A coach and two standout athletes who helped their teams achieve new heights will be the newest inductees at the 32nd Annual UNO Athletic Hall of Fame Banquet Nov. 7.

Mary Yori, the winningest softball coach in school history, wide receiver MarTay Jenkins and softball pitcher Michelle Manthei Kankousky will be honored for their accomplishments at the event, to be held at the DoubleTree Downtown Hotel. The banquet, which is open to the public, is $50 per person, or $500 for a table. Reservations may be made by phoning 554-2506. A 6 p.m. social hour will precede the 7 p.m. dinner. The program will begin at 8 p.m.

Yori, currently the head softball coach at Colorado State University, led the Mavericks to a 459-158 record during her 11-year career at UNO from 1989-99. Her teams won four straight North Central Conference and NCAA II regional titles from 1994-97. The Mavs finished third twice, fifth once and in 1996 advanced to the championship game. The program produced eight All-Americans and two first-team CoSIDA Academic All-Americans. She was named the national coach of the year in 1994 and 1996 by the National Fast-pitch Coaches Association. Her teams reached the NCAA II regionals 10 straight years.

Jenkins played two seasons for the Mavericks, leading the team in 1996 with 36 catches for 848 yards and eight touchdowns. He suffered a season-ending knee injury in the opening game of 1997 after catching a 32-yard touchdown pass. He passed up on the NFL draft the next spring in order to complete his college career with the Mavericks and caught 66 passes for 1,420 yards and 11 touchdowns in 1998. He also averaged 25.4 yards on kickoff returns, including one for an 89-yard score and rushed for four touchdowns and 219 yards. Jenkins helped the Mavs win NCC titles both years he played, their first league championships in 12 years. Drafted in the sixth-round of the NFL draft by Dallas, he later went to the Arizona Cardinals and set league records for kickoff return yards and average with the Cardinals.

Kankousky was a first-team All-American in 2001 when she pitched the Mavericks to the NCAA II championship. She was 88-28 over her 1998-2001 career, striking out 526. She recorded 34 career shutouts. In 2001, she was 28-3 with a 0.81 earned run average and struck out 219 in 215 innings. In 2001, the Mavericks had to battle back from the loser's bracket and Kankousky won two clutch games to put UNO into the title match-up with Lewis University.