinson, Finneytown Class of 2009, is the new boy’s basketball head coach for our Wildcats! Brandon, a standout point guard during his high school years, earned first-team CHL honors with 15.5 points and 3.2 assists per game his senior year. After years of coaching at North College Hill and with the Shining Stars AAU Team, Brandon returns to lead and inspire the next generation of Wildcats.

The 1998 Finneytown Men's Elite 8 basketball team was welcomed back to campus by a raucous crowd last Friday night, February 9, at the home Varsity game. The team gathered in the MP beforehand to catch up over dinner, were introduced to the crowd at half-time, and even gave the team a locker room pep-talk before the game.