By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Washburn Rural athletic and activities director Penny Lane received the 2022 National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association State Award of Merit last Saturday during the Kansas Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association state conference.
Washburn Rural athletics/activities director Penny Lane has received the NIAAA State Award of Merit. [Twitter]
This annual award is provided by the NIAAA to an athletic administrator from each state for recognition of meritorious dedication to high school and middle school athletics.
Within the KIAAA Lane served as second vice-president from 2017 to 2018, first vice-president from 2018 to 2019 and president from 2019 to 2020.
Lane is a 16-year member of the NIAAA as well as a 16-year veteran in athletic administration.
Lane has guided Washburn Rural athletic and activites programs that have been among the most successful in the state.
