Hall of Fame
Brenda Winkeler
Brenda coached the Cobras Volleyball team for 11 years (1989-1999), compiling a record of 428-164-9, highlighted by the 1999 team she led to the National Championship, still the lone national title for a women’s team at Parkland. In 2007, Brenda was inducted into the NJCAA Hall of Fame, the same year her 1999 team was inducted into the Parkland Athletic Hall of Fame. In addition to her coaching duties at Parkland, Brenda Also served as the athletic academic advisor. After winning the National Championship, Brenda was named the head coach at Eastern Illinoi where she coached from 2000-2004, before her career at Southern Illinois-Carbondale from 2005-2011. During her tenure at EIU and SIU, her teams accumulated 176 wins. She credits her family and especially her mother as her inspiration to success.
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