Northern Kentucky has an extensive history in sports. A long journey. Years. centuries.
Although we are aware that you have seen these lists previously, this is a novel and distinctive method to introduce our 50 Northern Kentucky sports icons, as we will give you one every day for 50 days.
There are halls of fame all around NKY, including the Thomas More, Northern Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame, High School Athletic Directors Hall of Fame, NKU, and other area high schools.
We ll preface this series by saying this, some of you may disagree with who should or shouldn t be in the top 50 and that s fine. Plenty are in the Hall of Very Good, but we feel these 50 are the one s who stuck out to us.
Every Monday at noon, you’ll receive a weekly summary of the NKY sports headlines.
A number of local NKY sports history enthusiasts were consulted by Sports Editor Evan Dennison in order to gather their thoughts and recommendations of who ought to be included in the 50 sports icons. After compiling each list, we created our own 50 (perhaps cheating a little by including families as one) to present over the course of the following 50 days.
I hope you have fun as summer progresses!
Maureen Kaiser, the longstanding volleyball coach at St. Henry who ranks in the top three all-time in KHSAA wins, is ranked 48th out of 50 sports icons.
KAISER, MAUREENCharles Bolton donated the photo of Maureen Kaiser.
Kaiser (St. Henry 1985, University of Notre Dame 89) is well-known for her accomplishments as the volleyball coach at St. Henry. She has a 33-year record of 836-376 and has guided the Crusaders to nine Ninth Region titles, eight All-A titles, and the 2021 state championship.
Kaiser has gone above and above.
She received eleven varsity letters in track and field, basketball, and volleyball while attending St. Henry. She was second in both the high jump and the 1,600-meter relay team in 1984, won the long jump in 1985, and took home the state Class A high jump title in 1983.
In 1984, Kaiser was selected as a U.S. Army Reserve National Scholar/Athletic. She was one of four women in the country to receive the Milky Way/Women’s Sports Foundation Award as a senior.
Kaiser was a four-year letter winner at Notre Dame. She is among the top 10 in a number of solo blocks and block assists, her Fighting Irish teams finished 94-49, and she was named the team’s captain and Most Valuable Player in 1988.
Kaiser has been inducted into three halls of fame: the Buddy LaRosas (2004), St. Henry (2002), and Northern Kentucky Athletic Directors (1996). Because of her achievements, she and veteran St. Henry boys basketball coach Dave Faust have had the gym floor named in their honor.
Kaiser resides in Florence with her spouse, Marty. Their granddaughter, Zayvianna, is seven months old, and they have three sons: Blake (26), Tyler (23), and Ethan (20).
Over the following 50 days, view the 50 sports icons on a daily basis.
Dave Cowens on the first day
Shaun Alexander on Day Two
Homer Rice on Day Three
Dicky Beal on Day Four
Jared Lorenzen on Day 5
Day 6: Jim Bunning
Day 7: Ellis, Tom
Day 8: Nate Dusing
Day 9: Jim Connor
Steve Cauthen on Day 10
Day 11: Irv Goode
Day 12: Steidel, Stan
Day 13: Shields, Kenney
David Justice on Day 14
Day 15: Morgan Hentz
Eddie Arcaro on Day 16
Nancy Winstel on Day 17
Day 18: Flesch, Steve
Day 19: Donna Murphy
Day 20: Randy Marsh
Day 21: Yeagle, Mike
Derrick Barnes on Day 22
Day 23: Dale Mueller
Day 24: Faust, Dave
Kirsten Allen on Day 25
Day 26: The family of Oldendick
Day 27: Hils, Martin Mote
Day 28: Nel Fookes
Day 29: Hauck, Owen
Day 30: Becky Ruehl
Day 31: Tom Thacker
Day 32: Moss, Sydney
Bob Schneider on Day 33
Day 34:The Walz family
Day 35:John Toebben
Day 36:Pat Scott
Day 37:Bob Arnzen
Day 38:Joan Mazzaro
Day 39:Frank Jacobs
Day 40:Adrienne Hundemer
Day 41:The Draud family
Day 42:Bill Krumpelbeck
Day 43:
The Molony family
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