Charlene Manley was voted the League MVP for softball at Edward C. Reed High School in Sparks, Nevada.  She then came to Sac City and helped lead the Panthers to the 1988 State Championship.  In her freshman season she made the school top ten list for wins (33), most complete games (40), and innings pitched (288).  During her sophomore season she threw 297 innings and 44 complete games, both of which put her 1^st all-time on the SCC school softball record list.  She led the Panthers with a 0.08 E.R.A. (2^nd all-time in school history) and 34 wins (4^th all-time), and was selected to the 1988 All-State team as a Pitcher.  Manley then transferred to the University of South Carolina and helped the softball team win the 1989 SEC Championship as well as earn a berth in the College World Series.  That season started 32 games for the Gamecocks (13^th all-time) and posted a record of 21 wins and 6 losses (13^th all-time for winning percentage at South Carolina) and had a 0.88 E.R.A. (11^th all-time).  She threw 206 innings (15^th all-time) with 24 complete games (14^th all-time) and 12 shutouts (7^th all-time).  She threw the 14^th no-hitter in South Carolina history against Coastal Carolina on April 3^rd, 1989 en route to a 3-0 victory.    In 1993 she graduated with Honors from Paramedic School in Emergency Medicine.  She is currently a Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Tech working in the mental health field, while preparing to possibly attend physician assistant school.