Chadron State College Athletics

After graduating from Ansley High School in 1970, Kathy Hanshew came to Chadron State and helped inaugurate women’s athletics at the college. She was a standout in both volleyball and softball, serving as a volleyball captain three years and being recognized as CSC’s outstanding softball player in 1974. Perhaps her career highlight occurred in 1972, when she was named to the all-tournament team after the Eagles won the state volleyball tournament by defeating, among others, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
After graduating in 1974, Kathy was the head volleyball coach 14 years at St. Mary’s High in Colorado Springs where her teams compiled a 244-74 record and advanced to the regional tournament 13 times.  The Pirates reached the state tournament eight times. She was selected as a coach for the Colorado All-Star Match in 1985. She was the school’s athletic director the final three years she coached, and continued to fill that position through 1999. She is now the head of the science department at St. Mary’s.