OUR MISSION:
Invest in young lives in order to develop Servant-Leaders.
Develop the spiritual​, physical, educational, and emotional needs.
​Introduce them to faith in Jesus Christ as the key component to their long-term development. ​

Our Impact

​25+  Years

​providing chapel services and intervention counsel for high school athletes and teams.


$2,600,000 

In college scholarship offers and aid to student athletes arranged
. . . free of charge.

88+ Teams & 500+ Athletes

Have competed, been coached or sponsored by Team JAM.

                     The Results​

  • Over 5000 personal visits to homes, schools and events
  • Hundreds pursuing Christ as role model, Lord and Savior
  • Ten years as pro baseball chaplain (Indians organization)
  • Life Coach for Akron U basketball team from 2002-2019.
  • Chaplain for Canton Charge (NBA D-League), 2011-2019.
  • 88 Basketball teams, AAU track, a Nigerian semi-pro team, Little League teams and almost 500 different athletes have competed, been coached and sponsored with TEAM JAM name and leadership.
  • Shawn Lazarus - Former Michigan U. football player. Guest Speaker. Michigan U FB guest chaplain, Business owner, Northwest HS football coach.
  • Dante Booker - Former pro football player.  Auburn U. alum. Current Akron fireman.  Mentor and public speaker.
  • The Divine Soldiers (Jason Wallace, Brandon Wallace) Christian "Hip Hop" musicians. Concert ministry assisted thousands of young people in their faith in Christ
  • A Christian Hockey Camp (2002-6).
  • Countless personal sessions with major college, and pro athletes discipling, mentoring, and advising in their personal lives.
  • Numerous accomplished athletes available as speakers.
Dante Booker
Associate Director
Auburn U. Pro Football. Currently Paramedic with City of Akron Fire Department
John Saucier
Founder/director
TEAM JAM
605 N. Revere Rd.,
Akron, Ohio 44333
​330-352-4231
Shawn Lazarus
Associate director/chairman
Retired NFL player.
Owner, Lazarus On the Rise,
​C-3 Crew
330-620-0234​
Kevin Sunde
Board of directors
​Owner, MGM Landscaping, Medina, Ohio
Matt Futch
board of directors
Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy.
​Boys Basketball 

Former Head Coach Ohio Christian U. Women's BB
Jerome Moss
board of directors
Qualified Behavioral Health Specialist for Family First Health Services
Tim Loney
Board of directors
Columbus, Ohio
John Wells
board of directors
ABA Insurance
CEO/President
TEAM JAM ADMINISTRATION   
JOHN S. SAUCIER
West Hill Baptist Church
605 N. Revere Rd.
Akron, Ohio 44333     
330-352-4231
 Founder/Operations
SHAWN LAZARUS
NFL football, retired. 
Owner, Lazarus on the Rise 
 330-620-0234
Associate Director/Chairman
     DANTE BOOKER     
Auburn U., Pro Football.  
Paramedic w/ City of Akron Fire Department.
Associate Director
PAMELA SAUCIER
Hudson City Schools teacher
Treasurer

ADVISORY BOARD
GEORGE BARNA
   Researcher, Author.  California
REV. DAVE CUNNINGHAM
Pastor, Grace Life Church, Annville, Pa. 
 ROB EGGERS
Health System Manager, Amgen (Indiana)
Former Indiana U. basketball player
JOSH HOLDEN
West Point Academy Grad 
Capt. U.S. Army.   Two tours.
Cincinnati Reds baseball organization, ret.
Austin, Texas
REV. SCOTT KENNEDY
Pastor, Shoreline Church
Willoughby, Ohio
MIKE KUYKENDALL
Lake Mary, Florida
ANDY MCCOLLUM
NFL Football Player, retired.
​(New Orleans, St. Louis, Detroit)
JIMMY OLIVER
       NBA and European basketball player, retired.  
Family Liaison and CBT Mgr, Summit County Juvenile Court.
Akron, Ohio.
STEVE SORENSON
Sorenson Solutions
Tampa, Florida


IN MEMORIUM
JOHN E. SAUCIER
Medina School Teacher
DAVE SORENSON
Ohio State Hall of Famer       NBA (Cleveland, Boston)

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