LINCOLN — Rhonda Blanford-Green, the associate commissioner of the Colorado High School Activities Association for the past 16 years, has been selected as the new executive director of the Nebraska School Activities Association.
The former Nebraska track All-American accepted the job over the weekend after the NSAA board unanimously approved her hiring on Thursday.
Blanford-Green, who graduated from Wyoming, was an undefeated Big Eight champion, 10-time All-American and two-time U.S. Olympic Trials qualifier in 1984 and 1988. She was selected as the Colorado Sportswoman of the Year in 1985.
She is married with two children. She will begin her duties with the NSAA on July 1.
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