Joe George ’06 is one of the best middle linebackers in Yellow Jacket history, and is just one of two players in school history to have back-to-back 100-tackle seasons (the other is current Hall of Famer Kert Boedicker ’84).

He was a poster child for the student-athlete philosophy as he was selected as a 2005 Division III All-American by the "Football Gazette" All-American Committee and was both the Kenneth Steingass Most Outstanding Male Athlete and the Clyde Lamb Outstanding Student-Athlete award-winner as a senior. In his final game as a collegian, Joe became BW’s all-time leading tackler with 334. The four-year letterman and team captain as a senior was a two-time All-OAC choice, including as a first-team pick in 2005.

Joe was named as BW's Most Outstanding Linebacker as a junior and the Ray E. Watts Defensive Most Valuable Player as a senior. He was tabbed as the OAC Defensive Player of the Week (versus John Carroll University) in 2005 and was a second-team All-North Region pick by d3football.com. He also was BW’s Most Valuable Player and its representative to the annual Cleveland Touchdown Club Charities, Inc. football awards dinner in 2005.

In the classroom, Joe was a biology major who carried a 3.7 grade point average and a member of the Dean’s List as well as numerous academic honor societies. He was a two-time Academic All-OAC selection, including being one of four unanimous picks as a senior, and received first-team CoSIDA/ ESPN The Magazine honors as a junior and senior.

Today, Joe is married to BW graduate and former cheerleader and BW cheerleading advisor Samantha Gougler George ’06. He is a physicians assistant and anesthesiologist at South Pointe Hospital in Warrensville Heights. The couple have two children.