Marymount College (Kansas)
Active | 1922 | –1989
---|---|
Affiliation | Roman Catholic |
Location | 38°50′27″N 97°34′34″W / 38.840836°N 97.576145°W |
Marymount College was a four-year
The school was accredited by the
Cochran developed a women's program in physical education[1] and built the school into a NAIA powerhouse, racking up a record of 285–56 in eleven seasons. The Marymount team enjoyed a streak of 106 straight home court wins, reached a national ranking in 10 years, and won a third place finale in 1976.[2]
Marymount closed in June 1989,[3] in a year that had an enrollment of 653 students.[4]
The Marymount records and student transcripts have been housed at several institutions since the closure. The student records are now stored at Kansas Wesleyan University. Earlier locations for records included St. Mary of the Plains College and Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas.[citation needed]
Campus use
The campus is now used as the Kansas Highway Patrol Training Center and the patrol's statewide dispatch center.[5] The training center had formerly been based at the Salina Municipal Airport.[citation needed]
Notable people
- Alumni
- Tyrees Allen - Television and Broadway actor
- Mona Pasquil - Former Lieutenant Governor of California[6]
- Kevin Willmott - Writer and film director
- Faculty
- Mary Nicholas Arnoldy, PhD, CSJ - Mathematics professor.
References
- ^ Building Skills for 38 Years - Fun & Fundamentals - hoasportscamps.com - Retrieved March 6, 2009
- ^ Meet the N.A.I.A.'s - Ken Cochran, founder of Pop-A-Shot naia.cstv.com - Retrieved March 9, 2009
- ^ Journal, Gary DemuthSalina. "Local author traces history of Marymount College". Salina Journal. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
- ^ EDUCATION; A Kansas College Teeters on Brink - New York Times - February 22, 1989
- ^ Central Mall, Marymount define Salina's recent history - Salina Journal - February 18, 2008 Archived July 15, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Mona Pasquil Rogers". www.spb.ca.gov. Retrieved 2022-02-23.