Chadron State College Athletic Hall of Fame
A graduate of Chadron High, Masek was a tremendous placekicker the first four years that Brad Smith was the Eagles’ head football coach. He concluded his career in 1990 with eight school records. They were most extra points in a season (43) and a career (116); most field goals in a game (5), a season (15) and a career (47); and most points kick scoring in a game (21), season (88) and career (256). Travis Atter has broken several of Masek’s records while doing the Eagles’ placekicking since 2006, but the most field goals and points in a game and the career-scoring marks still stand.
Altogether, Masek made 47 of 67 field goal attempts and 115 of 130 extra points. As both a junior and a senior, he received NAIA second-team All-American honors and as a senior was a first-team selection by C.M Frank, a Pennsylvania history professor who chose small college All-American teams. Jay is married to the former Nikki Rein of Chadron. They live in Kearney where he is a sales representative for a Coors distributorship.
