Upper Iowa University Athletics Hall of Fame
Chyanne (Kleve) Kalishek is being inducted into the Upper Iowa University Athletics Hall of Fame as an athlete. She graduated in 2005 with a Bachelor's Degree in criminology and sports science.
A four-year athlete for the Peacock Softball team, this talented woman earned numerous Iowa Inter-collegiate Athletic Conference honors including three All-IIAC second team nods in 2001, 2002 and 2003. She was also a two-time National Fast Pitch Coaches Association first team performer in 2003 and 2004. Kalishek played her senior season as Upper Iowa made their transition to NCAA Division II and the Peacock athletic teams did not qualify for IIAC awards or postseason play. The infielder accumulated the highest career batting average in Upper Iowa history, .419, with the program's second-most hits, 180, including 41 doubles, 13 triples and 24 home runs for program-records in career slugging percentage, .742, and on-base percentage, 486. She played for coaches Kris Hoff and Brent Kuker. After her graduation in 2008, she earned a Doctoral Degree in Physical Therapy from Des Moines University and is presently employed at Covenant Hospital in Waterloo, Iowa.
A native of Waucoma, Iowa, she had an outstanding interscholastic career at Turkey Valley High School in softball, basketball and volleyball earning many all-conference honors in all three sports. She married her husband Tyler in September of 2014 and they currently live in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
