Jon "JC" Cohn
2005 UPA Hall of Fame Inductee

Jon “JC” Cohn was considered one of the most dominant players on the Ultimate field in the second half of the 1970s.  He started playing in 1970 at Columbia High School and went on to found the team at Cornell University, which became the powerhouse of the northeastern United States and which lost to the Santa Barbara Condors at the National Ultimate Championship in 1978.  On field, JC was an athlete when few players were, and had throwing skills far beyond those of his peers, including the best pull on the east coast.  He was also a master strategist, introducing set offensive plays designed to attack zone defenses and exploit man-to-man mismatches.  JC introduced the sport of Ultimate to and inspired many of the next decade’s stars.  Hampered by a series of knee injuries, he nonetheless continued to play through the 1980s.  JC was born August 31, 1955 and currently lives in Wayland, MA with his wife “Louie” Mahoney Cohn, a leading member of the first women’s national Ultimate championship team in 1981, and four disc-playing sons.