Upper Iowa University Athletics

Lori Meyer, class of 1982, is being inducted into the Upper Iowa University Hall of Fame in the coaching category. She lettered in softball, basketball and volleyball during her undergraduate years at Upper Iowa. Meyer competed in womenís athletics during the time Upper Iowa was a member of the Associated Intercollegiate Athletic Women, prior to the formation of the IIAC Conference for women in 1983.

Upon graduation, Meyer became a Graduate Assistant in softball and volleyball at Mankato State University, now Minnesota State. Moving rapidly up the career ladder, she was named Head Softball Coach, Assistant Volleyball Coach and Instructor in Physical Education in 1984. Since 1984, she has been the softball coach at Minnesota State University and become the schoolís all-time winningest coach with a 525-354-2 record on the diamond.

During her career, her teams have won two North Central Conference Championships and played in four NCAA Division II Tournaments. Meyer has been named North Central Conference Coach of the Year five times (1986, 1987, 1989, 1995 and 1997) and Midwest Regional Coach of the Year three times. She has coached 10 All-Americans and her MSU teams have won 25 games or more in 12 of her 17 seasons. Now in her 18th year, Meyer has conducted clinics on the state and national levels and in Europe.

A graduate of Albert City-Truesdale High School, Meyer serves as Assistant Athletic Director and Assistant Professor of Human Performance along with her coaching duties at Minnesota State. Meyer lives in Mankato, Minn.