Scott Ballard
Head Coach
slballard@winona.edu
507-457-2994

4th Year

Wife: Nita
Children: Ryan, Justin, Rory and Shalee ...

Education: B.S Education Southwest Missouri State University ‘79, M.S Education Drury University, MO ‘88

Previous coaching experience: Niangua, MO High School 1979-81 (1 year girls basketball coach 26-3 record; 1 Conference Championship; 1 District Championship, 1 year softball coach 11-1, 2 years volleyball coach 38-5 record), Marshfield, MO High School 1981-90 (9 years girls basketball coach 199-55 record; Won 96 consecutive games; 5 Conference Championships; 4 District Championships; 1988, 1989, 1990 Class 3A State Champions; 1988, 1989, 1990 Missouri Basketball Coaches Association and Missouri Sports writers & Broadcasters Class 3A Girls Coach of the year; Assistant Baseball Coach 9 years, Assistant Football Coach 1 year), Missouri Southern State University 1990-91 (1991-92 MIAA Co-Coach of the Year, 1994 MIAA Tournament Champions), Central Missouri State 1995-2004 (MIAA Regular-Season Co-Champions, 1999-2000 MIAA Coach of the Year) ... Coached 6 All-Americans (3 at MSSU and 3 at CMSU) ... WBCA Team Top 10 Academic GPA Runner-up 2000 (3.43) and 2001 (3.59) ... Prior to 2003-04 season ranked 26th in NCAA Division II All-Time winning percentage and 41st in All-Time wins.

Amy Mahlum
Assistant Coach

2nd year

Education: B.S. Psychology ‘06 North Dakota

Other Facts: Member of three-time North Central Conference championship team ... Two-time All-Conference NCC ... Academic All-Conference ... Played on 32-0 regular season ‘05-’06 team ... Graduate ‘02 Kingsland High School, MN ... 1,000-point scorer, Six-year letter winner, State record holder for most three-point field goals in a game (10).

Shannon Schonrock
Assistant Coach

1st year

Education: B.S. ‘07 Minnesota

Other Facts: Played four years of collegiate basketball at the University of Minnesota.  Played in every game of her collegiate career tallying 102 consecutive starts at guard and 107 games overall. A three-time Gopher Team Captain, who was named the Gopher MVP in ‘06 and received All-Big Ten Conference honorable mention in ‘05. Competed in four NCAA tournaments, reaching the Final Four once and the Sweet Sixteen three times. Gophers posted a 95-33 record during her career. Was a three-time academic All-Big Ten and two-time academic All-District honoree. Finished her collegiate career as the Gophers’ all-time leader in three-point field goals (230) and three-point field goal percentage (39.7) ... A 2002 graduate of Blue Earth, MN Area High School.