Marie Meyer (2015) - Hall of Fame - St. Cloud State University Athletics

Marie Meyer

Induction:
2015
Class:
1972

Marie "Mick" Meyer knows what women's athletics looked and felt like when it took its first steps to becoming an intercollegiate program in the late 60s. One of the pioneers of women's athletics at St. Cloud State, Meyer arrived on campus just as the women's athletics program came into being. She was a member of the first women's basketball team, first softball team and first volleyball team at St. Cloud State. She played four seasons in all three sports and was named the MVP of the softball team in 1971. In 1972, she did a coaching practicum and served as the assistant softball coach that season. She graduated in the spring of 1972 with a bachelor's degree in physical education and minor in vocal music. She also received certifications in coaching and driver education. Meyer went on to serve as a teacher, mentor and role model for girls participating in athletics in her 30-plus year tenure at Braham High School, where she taught physical education and coached volleyball, basketball and track, and served as athletic director for 24 years. Meyer is credited with bringing new sports opportunities for girls at Braham High School. In 1992 she was selected as the first female in Minnesota to receive the Class Athletic Director of the Year award. In 2002 she was inducted into the Minnesota Volleyball Coaches Hall of Fame and in 2005 the Braham Athletic Hall of Fame. She also received the Minnesota National Girls and Women in Sports Day Breaking Barriers and Boundaries Award and the Marie Berg NGWSD Award. For over 54 years, she has spent her summer month as a member of the Meire Grove Community Band, the longest continuous playing band in the state of Minnesota, established in 1883.