Don "Monk" Meineke (October 30, 1930 – September 3, 2013) was an American basketball player.

He later played professionally in the National Basketball Association and won the inaugural Rookie of the Year award in 1953.

[1][2] Meineke averaged 20.6 points as a junior for the Dayton Flyers, carrying the team to an NIT runner-up finish in 1951.

He averaged 21.1 points per game as a senior and led the team to another second-place finish in the NIT in 1952.

[4] Meineke received the National Basketball Association's first Rookie of the Year Award after the 1952–53 NBA season while playing for the Fort Wayne Pistons.