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IGHSAU administrator Lisa Brinkmeyer dies from Brain Cancer

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June 16th, 2023 by Asa Lucas

Former Drake and Iowa high school basketball standout Lisa Brinkmeyer has died from brain cancer. Radio Iowa’s Dar Damielson reports,

Brinkmeyer was Miss Iowa basketball in 1993 after leading Hubbard-Radcliffe to the state’s final six-on-six state championship. She moved on to Drake where she played under current Iowa coach Lisa Bluder and helped lead the Bulldogs to three Missouri Valley Conference Tournament titles and three trips to the NCAA Tournament. She had a brief stint as an assistant coach at Drake before becomng an administrator at the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union.