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Bowling Green State University Athletics
Yonker Named Assistant Tennis Coach
September 01, 2009 | Women's Tennis
Former Falcon standout joins Dean's staff
Bowling Green State University head tennis coach Penny Dean has announced the addition of former Falcon standout Cindy Yonker to her staff. Yonker, a native of nearby Perrysburg, will serve as a part-time assistant coach.
“I am very excited to have Cindy join the BGSU tennis staff,” said Dean. “She has a wealth of knowledge and experience and will hit the court running.”
Yonker spent four years as head coach at Webster University in St. Louis, Mo., and was named the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Coach of the Year in both 2000 and 2003, her first and last seasons there. She guided the Gorloks to three second-place finishes and one third-place result in the eight-team conference.
At BGSU, Yonker (maiden name Mikolajewski) earned Mid-American Conference honors in each of her four years. An all-league second-team pick as a freshman in 1993-94, she earned honorable mention in her sophomore season. Yonker was an All-MAC First-Team pick in each of her final two years in the Brown and Orange.
In her senior year of 1996-97, Yonker posted a total of 43 wins, the second-highest single-season victory total in school history at the time. A team tri-captain, she was named to the Academic All-MAC Team in addition to earning all-league honors on the court that season.
Yonker had begun her career by tying the BGSU record with 23 singles wins as a freshman, and was the runner-up at No. 3 singles at that year's MAC Championships. As a soph in 1995, Yonker was the recipient of the MAC's Leann Grimes Davidge Sportsmanship Award.
She finished her career as the winningest player in school history, with 143 combined career wins. Yonker was second on the doubles wins list (68) and was tied for second on the singles victories chart (75) upon the conclusion of her career in 1997.
Heading into the 2009-10 season, Yonker still ranks fifth in BGSU history in overall wins. She is tied for seventh in career singles victories, and ranks ninth in doubles wins.
Yonker received her Bachelor of Arts degree in business education from BGSU in 1997. She and her husband, Bob, a former BGSU men's tennis player, have three children and reside in Perrysburg.
