Chadron State College Athletic Hall of Fame
Burkett was another of the former CSC coaches who were inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1991. Burkett coached the CSC volleyball team 1978-85, compiling a 141-93-5 record, by far the best of any volleyball coach in the college’s history. Four straight years beginning in 1980, her teams qualified for the NAIA District 11 Tournament. They won the championship in 1983 and advanced to the bi-district finals.
She also coached the CSC women’s basketball team for three years in the early 80s.
After leaving Chadron State, Burkett was the head volleyball coach at Mankato State in Minnesota for 12 years. Her teams there had a 211-181 cumulative record. She led the Mavericks to five 20-win seasons, was the North Central Conference Coach of the Year in 1989 and took them to their first-ever NCAA Division II postseason appearance in 1990. She received an NCC Honor Award (equivalent of the Hall of Fame) in 2005. She retired from coaching in 1997, but remained at Mankato as a physical education instructor for several years. She now lives near Limon, Colo.
