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Basketball (1968-71)
Badminton (1968-70)
Field Hockey (1968-72)
Softball (1968-71)
Tennis (1968-71)
Track (1968-69),
Volleyball (1968-72)
Basketball Coach (1973-74)
Assistant Volleyball Coach (1973-74)
Competed in a whopping seven different sports as a Bulldog ... winner of the Greybeal Award as the outstanding senior in UMD's Physical Education program (1972) ... has been a collegiate head volleyball coach for the past 18 years -- Bemidji State University (1972), the University of Alabama (1974-81), and the University of Minnesota (1982 to 1990) ... has accrued an overall record of 277-232 during that time, including a nine-year mark of 179-120 with the Golden Gophers ... ranks in top 10 in career wins among active NCAA I volleyball coaches ... has had five of her players earn academic All-American honors during her tenure at Minnesota ... coached Alabama to the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) playoffs three times and Minnesota to its first-ever NCAA Tournament berthin 1989... named the state of Alabama's AIAW Coach of the Year in both 1977 and 1979 ... won 285 of 393 matches while with the Crimson Tide ... was the head coach for Team North at 1990 U.S. Olympic Festival in the Twin Cities and the assistant commissioner for volleyball at the 1991 event in Los Angeles ... chaired the AIAW National Volleyball Committee from 1979 to 1981 ... also served as Alabama's head women's basketball coach for three years (1974-1977) before concentrating her coaching efforts strictly on volleyball ... lists Richfield, Minn., as her hometown
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