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Joey Maben, a former Apprentice School golf team member, enters his third season at the helm of the Builders golf team.
Maben, who graduated from The Apprentice School in 1982 as a pipefitter apprentice, played for legendary coach Glenn Heath from 1978-82. He was a member of the Kecoughtan High School golf team in 1975-76 before being hired into the pipe department of the shipyard in November of 1976. Maben was a gold athletic award winner as an apprentice.
After going through the school, Maben was promoted to Supervisor of the Pipe Department in 1982 before moving to planner production control in June of 1985. Presently, he is a Construction Supervisor/General Foreman for the USS Long Beach Deactivation, Nimitz class Overhauls and responsible for the Steam Generator Chemical Cleaning process for Nimitz Class carriers.
Through two years, the Builders have won a pair of tournaments and a pair of dual matches. In 2009-10, they won the Apprentice Fall Fling and Builder Challenge. In dual matches they defeated Shenandoah University and won a two-day dual match with Danville Community College.
"It will be an honor to follow in Coach Heath's footsteps, he had a true concern for each of his players," said Maben. "I was fortunate to have some tremendous teammates in George Riefler and Curtis Leggett, with the strong teams we had in the late 70's and early 80's. Coaching with BJ will be special and we will work hard with each one of our student athletes.”
