Cherri Mankenberg to Receive NCC Honor Award
May 18, 2007 | General
Longtime UNO women's basketball coach and administrator Cherri Mankenberg is one of five indiviudals who will be given the North Central Conference's Honor Award at the league's award dinner Monday night in Sioux Falls, S.D.
Mankenberg was the first full-time women's coach hired at UNO in 1976 and served as the women's basketball coach for 22 years. She compiled a 344-277 overall record, winning the first three women's NCC titles in 1980-82, and appearing in seven AIAW or NCAA post-season tournaments. She was named the NCC coach of the year and the regional coach of the year in 1987 and 1992.
She stepped down as head coach in 1997 to replace Connie Claussen as associate athletic director and senior woman administrator at UNO and served the school in that role until retiring in 2003.
Mankenberg was the first woman inducted into the Wayne State Hall of Fame, in 1979, and in 1985 was inducted into the Iowa Girls High School Hall of Fame. In 1998, she was inducted into the UNO Athletic Hall of Fame as well.
The Iowa native led her West Monona High School team to a state basketball title in 1964 and was an all-state selection. She went on to star at Wayne State college, leading the Wildcats to the AAU nationals. She earned her bachelor's degree in education at Wayne State in 1969 and went on to earn a master's degree from Northern Colorado in 1976.
Mankenberg, who retired from UNO in 2003, is also a member of the school's Athletic Hall of Fame. She now lives in Phoenix, Ariz., and works as a consultant.
Others receiving the NCC Honor Award include Vance Butler and Jim Heinitz from Augustana; Jack Powell from South Dakota and Phil Rhoade from Minnesota State, Mankato.
Mankenberg was the first full-time women's coach hired at UNO in 1976 and served as the women's basketball coach for 22 years. She compiled a 344-277 overall record, winning the first three women's NCC titles in 1980-82, and appearing in seven AIAW or NCAA post-season tournaments. She was named the NCC coach of the year and the regional coach of the year in 1987 and 1992.
She stepped down as head coach in 1997 to replace Connie Claussen as associate athletic director and senior woman administrator at UNO and served the school in that role until retiring in 2003.
Mankenberg was the first woman inducted into the Wayne State Hall of Fame, in 1979, and in 1985 was inducted into the Iowa Girls High School Hall of Fame. In 1998, she was inducted into the UNO Athletic Hall of Fame as well.
The Iowa native led her West Monona High School team to a state basketball title in 1964 and was an all-state selection. She went on to star at Wayne State college, leading the Wildcats to the AAU nationals. She earned her bachelor's degree in education at Wayne State in 1969 and went on to earn a master's degree from Northern Colorado in 1976.
Mankenberg, who retired from UNO in 2003, is also a member of the school's Athletic Hall of Fame. She now lives in Phoenix, Ariz., and works as a consultant.
Others receiving the NCC Honor Award include Vance Butler and Jim Heinitz from Augustana; Jack Powell from South Dakota and Phil Rhoade from Minnesota State, Mankato.
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