Northern State University Athletics

Amanda (Madden) Mahlke graduated in 2010 with a B.A. in Art with specializations in Multimedia Graphic Design and Advertising Design. Mahlke participated in Wolves track and field from 2006 to 2010. She earned nine All-NSIC honors, five NCAA All-American honors, three USTFCCCA Division II Scholar All-Academic honors, and three NSU Track and Field MVP honors.

She was NSU's first track and field 2-time NCAA National Champion (weight throw and hammer throw), and is the school record holder in both events. Mahlke was the 2010 NSU Hildred Wolfe Outstanding Athlete of the Year, ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District team honoree; and United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association's Outdoor Field Scholar Athlete of the Year. In 2017, Mahlke was named one of the NSIC top-25 female student-athletes from the past 25 years.

Upon her graduation, Mahlke tallied the seventh best throw in the history of the NCAA in the hammer. She lives in Aberdeen and works as a Graphic Designer for the Northern State University Communications and Marketing Department. Mahlke and her husband, Cody, have two children, Gemma and Harrison.