Hall of Fame
Hometown-Finley, N.D.
Few MSU graduates can chronicle the multi-sport athletic and coaching success that defines Maxine Mehus. At Mayville State she played four sports, lettering twelve times. As a head coach in basketball, softball, and volleyball in North Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas, her teams appeared in or won competitions at every level, including nationally. At Mayville State from 1973 to 1976, her volleyball and basketball teams were winners and the 1976 softball team advanced to the Women’s College World Series in Omaha, Neb., earning their place in the MSU Athletic Hall of Fame. At Peru State, where her volleyball players set or hold records, she was also the first woman college athletic director in Nebraska. When she retired after coaching at Emporia State, she was ranked 5th or 6th in all-time coaching victories in the U.S. for D II volleyball. She can point with pride to a lengthy list of players who earned all-conference, all-American, academic all-American, and player of the year honors while setting individual-sport records. A 1972 graduate, she majored in physical education and earned minors in health and coaching.
