KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Missouri Southern Athletics Hall of Famer
Kimi (Shank) Reed will be inducted into the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2026, the league announced Wednesday. Reed competed for MSSU cross country and track & field from 2006 to 2010.
Seven former student-athletes, three former coaches and/or administrators, one official and one team make up the 12 members of the MIAA Hall of Fame Class of 2026.
The 2026 class will officially be inducted into the MIAA Hall of Fame at the 2026 MIAA Awards Celebration Ceremony on June 1 at the Nelson-Atkins Museum Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri.
Kimi (Shank) Reed, Missouri Southern State University
Women's Cross Country and Track & Field Student-Athlete | 2006-2010
Kimi Reed, formerly Kimi Shank, competed for the Lions in both cross country and track and field, where she was one of the most decorated female distance runners to ever wear the Green and Gold. An eight-time All-American, Shank was a four-time All-MIAA honoree in cross country, winning the league's individual championship in 2009 and finishing as the runner-up in 2008. In cross country, Shank was a four-time All-Region selection, also winning the NCAA Division II Regional Championship in 2009 and finishing as the meet runner-up in 2008. She was a three-time All-American at the Division II Championships, finishing fourth at the 2009 meet where she helped the Lions to the highest-ever finish in the sport (Third place).
On the track, Shank was a five-time All-American. She picked up honors in 2008 in the 10k, while finishing second in 2009 and also picking up All-American honors in the 10k in 2010. Shank was an All-American in both the 2010 indoor and outdoor 5k, as well. Shank is still the MSSU school record holder in the indoor 5k, holding seven of the top ten times in the event. She is also the school record holder in the outdoor 5k and 10k, holding five of the top-ten times in the 5k and six of the top-ten times in the 10k. She was also part of the school record in the distance medley relay. Shank helped the MSSU women win the MIAA Triple Crown in 2007-08, winning MIAA Team Titles in cross country, as well as indoor and outdoor track and field.
Shank graduated from Southern in 2010 with a degree in health promotion and wellness. She went on to earn a doctorate in physical therapy from Rockhurst and has been serving as a physical therapist for Mercy in Springfield, Missouri. She is married to Marshall Reed, who is also a former MSSU track and field student-athlete. She was inducted into the Missouri Southern State University Athletics Hall of Fame in 2021.
MIAA HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2026:
- Miranda Campbell, Emporia State Softball Student-Athlete
- Paul Engelmann, Central Missouri Faculty Athletics Representative
- Natalie (O'Keefe) Goatley, Southwest Baptist Women's Track & Field Student-Athlete
- Josh Honeycutt, Emporia State Men's Track & Field Student-Athlete
- Lizzy Jeronimus, Pittsburg State Women's Basketball Student-Athlete
- Jessica Mainz, Washburn Women's Soccer and Basketball Student-Athlete
- Ron McHenry, Washburn Women's Basketball Coach
- Terry Oglesby, Men's Basketball Official
- Kimi (Shank) Reed, Missouri Southern Women's Cross Country and Track & Field Student-Athlete
- Justin Yoder, Central Missouri Men's Golf Student-Athlete
- Washburn Men's Basketball Team, 2000-01
- Dennis Franchione, Pittsburg State Football Coach and Athletics Director [LEGACY INDUCTEE]
