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2010 MEDIA/RECRUITING GUIDE
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TABLE OF CONTENTSGeneral Informa�on 1Media Informa�on 2NDSU So�ball Complex 3Head Coach Darren Mueller 4Assistants 5NDSU Preview 6-7Bison Roster 8NDSU Profiles 9-222009 Review 232009 Bison Stats/Results 24-25The Summit League 26-31NDSU Record Book 32-34Bison Honor Roll 35NCAA Championship Info. 36-38 All-Time Results 39-43Bison Vs. Opponents 44NDSU At A Glance 45-56
NDSU FACTSLoca�on: Fargo, North Dakota 58105Founded: 1890Enrollment: 14,189Nickname: BisonColors: Green and YellowConference: The Summit LeagueAffilia�on: NCAA Division IInterim President: Dr. Richard A. HansonFaculty Representa�ve: Dr. Deland MyersDirector of Athle�cs: Gene TaylorDir. of Women's Athle�cs: Lynn DornDir. of Sports Medicine: Sco� WokenDir. of Athle�c Performance: Jim KramerHome Field: Ellig Sports Complex (450)Press Box Phone: (701) 231-6655 or (701) 793-0538Athle�c Phone: (701) 231-7447Ticket Office: (888) 231-NDSU (6378)
SOFTBALL FACTSHead Coach: Darren Mueller (NDSU, '94)Record at NDSU: 288-148, 9th yearOverall Record: 288-148, 9th yearOffice Phone: (701) 231-6160Best Time To Reach Coach: 10a.m.-NoonAssociate Head Coach: Jamie Trachsel (St. Cloud State, '01)Assistants: Darcy Byrne , Bri�any WeilOffice Phone: (701) 231-88542009 Record: 38-202009 Summit League Record: 19-4Posi�on Starters Returning/Lost: 7/2Pitchers Returning/Lost: 1/2Le�erwinners Returning/Lost: 10/5
CREDITSThe North Dakota State University women's fastpitch so�ball media/recrui�ng guide was wri�en and edited by Jeff Schwartz, Director of Athle�c Media Rela�ons. Photos by Sco� Currie, Eric Miller, Bob Nelson, Ty Russell, Erin Troup. Cover Design by University Publica�on Services. Typese�ng, produc�on and layout done on Adobe InDesign. For more informa�on contact:Jeff SchwartzDirector of Athle�c Media Rela�onsNorth Dakota State University, Box 5600Fargo, N.D. 58105Office: (701) 231-8332Cell: (701) 793-0538Fax: (701) 231-8022E-Mail: [email protected]
2010 ND STATE SOFTBALL SCHEDULEDATE OPPONENT SITE TIME at Arizona State Kajikawa Classic Tempe, Ariz. Fri., Feb. 12 vs. Portland State at Tempe, Ariz. 11 a.m. Fri, Feb. 12 vs. Cal State Northridge at Tempe, Ariz. 2:30 p.m. Sat., Feb. 13 vs. Ohio University at Tempe, Ariz. 10 a.m.Sat., Feb. 13 vs. Arizona at Tempe, Ariz. 3 p.m.Sun., Feb. 14 vs. Purdue at Tempe, Ariz. 10 a.m.
at USF LaQuinta Inn & Suites Classic Tampa, Fla. Fri., Feb. 19 vs. North Carolina State at Tampa, Fla. 11:15 a.m.Fri., Feb. 19 vs. Hofstra at Tampa, Fla. 6 p.m.Sat., Feb. 20 vs. Michigan State at Tampa, Fla. 9 a.m.Sat., Feb. 20 at USF at Tampa, Fla. 1:30 p.m.Sun., Feb. 21 vs. Wright State at Tampa, Fla. 11:15 a.m.
at Gaucho Classic Santa Barbara, Calif. Thurs., Feb. 25 at UC Santa Barbara at Santa Barbara, Calif. 2:30 p.m.Thurs., Feb. 25 vs. Drexel at Santa Barbara, Calif. 5 p.m. Fri., Feb. 26 vs. Memphs at Santa Barbara, Calif. 5:15 p.m.Sat., Feb. 27 at UC Santa Barbara at Santa Barbara 12:45 p.m.Sat., Feb. 27 vs. Wisconsin at Santa Barbara, Calif. 3 p.m.
at Colorado State Classic Fort Collins, Colo. Fri., March 5 vs. Utah State Fort Collins, Colo. 9 a.m. Fri., March 5 at Colorado State Fort Collins, Colo. 1 p.m. Sat., March 6 vs. Utah Valley Fort Collins, Colo. 1 p.m. Sun., March 7 vs. Utah State Fort Collins, Colo. 9:30 a.m.Sun., March 7 vs. Utah Valley Fort Collins, Colo. Noon
at Texas A&M Aggie Invita�onal College Sta�on, Texas Fri., March 12 vs. Wright State College Sta�on, Texas 10 a.m. Fri., March 12 vs. Utah State College Sta�on, Texas 12:15 p.m. Sat., March 13 vs. Wright State College Sta�on, Texas 12:15 p.m. Sat., March 13 at Texas A&M College Sta�on, Texas 3 p.m. Sun., March 14 at Texas A&M College Sta�on, Texas 12:15 p.m.
Tues., March 16 at Houston (2) Houston, Texas 2/4 p.m. Wed., March 17 at Sam Houston State (2) Huntsville, Texas 2/4 p.m. Fri., March 19 *at Centenary (2) Shreveport, La. 4/6 p.m.Sat., March 20 *at Centenary Shreveport, La. NoonFri., March 26 *at IUPUI (2) Indianapolis, Ind. 3/5 p.m.Sat., March 27 *IUPUI Indianapolis, Ind. Noon
Fri., April 2 *IPFW (2) FARGO 3 p.m. Sat., April 3 *IPFW FARGO NoonMon., April 5 at Creighton (2) Omaha, Neb. 1 p.m.Fri., April 9 *Oakland (2) Rochester, Mich. 3/5 p.m.Sat., April 10 *Oakland Rochester, Mich. NoonFri., April 16 *WESTERN ILLINOIS (2) FARGO 3/5 p.m.Sat., April 17 *WESTERN ILLINOIS FARGO NoonFri., April 23 *SOUTHERN UTAH (2) FARGO 3/5 p.m.Sat., April 24 *SOUTHERN UTAH FARGO NoonTues., April 27 SOUTH DAKOTA (2) FARGO 3/5 p.m.Fri., April 30 *UMKC (2) FARGO 3/5 p.m.
Sat., May 1 *UMKC FARGO NoonFri., May 7 *at South Dakota State (2) Brookings, S.D. 3/5 p.m.Sat., May 8 *at South Dakota State Brookings, S.D. 2 p.m.
THE SUMMIT LEAGUE TOURNAMENT FARGO Fri., May 14 TBA FARGO TBA Sat., May 15 TBA FARGO TBA * -- Summit League games. Home games in CAPS, played at Ellig Sports Complex
Non-Discrimina�on PolicyNorth Dakota State University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, na�onal origin, religion, sex, disability, age, Vietnam Era Veterans status, sexual orienta�on, marital status, or public assistance status. Direct inquiries to the Chief Diversity Officer, 205 Old Main, (701) 231-7708.
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CREDENTIALS All requests for working media creden�als, photo passes and park-ing permits for North Dakota State so�ball games should be directed to the athle�c media rela�ons office. Passes will be available for pickup at the north �cket entrance or in advance at the athle�c media rela�ons office. So�ball ques�ons should be directed to Jeff Schwartz at (701) 231-8332, email: [email protected], or fax (701) 231-8022.
INTERVIEWS All requests for interviews with NDSU student-athletes should be made through the athle�c media rela�ons office by calling (701) 231-8332 . NDSU athletes are rou�nely available for interviews before and a�er prac�ce sessions. Postgame interviews will be conducted only upon request. All requests should be made to the athle�c media rela�ons staff before the conclusion of the con-test to make arrangements.
MEDIA SERVICES The working press row for so�ball at the Ellig Sports Complex is located in the press box above the first base dugout . Space is limited. Telephone service is available for radio sta�ons and writers. Programs and pre-game notes will be available. Sta�s�cs will be distributed at the end of the game. Radio posi�ons will be equipped with an in-game stats display. Photographs, features, or ad-di�onal data will be sent upon request. The press row phone is (701) 793-0538 or (701) 231-6655.
PHOTOGRAPHY AREA Photographers with passes may shoot from behind the fence surrounding the so�ball complex. No photographers will be allowed on the field during pre-game ac�vity or during play. Flashes are not permi�ed. Requests for photogra-phy passes should be made to the athle�c media rela�ons office.
DRIVING DIRECTIONSNorth Dakota State’s home so�ball games and prac�ces are at the Ellig Sports Complex.
From I-29 Northbound: Use Exit 66 for 12th Avenue North and turn right. Turn le� at 18th Street (the first traffic signal past the bridge).Turn right at 17th Avenue. So�ball complex is located on the right. Limited parking is available in front of complex entrance.
From I-29 Southbound: Use Exit 67 for 19th Avenue North and turn le�. Follow 19th Avenue and turn right at 18th Street (the second signal a�er the underpass). Turn le� at 17th Avenue. So�ball complex is on le�. Limited parking is front of the complex entrance.
From I-94: Use Exit 349B for I-29 northbound toward Grand Forks.
GoBison.com The most complete and up-to-date informa�on regarding NDSU athle�cs is available on the Internet at GoBison.com. The site includes official sports informa�on content such as news, scores and sta�s�cs, as well as online �cket sales, in-game sta�s�cs, live and on-demand broadband video, a photo store, and more. Log on today!
LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS
RADIO
WDAY-AM 970301 8th St. S.Fargo, ND 58103Sports Director: Sco� MillerPhone: (701) 241-5210Fax: (701) [email protected]
Radio Fargo Moorhead1020 25th St. S.Fargo, ND 58103Sports Director: Dan HammerPhone: (701) 297-3614Fax: (701) [email protected]
Dakota News NetworkPO Box 2027Fargo, ND 58107Sports Director: Steve CarlsonPhone: (701) 237-5000Fax: (701) [email protected]
KQWB-AM 1660 (ESPN Radio)2720 7th Ave. S.Fargo, ND 58103Phone: (701) 237-4500Fax: (701) [email protected]
KNDS-FM 96.3 (ThunderRadio)1233 North University DriveFargo, ND 58102Sports Director: Michael HowePhone: (701) [email protected]
WIRE SERVICE
AP BismarckPO Box 1018Bismarck, ND 58502Editor: Phyllis MensingPhone: (701) 223-8450Fax: (701) [email protected]
AP FargoPO Box 3026Fargo, ND 58108Editor: Dave KolpackPhone: (701) 235-1908Fax: (701) [email protected]
The Forum of Fargo-MoorheadSports Editor: Kevin [email protected]: (701) 241-5549Fax: (701) 241-5487Beat Writer: Jeff KolpackPhone: (701) [email protected]@forumcomm.comwww.inforum.com
The SpectrumNDSU Memorial UnionFargo, ND 58105Sports Editor: Rob DetjenPhone: (701) 231-5262Fax: (701) [email protected]
Bison IllustratedPO Box 2272Fargo, ND 58108Editor: David SwensonPhone: (701) 306-8985Fax: (888) [email protected]
TELEVISION
WDAY-TV 6 (ABC)301 8th St. S.Fargo, ND 58103Sports Director: Domenic IzzoPhone: (701) 241-5332Fax: (701) [email protected]
Valley News LiveKVLY-TV 11 (NBC)KXJB-TV 4 (CBS)1350 21st Ave. S.Fargo, ND 58103Sports Director: Sco� PetersPhone: (701) 237-5211Fax: (701) 237-5396sco�[email protected]
KVRR-TV 10 (FOX)4015 9th Ave. S.Fargo, ND 58103Sports Director: Greg EnkersPhone: (701) 277-1515Fax: (701) [email protected]
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Ellig Sports Complex Is Home for theNorth Dakota State So�ball Program
North Dakota State women's so�ball plays its home games at the NDSU so�ball complex is one of the top playing fields in the Upper Midwest.
The field is surrounded by a permanent fence and warning track. Dimensions are 200 feet down the le�-field line, 210 feet to center field and 205 feet down the right-field line.
The dugouts are enclosed and covered, and a press box is situated above the first-base bench.
There is an electronic scoreboard located above the right-center field fence and a full-sized infield tarp is available. Capacity is es�mated for 450 spectators.
The Bison averaged 112 fans over three home dates and five games during the 2009 season. The NDSU-South Dakota State doubleheader on April 28 drew a season-high 145 spectators.
North Dakota State University led NCAA Division II in women's so�ball average home a�endance figures compiled for the 2003 season.
"This shows that we have great fans who support us and our program in good and bad weather, said NDSU head coach Darren Mueller.
"Especially with how much we deal with the weather in the upper midwest during the spring."
The Bison averaged 234 spectators per game over eight home dates during the 2003 season. A season-high 324 fans watched NDSU's 1-0 win over Augustana in the NCAA regional tournament.
North Dakota State was second in Divi-sion II a�endance for the 2002 season, drawing 3,285 fans over 14 home dates for a school-record average of 235. NDSU was fourth in 2001 (159) and 14th in 2000 (131).
North Dakota State did move indoors to the Fargodome for the Miken Dome Tour-nament in March, 2002. A school record 354 fans watched the Bison edge Min-nesota-Duluth 6-5 on March 29, 2002.The NDSU-Iowa State game at the 2008 Miken Dome Tournament drew 223 spectators. The Bison also played a double-header at the Fargodome against UMD during the 1999 season. NDSU is 13-2 inside the Fargodome.
North Dakota StateSo�ball Top 15 Home A�endance Figures
A�. Opponent Date354 *vs. Minnesota-Duluth 3-29-02339 *vs. Missouri Western 3-28-02325 vs. Nebraska-Omaha 5-11-01325 vs. Truman State 5-12-01324 vs. Augustana, S.D. 5-8-03309 *vs. North Dakota 3-30-02291 vs. St. Cloud State 5-12-02288 vs. Truman State 5-10-02283 vs. St. Cloud State 4-22-00275 vs. St. Cloud State 5-11-03275 vs. Minn. St. Moorhead 4-18-03250 *vs. U. of Mary 3-30-02227 vs. Minnesota-Duluth 5-1-99227 vs. North Dakota 5-1-99223 *vs. Iowa State 2-10-08*--Played at Fargodome
North Dakota StateSo�ball At Home
(since 1986)Year Record Pct.1986 2-2 .5001987 4-5 .4441988 4-6 .4001989 2-7 .2221990 2-10 .1671991 7-4 .6361992 1-5 .1671993 3-5 .3751994 3-8 .2731995 7-8 .4671996 11-6 .6471997 18-2 .9001998 19-3 .864*1999 12-0 1.0002000 11-2 .8462001 18-2 .900#2002 15-2 .8822003 12-2 .8572004 9-1 .9002005 5-1 .8332006 8-1 .8892007 3-0 1.000&2008 9-1 .9002009 4-1 .800 Total (24 yrs) 189-84 .692
* includes 2-0 record at Fargodome # includes 4-1 record at Fargodome & includes 7-1 record at Fargodome Longest home winning streak: 25 games (April 7, 1999 to April 29, 2000) Since 1999, NDSU is 106-13 at home good for a winning percentage of .891.
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Darren Mueller is in his ninth season as the North Dakota State University head so�ball coach. He has a record of 288-148 in eight seasons. Mueller recorded his 250th career win in the second game of a doubleheader against Southern Utah on May 3, 2008. The win clinched the 2008 Summit League regular season championship for NDSU.
The 2009 season proved to be an even�ul one. In its first year of Divi-sion I postseason eligibility, Mueller directed North Dakota State to The Summit League tournament championship, the NCAA Division I Norman Region championship and berth in the NCAA Division I Super Regional played against Arizona State in Tempe.
“I believe we’ll keep the program moving forward,” said Mueller. The NDSU coaching staff received the 2009 NFCA (Na�onal Fastpitch Coach-es Associa�on) Division I Midwest Region co-Coaching Staff of the Year award, 2002 and 2003 NFCA Division II North Central Region Coaching Staff of the Year award. He was named the 2008 Summit League Coach of the Year, 2007 and 2006 Division I Independent Coach of the Year, and also the 2002 North Central Conference co-Coach of the Year.
“I’m looking forward to the challenge and I think our team is ready to go out on the field and see what happens. We have a lot of talent.”
Mueller is in his 16th year with the NDSU so�ball program. For seven seasons alongside Mitch Hanson, Mueller was responsible for coordinat-ing recrui�ng and working with the hi�ers and catchers. The Bison were among the NCAA hi�ng leaders over a six-year period from 1998-2003 and connected for a school record .357 ba�ng average in 1998. NDSU also hit for power, clubbing a school-record 58 home runs in 2003.
“I like working with the players and seeing them get be�er, knowing they’re learning something and having fun doing it,” said Mueller.
The 12th coach in the program’s 35-year history, Mueller was part of a coaching staff that guided the Bison to a seven-year record of 339-125 and six straight winning seasons. The 2000 NCAA na�onal championship team posted a 68-10 ledger to set a Division II record for most wins in a season.
North Dakota State made five straight NCAA tournament appear-ances from 1998 to 2003, including back-to-back na�onal tourney trips in 1999 and 2000 and again in 2002 and 2003. Mueller, assistant Mike McLeod and Hanson were selected the 2000 Speedline Division II Na-�onal Coaching Staff of the Year. The trio was also named the 1999 and 2000 Speedline Division II North Central Regional Coaching Staff of the Year by the Na�onal Fastpitch Coaches Associa�on.
Mueller knows the importance of team chemistry and staying posi-�ve. He set the tone his first day on the new job.
“I just told the players that I wanted them to learn something new every day. Don’t worry about the wins and the losses, they will come,” said Mueller.
“The challenge is learning something new every day because that’s what is going to make you a be�er player. You can’t worry about failure because everybody is going to fail at one point or another. Learn from your mistakes and move on.”
Mueller will also challenge the student-athletes to excel in the classroom. Former players, Sarah Schmitz, Michelle Wiest and Aimee
* 2000 NCAA Division II Na�onal Champions* NCAA Division II Na�onal Tournament, 3rd Place (2003), 5th Place (1999), 7th Place (2002)* 2009 NCAA Division I Norman Region Champions* 2003, 2002, 2000, 1999 NCAA North Central Region Champions* 2009 Summit League Tournament Champions* 2008 Summit League Regular Season Champions* 2002, 1999 North Central Conference Champions* 2000 Speedline Division II Na�onal Coaching Staff of the Year* 2009 NFCA Division I Midwest Region co-Coaching Staff of the Year* 2003, 2002, 2000, 1999 Speedline Division II North Central Region Coaching Staff of the Year* 2008 Summit League Coach of the Year* 2007, 2006 Division I Independent Coach of the Year* 2002 North Central Conference Co-Coach of the Year
Enzler were named CoSIDA Academic All-Americans. Since 1995, 29 Bison players have earned NFCA Academic Scholar-Athlete awards (3.50 grade-point average or higher).
“One of the first things we talk about is striving for a high grade-point average. I think that’s a goal of any team who wants to succeed, to make sure they first achieve success in the classroom,” said Mueller.
“When you come to NDSU, you’re coming here to become a part of a great academic and athle�c tradi�on.”
Mueller has authored many ar�cles for the NFCA and produced four videos on hi�ng. He has coached interna�onally in Holland and Australia with USA all-star teams that have competed against the Dutch Na�onal and numerous all-star teams.
Mueller has been ac�ve on the local so�ball scene for more than a decade, and was named to the North American Fastpitch Associa�on all-world tournament team in 2000. He also earned All-American honors in 1996.
Mueller is a Fargo na�ve. He earned his bachelor’s degree in physical educa�on from NDSU in 1994 and master’s degree in 2006.
The Mueller FileBorn: July 23, 1969Hometown: Fargo, N.D.Graduated: 1994, North Dakota StateB.S. in Physical Educa�on; 2006; North Dakota State, Master's Degree
MUELLER'S RECORDNDSU Head CoachSeason W L .Pct Conf. NCAA 2009 38 20 .655 1st (2nd) Super Regional2008 37 17 .685 1st ---2007 34 23 .596 --- --- 2006 28 29 .491 --- --- 2005 24 27 .471 --- ---2004 40 11 .784 3rd Region2003 43 11 .796 2nd 3rd2002 44 10 .815 1st T7th Total 288 148 .661 (8 years)
NDSU Assistant CoachSeason W L .Pct NCC NCAA 2001 53 6 .898 2nd Region2000 68 10 .872 2nd 1st1999 53 12 .815 1st 5th1998 64 17 .790 4th Region1997 45 19 .766 T5th ---1996 37 29 .561 4th ---1995 19 32 .373 9th --- Total 339 125 .731 (7 years)
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JAMIE TRACHSEL (St. Cloud State, 2001)Associate Head Coach
Jamie Trachsel is in her third season as associate head coach for the Bison. It is Trachsel's ninth season with the program, four as a full-�me assistant and two seasons as a graduate assistant.
Trachsel is responsible for team defense, recrui�ng and coordina�ng scou�ng. In 2009, NDSU led The Summit League and ranked 8th in NCAA Division I sta�s�cs with a .976 fielding percentage. Trachsel has coached four All-Americans. She was a member of the NFCA's 2009 Division Midwest Region and Division II North Central Region Coaching Staffs of the Year.
A na�ve of Duluth, Minn., Trachsel played so�ball for St. Cloud State. She was an all-region selec�on as a junior. Trachsel graduated from St. Cloud State in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree in sports management, and coaching and human rela�ons minors. She earned her master’s degree from NDSU in 2006.
Trachsel is a nine-�me na�onal champion in raquetball. She was a 17-�me le�erwinner in four sports at Duluth Central High School including six le�ers in so�ball. Trachsel was an all-conference, all-region and all-state selec�on on the diamond.
DARCY BYRNE Volunteer Coach
Darcy Byrne is in his fourth season as a volunteer coach with the North Dakota State women’s so�ball program. He brings a wealth of interna�onal pitching experience to the diamond.
A six-�me North American Fastpitch Associa�on (NAFA) All-World team selec�on, Byrne was a member of the bronze medalist Junior Canadian Na�onal Team. He played in Australia for three years, earning MVP honors and star-ring for the na�onal champions.
A member of the NAFA All-Decade team, Byrne played on three Canadian na�onal champion teams, a trio of Inter-na�onal So�ball Congress (ISC) na�onal �tle squads (including a 19-under team) and one Canadian Senior na�onal championship team. Byrne was twice named the ISC 23-under top pitcher. He was named the MVP of one Canadian na�onal championship and was a two-�me all-Canadian na�onal pick.
NICOLE SALVESEN Athle�c Training
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BRITTANY WEIL (Iowa, 2009)Pitching Coach
Former University of Iowa standout Bri�any Weil joined the North Dakota State University so�ball coaching staff in September 2009 as a graduate assistant and will work with the pitchers. Weil, who earned all-region and all-confer-ence honors for the Hawkeyes, was the seventh overall pick in the Na�onal Pro Fastpitch Senior Dra� by the Akron Racers. She compiled a 4-3 record with a 2.28 earned run average as the Racers advanced to the first round of the league playoffs. Weil departed the University of Iowa with school records for strikeouts (1,083), innings pitched (1,011.2), complete games (110), games pitched (183) and no-hi�ers (5), and is also �ed for first with 99 wins. She also holds the single-season records for strikeouts (339) and no-hi�er (5). A second team NFCA All-American, Weil went 26-12 with 14 shutouts, five no-hi�ers and a 1.10 earned run average in 2009. She was also named first team NFCA All-Midwest Region and All-Big Ten. Weil became the first Hawkeye to be named NFCA Na�onal Player of the Week in 2009. She recorded a career-high 19 strikeouts in an eight-inning no-hit effort against Kent State (2-13-09). Weil also earned first team NFCA All-Mideast Region and second team All-Big Ten honors in 2008 a�er pos�ng a 1.22 earned run average. She was also a two-�me all-league third team selec�on and earned second team all-region hon-ors. She graduated from Iowa in May 2009 with a bachelor’s degree in communica�on studies.
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TEMPE, Ariz.--Those who se�led in what’s now North Dakota, be they indigenous Na�ve Americans or those of European descent who followed centuries later, must have been a li�le resourceful and a lot stubborn to make life work in a place where minus 30 degrees isn’t cold enough to beat the record low on any January day.
The kind of people who would nod approvingly as North Dakota State as-sistant coach Jamie Trachsel builds one of the na�on’s best defenses in seemingly inhospitable so�ball territory. With tennis balls, a bit of racquetball and the squeak of the gym floor filling in for the thrill of the grass, the Bison don’t just get by. They get ahead.
North Dakota State was the Cinderella story of last season’s NCAA tournament. A team that played its first 45 games on the road while wai�ng for things to thaw out back home in Fargo -- and that was a typical schedule -- came within two games of the Women’s College World Series a�er knocking off na�onal power and former na�onal champion Oklahoma en route to a regional �tle.
And with every posi�on player save the catcher returning this season, the Bison hope to s�ck around the scene. Arizona eventually pulled away for a 6-0 win when the two teams met last week dur-ing the season-opening Kajikawa Classic, but Wildcats coach Mike Candrea, who played the Bison last season as well, en-tered and departed impressed by a team that went 3-2 on the weekend under coach Darren Mueller’s watch.
“He has done a heck of a job with that program and I think they’re very compe�-�ve,” Candrea said. “I think they’re one of those teams that if you don’t know them and you start playing the name game, you’re going to get your bu� beat because they can play.”
The pitching circle is frequently the first place to look for answers when an unfamiliar name cracks so�ball’s upper echelon. A dominant ace who perhaps slipped through the recrui�ng cracks or wanted to stay close to home can trans-form an average program into a contend-er overnight. But as clutch as pitcher Andi Padilla was as a senior last season, she wasn’t an overpowering presence.
To see where the Bison excelled, you
NDSU’s Taylor Lynn sprints while Maryssa McKenzie awaits the tag during the team’s recent indoor prac�ce.
had to look behind the circle, where North Dakota State ranked eighth in the na�on in fielding percentage. A team that spent its en�re preseason inside and played almost exclusively on unfamiliar fields trailed only seven warm-weather schools. Among its Summit League peers, only one other team ranked in the top 150 in fielding percentage, Centenary at No. 66. “We get a few prac�ces in our dome, and outside that, we prac�ce in a gym,” Trachsel said of the challenges. “But we don’t know any different; that’s the thing. We don’t know any different, and we can’t make excuses about it, so we just do what we can.”
And what they can do defensively is the domain of the 31-year-old assistant who Mueller entrusts with that part of the game. A na�ve of Duluth, Minn. -- where the average annual snowfall makes Fargo look almost temperate by comparison -- Trachsel played college so�ball at St. Cloud State and earned all-region dis�nc-�on at the Div. II school. But the roots of her defensive wizardry are in a different sport, one far more befi�ng the long win-ter months of the Upper Midwest.
For while her so�ball coaching career has forced her into compe��ve re�re-ment, she’s a nine-�me na�onal cham-pion in racquetball, winning her first
junior �tle before she turned 10. When other kids were gravita�ng to swimming, gymnas�cs or other more familiar athle�c endeavors, she was camped out at the local racquetball courts, playing or just watching adults to pick up the nuances of a game that s�ll prove useful in a com-pletely different sport.
“It’s good for your hand-eye coordina-�on and your footwork and your speed and stuff like that,” Trachsel said. “And the biggest thing is you start to read angles -- you see the angle of the bat, you see when someone starts to open up their hips and where the hands are going to come through. I think that’s the biggest thing.”
The Bison will some�mes forgo their gloves en�rely for indoor prac�ces, instead facing Trachsel barehanded as she hits tennis balls at them -- and you get the sense the compe�tor in her enjoys making sure it’s “at” and not “to” them. The goal is to make 21 outs without an error, the equivalent of an actual game, and there is no grading on a curve. Bobble a ball for even a moment and it’s an error. Make back-to-back errors or misplay a ball in the first or last “inning” -- when momentum is most precarious -- and you might stand around watching your team-mates run extra sprints for your mistake.
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Taylor Lynn
Elisa Victa Richel BrionesTaylor Mortensen
Laurel Pipkin
Maryssa McKenzieCris�na Borek
Becca Gi�
Whitney JohnsonRandi Parks
Nicole Rivera
Melissa Chmielewski
HOW THE BISON LINEUP IN 2010 PitchersWhitney Johnson
Randi Parks
CatchersMaryssa McKenzie
Cris�na BorekBecca Gi�
First BaseMelissa Chmielewski
Second BaseLaurel Pipkin
ShortstopNicole Rivera
Third BaseBrea Konz
Ou�ieldElisa Victa, le�
Taylor Lynn, centerRichel Briones, right
Taylor Mortensen
NDSU associate head coach Jamie Trachsel runs warm-up drills before the Oakland Uni-versity series in 2009.
BOLD-Returning players
Brea Konz
“If you can do that, and even mentally if you can do that, you feel like you can catch anything,” Trachsel said. “We focus a lot on the fundamentals and obviously the applica�on. And we do a lot of mental stuff; I put together a lot of challenges just to keep things fresh. You can always prepare for game situa�ons in that sense, and championships and games are mostly won and lost in your mind. So I think we don’t beat ourselves very o�en. We’ll generally make someone beat [us], and if they do that, you give them credit.”
The challenges don’t end when the Bison finally do get a look at actual grass and dirt, as in the trip to Arizona. Indoor prac�ces may stretch deep into the sea-son back home, but the team does what it can to maximize every minute available on the road.
“Let’s say we go to Kansas; we’ll leave Wednesday night,” Trachsel said. “We’ll sleep overnight on the bus, we’ll get in and eat breakfast in the morning and we’ll prac�ce from 11 to 1 on their field and then just kind of take the rest of the day instead of using Thursday all day as a travel day anyway. You don’t sleep great, but at least you get a chance to prac�ce. And we use our warm-ups as prac�ce. It’s not just about the games. We have to u�lize the �me, if it’s 10, 15 minutes or
if it’s five reps or 30 reps we can get in. Especially in the first month, we have to u�lize that.”
North Dakota State’s players and fans were easy to spot in Tempe, both for the bright greens and yellows of their jerseys and t-shirts and the pale gleam of skin
unaccustomed to hours in the sun. Yet �me and again, the Bison came up with the defensive gems of a team very much at home in the field. Third baseman Brea Konz snared mul�ple line drives seemingly headed for the corner. Le�fielder Elisa Victa raced into foul territory, sized up the approaching bullpen wall and made a catch as she reached over the fence. They also made the rou�ne plays and finished the weekend with just four errors.
The demands of her coaching career have curtailed Trachsel’s compe��ve racquetball career (although a few of her so�ball players have taken up the sport recently). She played in her last na�onal tournament four years ago. And there are �me she misses trading one passion for another.
“I miss being really good at something; that’s what I miss,” Trachsel said. “Like you walk in somewhere feeling like you’re one of the best -- that’s a good feeling. That’s what I miss about it, just being great at something.”
Why bother poin�ng out that perhaps she s�ll is? A�er all, it takes a certain stub-bornness to succeed in a North Dakota winter.
(By Graham Hays, ESPN.com. Hays cov-ers so�ball for ESPN.com)
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2010 North Dakota State So�ball RosterNO. NAME POS. B/T HT. YR. HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL) 1 Laurel Pipkin 2B L/R 5-4 Sr. Alameda, Calif. (Alameda)3 Becca Gi� IF L/R 5-10 Fr. Durham, N.C. (N. Raleigh Chris�an Academy)4 Elisa Victa LF L/R 5-3 Jr. Laguna Hills, Calif. (Laguna Hills)5 Nicole Rivera SS L/R 5-6 Jr Lakeside, Calif. (Granite Hills)6 Maryssa McKenzie C R/R 5-10 Jr. Brentwood, Calif. (Freedom)7 Whitney Johnson P R/R 5-11 Fr. Lake Crystal, Minn. (Lake Crystal Wellcome-Memorial)9 Richel Briones OF L/L 4-10 Jr. Pacifica, Calif. (St. Igna�us Prep)10 Randi Parks P R/R 5-7 So. Boise, Idaho (Mountain View)11 Taylor Lynn CF L/R 5-5 Sr. San Mateo, Calif. (Aragon)14 Cris�na Borek C R/R 5-9 So. Carmel, Calif. (Hartnell JC/Carmel)15 Taylor Mortensen OF R/R 5-10 So. Sioux Falls, S.D. (Lincoln)16 Brea Konz 3B R/R 5-6 So. Sioux Falls, S.D. (Roosevelt)17 Melissa Chmielewski 1B R/R 5-9 Sr. Circle Pines, Minn. (Centennial)
Head Coach: Darren MuellerAssociate Head Coach: Jamie TrachselPitching Coach: Bri�any WeilVolunteer Assistant: Darcy ByrneAthle�c Training Graduate Assistant: Nicole Salvesen
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14 Cris�na Borek 9 Richel Briones 17 Melissa Chmielewski 3 Becca Gi� 7 Whitney Johnson 16 Brea Konz 11 Taylor Lynn 6 Maryssa McKenzie 15 Taylor Mortensen 10 Randi Parks 1 Laurel Pipkin 5 Nicole Rivera 4 Elisa Victa
BISON BY YEARSeniors 3 (Chmielewski,
Lynn, Pipkin)Junior 4 (Briones, McKenzie,
Rivera, Victa)Sophomores 4 (Borek, Konz,
Mortensen, Parks)Freshmen 2 (Gi�, Johnson)
BISON BY STATECalifornia 7 (Borek, Briones,
Lynn, McKenzie, Pipkin,Rivera, Victa)
Idaho 1 (Parks)Minnesota 2 (Chiemelewski,
Johnson)North Carolina 1 (Gi�)South Dakota 2 (Konz,
Mortensen)
PRONUNCIATIONSByrne (burn)Briones (buh-ROW-ness)Chimelewski (Shim-AH- leh-ski)Konz (koonz)Trachsel (TRACK-sul)Elisa (Ah-LEE-sah) Victa
The 2010 Bison So�ball Team: Front Row (L to R) Whitney Johnson, Maryssa McK-enzie, Melissa Chmielewski, Becca Gi�. Middle Row (L to R) Cris�na Borek, Richel Briones, Laurel Pipkin, Taylor Lynn, Elisa Victa, Taylor Mortensen. Back Row (L to R) Randi Parks, Nicole Rivera, Brea Konz.
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2009 SEASON: Laurel has started in all 169 games played during Bison career including 58 as a junior ... NFCA Scholar Athlete ... Named to 2008-09 Summit League Winter/Spring All-Academic team ... Fought through injuries to hit .256 with 27 runs scored and 14 RBI ... Added nine walks, six stolen bases, five sacrifice hits and one double ... Fielded .971 with seven errors in 241 fielding chances including 114 assists ... Ranks 6th all-�me at NDSU with 306 assists ... Tied four career-highs with 4 for 5 effort vs. Jackson State (2-13-09) that included three runs scored and three RBI ... Has 42 mul�-hit games in career including 12 in 2009 ... Also went 4 for 5 with two runs scored in Summit League win over Oakland (4-10-09) ... Has seven mul�-RBI games including three in 2009 ... Had six mul�-runs scored games last season and 21 in career ... Part of NDSU defense that was 8th in NCAA fielding percentage (.976) and 12th na�onally in double plays (0.47 avg.) ... Had a pair of games with 10 fielding chances (5po-5a-0e) vs. Centenary (5-2-09) and vs. Oakland (4-11-09). 2008 SEASON: Started in 54 games for the Bison ... Hit .348 with 40 runs scored and 20 RBI ... Earned 2008 All-Summit League first team honors ... Named Summit League Player of the Week (2-19-08) ... Landed on 2007-08 Summit League Winter/Spring All-Academic team ... In the final league sta�s�cs, Pipkin �ed for 4th in hits per game (1.44 h/g), 6th in ba�ng average (.383) and �ed for 7th in stolen bases (0.44 sb/g) ... Had 25 mul�-hit and 10 mul�-run games including three runs scored against UMKC (3-29-08) and Saint Mary's (3-5-08) ... Recorded a career-high three RBI at Oakland (4-11-08) ... Had a career best two doubles and three walks vs. Texas-Arlington (2-16-08) ... Had a career-high nine assists at Nebraska (4-23-08) ... Had 10 fielding chances against the Huskers to record her second career double-figure effort ... Matched a career best with two stolen bases against UMKC (3-29-08) ... Had 14 steals in 20 a�empts overall ... Connected for first collegiate triples two days apart against na�onally-ranked Stanford (3-7-08) and Saint Mary's (3-5-08). 2007 SEASON: Started in all 57 games for the Bison ... Hit .197 with 23 runs scored and four RBI ... Went 4 for 4 with two runs scored in win over Siena (2-25-07) ... One of six mul�-hit and four mul�-runs scored games ... Recorded 14 stolen bases including a season-high two against Cal State Bakersfield (4-27-07) ... Made only eight errors in 191 fielding chances ... Had a season best eight putouts in 11 fielding chances vs. Kansas (3-10-07). HIGH SCHOOL: A 2006 graduate of Alameda High School ... Four-year starter ... Played second base, catcher and shortstop during career ... Member of three undefeated Alameda Contra Costa Athle�c League chamionship teams during her career ... Hit .412 as senior and earned first team all-ACCAL honors ... Hit .412 as a junior for Alameda with 20 stolen bases on her way to earning first team all-league and second team all-state underclassman honors ... The Lady Hornets won the North Coast Sec�on 2-A East Bay championship and compiled a 23-3 record in 2005 ... Named second team all-league as sophomore and
honorable men�on as a freshman ... Played second base and the out-field in summer league with the successful Sorcerers Gold. PERSONAL: Daughter of Richard Pipkin and Katrina Katsch of Alam-eda, Calif. ...Born December 14, 1987... Has four sisters, Chelsea, Alicia, Heather, and Meghan... Sister Meghan played so�ball for the University of Belmont (Tenn.)... ... Majoring in criminal jus�ce with a minor in psy-chology ... Future plans include becoming a director of juvenile jus�ce ... Hobbies include sleeping, ea�ng, playing basketball and kickboxing... Prep coaches were Linda Brown (so�ball), Doug Spencer (so�ball) and Brad Thomas (basketball).
THE PIPKIN FILEFavorite Movie: Love and Basketball Favorite Food: Free FoodFavorite Singer: NasFavorite Holiday: ThanksgivingFavorite Color: OrangeFavorite Actors: Don Cheadle, Charlize TheronFavorite TV Shows: Project Runaway, Sex and the City, Will and GraceFavorite Song: "Colorblind" by Coun�ng CrowsFavorite Book: Marley and Me, Of Mice and Men, White OleanderFavorite Athlete: Michael Jordan
LAUREL'S CAREER BESTSOffenseAt-Bats: 5 vs. 13 teams, last at Oklahoma, 5-15-09Runs: 3 vs. four teams, last vs. Belmont, 2-14-09Hits: 4 vs. Jackson State, 2-13-09; vs. Oakland, 4-10-09; vs.Siena, 2-25-07RBI: 3 vs. Jackson State, 2-13-09; vs. UNI, 3-30-09; vs. Oakland, 4-11-082B: 2 vs. UT-Arlington, 2-16-083B: 1 vs. Stanford, 3-7-08; vs. Saint Mary's, 3-5-08HR: n/aBB: 3 vs. UT-Arlington, 2-16-08HBP: 1 vs. three teams, last vs. Missouri, 3-15-08Stolen Bases: 2 vs. UMKC, 3-29-08; vs. Cal State Bakersfield, 4-27-07FieldingFielding Chances: 11 vs. Kansas, 3-10-07Putouts: 8 vs. Kansas, 3-10-07Assists: 9 vs. Nebraska, 4-23-08
Mul�-Hit: 42 games (25 in '08)Mul�-Runs Scored: 21 games (10 in '08)Mul�-RBI: 7 gamesDouble-Figure Fielding Chances: 4 games
Laurel as a Bison Year G-GS AB R H BI .AVG 2b 3b Hr TB SLG% BB SO SF-S SB-A OB% PO A E FLD% 2007 57-57 152 23 30 4 .197 1 0 0 31 .204 9 23 0-6 14-15 .247 117 66 8 .958 2008 54-54 198 40 69 20 .348 7 2 0 80 .404 10 15 1-1 14-20 .384 97 126 9 .961 2009 58-58 199 27 51 14 .256 1 0 0 52 .261 9 27 0-5 6-9 .288 120 114 7 .971 TOTALS 169-169 549 90 150 38 .273 9 2 0 163 .297 28 65 1-12 34-44 .312 214 192 17 .960
NFCA Scholar Athlete2008 All-Summit League first team
2008, 2009 Summit League Winter/Spring All-Academic team2008 Summit League Player of the Week
2007 Division I Independent Player of the Week
1Laurel PIPKIN5-4 Senior Second BasemanBat/Throw: L/R Alameda, CaliforniaAlameda High School
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4Elisa VICTA5-3 Junior Le� FielderBat/Throw: L/R Laguna Hills, CaliforniaLaguna Hills High School
2009: Elisa was one of three Bison players to start in all 58 games ... Steady offensive and defensive player ... Hit .347 with 35 runs scored and 18 RBI ... Led NDSU with 13 sacrifice hits and ranks 7th all-�me on school charts with 25 ... Added 15 walks, four doubles and a pair of stolen bases ... Scored the game-win-ning run in the 3-2 win over Tulsa (5-16-09) in body-twis�ng fashion that helped vault NDSU into the NCAA Norman Region championship game ... Named to the Summit League all-tourna-ment team ... Selected to the All-Summit League first team ... Had team-high 10-game hi�ng streak ... Recorded 17 mul�-hit games and has 32 in career ... Stroked a career-high four hits vs. Belmont (2-14-09) ... Twice scored a career best three runs vs. IUPUI (4-3-09) and vs. Jackson State (2-13-09) ... Had nine mul�-run games and has 16 in career ... Collected a career-high four RBI vs. Jackson State (2-13-09) ... Matched a career best four putouts in three games including the 1-0 NCAA Norman Region win over Oklahoma (5-15-09) ... Part of NDSU defense that was 8th in NCAA fielding percentage (.976) and 12th na�onally in double plays (0.47 avg.). 2008 SEASON: Elisa started in all 54 games ... Hit .304 with 35 runs scord and 18 RBI ... Led NDSU with 12 sacrifice hits ... Selected Summit League Freshman of the Year a�er hi�ng .393 in league games ... Named to all-league second team and the winter/spring all-academic team ... Third on team with 15 mul�-hit games and added four mul�-RBI games ... Tied for team-high 12-game hi�ng streak ... Collected three hits on two occasions including against UMKC (3-30-08) ... Also matched a season best with three runs vs. the Kangaroos ... Recorded a season-high four putouts and pair of assists against UT-Arlington (2-16-08). HIGH SCHOOL: A 2007 graduate of Laguna Hills High School ... Hit .438 during her senior year with 26 runs scored, eight RBI, six stolen bases and three doubles for the Pacific Coast League champions ... First team all-PCL performer ... Laguna Hills com-piled a 25-6 record overall, 11-1 in league play in 2007 ... Ranked among Orange County’s leading hi�ers ... Listed as a player to watch in the season preview ... Hit .361 for the league champi-ons ... Four-year starter who played second, third, shortstop and two ou�ield posi�ons ... Played summer league so�ball for the talented California Cruisers.
THE VICTA FILEFavorite Movies: The Sandlot, Remember the Titans, Step Up SuperbadFavorite Food: Italian foodFavorite Singers: John Mayer, Lil WayneFavorite Holiday: ChristmasFavorite Color: YellowFavorite Actor: Denzel WashingtonFavorite TV Shows: House, Grey’s AnatomyFavorite Songs: “Slow Dancing in a Burning Room” by John Mayer; "Street Lights" by Kanye WestFavorite Book: "Blue Like Jazz" by Donald MillerFavorite Athletes: LaDainian Tomlinson and Brian Urlacher
ELISA'S CAREER BESTSOffenseAt-Bats: 5 vs. nine teams, last at Oklahoma, 5-15-09Runs: 3 vs. five teams, last vs. IUPUI, 4-3-09Hits: 4 vs. Belmont, 2-14-09RBI: 4 vs. Jackson State, 2-13-092B: 1 vs. three teams, last vs. Centenary, 5-2-093B: 1 vs. Eastern Illinois, 2-23-08HR: n/aBB: 3 at Southern Utah, 3-13-09SH: 2 vs. Oakland, 4-11-09
FieldingFielding Chances: 6 vs. UT-Arlington, 2-16-08Putouts: 4 vs. four teams, last at Oklahoma, 5-15-09Assists: 2 vs. UT-Arlington, 2-16-08
Mul�-Hit: 32 games (17 in '09)Mul�-RBI: 6 gamesMul�-Run: 16 games (9 in '09)
Elisa as a Bison Year G-GS AB R H BI .AVG 2b 3b Hr TB SLG% BB SO SF-S SB-A OB% PO A E FLD% 2008 54-54 171 35 52 18 .304 0 1 0 54 .316 20 29 0-12 3-4 .383 51 3 1 .982 2009 58-58 193 35 67 18 .347 4 0 0 71 .368 15 23 0-13 2-5 .394 64 3 3 .957 TOTALS 112-112 364 70 119 36 .327 4 1 0 125 .343 35 52 0-25 5-9 .389 115 64 4 .968
2009 All-Summit League first team2009 Summit League All-Tournament team2008 Summit League Freshman of the Year
2008 All-Summit League second team2007-08 Summit League Winter/Spring All-Academic team
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PERSONAL: Daughter of Rudy and Cleo Victa ... Born June 16, 1989 ... Has one brother, Anthony, and one sister, Kris�na ... Ma-joring in hospitality & tourism management ... Father competed in track & field at UC Irvine.
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2009 SEASON: Nicole started in all 56 games played ... Hit .280 with one home run and 14 RBI from the lead-off spot ... Lone long ball was a big one, a solo shot to right field in NCAA Norman Region championship game against Tulsa (5-17-09) ... Went 6 for 13 in that championship series ... Twice had a career-high three hits, last at IPFW (4-24-09) ... Had 13 mul�-hit games and has 20 in career ... Scored a career best three runs vs. Jackson State (2-13-09) ... Led the Bison in stolen bases (18 of 26) ... Matched a career-high with two stolen bases at Nebraska (3-17-09) ... Scored 32 runs and walked 16 �mes ... Added a pair of triples, two sacrifice hits, one double and a sacrifice fly ... Had five mul�-runs scored games and has 10 in career ... Improved fielding percentage by 39 points to .946 with 13 errors in 242 fielding chances ... Had career-high six assists in three games and had a career best seven putouts on two occasions ... Twice had double-figure fielding chances, 12 (5 po-6a-1e) vs. Centenary (5-2-09) and 10 (7 po-3 a) vs. Utah (2-20-09) ... Part of NDSU defense that was 8th in NCAA fielding percentage (.976) and 12th na�onally in double plays (0.47 avg.). 2008 SEASON: Nicole started in all 54 games ... Hit .245 with one home run and six RBI ... Contributed 26 runs scored, six sacrifice bunts, a double ... Recorded a team-high 19 stolen bases in 21 a�empts including a pair of steals on two occasions vs. Western Illinois (4-6-08) and UMKC (3-29-08) ... Belted first col-legiate home run vs. Missouri (3-15-08) ... Had five fielding assists against four different opponents including 7th-ranked California (3-6-08) ... Came up with eight fielding chances twice including vs. Providence (3-1-08) ... Scored a pair of runs against five teams including UMKC (3-29-08) ... Recorded two hits on seven occa-sions including South Dakota State (4-28-08). HIGH SCHOOL: A 2007 graduate of Granite Hills High School in El Cajon, Calif. ... Played shortstop, third base and ou�ield for Granite Hills ... The Grossmount League’s Player of the Year and a three-�me all-conference selec�on ... Named to the San Diego Union Tribune first team and the CIF (California Interscholas�c Federa�on) second team in 2007. PERSONAL: Daughter of Norm and Grace Rivera of Lakeside Calif. ... Born February 27, 1989 ... Has one brother, Ryan, and three sisters, Stephanie, Michelle and Gene�e ... Majoring in veterinary technology.
THE RIVERA FILEFavorite Movie: Remember the TitansFavorite Food: ChineseFavorite Holiday: ChristmasFavorite Color: BlueFavorite Actor: Adam SandlerFavorite TV Shows: CSI Law & OrderFavorite Song: "Get Low"Favorite Athlete: Derek Jeter
NICOLE'S CAREER BESTSOffenseAt-Bats: 6 vs. Oakland, 4-10-09Runs: 3 vs. Jackson State, 2-13-09Hits: 3 at IPFW, 4-25-09; vs. Oakland, 4-10-09RBI: 2 at IPFW, 4-24-09; vs. Jackson State, 2-13-092B: 1 at Southern Utah, 3-13-09; vs. Wisconsin, 3-16-083B: 1 at Southern Utah, 3-13-09; vs. Belmont, 2-14-09HR: 1 vs. Tulsa, 5-17-09; at Missouri, 3-15-08BB: 2 vs. five teams, last vs. Centenary, 5-2-09Stolen Bases: 2 vs. four teams vs. IUPUI, 4-2-09
FieldingFielding Chances: 12 vs. Centenary, 5-2-09Putouts: 7 at Oklahoma, 5-15-09; vs. Utah, 2-20-09Assists: 6 vs. three teams, last vs. Centenary, 5-2-09
Mul�-Hit: 20 games (13 in '09)Mul�-Run: 10 games (5 in '09)Mul�-RBI: 2 gamesDouble-Figure Fielding Chances: 2 games
Nicole as a Bison Year G-GS AB R H BI .AVG 2b 3b Hr TB SLG% BB SO SF-S SB-A OB% PO A E FLD% 2008 54-54 151 26 37 6 .245 1 0 1 41 .272 7 30 0-6 19-21 .288 83 92 18 .907 2009 56-56 168 32 47 14 .280 1 2 1 55 .327 16 25 1-2 18-26 .341 111 118 13 .946 TOTALS 110-110 319 58 84 20 .301 2 2 2 96 .301 23 55 1-8 37-47 .316 194 210 31 .929
5Nicole RIVERA5-6 Junior ShortstopBat/Throw: L/RLakeside, CaliforniaGranite Hills High School
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2009 SEASON: Maryssa came back from an elbow injury ... Named to 2008-09 Summit League Winter/Spring All-Academic team and Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence ... Started 11 of 18 games played working behind all-region catcher Kelly Cantrell ... Hit .147 with five runs scored and three RBI ... Added five walks and three sacrifice hits ... Commi�ed no errors in 72 fielding chances including 11 assists ... Tied a career-high with two runs scored vs. Jackson State (2-13-09) ... Matched a career best with a pair of walks at Southern Utah (3-14-09) ... Part of NDSU defense that was 8th in NCAA fielding percentage (.976) and 12th na�onally in double plays (0.47 avg.). 2008 SEASON: Had her season cut short with an elbow injury ... Had Tommy John surgery and completed a successful rehab s�nt ... Received medical hardship year ... Landed a spot on the 2007-08 Summit League Winter/Spring All-Academic team ... Played in eight games including five starts ... Hit .294 with three runs score, a double and one RBI ... Issued three walks ... Made no errors in 13 fielding chances including three assists ... Threw out one baserunner ... Set or matched career bests with 2 for 5 showing at plate in season opener against Green Bay (2-9-08) ... Scored two runs and belted a double against the Phoenix. 2007 SEASON: Maryssa played in 21 games including 13 star�ng as-signments ... Hit .132 with one home run and three RBI ... Added eight walks, four runs scored and a pair of sacrifice bunts ... Went 2 for 4 with two RBI and a run scored in win over Manha�an (2-18-07) ... Hit her first collegiate home run against the ‘Ha�ers ... Issued a pair of walks vs. UMKC ... ... Made no errors in 46 fielding chances including seven assists ... Recorded a season-high 11 fielding chances including five assists against Creighton (3-15-07). HIGH SCHOOL: A 2006 graduate of Freedom High School in Oakley, Calif. ... Four-year starter on four BVAL/North Coast Sec�on 3A East Bay championshp teams ... Played catcher and le� field for the Falcons ... Freedom was ranked No. 1 in the final USA Today high school so�ball na�onal rankings ... The Falcons posted a 25-0 record in 2006 ... Played with Arizona-bound pitcher Amanda Williams ... Hit drama�c solo home run in the 1-0 eight-inning victory over Oregon 3A state champion Southridge ... Caught Williams’ perfect game vs. Southridge, one of three during season ... Selected to 2006 Best of the West all-tourney team ... Earned second team all-BVAL/NCS honors as a senior ... Played summer league for the Strike Zone ... Member of the Na�onal Honor Society ... Principal’s Honor Roll. PERSONAL: Daughter of Michael and Ramona McKenzie ... Born
THE McKENZIE FILEFavorite Movie: Fried Green TomatoesFavorite Food: Tamale Pie CasseroleFavorite Singer: Lady GagaFavorite Holiday: 4th of JulyFavorite Color: RedFavorite Actor: Denzel WashingtonFavorite TV Shows: Golden Girls!!!Favorite Song: "Three Li�le Birds" by Bob MarleyFavorite Athlete: Tito Or�z
MARYSSA'S CAREER BESTSOffenseAt-Bats: 5 vs. Green Bay, 2-9-08Runs: 2 vs. Jackson State, 2-13-09; vs. Green Bay, 2-9-08Hits: 2 vs. two teams, last vs. Green Bay, 2-9-08RBI: 2 vs. Manha�an, 2-18-072B: 1 vs. Green Bay, 2-9-083B: n/aHR: 1 vs. Manha�an, 2-18-07BB: 2 vs. three teams, last at Southern Utah, 3-14-09
FieldingFielding Chances: 11 vs. Creighton, 3-15-07Putouts: 7 vs. two teams, last vs. Siena, 2-25-07Assists: 5 vs. Creighton, 3-15-07
Mul�-Hit: 2 gamesMul�-RBI: 2 gamesMult-Run: 2 games
Maryssa as a Bison Year G-GS AB R H BI .AVG 2b 3b Hr TB SLG% BB SO SF-S SB-A OB% PO A E FLD% 2007 21-13 38 4 5 3 .132 0 0 1 8 .211 8 8 0-2 0-1 .283 39 7 0 1.000 2008 8-5 17 3 5 1 .294 1 0 0 6 .353 3 3 0-0 0-0 .400 10 3 0 1.000 2009 18-11 34 5 5 3 .147 0 0 0 5 .147 5 8 0-3 0-0 .256 12 1 0 1.000 TOTALS 47-29 89 12 15 7 .169 1 0 1 19 .213 16 19 0-5 0-1 .295 61 11 0 1.000
2008-09 Summit League Commissioner’sList of Academic Excellence
2008, 2009 Summit League Winter/Spring All-Academic team
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6Maryssa McKENZIE5-10 Junior CatcherBat/Throw: R/RBrentwood, CaliforniaFreedom High School
July 4, 1988 ... Has one sister, Malyssa ... Majoring in human develop-ment and family science with a minor in Spanish ... Future plans include becoming a counselor for at-risk youth ... Became interested in field when working at Fargo’s Lutheran Social Services ... Favorite hobby is scrapbooking ... Prep coaches were Michele Moore and Jeff Jonas.
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2009 SEASON: Richel started in 56 of 58 games played during the season ... Had 12-game hi�ng streak from end of freshman year to start of sophomore season ... Hit .272 with five doubles, two home runs and 14 RBI ... Recorded 23 runs scored, 19 walks, seven stolen bases, four sacrifice hits and one sacrifice fly ... Collected a career-high three RBI with one swing, a home run, vs. Eastern Illinois (3-7-09) ... Scored a career-high three runs at UNI (3-30-09) ... Matched a career best with three putouts at Oklahoma (5-15-09) ... Had a career-high four fielding chances vs. UNI (3-7-09) ... Had a career best six at-bats vs. Oakland (4-10-09) ... Hit by pitch on five occasions ... Had seven mul�-hit games and has 16 overall ... Had three mul�-RBI games and has seven overall. 2008 SEASON: Richel started in 50 of 53 games played during the season ... Enters sophomore year with six-game hi�ng streak ... Hit .284 with nine doubles, three home runs and 19 RBI ... Ranked 35th in NCAA Division I sta�s�cs in toughest to strikeout ... Struck out only eight �mes in 143 at-bats or once every 17.6 at-bats ... Recorded 18 runs scored, 17 walks, five stolen bases and three sacrifice hits ... Belted a 1-2 pitch over the right field fence with two outs in the ninth inning to li� NDSU to a 1-0 win over Southern Utah (5-3-08) as the Bison clinched the Summit League regular season �tle ... Had nine mul�-hit game including a season-high three against UT-Arlington (2-16-08) ... Collected a pair of runs ba�ed in four �mes including vs. South Dakota State (4-28-08) ... Belted two doubles vs. Providence (3-1-08). HIGH SCHOOL: A 2007 graduate of St. Igna�us Prep High School ... A four-year starter for head coach Danielle Devencenzi at St. Igna�us College Prep ... Three-�me first team all-West Catholic Athle�c League selec�on ... Three-�me captain was named to the Burlingame all-tournament team in 2005 ... One of eight members of the San Jose Strikkers 18U Gold summer league team to commit to Division I so�ball programs including current teammate Bri�ney Gu�errez ... A black belt in karate ... Standout field hockey player for the Wildcats ... Earned first team all-league honors in 2003 and second team in 2004. PERSONAL: Born July 2, 1989 ... Daughter of Roel and Richenda Briones, Pacifica, Calif ... Majoring in poli�cal science with a minor in criminal jus�ce at NDSU ... Would like to become a suc-cessful lawyer.
THE BRIONES FILEFavorite Movie: That Thing You Do!, District 9, Dazed and Confused, 500 Days of SummerFavorite Foods: A loaded burrito, sushi, Grandma’s lumpiasFavorite Singer/Groups: Green Day and Fall Out BoyFavorite Holiday: ChristmasFavorite Color: Robin’s egg blueFavorite Actor: Zachary LeviFavorite TV Shows: Chuck, Glee, and PsychFavorite Songs: “I’m Alive” from the Next to Nomal soundtrack, “I Want You to Want Me”by Cheap Trick, and “Slow Ride” by FoghatFavorite Books: Anything by Jane Austen, “Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West” by Gregory Maguire ... I could go on ...Favorite Athletes: Tom Brady, Sidney Crosby
RICHEL'S CAREER BESTSOffenseAt-Bats: 6 vs. Oakland, 4-10-09Runs: 3 at UNI, 3-30-09Hits: 3 vs. two teams, last vs. UT-Arlington, 2-16-08RBI: 3 vs. Eastern Illinois, 3-7-092B: 2 vs. Providence, 3-1-083B: n/aHR: 1 vs. five teams, last vs. Eastern Illinois, 3-7-09BB: 2 at UNI, 3-30-09
FieldingFielding Chances: 4 vs. UNI, 3-7-09Putouts: 3 vs. three teams, last at Oklahoma, 5-15-09Assists: 1 vs. five teams, last at Western Illinois, 5-9-09
Mul�-Hit: 16 games (9 in '08)Mul�-RBI: 7 games (4 in '08)Mul�-Run: 3 games
9Richel BRIONES4-10 Junior Ou�ielderBat/Throw: L/LPacifica, CaliforniaSt. Ignatius Prep High School
Richel as a Bison Year G-GS AB R H BI .AVG 2b 3b Hr TB SLG% BB SO SF-S SB-A OB% PO A E FLD% 2008 53-50 141 18 40 19 .284 9 0 3 58 .411 17 8 0-3 5-12 .365 20 2 1 .957 2009 58-56 162 23 44 14 .272 5 0 2 55 .340 17 21 1-4 7-10 .364 39 3 1 .977 Totals 111-106 303 41 84 33 .277 14 0 5 113 .373 34 29 1-7 12-22 .364 59 5 2 .970
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2009 SEASON: Randi saw limited ac�on behind Andi Padilla and Kim Westendorf ... Appeared in 14 games including five as a pinch-runner ... Had nine pitching appearances with seven starts and three complete games ... Compiled 2-3 record with a 6.42 earned run average .. Recorded a five-hit shutout of Utah (2-21-09) ... Worked 40.1 innings with 17 strikeouts and four walks ... Struck out a season-high three ba�ers on three occasions includ-ing win over Bowling Green (2-27-09) ... Made no errors in five fielding chances including four assists. HIGH SCHOOL: A 2008 graduate of Mountain View High School ... Earned first team all-Southern Idaho Conference honors ... Compiled a 10-4 record with seven shutouts and an 0.15 earned run average ... Struck out 175 and walked 13 in 95 innings pitched ... Also hit .329 for Mountain View ... Three-�me conference all-academic selec�on ... Earned second team all-conference honors for Mountain View a�er transferring from Twins Falls H.S. ... Also an outside hi�er on the volleyball court. PERSONAL: Daughter of Brian and Kathy Parks ... Born January 26, 1990 ... Has a sister, Robyn ... Majoring in exercise science with a minor in coaching ... Future plans include becoming an athle�c trainer ... Favorite hobbies wake boarding and snow-boarding ... High school coach was Mr. Crandall.
THE PARKS FILEFavorite Movies: Summer Catch, Step Up, The SandlotFavorite Foods: S�r Fry, Banana Yogurt with Granola or Italian food!Favorite Singers: Colbie Caillat, Jordin SparksFavorite Holiday: ThanksgivingFavorite Color: GreenFavorite TV Shows: Secret Life of a Teenager, Greek, Grey’s Anatomy,Private Prac�ce, Brothers & SistersFavorite Songs: “Runnin Around” Colbie Caillat, “One Step at a Time” by Jordin Sparks
Randi as a Bison Offense Year G-GS AB R H BI .AVG 2b 3b Hr TB SLG% BB SO S-SF SB-A OB% PO A E FLD% 2009 14-7 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-1 .000 1 4 0 1.000
Pitching Year G-GS CG SV ShO W-L .Pct ERA IP BF H R ER BB IB SO WP HB BK PK OppAvg 2009 9-7 1 0 1 2-3 .400 6.42 40.1 182 58 39 37 4 0 17 0 4 0 0 .335
RANDI'S CAREER BESTSPitchingInnings Pitched: 7 Utah, 2-21-09; vs. Grambling State, 2-14-09Strikeouts: 3 vs. three teams, last vs. Centenary, 5-2-09
OffenseAt-Bats: 1 at UMKC, 3-21-09
FieldingFielding Chances: 1 vs. five teams, last at Southern Utah, 3-13-09Putouts: 1 at Kansas, 3-8-09Assists: 1 vs. four teams, last at Southern Utah, 3-13-09
10Randi PARKS5-7 Sophomore PitcherBat/Throw: R/RBoise, IdahoMountain View High School
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2009 SEASON: Taylor started in all 57 games played ... Selected to the 2009 All-Summit League second team and Summit League All-Tourna-ment team ... NFCA Schol Athlete ... Named to 2008-09 Summit League Winter/Spring All-Academic team and Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence ... Hit .259 with three doubles, a pair of triples and 14 RBI ... Scored 19 runs, walked 17 �mes and was 10 of 14 in stolen bases ... Had six sacrifice hits ... Made no errors in 81 fielding chances including seven ou�ield assists ... Matched her career-high with two runs scored twice, at UNI (3-30-09) and vs. Jackson State (2-13-09) .. Issued a career best two walks at UMKC (3-20-09) and vs. Tennessee-Mar�n (2-14-09) ... Came up with a career-high five putouts/fielding chances at Arizona State (5-22-09) in the NCAA Super Regional ... Had a career best two fielding assists vs. Eastern Illinois (3-7-09) ... Finished with no errors in 81 fielding chances ... Part of NDSU defense that was 8th in NCAA field-ing percentage (.976) and 12th na�onally in double plays (0.47 avg.). 2008 SEASON: Started in all 53 games played ... Named to the 2007-08 Summit League Winter/Spring All-Academic team and Commission-er’s List of Academic Excellence ... Member of NDSU’s Student-Athlete Advisory Commi�ee ... Hit .239 with 17 runs scored and eight RBI ... Cracked three triples and one double ... Had a pair of triples against Green Bay (2-10-08) to collect a career-high three RBI ... Second on team with nine sacrifice hits ... Added seven walks and six stolen bases. 2007 SEASON: Played in 34 games as a freshman, primarily in a pinch-running role ... Scored 10 runs and had three stolen bases in four a�empts. HIGH SCHOOL: A 2006 graduate of Aragon High School ... Earned sec-ond team all-league honors as a senior ... Three-year starter in so�ball ... Played center field and shortstop ... Standout se�er on the volleyball court, earning first team all-league honors as a senior ... Played on two volleyball teams that advanced to the Central Coast Sec�onal tourna-ment ... Featured on CAL HIGH Sports ... Nominated for Aragon’s Athlete of the Year ... Team captain for both so�ball and volleyball as a senior ... Two-�me Scholar/Athlete award winner ... Played for the Northern California Strike Zone 18U Gold traveling team under coaches Don Ford and Roger Yee ... Hit .346 and had a .965 fielding percentage ... Member of California Scholarship Federa�on ... President’s Award for Educa�onal Excellence. PERSONAL: Daughter of Craig and Jennifer Lynn ... Born July 5, 1988 ... Has one brother, Robert ... Majoring in exercise science with a minor in business ... A�er an internship this summer, plans include graduate school and possibly becoming a strength and condi�oning coach ... Spent last summer working with the Fargo YMCA Fitness staff, managing and supervising the weight room ... Also taught speciality group exercise classes at the YMCA ... Hobbies include exercising, listening to music and shopping ... Prep coaches were Dave DiMa�eo (sb), Kris�n Coolidge Swanstrom (sb) and Dennis Hashiguchi (vb).
THE LYNN FILEFavorite Movies: Angels and Demons, Memoirs of a Geisha, The Notebook, Twilight.Favorite Foods: SushiFavorite Group/Singers: Dave Ma�hew’s Band, Regina Specktor, Ingrid MichaelsonFavorite Holiday: ChristmasFavorite Colors: Red, BlueFavorite Actors: Will Farrell, Uma Thurman, Denzel Washington,Bill Murray, Roert DeNiroFavorite TV Shows: Laguna Beach, Sex and the City, Survivor, The Amazing Race, The Real WorldFavorite Song: “Eet” by Regina SpektorFavorite Book: “Wins, Losses, and Lessons”Favorite Athletes: Omar Vizquel, Jared Allen
TAYLOR'S CAREER BESTSOffenseAt-Bats: 6 vs. Oakland, 4-10-09Runs: 2 vs. five teams, last vs. UNI, 3-30-09Hits: 3 vs. four teams, last vs. Youngstown State, 2-10-08RBI: 3 vs. Green Bay, 2-10-082B: 1 vs. four teams, last at IPFW, 4-24-093B: 2 vs. Green Bay, 2-10-08HR: n/aBB: 2 vs. three teams, last at UMKC, 3-20-09HBP: 1 vs. five teams, last vs. IUPUI, 4-3-09Stolen Bases: 1 vs. 16 teams, last at Western Illinois, 5-9-09
FieldingFielding Chances: 5 at Arizona State, 5-22-09; vs. Utah, 2-21-09Putouts: 5 at Arizona State, 5-22-09Assists: 2 vs. Eastern Illinois, 3-7-09
Mul�-Hit: 15 games (8 in '08)Mul�-RBI: 4 games (3 in '09)Mul�-Runs Scored: 5 games (3 in '08)
Taylor as a Bison Year G-GS AB R H BI .AVG 2b 3b Hr TB SLG% BB SO SF-S SB-A OB% PO A E FLD% 2007 34-0 3 10 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0-0 3-4 .000 1 0 0 1.000 2008 53-53 134 17 32 8 .239 1 3 0 39 .291 7 37 0-9 6-12 .297 34 3 2 .949 2009 57-57 139 19 36 14 .259 3 2 0 43 .309 17 29 0-6 10-14 .344 74 7 0 1.000 TOTALS 144-110 276 46 68 22 .246 4 5 0 82 .297 24 67 0-15 19-30 .318 109 10 2 .983
2009 All-Summit League second team2009 Summit League All-Tournament team
2009 NFCA Scholar Athlete2008, 2009 Summit League Winter/Spring All-Academic team
2008, 2009 Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic ExcellenceNDSU’s Student-Athlete Advisory Commi�ee
11Taylor LYNN5-5 Senior CenterfielderBat/Throw: L/RSan Mateo, CaliforniaAragon High School
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Taylor as a Bison Year G-GS AB R H BI .AVG 2b 3b Hr TB SLG% BB SO SF-S SB-A OB% PO A E FLD% 2009 40-28 77 13 19 13 .247 6 0 1 28 .364 6 23 0-5 5-5 .310 18 0 0 1.000
15THE MORTENSEN FILE
Favorite Movies: Wanted, Top Gun, The ProposalFavorite Foods: Burritos, SushiFavorite Singer/Group: John Mayer, Vedera,Favorite Holidays: 4th of July, ChristmasFavorite Color: YellowFavorite Actor: Will FarellFavorite Actress: Julia RobertsFavorite TV Shows: George Lopez, Will and Grace, I Love LucyFavorite Song: “Your Body’s A Wonderland”Favorite Athlete: Champ Bailey
2008-09 Summit League Winter/SpringAll-Academic team
2009 SEASON: Major contributor during her freshman year ... U�lized in the ou�ield, and as a pinch-runner and pinch-hi�er ... Named to the 2008-09 Summit League Winter/Spring All-Aca-demic team ... Started in 28 of 40 games played ... Hit .247 with six doubles, one home run and 13 RBI ... Had 13 runs scored, six walks and five sacrifice hits ... Went 5 of 5 in stolen bases and had no errors in 18 fielding chances ... Went 3 for 3 twice during the 2009 season ... Against Oakland (4-11-09), effort included a pair of doubles and RBI ... Went 5 for 5 with four RBI, three runs scored and first collegiate home run at UNI (3-30-09) ... Had a season-high three RBI in second game at UNI ... Recorded a season best five putouts at Kansas (3-8-09) ... Had a season-high two runs scored, two walks and pair of stolen bases at IPFW (4-24-09) ... Part of NDSU defense that was 8th in NCAA fielding percentage (.976) and 12th na�onally in double plays (0.47 avg.). HIGH SCHOOL: A 2008 graduate of Sioux Falls Lincoln High School ... Four-year starter ... Hit .714 with five home runs and 37 RBI for the Lincoln Patriots in 2007 under head coach Charlie Timmer ... Hit .767 with runners in scoring posi�on ... Three-�me all-state selec�on ... In the summer, Mortensen played for the Omaha Finesse Gold and has been a member of teams that placed in the top 10 at ASA na�onals three years in a row ... Played ASA so�ball for eight years, advancing to na�onals seven �mes ... State qualifier for the Lincoln High School track and field team, compe�ng in the hurdles, 400 meters and 1,600 meter relay ... Earned academic honors maintaining a 3.5 GPA or higher and was selected to “Who’s Who Among American High School Students”. PERSONAL: Daughter of Larry and the late Margaret Mortensen ... Born Apri 1, 1990 ... Majoring in mathema�cs ... Has one sister, Candace.
TAYLOR'S CAREER BESTSOffenseAt-Bats: 4 vs. four teams, last vs. Southern Utah, 5-8-09Runs: 2 at IPFW, 4-24-09; vs. UNI, 3-30-09Hits: 3 vs. Oakland, 4-11-09; vs. UNI, 3-30-09RBI: 3 vs. UNI, 3-30-092B: 2 vs. Oakland, 4-11-093B: n/aHR: 1 vs. UNI, 3-30-09BB: 2 at IPFW, 4-24-09Stolen Bases: 2 at IPFW, 4-24-09
FieldingFielding Chances: 5 at Kansas, 3-8-09Putouts: 5 at Kansas, 3-8-09Assists: n/a
Mul�-Hit: 5 gamesMul�-RBI: 3 gamesMul�-Run: 2 games
15Taylor MORTENSEN5-10 Sophomore Ou�ielderBat/Throw: R/RSioux Falls, South DakotaLincoln High School
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Favorite Movie: ZoolanderFavorite Foods: Sushi, MexicanFavorite Groups: The Dave Mathews Band, Three Days GraceFavorite Holiday: ChristmasFavorite Color: OrangeFavorite Actor: Ben S�llerFavorite Actress: Kate HudsonFavorite TV Shows: Reba, HouseFavorite Songs: “Mmm Bop” by Hanson, “Don’t” by Billy CurringtonFavorite Book: The GuardianFavorite Athletes: Derek Jeter, Michael Jordan, John Elway
2009 Summit League All-Tournament team2009 NFCA Scholar Athlete
2008-09 Summit League Winter/Spring All-Academic team
2009 SEASON: Brea started in 49 of 51 games played as a freshman ... Hit .271 with four home runs and 22 RBI ... Scored 19 runs with six sacrifice bunts and four doubles ... Hit by pitch five �mes ... Made only five errors in 137 fielding chances ... Se-lected to the Summit League Championship all-tournament team ... Summit League Winter/Spring All-Academic team ... NFCA Scholar Athlete ... Had five mul�-RBI games including three runs ba�ed in in Summit League wins over IUPUI and Oakland ... Had five mul�-hit games including a pair against Oklahoma and Tulsa in NCAA Norman Regional ... Part of NDSU defense that was 8th in NCAA fielding percentage (.976) and 12th na�onally in double plays (0.47 avg.). HIGH SCHOOL: A 2008 graduate of Sioux Falls Roosevelt High School ... Three-year starter for Roosevelt High School and head coach John Sietes ... Hit .645 with five home runs and 25 RBI ... Two-�me all-state selec�on ... Roosevelt was second in the state in 2005 ... Played summer league so�ball with the successful Minnesota Irish team ... Also a shoo�ng guard for the Roosevelt basketball team and was a member of two state championship teams in 2005 and 2006 ... Female representa�ve from Roosevelt H.S. for "YMCA Character Counts" program ... PERSONAL: Daughter of Steven and Coryne Konz ... June 5, 1989 ... Strangest nickname was 'Duke' ... College major is univer-sity studies with a minor in coaching ... Has one sister, Kassi, and one brother, Beau, who a�ended NDSU.
Brea as a Bison Year G-GS AB R H BI .AVG 2b 3b Hr TB SLG% BB SO SF-S SB-A OB% PO A E FLD% 2009 51-49 140 19 38 22 .271 4 0 4 54 .386 10 28 0-6 0-0 .342 54 83 5 .965
BREA'S CAREER BESTSOffenseAt-Bats: 5 at Oklahoma, 5-15-09Runs: 2 vs. three teams, last vs. Centenary, 5-1-09Hits: 2 vs. nine teams, last vs. Tulsa, 5-16-09RBI: 3 vs. Oakland, 4-10-09; vs. IUPUI, 4-2-09 2B: 1 vs. four teams, last vs. Centenary, 5-8-093B: n/aHR: 1 vs. four teams, last vs. Centenary, 5-8-09BB: 2 vs. Jackson State, 2-13-09HBP: 2 vs. Southern Utah, 5-8-09
FieldingFielding Chances: 9 vs. Centenary, 5-1-09Putouts: 4 vs. Western Illinois, 5-9-09; vs. Tennessee-Mar�n, 2-14-09Assists: 7 vs. Centenary, 5-1-09
Mul�-Hit: 9 gamesMul�-RBI: 5 gamesMul�-Run: 3 games
16Brea KONZ5-6 Sophomore Third BasemanBat/Throw: R/RSioux Falls, South DakotaRoosevelt High School
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17Melissa CHMIELEWSKI5-9 Senior First BasemanBat/Throw: R/RCircle Pines, MinnesotaCentennial High School
2009 SEASON: First team Louisville Slugger/NFCA all-Midwest Region selec�on a�er hi�ng .351 with 10 home runs and 51 RBI ... Has started in all 169 games played at NDSU ... Had .581 slug-ging percentage ... Scored 30 runs, received 18 walks and belted 14 doubles ... Struck out only 14 �mes in 191 at-bats ... Two-�me 2009 Summit League Player of the Week ... 2009 NFCA Scholar Athlete ... 2008-09 Summit League Winter/Spring All-Academic and Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence ... Had 20 mul�-hit games including season-high four in season opener vs. Jackson State (2-13-09) ... Scored a career-high four runs and col-lected six RBI against JSU ... Had 14 mul�-RBI ... On NDSU career charts, ranks 4th in home runs (28); 5th in slugging pct. (.590), RBI (152) and putouts (1,024); 6th in fielding chances (1,111); 8th in ba�ng average (.355), and 10th in total bases (312) and walks (58). 2008 SEASON: Selected as the 2008 Summit League Player of the Year a�er hi�ng .398 with 12 home runs and 52 RBI ... Compiled a .661 slugging percentage ... Named to the NFCA all-Midwest Region second team and all-Summit League first team ... Two-�me 2008 Summit League Player of the Week ... 2008 NFCA Scholar Athlete ... 2007-08 Summit League Winter/Spring All-Academic and Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence ... Ranked 25th in RBI per game (0.96 avg.) in the final NCAA Division I sta�s�cs ... Tied school single-game records with five hits against Saint Mary's (3-5-08), with a pair of home runs vs. Creighton (3-13-08), and four walks against Green Bay (2-9-08)
THE CHMIELEWSKI FILEFavorite Movies: Miracle, The Blind Side, Wedding Crashers,The Italian JobFavorite Foods: Enchiladas, ChocolateFavorite Singers: Lady Antebellum, Brad PaisleyFavorite Holiday: ChristmasFavorite Colors: Blue, GreenFavorite Actors: Mark Wahlberg, Adam Sandler, Cameron Diaz, Sandra BullockFavorite TV Shows: Grey’s Anatomy, House, CSI, Sports CenterFavorite Song: “Need you now” Lady AntebellumFavorite Book: The Boys of WinterFavorite Athletes: Jus�n Morneau, Cal Clu�erbuck
Melissa as a Bison Year G-GS AB R H BI .AVG 2b 3b Hr TB SLG% BB SO SF-S SB-A OB% PO A E FLD% 2007 57-57 167 25 53 49 .317 11 3 6 88 .527 18 16 2-3 1-1 .383 293 19 6 .981 2008 54-54 171 32 68 52 .398 9 0 12 113 .661 22 23 1-1 0-0 .467 284 32 7 .978 2009 58-58 191 30 67 51 .351 14 0 10 111 .581 18 14 2-0 3-4 .403 447 17 6 .987 TOTALS 169-169 529 87 188 152 .355 34 3 30 312 .590 58 53 5-4 4-5 .418 1024 68 19 .983
... Had a 12-game hi�ng streak ... Recorded 18 mul�-hit and 14 mul�-RBI games. 2007 SEASON: Cracked two grand slam home runs during first collegiate weekend ... Set NDSU single-game record with seven RBI against Northern Illinois (2-11-07) ... Went 3 for 3 with the grand slam two runs scored vs. NIU ... Other grand slam came against Drake (2-10-07) ... Hit .317 with six home runs and team-high 49 RBI ... Started all 57 games ... Added 25 runs scored, 18 walks, 11 doubles and three triples ... 2007 Division I Inde-pendent Newcomer of the Year ... 2007 NFCA Scholar Athlete ... 2007 Division I All-Independent and Newcomer team ... KSU Invita�onal all-tournament team ... Led NDSU with 12 mul�-RBI games and had 11 mul�-hit ou�ngs ... Hit .342 with runners in scoring posi�on ... With two outs, hit .328 with 21 RBI ... Only made six errors in 318 fielding chanes for .981 fielding percent-age ... Made a season-high 16 fielding chances including 15 putouts against Creighton (3-15-07) ... One of seven games with double-figure putouts.
2009 Louisville Slugger/NFCA All-Midwest Region First Team2008 Louisville Slugger/NFCA All-Midwest Region Second Team
2009, 2008 All-Summit League First Team2008 Summit League Player of the Year
Four-�me Summit League Player of the Week2009, 2008, 2007 NFCA Scholar Athlete
2009 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District First Team2008-09, 2007-08 Summit League Winter/Spring All-Academic
2008-09, 2007-08 Summit LeagueCommissioner's List of Academic Excellence
2007 Division I Independent Newcomer of the Year2007 Division I All-Independent First Team
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OffenseAt-Bats: 5 vs. six teams, last at Oakland, 5-15-09Runs: 4 vs. Jackson State, 2-13-09Hits: 5 vs. Saint Mary's, 3-5-08RBI: 7 vs. Northern Illinois, 2-11-072B: 2 vs. Drexel, 2-29-08 3B: 1 vs. three teams, last vs. Iowa State, 4-5-07HR: 2 vs. Jackson State, 2-13-09; vs. Creighton, 3-13-08BB: 4 vs. Green Bay, 2-9-08HBP: 1 vs. two teams, last vs. Wisconsin, 3-16-08Stolen Bases: 1 vs. four teams, last vs. South Dakota State, 4-28-09
FieldingFielding Chances: 16 vs. Creighton, 3-15-07Putouts: 15 vs. Grambling, 2-14-09; vs. Creighton, 3-15-07Assists: 4 vs. Centenary, 4-19-08
Mul�-Hit: 49 gamesMul�-RBI: 40 gamesMul�-Runs Scored: 16 games
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2006 graduate of Centennial High School ... Four-year starter at shortstop in so�ball and at defenseman in hockey ... Centennial High School's 2005-06 Athena Award winner for top female athlete ... Hit .608 as a senior with two home runs and 32 RBI ... Stroked a school record 13 doubles and didn't strike out once ... Set single-season record with 45 base hits ... Hit .430 as a junior with a pair of home runs and 32 RBI ... Two-�me all-state and all-metro pick ... Four-�me all-league and all-sec�on ... Member of two conference championship teams in both sports ... On the ice, tallied a school record 49 points from her defenseman posi�on during her four-year career ... Centen-nial compiled a 67-15-5 ice hockey record including the 2005 State consola�on championship and Sec�on 4AA �tle ... Earned all-conference once, honorable men�on twice ... Academic all-state for both sports. PERSONAL: Daughter of Kevin and Ann Chmielewski ... Born October 20, 1987 ... Has four brothers, Ted, Kevin, Kurt, and Ma� ... Majoring in physical educa�on ... Hobbies include watching hockey and football, fishing, rollerblading, being with family and friends ... Prep so�ball coach was Janelle Dimar�no.
Making Program History: Cantrell, Chmielewski Named To NFCAAll-Midwest Region First Team
STARKVILLE, Miss.--North Dakota State University catcher Kelly Cantrell and first baseman Melissa Chmielewski became the first Bison players to be namedt o the Louisville Slugger/Na�onal Fastpitch Coaches Associa�on (NFCA) Division I All-Midwest Region first team. Chmielewski was a second team all-Midwest Region selec�on in 2008.
“We’re extremely pleased for Kelly (Cantrell) and Melissa (Chmielewski) to be recognized for their performances this season. They both have had outstanding seasons and are key reasons why we have been successful, not only this season, but during their careers,’ said Darren Mueller.
North Dakota State (38-20) advanced to its NCAA Division I Super Regional at Arizona State, winning the NCAA Norman Regional and the 2009 Summit League tournament championship along the way.
“Kelly has had an outstanding senior year. It’s good to see her get the recogni�on she deserves. Kelly has been a standout defensive player and team leader for our program,” said Mueller of Cantrell, who was the 2009 Summit League Player of the Year.
Cantrell, a senior from Omaha, Neb. (Papillion-LaVista H.S.), is hi�ng .313 with six home runs and 38 RBI. She has been issued 39 walks, and added 24 runs scored and 13 doubles. Cantrell is �ed for first on the team with 14 mul�-RBI games.
Defensively, Cantrell has been impressive behind the plate. She has thrown out 13 of 27 baserunners a�emp�ng to steal and picked off a career-high nine opponent runners off base. Cantrell has a .991 fielding percentage with only two errors in 223 fielding chances.
“Melissa has been a consistent offensive player for our program since her freshman year. She con�nues to make adjustments to how opponents pitch to her. Melissa has also been consistent on defense,” said Mueller.
Chmielewski, a junior from Circle Pines, Minn. (Centennial H.S.) is hit-�ng .347 with nine home runs and 48 RBI. She has scored 29 runs and stroked 13 doubles. Chmielewski has a .986 fielding percentage with six errors in 443 fielding chances. She has a team-high 18 mul�-hit games and 14 mul�-RBI efforts.
A total of 264 players from 121 different ins�tu�ons comprise the 10 regional teams. The all-region teams were chosen by NFCA member coaches from each region, and all the honorees are eligible for selec�on to the Louisville Slugger/NFCA All-America first, second or third teams. In addi�on, conference pitchers and players of the year not selected to the regional teams were added for All-America considera�on.
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Favorite Movie: Persuasion (based on Jane Austen's book)Favorite Food: Steak, Starbucks CoffeeFavorite Singer/Group: Josh Turner, Owl CityFavorite Holiday: ChristmasFavorite Color: Lime GreenFavorite Actor: Colin Firth, Emma ThompsonFavorite TV Shows: Monk, House, Strictest ParentsFavorite Song: “Fireflies” by Owl CityFavorite Book: The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness OrczyFavorite Athlete: Jason Varitek
3Becca GIFT5-10 Freshman InfielderBat/Throw: L/RDurham, North CarolinaNorth Raleigh Christian Academy
HIGH SCHOOL: 2009 graduate of North Raleigh Chris�an Academy ... Four-�me all-state peformer for NRCA and head coach Jon Mitchell ... NRCA was a three-�me state runnerup (2007-08-09) and placed third in 2006 ... Member of four conference championship teams ... Played catcher, pitcher, first baseman and ou�ield ... TISAC Conference Player of the Year in 2007, 2008 and 2009 ... Five-�me all-conference player ... During career, hit .573 with six home runs and 107 RBI ... Had a .913 slugging percentage and .661 on-base percentage ... Recorded 51 steals in 55 a�empts ... Pitching record was 52-11 with 0.52 earned run aver-age ... Finished with 663 strikeouts and averaged 11.5 Ks per game ... Played summer league so�ball for Team TFS 18U and Robert Powell from 2007-09 and the NC Spinners 18U and Nathan Russell in 2006 ... Earned All-Star and All-American honors at Colorado Sparklers Tourna-
ment (June 29-July 5, 2009) Represented USA at Cup 2009 Interna�onal So�ball Tournament in Amsterdam, The Netherlands ... Played volleyball for NRCA teams that won a pair of conference �tles and placed third at the state tourament twice ... Member of Na�onal Honor Society ... Ac�ve in high school choirs, SSA (Sopranos, Seconds & Altos) and vocal ensemble ... Four-�me Ci�zenship Award winner. PERSONAL: Born May 2, 1991 .. Daughter of Jeffrey and Penelope Gi� ... Has one brother, Joshua, and one sister, Jennifer ... Father, Jeffrey, competed in swimming and track & field for William & Mary; mother, Penelope, played basketball for Davidson, and sister, Jennifer, plays so�ball for Brevard College ... Majoring in exercise science with a minor in psychology.
7Whitney JOHNSON5-11 Freshman PitcherBat/Throw: R/RLake Crystal, MinnesotaLake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial
HIGH SCHOOL: 2009 graduate of Lake Crystal Wellcome-Memorial High School ... Led LCWM and head coach Kari Schwarz to the program’s first state tournament appearance in 2009 ... LCWM won the confer-ence �tle with 16-0 record ... Struck out a Minnesota High School record 435 ba�ers including a single-game record of 21 ... All-state first team and state all-tournament squad selec�on in 2009 ... Two-�me all-con-ference ... Had 169 strikeouts and 2.00 earned run average as a junior ... Graduated from high school early ... Member of the Na�onal Honor
THE JOHNSON FILEFavorite Movie: The BlindsideFavorite Food: ItalianFavorite Group/Singer: Rascal Fla�s, Taylor Swi�Favorite Holiday: ChristmasFavorite Color: Lime GreenFavorite Actor: Channing TatumFavorite TV Show: Desperate HousewivesFavorite Song: One step at a �meFavorite Book: The Memory Keepers DaughterFavorite Athletes: Nas�a Liukin, Joe Mauer
Society and regular on “A” honor roll ... Played summer league so�ball for the Minnesota Irish that won the 2008 USSA 16-Under Na�onal Championship in Overland Park, Kansas ... Earned that tournament’s MVP, outstanding pitcher and defensive player honors a�er pos�ng an 0.00 earned run average with 118 strikeouts ... Recorded 534 strikeouts and 1.22 ERA for Irish in 2008 summer. PERSONAL: Born March 16, 1992 .. Daughter of Bruce and Gail John-son ... Has one sister, Shannon ... College major is respiratory care.
THE BOREK FILEFavorite Movies: Dogtown and the Z-boys, Riding GiantsFavorite Food: Chicken and DumplingsFavorite Singers/Group: Jack Johnson, George Strait, The ExpendablesFavorite Holiday: ChristmasFavorite Color: Ocean blueFavorite TV Shows: Lost, True BloodFavorite Song: "It Just Comes Natural" by George StraitFavorite Book: "It’s Not About The Bike" by Lance ArmstrongFavorite Athletes: Pat Tillman, Walter Payton
14Cristina BOREK5-9 Sophomore CatcherBat/Throw: R/RCarmel, CaliforniaCarmel H.S. (Hartnell JC)
2009 SEASON: Transfer from Hartnell Junior College in Salinas, Calif. ... All-conference first team selec�on at catcher ... Started every game for head coach Andy Wa� ... Hit .411 with three home runs and 22 RBI ... Added 12 doubles. HIGH SCHOOL: 2008 graduate of Carmel (Calif.) High School ... Three-year starter for Carmel and head coach Peter Dew ... Played catcher, first base, third base and shortstop ... Hit over .400 all four years of varsity ... Started every game from sophomore to senior years ... Three-�me all-conference first team selec�on and earned second team honors as a
freshman ... Earned Monterey County Herald and Salinas Californian all-county honors as a junior, twice honorable men�on ... Played summer so�ball for the Salinas Wildcats and Geno Sigala ... Hit .320 with seven home runs and 29 RBI during the 2009 summer. PERSONAL: Born May 21, 1990 ... Daughter of Ma�hew and Dorothy Borek ... Has one brother, Ma�hew ... College major is psychology ... Grandfather, Ma� Borek, played football for the University of Miami ... Future plans include working as a sports counselor.
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North Dakota State’s so�ball team played its home opener April 28. Four days later, pitcher Andi Padilla and the team’s other seniors were honored before the home finale.
Such is life on the diamond in Fargo, N.D., where spring comes late and the thrill of the grass is replaced by the squeak of the gym floor. But despite a late start soaking up sunlight, the Bison are doing their best to make up for lost �me. A�er a stunning win in the Norman Regional, including a 1-0 extra-inning victory against No. 7 Oklahoma in the program’s first NCAA tournament game, the Bison are one of college so�ball’s final 16 teams.
Next up is a na�onally televised super regional at defending na�onal champion Arizona State, with a spot in the Women’s College World Series just two wins away for a program that played in the Division II NCAA tournament as recently as 2004.
“I think this shows for our school and the commu-nity and the state just how important so�ball is in that area,” said North Dakota State coach Darren Mueller, a Fargo na�ve and alum of the school. “And up north, you don’t get a lot of recogni�on because it’s more of a south-ern and western sport, but I think it just says a lot for the players that have come here and that have been here the whole �me just that anything can happen if they just believe in what we’re telling them as coaches and the vision we have.”
In its first season of postseason eligibility at the Division I level, North Dakota State finished second behind Western Illinois in the Summit
League regular season but knocked off the regular-season champion on its own field to win the conference tournament and earn the league’s automa�c bid. That earned the Bison a trip to Oklahoma and an open-ing-game assignment opposite a team that won a na�onal champion-ship in 2000 and reached a super regional in three of the past four
seasons.And if the team’s aspira�ons didn’t quite rise to the
level of scou�ng out hotel rooms in nearby Oklahoma City for future use, neither did they involve willing sublima�on.
“First, our goal was to get to Sunday,” Mueller said. “And I really did think we had a chance to get to Sunday. I didn’t know how it was going to play out, and Oklahoma, obviously, is a very strong team and beat-ing them was really kind of a surprise because of how strong they are. But I felt all along that if we made it to Sunday, that would give us a great chance, and from there you never know what’s going to happen.”
The Bison actually trailed for a grand total of a half-inning in their first two games, but that’s not to say the road to Sunday’s final was without excitement. Bea�ng Oklahoma took 11 innings and two days, the finish of the game halted by rain a�er 10 innings. The Sooners didn’t get their first hit against Padilla un�l the ninth inning, but
it didn’t take nearly that long for her to come up with a moment that
Andi Padilla embraced the pressure of the NCAA tourna-ment against Oklahoma and Tulsa.
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removed all doubt as to the team’s righ�ul place on the same field as the Sooners.
Not a strikeout pitcher by any defini�on -- she has 126 in 239.1 in-nings this season -- Padilla fanned the Sooners in order in the second.
“Once she struck out three ba�ers in one inning, it was, I think, just a huge confidence boost to our team, just knowing that Andi is out there,” Mueller said. “The way she was pitching was just amazing because she was just in a zone. Watching her pitch, how she was approaching each ba�er was something we’ve been looking for out of her just her whole career, and at the right �me, she did it. Just that performance in itself really showed our team we had a chance to do it.”
At 5-foot-3 and with a repertoire relying heavily on offspeed pitches, movement and loca�on, Padilla doesn’t fit the mold of the prototypi-cal postseason ace. The Californian’s 12-7 career record entering the season wasn’t the stuff of legend, either, but a�er both of last season’s top pitchers graduated, she made the most of her opportunity.
“I think it’s just a great story of somebody who’s kind of been No. 3 for the last three years,” Mueller said. “And you just wait your turn and when your �me comes, you really take advantage of the opportunity. Probably about a quarter of the way in [this season], you could see
that the confidence was growing in her. … I think that’s really helped her along the way, just knowing her defense was strong behind her and knowing the team believes in her when she has the ball in the circle.”
And if Padilla’s profile isn’t what comes to mind when you think of the kind of pitcher likely to lead a postseason sleeper, it is the perfect profile for the team behind her.
By Mueller’s count, the Bison have had just four or five days of out-door prac�ce in Fargo this season. They prac�ced inside the Fargo Dome for a few days, but more o�en than not they’ve prac�ced in an old gym on campus, sharing space with the volleyball team and using tennis balls or junk balls to hone the defensive skills that have landed them in a �e for eighth in the na�on in fielding percentage.
North Dakota State isn’t new to so�ball. The program has been in existence for more than 30 years, and Mueller has been there for 15 of them -- seven as an assistant and now eight as head coach. The Bison won a na�onal championship in Division II in 2000. But in the rapidly expanding world of big-�me so�ball, where new stadiums pop up every year and budgets rise like a high, hard one from Monica Abbo�, they are the new kid on the block -- and it’s a block with some pre�y he�y property values.
It’s also exactly where Mueller and North Dakota State want to be, no ma�er where they have to prac�ce or how long they have to wait to
take the field in Fargo.“Once we went for this transi�on to Division I, it was kind of a chal-
lenge -- I wanted to see if we could get this program back to where it was at Division II stages,” Mueller said. “And that was something both myself and Jamie Trachsel, our associate head coach, just put our minds to and our hearts into, I guess, to see if it was possible.
“Where we’re at right now is something you dream about, but you just didn’t expect to get there maybe at this rate. You just look at the smaller scale of, of course, winning a conference tournament and get-�ng to an NCAA tournament regional. But to be where we’re at right now is something you dream about.”
By Graham Hays, who covers so�ball for ESPN.com
North Dakota State's tournament run began with a hard-fought Summit League championship win over Western Illinois in Macomb. Bison catcher Kelly Cantrell made this tag during the second game of championship set.
Darren Mueller, le�, and Jamie Trachsel are already finding success with NDSU on the Division I stage.
North Dakota State advanced to the NCAA Super Regional in Tempe against defending na�onal champion Arizona State
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With an impressive postseason performance, the North Dakota State University so�ball program earned the program’s first-ever Divi-sion I na�onal ranking in the final USA Today/NFCA & ESPN.com/USA So�ball Top 25 Polls released June 9.
North Dakota State so�ball team concluded the 2009 campaign with a No. 18 ranking in the ESPN.com/USA So�ball Top 25 Poll and a No. 21 rank-ing in the USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll.
The No. 18/21 Bison earned the na�onal ranking a�er going 3-0 to win the Norman (Okla.) Regional. NDSU recorded victories over na�on-ally ranked host Oklahoma (1-0 in 11 innings) and Tulsa (3-2 and 4-1) to become the first Summit League regional champion since 1999. The Bison eventually fell to then-No. 9/12 Arizona State (3-0 and 11-0 in five innings) in the Tempe (Ariz.) Super Regional.
North Dakota State is the first Summit League school to earn a na�onal so�ball ranking since No. 3 DePaul in 1999 the same year the Blue Demons reached the Women’s College World Series.
The North Dakota State so�ball team was also named 2009 co-Fe-male Team of the Year by the North Dakota Associated Press Sportscast-ers and Sportswriters Associa�on in June.
NDSU SOFTBALL EARNS NCAA DIVISION I MIDWEST REGION CO-COACHING STAFF OF THE YEAR HONOR
Under the direc�on of head coach Darren Mueller, North Dakota State won the Summit League tournament and NCAA Norman Regional
before falling to Arizona State in the NCAA Division I Super Re-gional round. NDSU was named the Midwest Region Co-Coaching Staff of the Year. Mueller was assisted by Jamie Trachsel (associate head coach), Darcy Byrne (pitching coach) and Des�ny Frankenstein (graduate assistant).
The Bison finished the season 38-20 overall, ranked 18th in the final ESPN.com/USA So�ball poll, and ranked 21st in the final USA Today/NFCA poll.
North Dakota State advanced to Super Regionals in the program’s first NCAA Tournament appearance at the NCAA Division I level. The Bison finished second in the Summit
League regular season standings with a 19-4 record but prevailed over top-seeded Western Illinois to capture the Summit League’s automa�c bid to the NCAA Tournament. Led by Summit League Player of the Year Kelly Cantrell, the Bison swept through the Norman, Okla., regional, toppling the host Sooners in 11 innings in the opener before taking a pair of games from Tulsa to advance to Super Regionals. In Tempe, Ariz., North Dakota State fell to defending NCAA Champion Arizona State in two games.
CHMIELEWSKI NAMED TO ESPN THE MAGAZINEACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT® FIRST TEAM
North Dakota State University first baseman Melissa Chmielewski was selected to ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VII University Division so�ball team announced on May 7. The team is selected by members of the College Sports Informa�on Directors of America (Co-SIDA). Chmielewski makes her first appearance on the all-district team.
Chmielewski, a junior from Circle Pines, Minn. (Centennial H.S.), maintains a 3.76 grade point average majoring in physical educa�on. She advanced to the na�onal ballot.
KELLY CANTRELL NAMED SUMMIT LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE YEAR, FIVE BISON NAMED ALL-LEAGUE
The Summit League’s regular-season champion and top seed in the tournament, Western Illinois, led the league with eight selec�ons to the so�ball all-league teams. North Dakota State had five student-athletes receiving honors, while Centenary, Southern Utah, Oakland and UMKC each had two. IPFW, South Dakota State and IUPUI each placed one selec�on on the all-league teams.
North Dakota State’s Kelly Cantrell captured Player of the Year ac-colades, while Western Illinois’ Kamren Ferguson garnered Pitcher of the Year honors. Jamie Goss from WIU was named Freshman of the Year and Western’s head coach Holly Van Vlymen collected the Coach of the Year award for the second �me in three years.
Cantrell, a senior catcher, collected the Player of the Year award a�er hi�ng .323 (40-for-124) with five home runs, 35 RBI, 13 doubles and a .548 slugging percentage on the year. Defensively, the Omaha, Neb., na-�ve picked-off nine baserunners this season, including eight in Summit League play. Cantrell threw out 14-of-26 opposing baserunners a�empt-ing to steal and 8-of-10 in league ac�on. Cantrell was also named to the all-league first team a�er a stellar senior campaign.
First baseman Melissa Chmielewski, le� fielder Elisa Victa, pitcher Andi Padilla and Cantrell were named to the all-Summit League first team, while center fielder Taylor Lynn was named to the second team. Chmielewski, Victa and Cantrell each made their second straight appear-ance on the all-league first team.
Kelly Cantrell
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NORTH DAKOTA STATE SOFTBALL TEAM CLAIMSFIRST-EVER NATIONAL RANKINGS WITH NCAA PERFORMANCE
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BATTING(All games Sorted by Ba�ng avg)# Player AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO-A-E FLD% Melissa Chmielewski .351 58-58 191 30 67 14 0 10 51 111 .581 18 0 14 3 .403 2 0 3-4 447-17-6 .987Elisa Victa .347 58-58 193 35 67 4 0 0 18 71 .368 15 0 23 0 .394 0 13 2-5 64-3-3 .957Kelly Cantrell .299 57-57 147 24 44 13 0 6 39 75 .510 41 1 21 1 .441 6 4 1-2 200-39-2 .992Nicole Rivera .280 56-56 168 32 47 1 2 1 14 55 .327 16 0 25 0 .341 1 2 18-26 111-118-13 .946Richel Briones .272 58-56 162 23 44 5 0 2 14 55 .340 19 5 21 0 .364 1 4 7-10 39-3-1 .977Breanna Konz .271 51-49 140 19 38 4 0 4 22 54 .386 10 5 28 0 .342 0 6 0-0 54-83-5 .965Taylor Lynn .259 57-57 139 19 36 3 2 0 14 43 .309 17 1 29 0 .344 0 6 10-14 74-7-0 1.000Laurel Pipkin .256 58-58 199 27 51 1 0 0 14 52 .261 9 0 27 1 .288 0 5 6-9 120-114-7 .971Taylor Mortensen .247 40-28 77 13 19 6 0 1 13 28 .364 6 1 23 0 .310 0 5 5-5 18-0-0 1.000Bri�ney Gu�errez .235 41-4 17 17 4 1 0 0 4 5 .294 3 0 5 0 .350 0 0 9-10 2-0-0 1.000Jackie Currie .171 36-30 82 5 14 1 0 2 8 21 .256 6 2 14 0 .244 0 8 0-0 16-27-3 .935Maryssa McKenzie .147 18-11 34 5 5 0 0 0 3 5 .147 5 0 8 0 .256 0 3 0-0 12-1-0 1.000Randi Parks .000 14-7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-1 1-4-0 1.000--------------Andi Padilla .000 42-34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 15-57-1 .986Kim Westendorf .000 20-17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 2-40-1 .977Totals .281 58-58 1550 249 436 53 4 26 214 575 .371 165 15 238 5 .354 10 56 61-86 1175-513-42 .976Opponents .255 58-58 1476 181 377 57 6 40 174 566 .383 161 20 185 9 .335 9 37 16-32 1164-576-82 .955LOB - Team (386), Opp (350). DPs turned - Team (28), Opp (18). IBB - Team (6), Chmielewski 4, Currie 1, Cantrell 1, Opp (15).
PITCHING(All games Sorted by Earned run avg)Player ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHAAndi Padilla 2.27 26-12 42 34 32 8/0 2 246.1 195 85 80 121 127 33 3 18 883 .221 2 12 0 7 24Kim Westendorf 2.93 10-5 20 17 12 3/0 0 105.0 124 57 44 36 41 17 3 10 420 .295 0 4 0 2 12Randi Parks 6.42 2-3 9 7 3 1/0 0 40.1 58 39 37 4 17 7 0 12 173 .335 0 4 0 0 1Totals 2.88 38-20 58 58 47 12/0 2 391.2 377 181 161 161 185 57 6 40 1476 .255 2 20 0 9 37Opponents 3.32 20-38 58 58 38 9/1 0 388.0 436 249 184 165 238 53 4 26 1550 .281 21 15 1 10 56PB - Team (3), Cantrell 2, McKenzie 1, Opp (7). Pickoffs - Team (10), Cantrell 10. SBA/ATT - Cantrell (16-32), Padilla(5-17), Westendorf (10-14), Parks (1-1).
FIELDING(All games Sorted by Fielding pct)Player C PO A E FLD% DPs SBA CSB SBA% PB CITaylor Lynn 81 74 7 0 1.000 1 0 0 - 0 0Taylor Mortensen 18 18 0 0 1.000 1 0 0 - 0 0Maryssa McKenzie 13 12 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 - 1 0Randi Parks 5 1 4 0 1.000 1 1 0 1.000 0 0Bri�ney Gu�errez 2 2 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 - 0 0Kelly Cantrell 241 200 39 2 .992 4 16 16 .500 2 0Melissa Chmielewski 470 447 17 6 .987 20 0 0 - 0 0Andi Padilla 73 15 57 1 .986 2 5 12 .294 0 0Richel Briones 43 39 3 1 .977 2 0 0 - 0 0Kim Westendorf 43 2 40 1 .977 0 10 4 .714 0 0Laurel Pipkin 241 120 114 7 .971 10 0 0 - 0 0Breanna Konz 142 54 83 5 .965 6 0 0 - 0 0Elisa Victa 70 64 3 3 .957 2 0 0 - 0 0Nicole Rivera 242 111 118 13 .946 11 0 0 - 0 0Jackie Currie 46 16 27 3 .935 3 0 0 - 0 0Totals 1730 1175 513 42 .976 28 16 16 .500 3 0Opponents 1822 1164 576 82 .955 18 61 25 .709 7 0
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RECORD: 38-20 Overall 19-4 Summit / 4-1 Home / 16-16 Road / 18-3 NeutralDATE OPPONENT SCORE R H E/ R H E INN RECORD Pitcher of record ATT TIME #Feb 13 Jackson State W 25-1 25-18-0 / 1-4-5 5 1-0 Westendorf (W 1-0) 36 1:37#Feb 13 at SE Louisiana W 5-1 5-9-0 / 1-4-0 7 2-0 Padilla (W 1-0) 155 1:52#Feb 14 vs Grambling State W 3-2 3-8-1/ 2-6-0 (8) 3-0 Padilla (W 2-0) 25 1:37#Feb 14 vs Tennessee-Mar�n W 5-1 5-8-2 / 1-7-0 (8) 4-0 Padilla (W 3-0) 75 1:47#Feb 14 vs Belmont W 9-8 9-13-1 / 8-14-4 7 5-0 Padilla (W 4-0) 50 2:46$Feb 20 vs Utah W 4-2 4-6-0 / 2-6-1 7 6-0 Padilla (W 5-0) 2183 2:01$Feb 20 at #11 Arizona 0-10 L 0-2-0 / 10-12-0 5 6-1 Westendorf (L 1-1) 2183 1:14$Feb 21 vs Utah W 2-0 2-5-0 / 0-5-1 7 7-1 Parks (W 1-0) 2413 1:11$Feb 21 at #11 Arizona 2-9 L 2-4-0 / 9-13-1 7 7-2 Padilla (L 5-1) 2413 1:58$Feb 22 at #11 Arizona 0-12 L 0-2-0 / 12-12-0 5 7-3 Parks (L 1-1) 2167 1:25@Feb 27 vs Bowling Green W 6-4 6-10-1 / 4-8-4 7 8-3 Parks (W 2-1) 512 1:51@Feb 27 vs Jacksonville State 0-4 L 0-4-2 / 4-6-1 5 8-4 Padilla (L 5-2) 512 1:32&Mar 6 at Kansas W 5-4 5-6-0 / 4-4-1 7 9-4 Padilla (W 6-2) 306 1:42&Mar 7 vs Eastern Illinois 6-7 L 6-11-2 / 7-9-1 (8) 9-5 Padilla (L 6-3) 176 2:01&Mar 7 vs Northern Iowa 1-5 L 1-7-0 / 5-4-1 7 9-6 Parks (L 2-2) 118 1:18&Mar 8 vs Eastern Illinois W 1-0 1-6-1 / 0-5-2 7 10-6 Padilla (W 7-3) 97 1:39&Mar 8 at Kansas 1-12 L 1-4-0 / 12-15-2 5 10-7 Parks (L 2-2) 156 1:23*Mar 13 at Southern Utah W 5-2 5-9-1 / 2-8-2 (10) 11-7, 1-0 Padilla (W 8-3) 50 3:50*Mar 13 at Southern Utah W 9-7 9-14-0 / 7-11-3 7 12-7, 2-0 Padilla (W 9-3) 50 2:20*Mar 14 at Southern Utah 4-5 L 4-7-0 / 5-9-0 (8) 12-8, 2-1 Padilla (L 9-4) 89 2:20Mar 17 at Nebraska 1-2 L 1-5-0 / 2-9-1 (9) 12-9, 2-1 Padilla (L 9-5) 567 2:23Mar 17 at Nebraska 2-3 L 2-7-2 / 3-8-2 (10) 12-10, 2-1 Westendorf (L 1-2) 567 3:00Mar 18 at Creighton 0-5 L 0-2-0 / 5-7-1 7 12-11, 2-1 Westendorf (L 1-3) 217 1:35Mar 18 at Creighton W 3-0 3-6-1 / 0-0-0 7 13-11, 2-1 Padilla (W 10-5) 217 1:38*Mar 20 at UMKC W 6-2 6-7-0 / 2-4-1 7 14-11, 3-1 Padilla (W 11-5) 91 1:47*Mar 20 at UMKC W 6-0 6-8-0 / 0-5-1 7 15-11, 4-1 Westendorf (W 2-3) 91 1:49*Mar 21 at UMKC W 14-0 14-15-0 / 0-0-2 5 16-11, 5-1 Padilla (W 12-5) 88 1:26Mar 30 at Northern Iowa 2-4 L 2-8-1 4-6-1 7 16-12 Padilla (L 12-6) 106 1:44Mar 30 at Northern Iowa W 12-2 12-9-1 / 2-5-3 5 17-12 Westendorf (W 3-3) 106 1:30Mar 31 at Iowa State 1-6 L 1-6-0 / 6-12-1 7 17-13, Padilla (L 12-7) 105 1:55*Apr 2 vs IUPUI W 8-0 8-11-2 / 0-2-2 6 18-13, 6-1 Padilla (W 13-7) 43 1:38*Apr 2 vs IUPUI W 8-2 8-12-1 / 2-9-2 7 19-13, 7-1 Westendorf (W 4-3) 43 1:55*Apr 3 vs IUPUI W 10-0 10-8-0 / 0-3-3 5 20-13, 8-1 Padilla (W 14-7) 48 1:36*Apr 10 vs Oakland W 4-3 4-17-2/ 3-10-2 (11) 21-13, 9-1 Padilla (W 15-7) 48 2:57*Apr 10 vs Oakland W 8-0 8-8-1 / 0-3-2 5 22-13, 10-1 Westendorf (W 5-3) 109 1:07*Apr 11 vs Oakland W 5-1 5-9-2 / 1-4-2 7 23-13, 11-1 Padilla (W 16-7) 67 1:42*Apr 17 at Western Illinois 3-4 L 3-5-2 / 4-7-3 7 23-14, 11-2 Padilla (L 16-8) 211 1:22*Apr 17 at Western Illinois W 4-2 4-7-2 / 2-7-2 7 24-14, 12-2 Westendorf (W 6-3) 211 1:35*Apr 18 at Western Illinois 0-4 L 0-4-0 / 4-9-1 7 24-15, 12-3 Padilla (L 16-9) 171 1:14Apr 22 at Notre Dame W 2-1 2-5-0 / 1-3-1 7 25-15 Padilla (W 17-9) 232 1:24Apr 22 at Notre Dame 0-5 L 0-3-2 / 5-9-0 7 25-16 Westendorf (L 6-4) 232 1:43*Apr 24 at IPFW W 7-1 7-10-1 / 1-7-3 7 26-16, 13-3 Padilla (W 18-9) 57 2:00*Apr 24 at IPFW W 3-0 3-7-1 / 0-2-2 7 27-16, 14-3 Westendorf (W 7-4) 57 1:30*Apr 25 at IPFW W 8-1 8-14-1 / 1-3-2 7 28-16. 15-3 Westendorf (W 8-4) 51 1:23*Apr 28 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE W 5-0 5-11-0 / 0-2-0 7 29-16, 16-3 Padilla (W 19-9) 145 1:36*Apr 28 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE W 3-2 3-2-1 / 2-7-1 7 30-16, 17-3 Westendorf (W 9-4) 145 1:13*May 1 CENTENARY W 2-0 2-7-0 / 0-5-1 7 31-16, 18-3 Padilla (W 20-9) 75 1:31*May 1 CENTENARY W 7-3 7-10-2 / 3-5-1 7 32-16, 19-3 Westendorf (W 10-4) 75 1:45*May 2 CENTENARY 4-8 L 4-9-1 / 8-12-0 7 32-17, 19-4 Westendorf (L 10-5) 117 1:53%May 8 vs Centenary W 3-2 3-7-0 / 2-5-1 7 33-17 Padilla (W 21-9) 342 1:38%May 8 vs Southern Utah W 4-2 4-7-1 / 2-4-2 7 34-17 Padilla (W 22-9) 342 1:52%May 9 at Western Illinois 0-1 L 0-3-0 / 1-4-2 7 34-18 Padilla (L 22-10) 245 1:38%May 9 at Western Illinois W 3-2 3-6-2 / 2-6-2 7 35-18 Padilla (W 23-10) 245 1:30!May 15 at #9/10 Oklahoma W 1-0 1-8-0 / 0-2-1 (11) 36-18 Padilla (W 24-10) 817 3:05!May 16 vs Tulsa W 3-2 3-9-0 / 2-7-0 7 37-18 Padilla (W 25-10) 828 1:58!May 17 vs Tulsa W 4-1 4-6-0 / 1-2-2 7 38-18 Padilla (W 26-10) 453 1:50^May 22 at #9/10 Arizona State 0-3 L 0-3-0 / 3-6-0 7 38-19 Padilla (L 26-11) 1380 1:39^May 23 at #9/10 Arizona State 0-11 L 0-2-2 / 11-14-0 5 38-20 Padilla (L 26-12) 1694 1:34
LEGEND: # = Southeastern Louisiana Lion Classic (); $ = Arizona Wildcat Invita�onal; @ = Tennessee Classic; & = Kansas Invita�onal% = Summit League tournament; ! = NCAA Regional (Norman, OK); ^ = NCAA Super Regional (Tempe, AZ)* = Summit League game() = extra inning gameBOLD = Home games
INNING-BY-INNING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TotalNorth Dakota State 45 32 45 38 27 23 27 7 0 5 249Opponents 32 35 19 37 19 19 14 4 1 1 181
Home a�endance 337 (3 dates avg = 112)Away a�endance 22,225 (43 dates avg = 516 )Total a�endance 22,562 (46 dates avg = 490 )
WIN-LOSS SUMMARY
Total 38-20Summit League 19-4Non-League 19-16Home 4-1Away 16-16Neutral 18-3
Day 36-18Night 2-2
vs Le� 7-2vs Right 31-18
1-Run games 11-62-Run games 7-15+Run games 11-8Extra inns 5-4Shutouts 12-9
Scoring 0-2 runs 5-16Scoring 3-5 runs 18-3Scoring 6-9 runs 11-1Scoring 10+ runs 4-0
Opponent 0-2 runs 32-2Opponent 3-5 runs 4-10Opponent 6-9 runs 2-4Opponent 10+ runs 0-4
Scored in 1st inning 15-3Scores first 28-9Opp. scores first 10-11
A�er 4 leading 25-3A�er 4 trailing 6-15A�er 4 �ed 7-2A�er 5 leading 24-1A�er 5 trailing 3-10A�er 5 �ed 6-4A�er 6 leading 26-0A�er 6 trailing 2-10A�er 6 �ed 4-5
Hit 0 home runs 22-16Hit 1 home run 12-3Hit 2+ home runs 4-1
Opp. 0 home runs 28-5Opp. 1 home run 8-9Opp. 2+ HRs 2-6
Made 0 errors 17-12Made 1 error 14-2Made 2+ errors 7-6
Opp. made 0 errors 6-7Opp. made 1 error 11-9Opp. made 2+ errors 21-4
Out-hit opponent 32-3Out-hit by opponent 2-17Hits are �ed 4-0
Current losing streak 2Longest winning streak 7Longest losing streak 4
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THE SUMMIT LEAGUE
OAKLANDNickname: Golden GrizzliesLoca�on: Rochester, Mich.Enrollment: 18,169Founded: 1957Member Since: 1998-99
CENTENARYNicknames: Gents/LadiesLoca�on: Shreveport, La.Enrollment: 900Founded: 1825Member Since: 2003-04
Membership At A Glance
Now in its 28th year as an NCAA Division I athle�cs conference, The Summit League con�nues its renaissance and ascent both on the play-ing field and in the classroom. Originally formed in 1982 as the Associa�on of Mid-Con�nent Universi�es and later known as the Mid-Con�nent Conference, The Summit League is in its third year of a rebranding that followed its 25th anniversary and coincided with the Summit Plan, a strategic plan that places a renewed emphasis on improving the academic and athle�c performances of all league student-athletes. Included in the plan was the league’s new name, the crea�on of a new image and the addi�on of three member ins�tu�ons. The 10 Summit League member ins�tu�ons include Centenary College of Louisiana, IPFW (Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne), IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis), UMKC (University of Missouri-Kansas City), North Dakota State Univer-sity, Oakland University, Oral Roberts University, South Dakota State University, Southern Utah University and Western Illinois University. In April 2009, the University of South Dakota accepted an invita�on to join the league with full membership during the 2011-12 academic year and will begin as an associate member for swimming and diving in 2009-10. The league has one other associate member, Eastern Illinois University, which competes in swimming and diving. Centenary College will leave the league a�er the 2010-11 season. These member ins�tu�ons pride themselves on providing quality athle�c, academic and social experiences for their student-athletes. The Summit League sponsors 19 championship sports, which include: base-ball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s soccer, so�ball, men’s and women’s swimming and diving, men’s and women’s indoor track and field, men’s and women’s outdoor track and field, men’s and women’s tennis, and volleyball. The league champion receives automa�c bids to the NCAA tournament in all applicable sports. Since its incep�on in 1982, The Summit League has had several transcendent moments on the na�onal stage. In 1986, Cleveland State upset third-seeded Indiana in the first round of the NCAA men’s basket-
ball tournament on its way to a berth in the Sweet 16. A decade later, Valparaiso captured the na�on’s a�en�on when Bryce Drew hit “the shot” to defeat No. 4 seed Mississippi in an NCAA first-round game and spark its Sweet 16 run. More recently, the Oral Roberts baseball pro-gram finished the 2004 campaign with a na�onal ranking and became the first Summit League school to reach the NCAA Super Regionals in 2006. The league has produced four Olympic athletes, four NCAA champi-ons and several All-Americans in the sports of track and field, swimming and diving and cross country. Numerous professionals and several dra� choices have come directly from The Summit League, including three Major League Baseball first round picks, a pair of NBA first rounders and one WNBA selec�on. Former Summit Leaguers Kevin Duckworth (NBA) and Kevin Seitzer (MLB) each were two-�me all-stars during their professional careers. Recent and historical success coupled with an increased growth among its membership base gives The Summit League a promising future on the landscape of college athle�cs.
THE SUMMIT LEAGUE340 West Bu�erfield Road, Suite 3DElmhurst, Illinois 60126Phone: (630) 516-0661Fax: (630) 516-0673
www.thesummitleague.org
StaffCommissioner .................................... Tom DoupleAssociate Commissioner ................... Myndee Kay LarsenAssistant Commissioner .................... Greg WalterDirector of Communica�ons .............David BrauerDirector of Marke�ng ........................ Vanessa QuimpoAssoc. Dir. of Communica�ons ..........Greg Me�eOffice Manager .................................. Brenda HiltonCommunica�ons Assistant ................ Shannon SiegAdministra�ve Intern ........................ Andrea Travelstead
Tom DoupleCommissioner
IPFWNickname: MastodonsLoca�on: Fort Wayne, Ind.Enrollment: 12,338Founded: 1964Member Since: 2007-08
IUPUINickname: JaguarsLoca�on: Indianapolis, Ind.Enrollment: 30,300Founded: 1969Member Since: 1998-99
UMKCNickname: KangaroosLoca�on: Kansas City, Mo.Enrollment: 14,221Founded: 1933Member Since: 1994-95
N. DAKOTA STATENickname: BisonLoca�on: Fargo, N.D.Enrollment: 14,189Founded: 1890Member Since: 2007-08
ORAL ROBERTSNickname: Golden EaglesLoca�on: Tulsa, Okla.Enrollment: 3,067Founded: 1963Member Since: 1997-98
S. DAKOTA STATENickname: JackrabbitsLoca�on: Brookings, S.D.Enrollment: 11,995Founded: 1881Member Since: 2007-08
SOUTHERN UTAHNickname: ThunderbirdsLoca�on: Cedar City, UtahEnrollment: 7,516Founded: 1897Member Since: 1997-98
WESTERN ILLINOISNickname: Figh�ng LeathernecksLoca�on: Macomb, Ill.Enrollment: 13,331Founded: 1899Member Since: 1982-83
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Summit Overall TEAM W-L Pct. Strk H A N W-L Pct Strk H A NWestern Illinois 21-2 .913 W10 9-2 12-0 0-0 34-19 .642 L1 12-3 20-8 2-7NORTH DAKOTA STATE 19-4 .826 L1 4-1 9-3 6-0 38-20 .655 L2 6-1 16-16 16-3Centenary 13-9 .591 W1 7-4 6-5 0-0 32-2 .582 L2 14-8 10-9 8-6Southern Utah 13-11 .542 L1 6-6 7-5 0-0 24-31 .436 L2 8-10 8-11 8-11Oakland 12-11 .522 W5 7-4 5-4 0-3 24-27 .471 W5 11-4 12-14 1-9UMKC 10-14 .417 W1 3-9 7-5 0-0 20-34 .370 W1 6-9 10-10 4-15IPFW 9-13 .409 L7 4-8 5-5 0-0 14-24 .368 L7 4-12 6-6 4-6South Dakota State 6-17 .261 L9 2-10 4-7 0-0 10-41 .196 L3 3-10 4-16 3-15IUPUI 1-23 .042 L22 1-11 0-9 0-3 3-50 .057 L26 2-18 0-14 1-18
2009 SUMMIT LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPMacomb, Ill. (hosted by Western Illinois)Friday, May 8Southern Utah 2, Western Illinois 0North Dakota State 3, Centenary 2Western Illinois 9, Centenary (6)North Dakota State 4, Southern Utah 2Saturday, May 9Western Illinois 5, Southern Utah 3 (10)Western Illinois 1, North Dakota State 0North Dakota State 3, Western Illinois 2All-Tournament Team: Andi Padilla, North Dakota State (MVP), Colleen Biebel, Western Illinois, Kris�na Brooks, Southern Utah, Kelly Cantrell, North Dakota State, Julie DePolo, Western Illinois, Kamren Ferguson, Western Illi-nois, Caroline Fernandez, Southern Utah, Lauren Furgala, Western Illinois, Brea Konz, North Dakota State, Taylor Lynn, North Dakota State, Bonnie Matak, Centenary, Ka�e Ma�hews, Centenary, Jenavieve Purcell, Southern Utah, Elisa Victa, North Dakota State
2009 NCAA SOFTBALL TOURNAMENTTEMPE Super Regional(Tempe, Ariz.)Friday, May 22No. 9/12 Arizona State 3, NORTH DAKOTA STATE 0Saturday, May 23No. 9/12 Arizona State 11, NORTH DAKOTA STATE 0 (5 innings)
NORMAN Regional(at Norman, Okla.)Friday, May 15Tulsa 6, Arkansas 0Saturday, May 16NORTH DAKOTA STATE 1, Oklahoma 0 (11 innings)NORTH DAKOTA STATE 3, Tulsa 2Oklahoma 21, Arkansas 2Tulsa 5, Oklahoma 3Sunday, May 17NORTH DAKOTA STATE 4, Tulsa 1
2008-09 SUMMIT LEAGUE WINTER/SPRING ALL-ACADEMIC TEAMNorth Dakota State - Richel Briones, So., Poli�cal Science, Pacifica, Calif.; *Kelly Cantrell, Sr., Psychology, Omaha, Neb.; *Melissa Chmielewski, Jr., Physical Educa�on, Circle Pines, Minn.; Bri�ney Gu�errez, So., Veterinary Tech-nology, Pilpitas, Calif.; Breanna Konz, Fr., Exercise Science, Sioux Falls, S.D.; *Taylor Lynn, Jr., Exercise Science, San Mateo, Calif.; *Maryssa McKenzie, Jr., Child Development, Brentwood, Calif.; Taylor Mortenson, Fr., Industrial Engineering, Sioux Falls, S.D.; *Andria Padilla, Sr., Public Rela�ons & Adver�sing, Chino, Calif.; Laurel Pipkin, Jr., Criminal Jus�ce, Alameda, Calif.*--Also named to Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence with Kim Westendorf, Sr., Chemis-try Educa�on, Mankato, Minn.
2009 SUMMIT LEAGUE STANDINGS SUMMIT LEAGUEAWARD WINNERS
Player of the YearKelly Cantrell, ND State
Pitcher of the YearKamren FergusonWestern Illinois
Newcomer of the YearJamie Goss
Western Illinois
Coach of the YearHolly Van VlymanWestern Illinois
ALL-SUMMIT LEAGUEFirst Team1B - Melissa Chmielewski, ND State2B - Julie Owen, OaklandSS - Aly Daniels, Southern Utah3B - Darleen Fernandez, So. UtahC - Kelly Cantrell, ND StateOF - Mia E�l, IUPUIOF - Elisa Victa, ND StateOF - Ashley Campbell, Western IllinoisDP - Erin Schlofeldt, Western IllinoisU�l. - Allison Shepperd, CentenaryP - Andi Padilla, ND StateP - Kamren Ferguson, Western Illinois
Second Team1B - Jamie Goss, Western Illinois2B - Kelly Fisher, UMKCSS - Lauren Furgala, Western Illinois3B - Julie DePolo, Western IllinoisC - Haley Basse�, CentenaryOF - Taylor Lynn, ND StateOF - Brooke Postma, S. Dakota StateOF - Collen Biebel, Western IllinoisDP - Chelsea Hartwig, UMKCU�l. - Lori Pankratz, Western IllinoisP - Courtney Cronin, IPFWP - Jessica Granger, Oakland
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2009 SUMMIT LEAGUE TEAM STATISTICS(All Games)
BATTING(All games Sorted by Ba�ng avg)TEAM AVG GP AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO-A-E FLD% Western Illinois .300 53 1460 270 438 74 17 33 241 645 .442 94 42 187 7 .357 10 38 61-77 1055-500-80 .951North Dakota State .281 58 1550 249 436 53 4 26 214 575 .371 165 15 238 5 .354 10 56 61-86 1175-513-42 .976Oakland .274 51 1284 192 352 50 8 14 168 460 .358 108 48 269 3 .351 8 58 73-92 985-348-80 .943UMKC .265 54 1417 175 376 50 6 23 142 507 .358 105 25 308 2 .326 5 43 53-74 1053-495-91 .944Southern Utah .254 55 1480 230 376 71 20 37 199 598 .404 150 16 347 3 .329 3 26 42-57 1100-355-67 .956Centenary .243 55 1422 216 345 57 3 42 186 534 .376 156 20 305 6 .324 12 16 65-82 1129-463-57 .965IUPUI .241 53 1287 138 310 45 4 31 127 456 .354 96 30 286 8 .307 6 32 34-50 946-411-101 .931South Dakota State .234 51 1258 118 294 39 5 18 100 397 .316 89 12 318 4 .290 2 25 40-58 935-434-90 .938IPFW .215 38 978 97 210 26 0 12 80 272 .278 101 15 178 4 .297 5 15 13-23 767-306-7 .937CI - SUU 2, SDSU 1
PITCHING(All games Sorted by Earned run avg)TEAM ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHAWestern Illinois 2.50 34-19 53 53 36 14/1 2 350.2 320 177 125 103 296 56 10 24 1355 .236 14 13 0 9 22IPFW 2.63 14-24 38 38 26 7/1 1 255.2 289 145 96 72 189 48 4 22 1027 .281 10 13 0 7 41Centenary 2.68 32-23 55 5 532 8/0 4 376.1 354 180 144 129 278 46 2 25 1436 .247 23 27 2 7 39North Dakota State 2.88 38-20 58 58 47 12/0 2 391.2 377 181 161 161 185 57 6 40 1476 .255 2 20 0 9 37Oakland 3.09 24-27 51 51 30 8/0 3 329.0 364 189 145 86 292 60 6 30 1313 .277 12 35 1 6 41UMKC 4.11 20-34 54 54 18 3/0 5 351.0 442 279 206 154 268 79 12 28 1454 .304 29 17 1 10 37Southern Utah 4.31 24-31 55 55 37 7/0 0 366.2 432 287 226 117 317 74 7 51 1495 .289 15 91 0 12 26South Dakota State 5.14 10-41 51 51 38 5/0 0 310.2 462 317 228 148 206 73 17 35 1373 .336 13 38 3 8 40IUPUI 5.97 3-50 53 53 22 0/0 0 316.1 491 387 270 154 165 91 12 53 1407 .349 32 41 5 12 42PB - UMKC 24, IUPUI 13, WIU 12, Oakland 10, SUU 9, Centenary 7, SDSU 5, NDSU 3, IPFW 1. Pickoffs - NDSU 10, UMKC 3, Oakland 2, Centenary 2, IPFW 2, WIU 1, SUU 1, IUPUI 1
FIELDINGAll games Sorted by Fielding pct)TEAM C PO A E FLD% DPs SBA CSB SBA% PB CINorth Dakota State 1730 1175 513 42 .976 28 16 16 .500 3 0Centenary. 1649 1129 46 57 .965 10 38 21 .644 7 0Southern Utah 1522 1100 355 67 .956 10 63 15 .808 9 2Western Illinois 1635 1055 500 80 .951 16 49 20 .710 12 0UMKC 1639 1053 495 91 .944 25 75 17 .815 24 0Oakland 1413 985 348 80 .943 10 41 16 .719 10 0South Dakota State 1459 935 434 90 .938 9 59 13 .819 5 1IPFW 1145 767 306 72 .937 5 48 17 .738 1 0IUPUI 1458 946 411 101 .931 12 105 24 .814 13 0
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2009 SUMMIT LEAGUE INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS(All Games)
SUMMIT LEAGUEWEEKLY AWARD
WINNERS
PITCHER OF THE WEEK2/9 Hillary Phillips, Centenary2/16 Andi Padilla, ND State2/23 Hillary Phillips, Centenary3/2 Kris�na Brooks, Southern Utah3/9 Courtney Cronin, IPFW3/16 Jessica Bock, Centenary3/23 Andi Padilla, ND State3/30 Kris�na Brooks, Southern Utah4/6 Jessica Granger, Oakland4/13 Sam Hurst, UMKC4/20 Bri�any Doyle, Oakland Kamren Ferguson, Western Illinois4/27 Kamren Ferguson, Western Illinois5/4 Kamren Ferguson, Western Illinois
Andi Padilla
PLAYER OF THE WEEK2/9 Darleen Fernandez, Southern Utah2/16 Ka�e Ma�hews, Fr., OF Centenary2/23 Lindsey Smith, Fr., OF Centenary3/2 Julie Owen, Sr., 2B Oakland3/9 Allison Shepperd, Jr., 3B Centenary3/16 Melissa Chmielewski, ND State3/23 Darleen Fernandez, Southern Utah3/30 Kris�na Karpun, IPFW4/6 Melissa Chmielewski, ND State4/13 Lauren Furgala, Western Illinois4/20 Darleen Fernandez, Southern Utah4/27 Mia E�l, IUPUI5/4 Beth Golitko, Western Illinois
BATTINGAll games Sorted by Ba�ng avg.)PLAYER AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF-SH SB-SBA Julie Owen, OU .408 51-51 130 30 53 13 2 4 29 82 .631 12 27 25 0 .544 0-5 7-8Sarah Oppelt, IUPUI .369 45-43 130 23 48 0 0 0 3 48 .369 5 2 21 0 .401 0-3 20-24Jamie Goss, WIU .360 53-53 175 31 63 10 1 4 32 87 .497 7 6 13 2 .394 5-3 3-4Ashley Campbell, WIU .357 47-46 143 32 51 7 4 7 32 87 .608 9 0 21 0 .395 0-2 1-1Aly Daniels, SUU .354 52-52 164 35 58 11 6 7 40 102 .622 14 2 28 2 .409 1-3 8-11M. Chmielewski, NDSU .351 58-58 191 30 67 14 0 10 51 111 .581 18 0 14 3 .403 2-0 3-4Elisa Victa, NDSU .347 58-58 193 35 67 4 0 0 18 71 .368 15 0 23 0 .394 0-13 2-5Ashley Durazo, SDSU .345 51-51 148 15 51 7 0 2 23 64 .432 8 3 10 1 .390 0-4 6-9Betsy Hanley, UMKC .342 53-53 161 19 55 6 1 1 13 66 .410 5 1 21 0 .365 0-5 9-14Anne Cicchini, OU .341 45-33 91 14 31 2 0 0 17 33 .363 6 1 20 0 .388 0-2 18-21Mia E�l, IUPUI .336 52-52 146 23 49 11 0 12 34 96 .658 8 8 21 1 .401 0-4 1-4Lauren Furgala, WIU .327 53-53 159 38 52 14 2 7 40 91 .572 11 11 21 0 .407 1-5 16-18Brooke Postma, SDSU .326 48-48 144 17 47 4 1 0 6 53 .368 6 2 21 0 .362 0-3 7-8Colleen Biebel, WIU .325 53-53 163 33 53 1 2 0 9 58 .356 9 1 18 0 .362 1-7 9-10Jenavieve Purcell, SUU .321 54-54 190 40 61 7 5 1 16 81 .426 12 1 23 0 .365 0-3 19-24Lindsey Smith, CC .317 55-55 161 31 51 10 0 12 41 97 .602 21 1 35 0 .392 3-0 7-10Amy Raker, IUPUI .316 53-53 158 12 50 10 1 5 25 77 .487 8 0 15 1 .345 2-0 0-1Kelly, Fischer, UMKC .313 54-54 182 28 57 6 1 1 16 68 .374 11 1 20 0 .356 0-3 11-12Kalene Curry, UMKC .312 51-51 154 21 48 6 2 0 13 58 .377 13 3 20 0 .376 0-5 8-10Alyssa Deacon, OU .310 46-45 142 27 44 6 0 0 12 50 .352 11 3 21 0 .369 1-5 19-26Darlene Fernandez, SUU .308 55-55 169 28 52 14 0 13 52 105 .621 23 1 40 0 .392 1-1 0-1Bri�any Postma, SDSU .307 46-46 150 21 46 1 3 1 4 56 .373 12 0 24 0 .358 0-0 14-22Julie DePolo, WIU .305 53-53 174 40 53 9 5 3 31 81 .466 18 3 15 0 .379 0-5 15-20Michelle Prieto, WIU .302 43-40 116 23 35 1 0 0 10 36 .310 7 3 14 0 .357 0-5 10-11Kelly Cantrell, NDSU .299 57-57 147 24 44 13 0 6 39 75 .510 41 1 21 1 .441 6-4 1-2Caitlin Lynch, OU .293 51-51 150 17 44 5 0 3 23 58 .387 6 2 9 1 .325 2-10 3-5Allison McClain, CC .286 48-42 105 13 30 3 0 3 11 42 .400 10 3 23 0 .361 1-3 3-3Natalie McBurney, SUU .284 54-53 162 22 46 13 0 4 18 71 .438 7 3 32 0 .326 0-1 2-3Lori Pankratz, WIU .284 45-43 116 10 33 7 1 3 20 51 .440 6 2 14 0 .325 2-3 0-3Nicole Rivera, NDSU .280 56-56 168 32 47 1 2 1 14 55 .327 16 0 25 0 .341 1-2 18-26Kris�na Karpun, IPFW .280 38-38 107 11 30 4 0 3 13 43 .402 16 1 17 0 .379 0-0 0-0Rachel Staschuk, IPFW .280 37-35 100 12 28 5 0 3 14 42 .420 18 0 16 0 .387 1-0 0-0Caitlin Cavarra, CC .277 55-55 173 30 48 11 0 3 20 68 .393 19 3 20 0 .359 0-0 7-10
PITCHING(All games Sorted by Earned run avg)PLAYER ERA W-L G GS CG ShO/C SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR B/Avg WP HBP BK K. Ferguson, WIU 1 .80 22-9 32 31 27 12/1 0 202.1 151 74 52 59 171 23 2 11 .201 8 8 0C. Cronin, IPFW 1.85 9-7 22 17 14 5/1 1 124.2 130 49 33 31 108 18 0 6 .267 6 5 0Hillary Phillips, CC 2.01 15-10 38 25 16 5/0 3 184.1 147 70 53 51 152 15 0 10 .214 6 15 2Andi Padilla, NDSU 2.27 26-12 42 34 32 8/0 2 246.1 195 85 80 121 127 33 3 18 .221 2 12 0Taya Upkes, UMKC 2.37 4-2 24 3 1 0/0 2 59 71 32 20 15 47 7 2 6 .287 3 1 0Jessica Granger, OU 2.40 19-13 34 32 26 7/0 1 204.1 204 95 70 60 195 41 3 12 .256 4 27 1R. Staschuk, IPFW 2.49 4-10 17 14 8 1/0 0 92.2 102 56 33 25 54 19 2 6 .269 3 5 0Jessica Bock, CC 2.71 16-11 34 27 15 3/0 1 173 171 84 67 61 120 24 0 13 .258 8 10 0K. Westendorf, NDSU 2.93 10-5 20 17 12 3/0 0 105 124 57 44 36 41 17 3 10 .295 0 4 0S. Hurst, UMKC 3.27 8-15 32 21 9 2/0 1 137 145 89 64 52 136 27 5 9 .269 7 7 1Nicholle Ellis, UMKC 3.61 6-11 25 18 7 1/0 2 106.2 131 79 55 55 62 21 3 8 .301 4 8 0Kris�na Brooks, SUU 3.69 22-24 51 41 33 7/0 0 284.2 293 187 150 90 288 48 5 28 .262 9 86 0Pam Nicholson, SDSU 4.39 4-13 22 18 16 2/0 0 119.2 164 109 75 51 81 27 10 15 .320 6 11 0Alison Tansel, OU 4.58 2-5 20 7 0 0/0 1 52.0 77 45 34 13 27 8 0 4 .339 6 4 0
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BATTINGHi�ng minimums - 1 Games 75% of Games 2.0 AB/Game
Ba�ng avg. Slugging pct. On base pct. 1. Julie Owen, OU .408 1. Mia E�l, IUPUI .658 1. Julie Owen, OU .5442. Sarah Oppelt, IUPUI .369 2. Julie Owen, OU .631 2. Kelly Cantrell, NDSU .4413. Jamie Goss, Jamie, WIU .360 3. Aly Daniels, SUU .622 3. Bri�any Henderson, SUU .4124. Ashley Campbell, WIU .357 4. Darlene Fernandez, SUU .621 4. Aly Daniels, SUU .4095. Aly Daniels, SUU .354 5. Ashley Campbell, WIU .608 5. Lauren Furgala, WIU .407
Runs scored Hits Runs ba�ed in T1. Jenavieve Purcell, SUU 40 T1. Elisa Victa, NDSU 67 1. Darlene Fernandez, SUU 52T1. Julie DePolo, WIU 40 T1. Melissa Chmielewski, NDSU 67 2. Melissa Chmielewski, NDSU 513. Lauren Furgala, Lauren, WIU 38 3. Jamie Goss, WIU 63 3. Lindsey Smith, CC 41T4. Aly Daniels, SUU 35 4. Jenavieve Purcell, SUU 61 T4. Lauren Furgala, WIU 40T4. Elisa Victa, NDSU 35 5. Aly Daniels, SUU 58 T4. Aly Daniels, SUU 40
Doubles Triples Home runs T1. Melissa Chmielewski, NDSU 14 1. Aly Daniels, SUU 6 1. Darlene Fernandez, SUU 13T1. Lauren Furgala WIU 14 T2. Norian James, SUU 5 T2. Mia E�l, IUPUI 12T1. Darlene Fernandez, SUU 14 T2. Jenavieve Purcell, SUU 5 T2. Lindsey Smith, CC 12T4. Kelly Cantrell, NDSU 13 T2. Julie DePolo, WIU 5 4. Melissa Chmielewski, NDSU 10T4. Julie Owen, OU 13 5. Ashley Campbell, WIU 4 5. Chelsea Hartwig, UMKC 8T4. Natalie McBurney, SUU 13
Total bases Walks Hit by pitch 1. Melissa Chmielewski, NDSU 111 1. Bri�any Henderson, SUU 43 1. Julie Owen, OU 272. Darlene Fernandez, SUU 105 2. Kelly Cantrell, NDSU 41 2. Lauren Furgala, WIU 113. Aly Daniels, SUU 102 3. Emerald Doria, CC 26 3. Nikki Marinec, WIU 94. Lindsey Smith, CC 97 4. Darlene Fernandez, SUU 23 4. Mia E�l, IUPUI 85. Mia E�l, IUPUI 96 5. Lindsey Smith, CC 21 5. Leah DiCristofaro, OU 7
Sac bunts Sac flies Stolen bases 1. Elisa Victa, NDSU 13 1. Kelly Cantrell, NDSU 6 1. Sarah Oppelt, IUPUI 202. Caitlin Lynch, OU 10 2. Jamie Goss, WIU 5 T2. Jenavieve Purcell, SUU 193. Stacy Harte, IUPUI 9 T3. Leah DiCristofaro, OU 3 T2. Alyssa Deacon, OU 19T4. Jackie Currie, NDSU 8 T3. Cassie Wolfe, IPFW 3 T4. Anne Cicchini, OU 18T4. Leah DiCristofaro, OU 8 T3. Amanda Evans, UMKC 3 T4. Nicole Rivera, NDSU 18 T3. Lindsey Smith, CC 3
PITCHING Pitching minimums - 1 Games 2.0 IP/Game
Earned run avg Opposing bat avg Innings pitched 1. Kamren Ferguson, WIU 1.80 1. Kamren Ferguson, WIU .201 1. Kris�na Brooks, SUU 284.22. Courtney Cronin, IPFW 1.85 2. Hillary Phillips, CC .214 2. Andi Padilla, NDSU 246.13. Hillary Phillips, CC 2.01 3. Andi Padilla, NDSU .221 3. Jessica Granger, OU 204.14. Andi Padilla, NDSU 2.27 4. Jessica Granger, OU .256 4. Kamren Ferguson, WIU 202.15. Taya Upkes, UMKC 2.37 5. Jessica Bock, CC 258 5. Hillary Phillips, CC 184.1
Ba�ers struck out Ba�ers SO out looking Wins 1. Kris�na Brooks, SUU 288 1. Kris�na Brooks, SUU 85 1. Andi Padilla, NDSU 262. Jessica Granger, OU 195 2. Jessica Granger, OU 68 T2. Kamren Ferguson, WIU 223. Kamren Ferguson, WIU 171 3. Hillary Phillips, CC 58 T2. Kris�na Brooks, SUU 224. Hillary Phillips, CC 152 4. Jenna Marston, SDSU 40 4. Jessica Granger, OU 195. Samantha Hurst, UMKC 136 5. Andi Padilla, NDSU 38 5. Jessica Bock, CC 16
Saves Appearances Games started 1. Hillary Phillips, CC 3 1. Kris�na Brooks, SUU 51 1. Kris�na Brooks, SUU 41T2. Nicholle Ellis, UMKC 2 2. Andi Padilla, NDSU 42 2. Andi Padilla, NDSU 34T2. Andi Padilla, NDSU 2 3. Hillary Phillips, CC 38 3. Jessica Granger, OU 32T2. Ashley Campbell, WIU 2 4. Amy Raker, IUPUI 37 4. Kamren Ferguson, WIU 31T2. Taya Upkes, UMKC 2 T5. Jessica Granger, OU 34 T5. Jessica Bock, CC 27 T5. Jessica Bock, CC 34 T5. Jenna Marston, SDSU 27
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YEAR-BY-YEAR HISTORYYear Regular Season Champion Record (League) Tournament Champion Coach Runner-Up Site 1993 Western Illinois 29-13 (14-2) Western Illinois Kathy Veroni Northern Illinois Macomb, Ill.1994 UIC 56-19-1 (17-0) UIC Mike McGovern Eastern Illinois DeKalb, Ill.1995 DePaul (East) 38-23 (10-2) /W. Illinois (West) 37-24 (16-0) DePaul Eugene Len� Western Illinois Chicago, Ill.1996 DePaul (East) 44-17 (10-2)/W. Illinois (West) 32-24 (12-2) Troy State Melanie Davis DePaul Macomb, Ill.1997 DePaul (East) 42-15 (12-0)/W. Illinois (West) 31-22-1 (9-3) DePaul Eugene Len� Western Illinois Chicago, Ill.1998 DePaul (East) 47-8 (10-0)/W. Illinois (West) 23-24 (9-2) DePaul Eugene Len� Western Illinois Macomb, Ill.1999 DePaul 54-14 (22-0) DePaul Eugene Len� Western Illinois Chicago, Ill.2000 Western Illinois 46-16 (21-1) Western Illinois Kathy Veroni Southern Utah Macomb, Ill.2001 Oakland 25-29 (16-6) Western Illinois Kathy Veroni Southern Utah Macomb, Ill.2002 UMKC 33-26 (16-3) Oakland Mike Tomlinson UMKC Independence, Mo.2003 Southern Utah 29-19 (16-3) Oakland Mike Tomlinson UMKC Macomb, Ill.2004 Southern Utah 38-18 (19-5) Centenary Mark Montgomery Valparaiso Macomb, Ill.2005 Southern Utah 23-25-1 (18-6) Centenary Mark Montgomery Western Illinois Independence, Mo.2006 Southern Utah 34-32 (21-3) Southern Utah Jodi Hermanek Western Illinois Cedar City, Utah2007 Western Illinois 23-23 (11-2) Southern Utah Jodi Jackson Oakland Shreveport, La.2008 North Dakota State 37-17 (14-2) Western Illinois Holly VanVlymen IPFW Cedar City, Utah2009 Western Illinois (34-19, 21-2) North Dakota State Daren Mueller Western Illinois Macomb, Ill.
YEARLY AWARD WINNERSYear Player of the Year Pitcher of the Year Newcomer of the Year* Coach of the Year Tournament MVP1993 Missy Nowak, DePaul Veronica Wilson, Western Illinois Kerry Coudry, Illinois-Chicago Dee Abrahamson, Northern Illinois Veronica Wilson, Western Illinois1994 Missy Nowak, DePaul Des�ny Mollison, Illinois-Chicago Erin Hickey, DePaul Mike McGovern, Illinois-Chicago Missy Porzel, Eastern Illinois1995 Missy Nowak, DePaul Kimberlee Blackmore, DePaul Michelle Oswald, NE Illinois Eugene Len�, DePaul Missy Nowak, DePaul1996 Michelle Oswald, Northern Ill. Nicole Terpstra, DePaul Nicole Terpstra, DePaul Melanie Davis, Troy State Shawn Starling, Troy State1997 Venus Taylor, Western Illinois Nicole Terpstra, DePaul Julie Luna, DePaul Joyce Wellhoefer, NE Illinois Erin Hickey, DePaul1998 Liza Brown, DePaul Nicole Terpstra, DePaul Dana Jakusz, DePaul Eugene Len�, DePaul Liza Brown, DePaul1999 Liza Brown, DePaul Nicole Terpstra, DePaul Christy Adamson, IUPUI Eugene Len�, DePaul Nicole Terpstra, DePaul2000 Bridget Maxwell, W. Illinois Holly Killion, Western Illinois Brandy Moser, IUPUI Laurel Simmons, Southern Utah Holly Killion, Western Illinois2001 Bridget Maxwell, W. Illinois Kris�n Smith, Western Illinois Jaymie Voss, Oakland Sco� Ogg, Oakland Bridget Maxwell, Western Illinois2002 Lacee LePrey, Southern Utah Lindsey Davis, UMKC Lindsey Davis, UMKC Carla Marche�, UMKC Ericka Burns, Oakland2003 Ericka Burns, Oakland Nicole Marzano, Oakland Chris�e McFarland, IUPUI Laurel Simmons, Southern Utah Ericka Burns, Oakland Mike Tomlinson, Oakland2004 Lacee LePrey, Southern Utah Cheyenne Daries, Centenary Micah Rhodes, Centenary Laurel Simmons, Southern Utah Cheyenne Daries, Centenary2005 Tiffany Burt, Southern Utah Karenmarie Pena, Western Illinois Tiffany Burt, Southern Utah Julie Pra�, IUPUI Lindsey Jones, Centenary2006 Marci Pra�, Southern Utah Laura Chomokos, Oakland Emerald Doria, Centenary Glenn MacDonald, Oakland Tiffany Burt, Southern Utah2007 Marci Pra�, Southern Utah Kamren Ferguson, Western Illinois Lauren Furgala, Western Illinois Holly Van Vlymen, Western Illinois Bobbi Jo Merrill, Southern Utah2008 Melissa Chmielewski, NDState Allison Bakke, NDState Elisa Victa, NDState Darren Mueller, NDState Nikki Marinec, Western Illinois Samantha Valen�ne, Western Illinois2009 Kelly Cantrell, ND State Kamren Ferguson, Western Illinois Jamie Goss, Western Illinois Holly Van Vlymen, Western Illinois Andi Padilla, ND State *The Newcomer of the Year award was changed to the Freshman of the Year in 2006
LEAGUE TOURNAMENT RECORDSTEAM W-L Pct. Games Appearances Championships Centenary 6-8 .429 14 6 2004, ’05Cleveland State 0-2 .000 2 1DePaul 20-8 .714 28 7 1995, ’97, ’98, ’99Eastern Illinois 5-7 .417 12 4UIC 6-3 .667 9 2 1994Green Bay 1-4 .200 5 2IPFW 2-2 .500 4 1IUPUI 1-4 .200 5 2UMKC 5-10 .333 15 5North Dakota State 3-1 .750 4 1 2009Northeastern Illinois 1-2 .333 3 1Northern Illinois 8-4 .667 12 2Oakland 12-8 .579 19 5 2002, ’03Southern Utah 15-18 .455 33 11 2006, ’07Troy State 4-3 .571 7 2 1996Valparaiso 2-6 .250 8 3Western Illinois 34-28 .549 62 17 1993, ’00, ’01, ’08Youngstown State 1-8 .111 9 4
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INDIVIDUAL HITTINGRECORDS
Most At Bats:Game: 7, Megan Cooper vs. West Fla., 3-8-97 7, Leslie Ziesema vs. So. Dakota St., 4-6-84Season: 259, Nikki Flynn, 1998Career: 952, Nikki Flynn-Gregg, 1997-00
Most Hits:Game: 5, Melissa Chmielewski vs. St. Mary's, 3-5-08 5, Shelly Rhein vs. UM-Morris, 4-6-00 5, M. Mortenson vs. Bluefield St., 3-16-98 5, Nikki Flynn vs. MacMurray, 3-15-98Season: 126, Nikki Flynn, 1998Career: 442, Nikki Flynn-Gregg, 1997-00
Highest Ba�ng Average:Season: .545 (24x44), Mary Goebel, 1976Career: .464 (442x952), Nikki Flynn, '97-00
Highest On-Base Percentage:Season: .623 (24 hits, 9 bb/53 app.), Mary Goebel, '76Career: .514 (442 hits, 89 bb, 9 hbp/1050 app.), Nikki Flynn, 1997-00
Highest Slugging Percentage:Season: .888 (135 tb/152 ab), Jenny Bakke, 2003Career: .700 (429 tb/613 ab), Jenny Bakke, 2001-04
Most Runs Scored:Game: 5, Mindy Zorn vs. Mayville St., 4-4-95Season: 98, Nikki Flynn-Gregg, 2000Career: 304, Nikki Flynn-Gregg, 1997-00
Most Runs Ba�ed In:Game: 7, Melissa Chmielewski vs. No. Illinois, 2-11-07Season: 73, Mary Gramenz, 1997Career: 263, Shelly Rhein, 1998-01
Most Walks:Game: 4, Melissa Chmielewski vs. Green Bay, 2-9-08 4, Jenny Bakke vs. Kennesaw St., 3-9-01 4, Emily Heuring vs. West Fla., 3-8-97 4, Mickey Lahr vs. Bemidji State, 4-6-94 4, Terri Steen vs. Valley City, 4-9-91Season: 44, Jessie Benson, 2003Career: 121, Jenny Bakke, 2001-04
Most Stolen Bases:Game: 5, Nikki Flynn vs. North Dakota, 4-22-00 5, Nikki Flynn vs. Edinboro, 3-8-99Season: 75, Nikki Flynn, 1998Career: 250, Nikki Flynn-Gregg, 1997-00
Most Stolen Base A�empts:Game: 5, Nikki Flynn vs. North Dakota, 4-22-00 5, Nikki Flynn vs. Edinboro, 3-8-99 5, M. Mortenson vs. Dr. Mar�n Luther, 4-28-95Season: 87, Nikki Flynn, 1998Career: 282, Nikki Flynn-Gregg, 1997-00
Most Doubles:Game: 3, Sarah Schmitz vs. Johnson C. Smith, 3-12-99Season: 30, Shelly Rhein, 1998Career: 82, Shelly Rhein, 1998-01
Most Triples:Game: 3, Mary King vs. UM-Duluth, 4-24-82Season: 8, Jenny Bakke, 2001 8, Mindy Zorn, 1995Career: 17, Mary Gramenz, 1996-99
Most Home Runs:Game: 2 by eight athletes on 13 occasions, last by Melissa Chmielewski vs. Jackson St., 2-13-09 (Jenny Bakke 2 games, Kelly Cantrell 2, Melissa Chmielewski 2, Lindsey Graham 2)Season: 17, Jenny Bakke, 2003Career: 53, Shelly Rhein, 1998-01
Total Bases:Game: 11, Melissa Chmielewski vs. Jackson State, 2-13-09Season: 168, Shelly Rhein, 1998Career: 605, Shelly Rhein, 1998-01
Most Ba�ers Faced:Season: 1,314, Julie Fromm, 1999Career: 3,249, Lindsey Graham, 2001-04
Most Strikeouts:Game: 16, Lindsey Graham vs. Okla. City, 3-8-03Season: 342, Julie Fromm, 1999Career: 1,019, Lindsey Graham, 2001-04
Lowest Earned Run Average:Season: 0.68, Melissa Hobson, 2001Career: 1.11, Lindsey Graham, 2001-04
Most Victories:Season: 45, Julie Fromm, 2000Career: 103, Julie Fromm, 1999-01
Most Shutouts:Season: 19, Julie Fromm, 2000Career: 49, Lindsey Graham, 2001-04
Most Saves:Season: 4, Jacki Ryden, 1997Career: 7, Allison Bakke, 2005-08 7, Lindsey Graham, 2001-04 7, Sara Bosch, 1996-98
Most Mound Appearances:Season: 57, Julie Fromm, 1999Career: 137, Lindsey Graham, 2001-04
Best Winning Percentage:Season: .933 (14-1), Melissa Hobson, 2001Career: .866 (103-16), Julie Fromm, 1999-01
Fewest Walks, Per 7 Innings:Season: 0.69, Amber Garre�, 2005Career: 0.88, Amber Garre�, 2005-06
Games StartedSeason: 50, Julie Fromm, 2000Career: 117, Lindsey Graham, 2001-04 117, Julie Fromm, 1999-01
Complete GamesSeason: 48, Julie Fromm, 2000Career: 114, Julie Fromm, 1999-01
Most Hit Ba�ersGame: 4, Allison Bakke vs. Iowa State, 3-29-05Season: 12, Andi Padilla, 2009 12, Allison Bakke, 2005Career: 25, Allison Bakke, 2005-08
No-Hi�ers (20)Andi Padilla vs. UMKC, 3-21-09 (5)Andi Padilla vs. Creighton, 3-18-09 (7)*Amber Garre� vs. Drake, 2-26-06 (7)Courtney Lacock vs. UM-Crookston, 4-10-04 (5)*Lindsey Graham vs. Bemidji State, 4-1-04 (7)Lindsey Graham vs. Colorado Mines, 4-10-03 (5)Courtney Lacock vs. North Dakota, 4-8-03 (5)Courtney Lacock vs. SW Bap�st, 3-8-03 (5)Lindsey Graham vs. UM-Crookston, 4-28-02 (7)Melissa Hobson vs. MSU, Moorhead, 4-4-01 (5)Julie Fromm vs. Bemidji State, 3-29-01 (5)*Melissa Hobson vs. N. Colorado, 4-29-00 (5)*Julie Fromm vs. North Dakota, 4-22-00 (6)Julie Fromm vs. Moorhead St., 4-20-99 (7)*Amber Miller vs. Johnson C. Smith, 3-12-99 (5)*Sara Bosch vs. UM-Morris, 4-3-98 (5)Amber Miller vs. Wayne St., NE, 3-28-98 (5)Sara Bosch vs. North Dakota, 4-23-96 (7)Amber Hall vs. Concordia-Mhd., 4-6-95 (6)*Amber Hall vs. Mayville State, 4-4-95 (5)Mary Goebel vs. Valley City St., 1978 (7)Individual leaders: Graham (3), Lacock (3), Fromm (3)*–Perfect games
Fewest Strikeouts:Season: 0 (100 at bats), Linda Degerness, 1977Career: 1 (164 at bats), Linda Degerness, 1977-78
Most Sacrifices:Game: 3, Grete Peterson vs. North Florida, 2-17-07 3, Jill Armer vs. So. Dakota St., 4-23-95Season: 21, Megan Cooper, 1998Career: 52, Megan Cooper, 1996-99
Most Times Hit By Pitch:Game: 2, by eight different athletes, on 10 occasions Brea Konz vs. Southern Utah, 5-8-09 (Lynnae Foshag, 2004-0 3 games)Season: 7, Lynnae Foshag, 2005, 2006, 2007Career: 24, Lynnae Foshag, 2004-07
INDIVIDUAL FIELDINGRECORDS
Most Assists: Game: 11, Mary Goebel vs. Valley City St., 1976Season: 254, Megan Cooper, 1996Career: 619, Nikki Flynn-Gregg, 1997-2000
Most Putouts:Game: 21, Janice Thompson vs. SDSU, 4-6-84Season: 525, Mindy Zorn, 1996Career: 1,241, Mindy Zorn, 1995-97
Most Fielding Chances:Game: 22, Janice Thompson vs. SDSU, 4-6-84Season: 556, Mindy Zorn, 1996Career: 1,310, Mindy Zorn, 1995-97
Highest Fielding Percentage:Game: 1.000 (21po-1a-0err) Janice Thompson vs. South Dakota State, 4-6-84Season: 1.000 (342po-51a-0err), Kelly Cantrell, 2008Career: .998 (509-33-1), Jen Shollenberger, 2003-05
INDIVIDUAL PITCHINGRECORDS
Most Innings Pitched:Game: 12, Amber Garre� vs. Colorado State, 4-26-06 12, Julie Fromm vs. S. Indiana, 2-26-99Season: 333.1, Julie Fromm, 2000Career: 846, Lindsey Graham, 2001-04
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TEAM PITCHINGRECORDS
Games StartedSeason: 80, 1998
Complete GamesSeason: 71, 1998
ShutoutsSeason: 30, 2000
Most VictoriesSeason: 68, 2000
Most SavesSeason: 8, 1997
Most Mound AppearancesSeason: 80, 1998
Best Winning PercentageSeason: 68-10, .872
Most Innings PitchedGame: 12 vs. Colorado State, 4-26-06 12 vs. Southern Indiana, 2-26-99 12 vs. Bemidji State, 4-19-83Season: 511.1, 1998
Most Ba�ers FacedGame: 54 vs. South Dakota State, 4-6-84Season: 2,082 in 1998
Most StrikeoutsGame: 16 vs. Oklahoma CIty U., 3-8-04Strikeouts Per 7 Innings: 8.47 kpg (448 k's in 370.1 ip), 2003Season: 483, 1999
Lowest Earned Run AverageSeason: 0.85, (47 earned runs in 385 ip), 2001
Fewest Walks, Per 7 InningsSeason: 0.97 bbpg , (69 bb in 497.1 ip), 2000
Most Hit Ba�ersGame: 4 vs. Iowa State, 3-29-05Season: 26, 1994
MISC. TEAM RECORDSMost Games Played: 80, 1998Most Runs Scored (Both Teams): 36 (NDSU 17, UND 19), 1979Most Wins: 68, 2000Longest Winning Streak: 27, 4/2/00-4/28/00Most Losses: 34, 1993 & 1990Longest Losing Streak: 21, 1993-94 & 1990-91
TEAM HITTINGRECORDS
Most At Bats:Game: 46 vs. Southern Indiana, 2-26-99Season: 2,131, 1998
Most Hits:Game: 23 vs. Bluefield State, 3-16-98Season: 761, 1998Hits Per Game: 9.51 hpg (761 in 80 games), 1998
Highest Ba�ng Average:Game: .657 (23x35) vs. Bluefield St., 3-16-98Season: .357 (596x1712), 1998
Highest On-Base Percentage:Game: .711 (16 hits, 10 bb, 1hbp/38 app.) vs. MacMurray, 3-15-98Season: .422 (761 hits,201 bb,22hbp/2354 app.), 1998
Highest Slugging Percentage:Game: 1.20 (30tb/25ab) vs. St. Cloud St., 4-28-00Season: .492 (1048 tb/2131 ab), 1998
Most Runs Scored:Inning: 12 vs. Mayville State, 4-4-96 12 vs. Salem-Teikyo, 3-4-96Game: 26 vs. Bluefield State, 3-16-98 26 vs. Mayville State, 4-4-95Season: 509, 1998Runs Per Game: 8.08 rpg (105 in 13 games), 1976
Most Runs Ba�ed In:Game: 21 vs. Jackson State, 2-13-09Season: 395, 2000
Most Walks:Game: 20 vs. Valley City State, 4-20-91Season: 201, 1998
Most Stolen Bases:Game: 14 vs. Mayville State, 4-16-95A�empts in a Game: 15 vs. St. Thomas, 3-30-96SB%/Game: 100% (14-14) vs. Mayville St., 4-16-95Season: 218, 1998A�empts in a Season: 264, 1998 Most Doubles:Game: 8 vs. Bluefield State, 3-16-98Season: 156, 1998 Most Triples:Game: 4 vs. Minnesota-Duluth, 4-24-82Season: 24, 2000
Most Home Runs:Game: 5 vs. St. Cloud St., 4-28-00Season: 58, 2003
Total Bases:Game: 32 vs. North Dakota, 5-1-99Season: 1,048, 1998
Most Sacrifices:Game: 6 (5 sac & 1 sf) vs. South Dakota, 3-31-00Season: 94, 1998
Most Times Hit By Pitch:Game: 4 vs. U. of West Florida, 3-8-97Season: 23, 2000 & 1997
StrikeoutsGame: 19 vs. Barry U., 5-17-02 (10)Fewest K's: 30 k's/382 ab), 1976Season: 275, 2000
Le� on BaseGame: 18 vs. Oakland (10), 4-10-09Season: 466, 1998
TEAM FIELDINGRECORDS
Most Assists: Game: 26 vs. South Dakota State, 4-6-84Season: 703, 1996
Most Putouts:Game: 36 vs. Colorado State, 4-26-06 36 vs. Southern Indiana, 2-26-99 36 vs. Bemidji State, 4-19-83Season: 1,534, 1998
Most Fielding Chances:Game: 63 (33po-26a-4err) vs. South Dakota St., 4-6-84Season: 2,260, 1998
ErrorsGame: 10 vs. Concordia-Moorhead, 4-7-94 10 vs. Augustana, 4-4-92 10 vs. Jamestown, 4-18-90 10 vs. Moorhead State, 1979Season: (Least) 33, 1983 (Most) 193, 1990
Highest Fielding Percentage:Game: 1.000 (33po-12a-0e) vs. Augustana, 4-17-04Season: .976 (1175po-513a-42err), 2009
Most Double PlaysGame: 3 vs. Mayville State, 3-26-97 3 vs. St. Cloud State, 4-5-96 3 vs. North Dakota, 4-17-95 3 vs. Minnesota-Morris, 4-2-95Season: 29, 1996
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CAREER HITTINGTOP TEN
At-Bats1. 952 Nikki Flynn, 1997-002. 882 Shelly Rhein, 1998-013. 841 Megan Cooper, 1996-994. 806 Sarah Schmitz, 1996-995. 800 Mary Gramenz, 1996-996. 763 Jess Christensen, 2000-037. 658 Nikki Almquist,1998-018. 631 Kelly Cantrell, 2006-099. 617 Lynnae Foshag, 2004-0710. 613 Jenny Bakke, 2001-04
Hits1. 442 Nikki Flynn, 1997-002. 344 Shelly Rhein, 1998-013. 310 Sarah Schmitz, 1996-994. 305 Mary Gramenz, 1996-995. 289 Megan Cooper, 1996-996. 270 Jess Christensen, 2000-037. 250 Jenny Bakke, 2001-048. 225 Nikki Almquist, 1998-019. 198 Amber Hall, 1995-9810. 197 Kelly Cantrell, 2006-09
Runs Scored1. 304 Nikki Flynn, 1997-002. 216 Shelly Rhein, 1998-013. 204 Megan Cooper, 1996-994. 203 Mary Gramenz, 1996-995. 190 Sarah Schmitz, 1996-996. 181 Jess Christensen, 2000-037. 163 Jenny Bakke, 2001-048. 140 Nikki Almquist,1998-019. 133 Amber Hall, 1995-9810. 112 Lynnae Foshag, 2004-07
Runs Ba�ed In1. 263 Shelly Rhein, 1998-012. 246 Mary Gramenz, 1996-993. 181 Jenny Bakke, 2001-044. 153 Nikki Almquist,1998-015. 152 Melissa Chmielewski, 2006-6. 145 Sarah Schmitz, 1996-997. 142 Kelly Cantrell, 2006-098. 135 Jess Christensen, 2000-039. 120 Megan Cooper, 1996-9910. 99 Gerice Olson, 1997-00
Ba�ng Average1. .464 Nikki Flynn, 1997-20002. .418 Autumn Ross, 1976-783. .408 Jenny Bakke, 2001-044. .390 Shelly Rhein, 1998-015. .385 Sarah Schmitz, 1996-996. .381 Mary Gramenz, 1996-997. .372 Linda Degerness, 1977-788. .355 Melissa Chmielewski, 2007-9. .354 Jess Christensen, 2000-0310. .348 Mary Goebel, 1976-79
Games Played1. 285 Nikki Flynn, 1997-002. 282 Shelly Rhein, 1998-01T3. 271 Megan Cooper, 1996-99T3. 271 Sarah Schmitz, 1996-995. 262 Mary Gramenz, 1996-996. 243 Nikki Almquist,1998-017. 239 Gerice Olson, 1997-008. 237 Jess Christensen, 2000-03T9. 225 Kelly Cantrell, 2006-09T9. 225 Amber Hall, 1995-98
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Doubles1. 82 Shelly Rhein, 1998-012. 66 Mary Gramenz, 1996-993. 61 Jess Christensen, 2000-034. 49 Jenny Bakke, 2001-045. 42 Gerice Olson, 1997-006. 39 Sarah Schmitz, 1996-997. 38 Kelly Cantrell, 2006-09T8. 37 Lynnae Foshag, 2004-07T8. 37 Julie Fromm, 1999-01T10. 36 Nikki Flynn, 1997-00T10. 36 Megan Cooper, 1996-99
Triples1. 17 Mary Gramenz, 1996-992. 13 Jess Christensen, 2000-033. 11 Jenny Bakke, 2001-04T4. 10 Shelly Rhein, 1998-01T4. 10 Nikki Flynn, 1997-00T4. 10 Gerice Olson, 1997-00T7. 9 Autumn Ross, 1976-78T7. 9 Jane Voss, 1977-79T9. 8 Sarah Schmitz, 1996-99T9. 8 Mindy Zorn, 1995-1997
Home Runs1. 53 Shelly Rhein, 1998-012. 36 Jenny Bakke, 2001-043. 33 Mary Gramenz, 1996-994. 28 Melissa Chmielewski, 2007-5. 25 Lindsey Graham, 2001-046. 24 Kelly Cantrell, 2006-097. 23 Nikki Almquist, 1998-018. 13 Lynnae Foshag, 2004-079. 12 Jessie Benson, 2002-03T10. 11 Courtney Lacock, 2003-06T10. 11 Gerice Olson, 1997-2000
Walks1. 121 Jenny Bakke, 2001-042. 120 Kelly Cantrell, 2006-093. 89 Nikki Flynn, 1997-004. 81 Nikki Almquist,1998-015. 79 Megan Cooper, 1996-99T6. 73 Sarah Schmitz, 1996-99T6. 73 Mary Gramenz, 1996-998. 66 Jessie Benson, 2002-039. 61 Lindsey Graham, 2001-0410. 58 Melissa Chmielewski, 2007-
Stolen Bases1. 250 Nikki Flynn, 1997-002. 134 Megan Cooper, 1996-993. 84 Sarah Schmitz, 1996-994. 76 Amber Hall, 1995-985. 59 Mary Gramenz, 1996-996. 58 Michelle Mortenson, 1995-987. 56 Nikki Almquist,1998-018. 52 Gerice Olson, 1997-009. 49 Heather Hya�, 2002-0510. 48 Grete Peterson, 2004-07
Sacrifices1. 52 Megan Cooper, 1996-992. 39 Sarah Schmitz, 1996-993. 36 Molly Pufall, 2000-03T4. 31 Jennifer Morse, 2004-07T4. 31 Jess Christensen, 2000-03T6. 28 Jackie Currie, 2006-09T6. 28 Grete Peterson, 2004-07T6. 28 Gerice Olson, 1997-009. 26 Lynnae Foshag, 2004-0710. 25 Elisa Victa, 2008-
CAREER PITCHINGTOP FIVE
Wins1. 103-16 Julie Fromm, 1999-012. 95-27 Lindsey Graham, 2001-043. 69-25 Sara Bosch, 1996-984. 67-30 Amber Miller, 1996-995. 60-41 Allison Bakke, 2005-08
Winning Percentage1. .889 (32-4) Courtney Lacock, 2003-062. .866 (103-16) Julie Fromm, 1999-013. .855 (53-9) Melissa Hobson, 2000-034. .779 (95-27) L. Graham, 2001-045. .734 (69-25) Sara Bosch, 1996-98
Appearances1. 137 Lindsey Graham, 2001-042. 130 Julie Fromm, 1999-013. 126 Allison Bakke, 2005-084. 116 Sara Bosch, 1996-985. 113 Amber Miller, 1996-99
Games StartedT1. 117 Lindsey Graham, 2000-04T1. 117 Julie Fromm, 1999-013. 100 Amber Miller, 1996-994. 88 Allison Bakke, 2005-085. 87 Sara Bosch, 1996-98
Complete Games1. 114 Julie Fromm, 1999-012. 107 Lindsey Graham, 2001-043. 71 Sara Bosch, 1996-984. 69 Amber Miller, 1996-995. 65 Allison Bakke, 2005-087
SavesT1. 7 Allison Bakke, 2005-08T1. 7 Lindsey Graham, 2001-04T1. 7 Sara Bosch, 1996-9874. 6 Julie Fromm, 1999-015. 4 Jackie Ryden, 1996-97
Innings Pitched1. 843 Lindsey Graham, 2001-042. 794.1 Julie Fromm, 1999-013. 631 Allison Bakke, 2005-084. 600 Amber Miller, 1996-995. 594.1 Sara Bosch, 1996-98
Earned Run Average1. 1.11 Lindsey Graham, 2001-042. 1.14 Julie Fromm, 1999-013. 1.36 Melissa Hobson, 2000-034. 1.60 Sara Bosch, 1996-985. 1.68 Amber Garre�, 2005-06
Shutouts1. 49 Lindsey Graham, 2001-042. 46 Julie Fromm, 1999-013. 27 Sara Bosch, 1996-984. 25 Melissa Hobson, 2000-035. 20 Allison Bakke, 2005-08
Strikeouts1. 1,019 Lindsey Graham, 2001-042. 779 Julie Fromm, 1999-013. 684 Allison Bakke, 2005-084. 381 Amber Miller, 1996-995. 364 Sara Bosch, 1996-98
CAREER FIELDINGTOP FIVE
Fielding Chances1. 1410 Kelly Cantrell, 2006-092. 1310 Mindy Zorn, 1995-973. 1299 Shelly Rhein, 1998-014. 1297 Amy Huberty, 1999-025. 1114 Megan Cooper, 1996-99
Putouts1. 1241 Mindy Zorn, 1995-972. 1221 Kelly Cantrell, 2006-093. 1189 Shelly Rhein, 1998-014. 1184 Amy Huberty, 1999-025. 1024 Melissa Chmielewski, 2007-
Assists1. 619 Nikki Flynn, 1997-002. 548 Megan Cooper, 1996-993. 522 Mary Gramenz, 1996-994. 419 Kim Trainor, 1990-935. 381 Molly Pufall, 2000-03
Fielding Percentage1. .998 (509-32-1) Jen Shollenberger, '03-052. .993 (1221-179-10) Kelly Cantrell, 2006-093. .989 (346-15-4) Sarah Schmitz, 1996-994. .98845 (1189-95-15) Shelly Rhein, '98-015. .986 (1184-95-18) Amy Huberty, '99-02
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Louisville Slugger/NFCADivision II All-America Team
2004 Jenny Bakke, 2b (2nd) Lindsey Graham, P (3rd)2003 Lindsey Graham, P (1st) Jess Christensen, CF (1st) Jenny Bakke, 2b (1st)2002 Lindsey Graham, P (1st)2001 Shelly Rhein, C (1st) Julie Fromm, P (2nd)2000 Julie Fromm, P (1st) Nikki Flynn-Gregg, SS (1st) Shelly Rhein, C (2nd)1999 Mary Gramenz, 3b(2nd) Julie Fromm, P (2nd)
CoSIDA College DivisionAcademic All-American
2008 Aimee Enzler, DP (U-2nd)2000 Michelle Wiest, RF (C-1st)1999 Sarah Schmitz, CF (C-1st)1998 Sarah Schmitz, CF (C-1st)1997 Sarah Schmitz, CF (C-2nd)
NCAA Division II Na�onalAll-Tournament Team
2003 Lindsey Graham, P Molly Pufall, SS2000 Nikki Flynn-Gregg, SS Julie Fromm, P Michelle Wiest, RF Gerice Olson, DP1999 Megan Cooper, 2b
NFCA AcademicScholar Athlete
2009 Melissa Chmielewski, 1b Kelly Cantrell, C Andi Padilla, P Brea Konz, 3b2008 Melissa Chmielewski, 1b/3b Bekki Rasmussen, P Aimee Enzler, 1b-DP Kelly Vivant, OF2007 Aimee Enzler, 1b-DP Melissa Chmielewski, 1b Grete Peterson, CF Bekki Rasmussen, P2006 Lynnae Foshag, LF Grete Peterson, CF Erin Troup, RF Aimee Enzler, 1b Meghan Norris, 2b Bekki Rasmussen, P2005 Aimee Enzler, 1b Amber Garre�, P Heather Hya�, IF/OF Ashley Leier, C Meghan Norris, 2b/3b Grete Peterson, CF Jen Shollenberger, C Megan Slater, OF2004 Amanda Frank, 3b Lindsey Graham, P Meghan Norris, 3b Grete Peterson, OF Megan Slater, OF2003 Amanda Frank, 3b Hope Hepfinger, C Melissa Hobson, 1b/P Meghan Norris, 3b Megan Slater, OF
BISON ALL-AMERICANS
Sarah Schmitz, CF1997-98-99
Mary Gramenz, 3b1999
Julie Fromm, P1999-00-01
2001 Michelle Wiest, OF Melissa Hobson, P Mia Frye, OF2000 Gerice Olson, C/DP1999 Megan Cooper, SS Sarah Schmitz, CF Gerice Olson, C/DP Michelle Wiest, OF1998 Megan Cooper, SS Sarah Schmitz, CF Sally Obernolte, 1b/3b Gerice Olson, C Michelle Wiest, OF1997 Megan Cooper, SS Sarah Schmitz, CF Sally Obernolte, 3b Michelle Mortenson,RF Gerice Olson, C/DH1996 Sarah Schmitz, CF Megan Cooper, SS1995 Michelle Drill, 3b Jill Armer, P/SS
NCAA Div. II North Central RegionalAll-Tournament Team
2004 Heather Hya�, CF Cindy Castleberry, C2003 Lindsey Graham, P Jenny Bakke, 2b (MVP) Jessie Benson, OF2002 Dawn Sle�um, 3b Kris� Henrichsen, C Jess Christensen, CF Lindsey Graham, P2001 Julie Fromm, P/1b2000 Julie Fromm, P Shelly Rhein, C Nikki Flynn-Gregg, SS Nikki Almquist, LF Michelle Wiest, RF1999 Shelly Rhein, C Michelle Wiest, RF Julie Fromm, P Gerice Olson, DP1998 Sarah Schmitz, CF
Louisville Slugger/NFCADivision I All-Midwest Region
2009 Kelly Cantrell, C (1st) Melissa Chmielewski, 1b (1st)2008 Allison Bakke, P (2nd) Melissa Chmielewski, UT (2nd)
NFCA Division IIAll-North Central Region
2004 Lindsey Graham, P (1st) Jenny Bakke, 2b (1st) Heather Hya�, CF (1st) Cindy Castleberry, C (2nd) Meghan Norris, 3b (2nd)2003 Lindsey Graham, P (1st) Jess Christensen, CF (1st) Jenny Bakke, 2b (1st)2002 Lindsey Graham, P (1st) Melissa Hobson, UT/P (1st) Jessie Benson, DP/LF (1st)2001 Julie Fromm, P (1st) Shelly Rhein, C (1st) Jenny Bakke, 2B (1st) Nikki Almquist, OF (2nd) Lindsey Graham, P/UT (2nd)
Nikki Flynn-Gregg, SS2000
Shelly Rhein, C2000-01
Michelle Wiest, RF2000
Lindsey Graham, P2002-03-04
2000 Julie Fromm, P (1st) Shelly Rhein, C (1st) Nikki Flynn-Gregg, SS (1st) Nikki Almquist, LF (1st) Michelle Wiest, RF (2nd)1999 Julie Fromm, P (1st) Shelly Rhein, C (1st) Mary Gramenz, 3b (1st) Nikki Flynn, SS (1st) Sarah Schmitz, CF (2nd)1998 Sara Bosch, P (1st) Shelly Rhein, C (1st) Mary Gramenz, 3b (1st) Sarah Schmitz, CF (1st) Nikki Flynn, SS (1st)1997 Sarah Schmitz, CF (1st) Mary Gramenz, 3b (1st) Sara Bosch, P/1b (2nd) Nikki Flynn, SS (2nd)1996 Sarah Schmitz, CF Mary Gramenz, 3b1992 Deb Lien, CF
Summit LeaguePlayer of the Year
2009 Kelly Cantrell, C2008 Melissa Chmielewski, 1b
Summit LeaguePitcher of the Year
2008 Allison Bakke
Summit LeagueNewcomer of the Year
2008 Elisa Victa, LF
All-Summit League2009 Melissa Chmielewski, 1b (1st) Kelly Cantrell, C (1st) Elisa Victa, LF (1st) Andi Padilla, P (1st) Taylor Lynn, CF (2nd)2008 Laurel Pipkin, 2b (1st) Kelly Cantrell, C (1st) Melissa Chmielewski, UT (1st) Allison Bakke, P (1st) Bekki Rasmussen, P (1st) Elisa Victa, LF (2nd)
Summit LeagueAll-Tournament Team
2009 Andi Padilla, P (MVP) Kelly Cantrell, C Brea Konz, 3b Elisa Victa, LF Taylor Lynn, CF
Summit LeaguePitcher/Player of the Week
2009 Andi Padilla, P (2) Melissa Chmielewski, 1b (2)2008 Allison Bakke, P (5) Bekki Rasmussen, P Melissa Chmielewski, 1b (2) Laurel Pipkin, 2b Aimee Enzler, DP
Division I IndependentPitcher of the Year
2007 Allison Bakke2006 Amber Garre�
JessChristensen, CF
2003
Jenny Bakke, 2b2003-04
Aimee Enzler, DP-1b2008
BISON HONORS
All-Division I Independent Team2007 Allison Bakke, P (1st) Kelly Cantrell, C (1st) Melissa Chmielewski, 1b (1st) Grete Peterson, CF (1st) Jennifer Morse, SS (2nd)2006 Amber Garre�, P (1st) Kelly Cantrell, C (1st) Lynnae Fohsag, LF (1st) Jackie Currie, 3b (2nd) Jennifer Morse, SS (2nd)2005 Allison Bakke, P/DP (1st) Amber Garre�, P (2nd) Lynnae Foshag, LF (2nd) Heather Hya�, IF/OF (2nd)
Division I IndependentNewcomer of the Year
2007 Melissa Chmielewski, 1b2006 Kelly Cantrell, C
Division I IndependentAll-Newcomer Team
2007 Melissa Chmielewski, 1b2006 Kelly Cantrell, C Jackie Currie, 3b
Division I IndependentPlayer/Pitcher of the Week
2007 Allison Bakke, P (5) Kelly Cantrell, C Melissa Chmielewski, 1b Erin Troup, RF2006 Amber Garre�, P (5) Allison Bakke2005 Aimee Enzler, 1b Grete Peterson, CF Heather Hya�, IF/OF Allison Bakke, P (2) Amber Garre�, P
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BISON IN THENCAA PLAYOFFS
The North Dakota State University women's so�ball program claimed the NCAA Division II Na�onal Championship in 2000 in its third trip to the tournament.
North Dakota State made its first-ever NCAA Division II playoff appearance in 1998 and its first-ever NCAA Division I regional appearance in 2009. The Bison have compiled a 27-17 record overall in the NCAA tournament, including 3-2 at Division I.
2009 NCAA Super Regional (Tempe, Ariz.)L. Arizona State, 0-11L. Arizona State, 0-32009 NCAA Norman Regional (Norman, Okla.)W Oklahoma, 1-0 (11)W Tulsa, 3-2W Tulsa, 5-2
2004 NCAA Region (Omaha, Neb.)D. Emporia State, 2-0D. Nebraska-Omaha, 7-0L. St. Cloud State, 2-3L. Concordia-St. Paul, 2-8
2003 NCAA Na�onal Tourney (Salem, Oregon)D. Saint Mary's (Texas), 5-0L. UC Davis, 5-7 (11)D. LeMoyne (N.Y.), 5-4L. Georgia College & State, 0-22003 NCAA Region (at Fargo, N.D.)D. Augustana, 1-0D. Nebraska-Omaha, 9-4L. St. Cloud State, 4-7 (8)D. St. Cloud State, 4-0
2002 NCAA Na�onal Tourney (Salem, Va.)L. Chico State, 0-2L. Barry (Fla.) 2-3 (10)2002 NCAA Region (at Fargo, N.D.)D. Truman State, 2-1D. Minnesota-Duluth, 3-0D. St. Cloud State, 4-2L. St. Cloud State, 4-11D. St. Cloud State, 7-5
2001 NCAA Region (at Fargo, N.D.)D. Truman State, 5-2L. Nebraska-Omaha, 0-5L. Truman State, 2-3
2000 NCAA Na�onal Tourney (Columbus, Ga.)D. Lewis (Ill.), 9-1D. Bloomsburg (Pa.) 3-1D. Kennesaw State (Ga.), 10-5D. UC Davis, 6-1D. Kennesaw State (Ga.), 3-12000 NCAA Region (at Fargo, N.D.)D. Augustana, 6-4D. St. Cloud State, 12-0L. Augustana, 0-11D. Augustana, 12-2
1999 NCAA Na�onal Tourney (Salem, Va.)L. Alabama-Huntsville, 2-3, (8)D. Ferris State, 4-3L. Kennesaw State (Ga.), 0-31999 NCAA Region (at Sioux Falls, S.D.)D. St. Cloud State, 3-2D. Nebraska-Omaha, 1-0 (11)D. St. Cloud State, 3-1
1998 NCAA Region (at Sioux Falls, S.D.)L. Augustana, 0-6L. Nebraska-Omaha, 1-2
NDSU Tourney Appearances: 8NDSU in NCAA Tournament: 27-17
North Dakota State University short-stop Nikki Flynn-Gregg has plenty of individual NCAA records, but now she has a na�onal championship trophy to go with it.
"This is definitely the cake," said a wide-smiling Flynn-Gregg a�er NDSU defeated Kennesaw State 3-1 to win the 2000 NCAA Division II So�ball Champion-ship on Sunday be-fore a crowd of 247 at South Commons Stadium.
"The rest I look at as fros�ng on the cake."
Flynn-Gregg will be handing out plenty of cake as the Bison so�ball program claimed their first na�onal �tle in three NCAA tournament appearances.
"The big key for us was to go out and have fun, and play relaxed. These kids know how to play so�ball," said NDSU head coach Mitch Hanson, who took over a program that went 4-32 in 1995.
"This is a very special moment. We've been add-ing together the pieces over the past six years. You have to give credit to the kids, you have to give credit to Darren Mueller, who works with out hi�ers, and Mike (McLeod), who works with our pitchers. This is real family deal."
North Dakota State, which went 5-0 over the four-day tourney, closed the
FLYNN, OLSON TAKE THE CAKEdeal like it started -- aggressive and opportunis�c. This �me the opportu-nity presented itself on defense when freshman centerfielder Jess Christensen chased down Chris�ne Hochdorfer's blast
to le� center before hi�ng the portable fence for the third out in the first inning. Hochdorfer hit a tape-measure shot in Friday's loss to NDSU.
"I was deter-mined to get to the ball. I knew it was going to be a close game. I had to do whatever it took to get to the ball," said Chris-tensen, who led the Bison with two singles.
The catch deflated the Owls (56-8), who won back to back NCAA �tles in 1995-96.
"It was a game of inches. The girl (Christensen) made a great play to keep (Chris�ne) Hochdorfer's home run in the
ballpark," said KSU head coach Sco� Whitlock.
"I want to congratulate North Dakota State. They have a class program. We lost to a deserving cham-pion. I am proud of my club. We have too much to be proud for."
The Bison used the emo-�onal li� from Christensen's catch in the bo�om of the
frame, taking advantage of two Kennesaw State errors and Michelle Wiest's two-run double to le� center.
It was the fi�h straight game NDSU
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NORTH CENTRAL CONFERENCEAWARD WINNERS
North Central Conference Championships2002, 1999
NCC Player of the Year 2004—Lindsey Graham, P/OF 2003—Lindsey Graham, P/OF 2002—Lindsey Graham, P/OF 2000—Nikki Flynn-Gregg, SS
NCC Freshman of the Year 2001—Jenny Bakke, DP/2b 2000—Jess Christensen, CF 1999—Julie Fromm, P 1998—Shelly Rhein, C 1996—Mary Gramenz, 3b
All-North Central Conference 2004—Lindsey Graham, P; Jenny Bakke, 2b; Heather Hya�, CF; Lynnae Foshag, LF; Cindy Castleberry,C. 2003—Lindsey Graham, P; Jess Christensen, CF; Jenny Bakke, 2b; Jessie Benson, LF 2002—Jenny Bakke, 2b; Jess Christensen, CF; Joslyn Else, LF; Melissa Hobson, UT; Lindsey Graham, P 2001—Jenny Bakke, 2b; Shelly Rhein, C; Nikki Almquist, LF; Jess Christensen, CF; Julie Fromm, P; Lindsey Graham, P 2000—Nikki Flynn-Gregg, SS; Nikki Almquist, LF; Michelle Wiest, RF; Shelly Rhein, C; Julie Fromm, P 1999—Julie Fromm, P; Shelly Rhein, C; Mary Gramenz, 3b; Sarah Schmitz, CF; Nikki Flynn, SS 1998—Mary Gramenz, 3b; Sarah Schmitz, CF; Sara Bosch, P; Nikki Flynn, SS; Shelly Rhein, C 1997—Sarah Schmitz, CF; Mary Gramenz, 3b 1996—Sarah Schmitz, CF; Mary Gramenz, 3b 1992—Deb Lien, CF 1991—Deb Lien, CF 1989—Chris Hubred, C 1986—Tana Rowley, SS 1985—Tracey Kruger 1984—Mary King; Benita Hoheisel
Academic All-NCC 2004—Lindsey Graham, P; Jenny Bakke, 2b 2003—Melissa Hobson, P/1b 2002—Melissa Hobson, P/1b 2001—Michelle Wiest, RF 2000—Gerice Olson, DP 1999—Megan Cooper, SS; Sarah Schmitz, CF 1998—Sarah Schmitz, CF 1997—Sarah Schmitz, CF 1996—Jill Armer, P 1993—Kim Trainor, SS 1992—Deb Lien. CF 1991—Dawn Bruesehoff, 1b; Deb Lien, CF 1990—Dawn Bruesehoff, 1b 1989—Chris Hubred, C 1988—Chris Hubred, C 1987—Chris Hubred, 3b; Tana Rowley, SS 1986—Tana Rowley, SS; Pat Eklo, OF 1985—Pa�y Hogevedt, IF 1984—Janice Thompson, 1b; Benita Hoheisel, P/OF 1983—Korrine Heinen, C
NCC Player of the Week 2004—Jenny Bakke, 2b; Lynnae Foshag, LF; Lindsey Graham, P; Courtney Lacock, P 2003—Jenny Bakke, 2b; Jess Christensen, CF; Lindsey Graham, P (4) 2002—Jenny Bakke, 2b (2); Lindsey Graham, P (4) 2001—Nikki Almquist, LF; Jeny Bakke, DP (2); Shelly Rhein, C; Lindsey Graham, P (2); Julie Fromm,P(2) 2000—Julie Fromm, P, (2); Nikki Flynn-Gregg, SS (2); Shelly Rhein, C; Gerice Olson, DP; Nikki Almquist, LF 1999—Mary Gramenz, 3b; Julie Fromm, P (3); NikkiAlmquist, LF; Amber Miller, P; Shelly Rhein, C/OF; Nikki Flynn, SS. 1998—Mary Gramenz, 3b; Nikki Flynn, SS; Shelly Rhein C/OF (2); Amber Miller, P; Sara Bosch, P (2) 1997—Nikki Flynn, SS; Sara Bosch, P; Mary Gramenz, 3b/C (2) 1996—Megan Cooper, SS 1991—Susan Fornes, P 1990—Beth Foyen, C
All-North Central Conference Tourney 1982—Gretchen Born, Darla Heino 1981—Gretchen Born, Linda Arndt, Mary King
All-MinnKota Conference 1978—Mary Goebel, Autumn Ross, Linda Degerness
struck first with Flynn-Gregg in the middle of it. She reached base and scored in the opening frame for the fourth �me in five games at the tourney.
The Owls cut the deficit to 3-1 in the second us-ing a Nikki Scholer double and fielder's choice to push across the run. The scoring was surprisingly done a�er that, unlike the night before when the teams combined for 15 runs and 27 hits.
"I would have lost every dime I had if I had thought all the scoring would have been done in the first two inning," said Whitlock.
Julie Fromm shut down Kennesaw State a�er that, allowing just a two-out single to Nikole Blue in the fi�h. Fromm re�red the last seven ba�ers in a row. She recorded four of her six strikeouts during that span
– including the final two ba�ers.Fromm tossed a two-hi�er and allowed
just two walks to improve to 45-6. She recorded four wins at the NCAA tournament.
KSU's Lacey Gardner (33-6) overcame the rough start. A�er giving up two hits in the first, Gardner just sur-rendered three two-out singles to Flynn-Gregg in the second, Fromm in the fourth and Christensen in the seventh.
Fromm, Wiest, Flynn-Gregg and Gerice Olson were named to the all-tourney team.
2000 NCAA Division II Championship GameKSU 010 000 0 -- 1-2-2NDSU 300 000 0 -- 3-5-0Lacey Gardner and Audra Thomas; Julie Fromm and Shelly Rhein.WP--Fromm (45-6). LP--Gardner (33-6). Homeruns: none.
2000 NCAA Division II Na�onal ChampionsFront row (L to R): Shelly Rhein, Molly Pufall, Nikki Flynn-Gregg, Gerice Olson, Jess Chris-
tensen, Nikki Almquist, Michelle Wiest. Back row (L to R): Asst. Coach Darren Mueller, Asst. Coach Mike McLeod, Dawn Sle�um, Julie Fromm, Amy Huberty, Meghan Po�er, Mia Frye, Melissa Hobson, Head Coach Mitch Hanson.
Bison ChampionshipTournament Trail
2000 NCAA Na�onal Tourney(Columbus, GA)D. Lewis, Ill., 9-1D. Bloomsburg, Pa., 3-1D. Kennesaw State, Ga., 10-5D. UC Davis, 6-1D. Kennesaw State, Ga. 3-12000 NCAA Region (at Fargo, ND)D. Augustana, 6-4D. St. Cloud State, 12-0L. Augustana, 0-11D. Augustana, 12-2
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NORTH DAKOTA STATE'S JULIE FROMM NAMED TONCAA 25TH ANNIVERSARY DII SOFTBALL TEAM
NCAA 25th ANNIVERSARYDIVISION II SOFTBALL TEAM
Susan Churchwell, P, UC Davis NCAA All Tournament (2003) NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player (2003) NCAA Na�onal Champion (2003) NFCA 1 st Team All American (2003) NFCA 3 rd Team All American (2001)
Debbie Dickmann, P , Cal State Northridge NCAA All Tournament (87, 88, 90) NCAA Champion (1987) NCAA Runner Up (1990) NFCA 1 st Team All American (87, 88, 89, 90) Julie Fromm, P , North Dakota State NCAA All Tournament (2000) NCAA Na�onal Champion (2000) NFCA 1 st Team All American (2000) NFCA 2 nd Team All American (1999, 01)
Barbara Jordan, OF , Cal State Northridge NCAA All Tournament (84, 85, 87) NCAA Champion (1984, 85, 87) NCAA Runner Up (1986) NFCA 1 st Team All American (86, 87)
Kym Kling, P , St. Mary’s (TX) NCAA All Tournament (2002) NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player (2002) NCAA Na�onal Champion (2002) NFCA 1 st Team All American (2002, 03) NFCA 2 nd Team All American (2004)
Danielle Penner, AL , California ( Pa. ) NCAA All Tournament (96, 97, 98) NCAA Champion (1997, 98) NFCA 1 st Team All American (97, 98) NFCA 2 nd Team All American (1996)
Kelly Ra�er, P , Kennesaw State NCAA All Tournament (95, 96) NCAA Champion (1995, 96) NFCA 1 st Team All American (95) NFCA 2 nd Team All American (1996)
Barb Santa Cruz , 2B , Cal State Bakersfield NCAA All Tournament (88, 89) NCAA Champion (1988, 89, 90) NFCA 1 st Team All American (89, 90)
Kathy Slaten, P , Cal State Northridge NCAA All Tournament (83, 84, 85, 86) NCAA Champion (1983, 84, 85) NCAA Runner Up (1986) NFCA 1 st Team All American (84, 85, 86) Lith Webb, 3B , California ( Pa. ) NCAA All Tournament (97, 98) NCAA Champion (1997, 98) NFCA 1 st Team All American (95, 96, 97, 98)
Gary Torgeson, Coach, Cal State Northridge NCAA champion (1983, 84, 85, 87) NCAA Runner Up (1982, 86, 90)Team at finals site (1982, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 90) Diamond So�ball Coach of the Year (1983, 84, 85) NFCA Coach of the Year (1987)
NCAA Division II So�ball held its first championship in 1981 and celebrated its 25th Anniversary at the 2006 champion-ships. To commemorate this milestone a 25th Anniversary Team consis�ng of 10 student-athletes and one coach were named and former North Dakota State All-American pitcher Julie Fromm was on the list.
Fromm helped to lead North Dakota State to the 2000 NCAA Division II na�onal championship and was the winning pitcher in the Bison 3-1 win over Kennesaw State in the �tle game. She compiled a 45-6 record in 2000. Fromm earned NFCA (Na�onal Fastpitch Coaches Associa�on) All-America first team honors in 2000, and was second team in 1999 and 2001.
Fromm, who played at NDSU from 1999-01, compiled a 103-16 career record with 49 shutouts, six saves and a 1.14 earned run average. She struck out 779 ba�ers in 794.1 innings pitched.
The Bison compiled a 174-28 record during her career.An NCAA expert panel selected the 25th Anniversary Team
in so�ball. The final team was selected from 35 student-athletes and four head coaches. The panel used historical data and re-sults from online public vo�ng at www.ncaasports.com to make its decision.
The NCAA sponsors 44 women's championships in 20 sports providing more than 150,000 women with an opportunity to compete for na�onal �tles each year.
Julie Fromm
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1976, 6-7 won-lostHead Coach: Judy StrachanMoorhead State L8-10Valley City State W11-6Mayville State W13-12Fergus Falls C.C. W15-11Fergus Falls C.C. W10-0South Dakota State L5-18Mayville State L6-13Valley City State W10-6Mayville State L3-10St. Cloud State L12-18Northwestern St. Paul L2-3Mayville State W6-5Moorhead State L5-21
1977, 19-8 won-lostHead Coach: Judy StrachanNorth Dakota W15-0Mayville State W15-3Mayville State W11-5Valley City State W4-1Valley City State W5-4Dr. Mar�n Luther W11-4Dr. Mar�n Luther W12-0Mankato State W6-4Mankato State W13-9North Dakota W6-2North Dakota L4-11Moorhead State L3-10South Dakota State L3-7South Dakota State W4-3St. Benedict W21-3North Dakota W8-6Moorhead State L4-6St. Cloud State W11-9Moorhead State L6-7Valley City State W7-2Valley City State W11-6Mayville State L4-5Mayville State W11-1North Dakota W5-4North Dakota W7-4Northern Iowa L0-4Nebraska L4-15
1978, 18-12 won-lostHead Coach: Pam Larson Dakota State W8-3Dakota State L1-3Nebraska Wesleyan W1-0Northwest Missouri St. W4-2Nebraska L4-10Northern Illinois L7-13Northern State L2-6Northern State L10-12Moorhead State L4-8North Dakota W3-2North Dakota W9-3Valley City State W7-1Valley City State W6-1Iowa State L1-16
Minnesota L1-8Valley City State W10-1Valley City State W16-9St. Benedict W8-2Minnesota-Duluth W5-2St. Cloud State L3-9Minnesota L2-6North Dakota W4-1North Dakota W13-5Mayville State W9-3Mayville State W12-3Mayville State W11-3North Dakota W6-5Valley City State W15-0Southwest Missouri St. L3-11Nebraska-Omaha L0-10
1979, 9-11 won-lostHead Coach: Donna PalivecWichita State L6-12Wayne State, Neb. L1-7Minnesota L2-16St. Cloud State L2-3Moorhead State L2-15Moorhead State L10-16North Dakota W9-8North Dakota L17-19Northern State W1-0Northern State L3-4Minnesota-Duluth W1-0Bemidji State W9-8South Dakota State W4-2Mankato State L1-6Moorhead State W2-0Mayville State W4-1Valley City State W8-1Mayville State W3-1Southwest Missouri St. L2-12Nebraska L4-10
1980, 9-16 won-lostHead Coach: Donna Palivec Creighton L0-10Creighton L0-6 Nebraska L2-14Nebraska-Omaha L8-13Moorhead State L4-7Moorhead State L5-8North Dakota W7-1North Dakota W3-2Minot State W7-3Mayville State W4-1Valley City State W10-1Bemidji State L7-8Northern State L0-2Northern State W4-1Minot State W13-7South Dakota State W8-7Mankato State L1-9Minnesota-Duluth L1-6Valley City State L3-11Valley City State L12-13Mayville State L4-7
Mayville State L5-6North Dakota W7-5Drake University L1-4St. Mary's of the Plains L1-8
1981, 12-13 won-lost7th NCC TournamentHead Coach: Donna PalivecWayne State, Neb. W1-0Chadron State L10-11Oklahoma Bap�st L0-14Kearney State L1-9Concordia, Neb. W5-2Peru State W8-7Fort Hays State W4-1South Dakota L1-2South Dakota State L3-10Bemidji State W8-1Moorhead State L7-8Moorhead State L4-10Valley City State L3-6Valley City State W13-0Valley City State W2-1Northern State W4-2South Dakota State W11-7Minnesota-Duluth L1-3Mankato State L2-12Northern State L2-12Northern State W6-3North Dakota W6-5SE Missouri State W3-1Nebraska-Omaha L5-11St. Cloud State L1-5
1982, 14-11 won-lost4th NCC TournamentHead Coach: Kathy FredericksonValley City State W8-7Moorhead State W3-2Moorhead State W7-2Mayville State W6-5Mayville State W6-5Northern Colorado L6-10Kearney State L1-9Peru State W16-1Chadron State W7-4Air Force Academy L9-10Mankato State L5-11Minnesota L1-11North Dakota W6-4North Dakota W9-6North Dakota W8-1Moorhead State W9-4Minnesota-Duluth L6-7St. Cloud State L3-9North Dakota W2-0Augustana College L2-3Augustana College L0-3North Dakota W5-4Nebraska-Omaha L1-4South Dakota State W11-0Morningside College L1-4
1983, 11-15 won-lost3rd NCC TournamentHead Coach: Kathy FredricksonMoorhead State L0-15Moorhead State W5-4South Dakota State L0-1Northern State L3-4Northern State L5-7North Dakota W2-1North Dakota L1-11Waldorf College W3-1Briar Cliff College L0-1South Dakota State L1-12Bemidji State W7-2Bemidji State L3-4South Dakota State W2-0Minnesota-Duluth L1-13St. Cloud State L0-1Valley City State W9-0Valley City State L0-5Bemidji State W5-1Bemidji State W10-5South Dakota State W6-3Nebraska-Omaha L0-11South Dakota W2-1North Dakota W6-4Nebraska-Omaha L3-5Minnesota L2-9Minnesota L1-5
1984, 7-10 won-lost4th NCC TournamentHead Coach: Kathy FredericksonMoorhead State W7-3Moorhead State L4-5South Dakota State L9-11Augustana L1-11North Dakota W7-2Northern State W3-2Northern State L2-4Mayville State W5-4Mayville State W16-1Valley City State L3-6Valley City State L4-5Mankato State L0-3North Dakota W4-2South Dakota W5-3Nebraska-Omaha L0-6Minnesota L0-10Minnesota L2-8
1985, 8-18-1 won-lost7th NCC TournamentHead Coach: Sue CollinsNebraska-Omaha L0-7Mankato State L2-9South Dakota State L4-7Augustana L0-7Moorhead State L3-4Moorhead State T6-6North Dakota L4-9
North Dakota W5-2Bemidji State W11-1Jamestown College L2-4Jamestown College W10-2Augsburg College L3-4St. Cloud State L0-14Wisconsin-River Falls L0-8Mankato State L1-3Mankato State L1-5Mankato State W2-1Valley City State L2-4Valley City State W3-2Southwest State L1-11Moorhead State W2-1North Dakota W6-4College of St. Mary’s L0-8St. Cloud State L1-3St. Cloud State W5-4Nebraska-Omaha L0-4South Dakota State L1-2
1986, 9-12 won-lost5th NCC TournamentHead Coach: Pam MehrensSt. Cloud State W11-1South Dakota W5-4Nebraska-Omaha L2-4North Dakota W4-2North Dakota L0-4Bemidji State W14-2Bemidji State W6-1Wayne State, Neb. L2-7Northwestern, Iowa L1-2Southwest State W8-4South Dakota State L3-6North Dakota L1-4St. Cloud State L1-5St. Cloud State L0-4Moorhead State W1-0Moorhead State L1-5North Dakota W5-2Mankato State L2-10Augustana L0-5South Dakota State W5-4Nebraska-Omaha L1-6
1987, 10-27 won-lost7th NCC TournamentHead Coach: Pam MehrensNebraska-Omaha (8) L 0-1Augustana L 2-11South Dakota State L 3-5South Dakota L 3-6South Dakota State (8) L 1-2Augustana L 0-3College of St. Mary L 0-3Wayne State, Neb. W 1-0South Dakota State W 5-2College of St. Mary L 2-6Bemidji State W 4-3Bemidji State W 8-1North Dakota W 5-3North Dakota L 4-6Illinois-Chicago W12-10Nebraska-Omaha L 0-2Northern Iowa (9) L 2-3St. Cloud State L 2-7Kearney State L 1-9North Dakota L 6-11Mankato State L 0-10Mankato State L 1-3Wisconsin-River Falls L 1-4Southwest State W 6-2Mankato State L 1-10South Dakota State L 2-5Valley City State W 2-0Valley City State W 8-2Concordia-St. Paul L 2-7St. Cloud State W 5-3Bemidji State L 3-5St. Cloud State L 0-7St. Cloud State L 1-4North Dakota L 0-1North Dakota L 10-13Augustana L 1-4North Dakota L 1-2
988, 6-22 won-lost
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1988, 6-22, won-lost7th NCC TournamentHead Coach: Michelle Woodard Nebraska-Omaha L1-9South Dakota State L3-4Augustana L0-8 South Dakota L1-4North Dakota L4-8North Dakota W7-3Mayville State W9-5Mayville State L4-7Moorhead State W8-7Moorhead State L0-5Gustavus Adolphus L3-5St. Cloud State L0-7North Dakota L6-9Mankato State L0-7St. Cloud State L0-10St. Cloud State L0-3North Dakota W4-1North Dakota W5-2South Dakota State L1-4St. Cloud State L1-8Bemidji State W7-0Mankato State L3-5Mankato State L1-14Mankato State L4-5Bemidji State L1-3Bemidji State L1-8St. Cloud State L0-4Mankato State L3-6
1989, 3-20 won-lost7th NCC TournamentHead Coach: Michelle WoodardNebraska-Omaha L0-7Augustana L0-10South Dakota State L5-7South Dakota L1-6North Dakota W12-7North Dakota L10-15Moorhead State L0-10Moorhead State L8-18North Dakota W3-1North Dakota L3-7St. Cloud State L0-4St. Cloud State L0-13North Dakota W10-4South Dakota State L3-16Mankato State L0-15Augustana L4-14Minnesota-Duluth L0-5Augustana L2-5St. Cloud State L2-10Mankato State L0-1Mankato State L2-3Augustana L0-13South Dakota L7-12
1990, 5-34 won-lost0-6 NCC North7th NCC TournamentHead Coach: Michelle WoodardSouth Dakota L2-4Augustana L1-11Nebraka-Omaha L1-7South Dakota State L2-9Concordia-Moorhead L6-16Concordia-Moorhead W11-10Bemidji State W3-2Bemidji State L5-6South Dakota State W5-2South Dakota State L1-12South Dakota State L2-7Wayne State, Neb. L11-15Augustana L3-13Wayne State, Neb. W3-2Minnesota-Duluth L7-13North Dakota L0-5North Dakota L5-7St. Cloud State L1-7Nebraska-Omaha L2-9North Dakota L0-8Augustana L1-5Concordia-St. Paul L1-3Saginaw Valley State L2-21Valley City State L0-16Valley City State W3-1Jamestown L5-11Jamestown L9-20Mankato State L1-11Mankato State L0-10North Dakota L0-5St. Cloud State L0-10Valley City State L1-12Minnesota-Duluth L0-15North Dakota L1-5North Dakota L1-5Moorhead State L1-15Moorhead State L0-18Augustana L1-9Mankato State L0-9
1991, 12-22 won-lost1-5 NCC NorthT5th NCC TournamentHead Coach: Nadine RothAugustana L0-9South Dakota (9) L5-6South Dakota State L1-2Nebraska-Omaha L1-11Moorhead State L0-7Moorhead State L1-8Concordia-Moorhead L6-7Concordia-Moorhead W8-4Nebraska-Omaha L3-4South Dakota W4-3
Wayne State, Neb. W7-6Southwest State, Minn. L0-10Valley City State (8) W5-4Valley City State W10-0*St. Cloud State L1-2*St. Cloud State L2-8Minnesota-Duluth W4-3Mankato State W6-1Valley City State W15-4South Dakota State W4-3Mankato State L2-6*North Dakota L0-5*North Dakota W4-3Bemidji State W5-4Bemidji State L4-8*Mankato State L1-3*Mankato State L1-6St. Cloud State L0-5Morningside L3-5Southwest State L0-8Augustana L3-10South Dakota W2-0North Dakota L3-4Augustana L0-8
1992, 8-21 won-lost0-6 NCC NorthHead Coach: Karla McCrorySouth Dakota L1-2South Dakota W16-2Southwest State L1-11Morningside L0-4Minnesota-Duluth L2-10South Dakota State L3-9Moorhead State W5-2Moorhead State L4-7Augustana L4-15South Dakota W10-8Regis, Colo. W11-0North Dakota W3-1Nebraska-Omaha L5-10*North Dakota L0-2*North Dakota L2-7Concordia-Moorhead W8-5Concordia-Moorhead W10-4*Mankato State L0-3*Mankato State L0-7Minnesota-Duluth L0-10St. Thomas, Minn. (9) L7-8*St. Cloud State L10-11*St. Cloud State L0-2Mankato State L0-4South Dakota State L1-4Morningside L1-8St. Cloud State L1-2South Dakota State (9) L5-7South Dakota State W6-5
1993, 5-34 won-lost1-5 NCC NorthHead Coach: Greg CrowleyWashburn, Kan. L3-6Washburn, Kan. L0-5NE Oklahoma St. L0-4Nebraska-Kearney L2-10Kansas Newman W6-3Bismarck-Mary L2-7Bismarck-Mary L1-6South Dakota L6-9South Dakota L3-9Morningside L6-8South Dakota L7-8South Dakota State L1-8Augustana L0-19Concordia-Moorhead W12-0Concordia-Moorhead L6-7Moorhead State L0-6Moorhead State L2-12*North Dakota L0-2*North Dakota W3-2*St. Cloud State L0-7*St. Cloud State (8) L3-7Valley City State W5-3Mankato State L0-11Bemidji State W13-5St. Cloud State L0-7*Mankato State L0-10*Mankato State L4-5Southwest State (8) L2-4St. Cloud State L3-6Augustana L2-14
Minnesota-Duluth L4-7Mankato State (9) L7-8Nebraska-Omaha L2-9Morningside L0-12Mankato State L3-8Augustana L4-11Mankato State L1-5South Dakota State L1-7South Dakota State L0-10
1994, 4-32 won-lost0-6 NCC NorthHead Coach: Greg CrowleyMissouri Southern L1-12Nebraska-Kearney L0-10Washburn, Kan. L0-8St. Cloud State L2-9South Dakota L9-10South Dakota L11-13Midland Lutheran W5-2Morningside L0-11Minnesota-Duluth L0-10South Dakota State L3-12Bemidji State W2-1Bemidji State L6-8Concordia L0-12Concordia L2-12South Dakota L-3-13Bismarck-Mary L4-9Southwest State L0-15Moorhead State L0-7Bemidji State L1-11*North Dakota L1-14*North Dakota L2-12Moorhead State L2-17Mayville State W15-7Minot State W10-2Bemidji State L1-6North Dakota L1-9*Mankato State L2-20*Mankato State L0-16Bemidji State L4-10Bemidji State L0-2*St. Cloud State L0-14*St. Cloud State L3-13Mankato State L0-18Wayne State, Neb. L0-11Minnesota-Duluth L1-8Morningside L1-11
1995, 19-32 won-lost1-5 NCC NorthHead Coach: Mitch HansonKansas Wesleyan W1-0Baker University, Kan. L2-5Peru State, Neb. L2-3Bethany Nazarene L3-4Sterling College, Kan. L3-6Kansas Wesleyan W7-6South Dakota L3-5South Daktota L0-10
Midland Lutheran W5-4St. Cloud State L0-6South Dakota State L1-13Southwest State L12-13South Dakota State L1-6South Dakota State W12-6Moorhead State W4-0Mankato State L3-5Bismarck-Mary L1-7Minnesota-Morris W5-1Bemidji State W6-1Mayville State W9-1Mayville State W26-0Concordia-Moorhead W6-3Concordia-Moorhead W8-0Minnesota-Morris W11-5Wisconsin-Stout L5-9Bemidji State W11-1Winona State L2-6Moorhead State L0-7Jamestown W9-6Mayville State W16-2*North Dakota L0-1*North Dakota L3-13Bemidji State L2-4Bemidji State W9-0*Mankato State L0-7*Mankato State L0-3Morningside L0-11Augustana L0-9St. Cloud State L4-7South Dakota State (9) L3-4*St. Cloud State L5-6*St. Cloud State W6-5Moorhead State L2-3Dr. Mar�n Luther W12-2Southwest State L6-9Bemidji State W6-3Minnesota-Morris L0-9Bemidji State L1-3Bemidji State L6-8Moorhead State L2-4Moorhead State L4-6
1996, 37-29 Overall5-1 NCC North4th NCC TournamentHead Coach: Mitch HansonHouston Bap�st W7-6Winona State L2-3King College, Pa. (8) L4-5Salem-Teikyo, W.Va. W15-1Salem Teikyo, W.Va. W15-0 IPFW W3-0 IPFW W6-0NE Missouri State W4-0William Carey W7-3 Columbia, Mo. L1-3SW State, Minn. W2-0 Columbia, Mo. L3-5South Dakota W5-2
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South Dakota L3-4SW State, Minn. L4-6 Northern State, S.D. W15-9 St. Cloud State L1-11 Morningside L1-13 South Dakota W3-0 Wayne State, Neb. W8-6 Mankato State L2-5St. Thomas, Minn. W8-3South Dakota L1-4 Mayville State, N.D. W10-1 Mayville State, N.D. W17-0South Dakota L4-5 Mankato State L0-2St. Cloud State L1-8 Moorhead State W4-1 Augustana L1-5 Bismarck-Mary W2-1Bismarck-Mary L4-6 Moorhead State W10-0 Moorhead State L2-4 North Dakota W2-1North Dakota W8-0 Nebraska-Omaha L1-5 Minnesota-Duluth L2-4 South Dakota State L2-7 Concordia-Moorhead W9-0 Concordia-Moorhead W11-4 *Mankato State L1-5 *Mankato State W3-2 South Dakota State L3-4South Dakota State L0-10 Minnesota-Duluth L5-11 Wayne State, NE W2-0 Mankato State L0-5 South Dakota State W7-1Augustana L0-3 SW State, MN W2-1 South Dakota St. (10) L4-5 *North Dakota W3-0 *North Dakota W8-4 *St. Cloud State W8-7 *St. Cloud State W2-1 Northern State, S.D. W8-2 Minnesota-Morris W10-2 Bemidji State W3-1 North Dakota L2-10 Moorhead State W3-1 Moorhead State W3-0 #Morningside L3-7 #St. Cloud State W2-1 #Augustana W2-1 #South Dakota State L2-3
1997, 45-19 overall2-2 NCC NorthT5th NCC TournamentHead Coach: Mitch HansonSalem-Teikyo, W.Va. W12-1Piedmont, Ga. L3-5Truman State L6-9
Kentucky Wesleyan (11) W6-5Truman State W5-3West Florida (10) W12-8Bellarmine, Ky. W5-3Bellarmine, Ky. W2-1Kentucky Wesleyan W12-1Kentucky Wesleyan W6-4Southern Indiana W9-3Southern Indiana W9-0Missouri-Rolla W4-0Lincoln, Mo. W5-2Defiance, Ohio W8-2Cumberland, Tenn. L3-7South Dakota W4-2South Dakota W3-1Morningside L3-6Minnesota-Morris W12-0Bemidji State W8-6South Dakota State L2-6Mayville State W7-1Mayville State W6-5Bismarck-Mary W8-5South Dakota W5-2Northern State W8-0Wayne State, Neb. W16-2Bismarck-Mary W8-1Bismarck-Mary W7-2*Mankato State L0-4UW-River Falls L5-7Augustana L3-5Winona State L1-2Concordia-St. Paul W17-0St. Cloud State W2-0Winona State L2-5Moorhead State W3-1Moorhead State W14-6Moorhead State W7-0Moorhead State W9-1North Dakota W14-1North Dakota W9-1*Mankato State L0-4Minnesota-Duluth L3-4Augustana L1-2St. Cloud State W3-2South Dakota State W2-0Augustana L0-2St. Cloud State W2-1St. Cloud State W7-6Bemidji State W4-0Bemidji State L5-12SW State, MN L2-3Winona State W4-0Northern State W20-6Bemidji State W8-1St. Cloud State (8) W1-0Winona State W3-1Moorhead State W10-0Moorhead State (10) L2-3#South Dakota State L0-3#South Dakota W7-3#St. Cloud State L1-2
1998, 64-17 overall4th NCAA Regional4-2 NCC North4th NCC TournamentHead Coach: Mitch HansonOakland City W15-1Oakland City W4-2IPFW W6-0Wisconsin-Parkside L3-6Kentucky Wesleyan W9-1Wayne State, Mich. L3-6Southern Indiana L3-4Ferris State, Mich. L4-12Albion, Mich. W10-3Bellarmine, Ky. W6-4Mansfield, Pa. W9-1Truman State W7-2Wilmington, Ohio W12-0Eureka, Ill. W3-2South Dakota State W2-0West Florida W7-4Northern Kentucky W6-0MacMurray, Ill. W13-1Bluefield St., W.Va. W22-0Bluefield St., W.Va. W26-0West Alabama W7-0Culver Stockton W13-0Monmouth, Ill. W8-1West Alabama W8-0Olivet Nazarene, Ill. L2-5California, Pa. W2-1South Dakota W4-3South Dakota W11-5Wayne State, Neb. W6-0Wayne State, Neb. W8-0Wayne State, Neb. W11-0Wayne State, Neb. W11-3Moorhead State W9-1Moorhead State W8-0Minnesota-Morris W9-0Minnesota-Morris W10-1South Dakota W5-0Augustana L0-7Nebraska-Omaha W1-0Bemidji State W8-0St. Cloud State L1-2South Dakota State L1-3South Dakota State W7-0Moorhead State W9-1Moorhead State W5-4Morningside L0-1South Dakota W10-0Augustana (8) L4-5Nebraska-Omaha W2-1South Dakota State W7-2Bemidji State W3-1Bemidji State W7-2*North Dakota W5-0*North Dakota W7-2*St. Cloud State L1-4*St. Cloud State (9) W4-3Morningside W9-7St. Cloud State L0-3North Dakota W6-4Augustana W7-6South Dakota State W8-0South Dakota W7-6St. Cloud State W10-4North Dakota W3-0North Dakota W3-2Bemidji State W10-2Bemidji State W3-2*Mankato State W4-0*Mankato State L1-3SW State, MN W4-0North Dakota W8-0Minnesota-Duluth W4-2Moorhead State W7-0Mankato State W8-0Minnesota-Duluth W4-0#Mankato State W9-3#St. Cloud State L0-1#South Dakota W7-2#Augustana L2-5%Augustana L0-6%Nebraska-Omaha L1-2
#Nebraska-Omaha W 7-5 #Augustana W 2-0#St. Cloud State W 1-0 %St. Cloud State W 3-2 %Neb.-Omaha (11) W 1-0 %St. Cloud State U. W 3-1 $$Ala.-Huntsville (8) L 2-3$$Ferris State, Mich. W 4-3$$Kennesaw St., Ga. L 0-3
2000, 68-10 won-lostNCAA Na�onal ChampionsNCAA Regional Champions12-3 NCC2nd NCC TournamentHead Coach: Mitch HansonDelta State W 4-1William Penn L 0-1Walsh, Ohio W 6-2Goshen, Ind. W 9-0Winona State W 1-0William Penn W 6-2West Florida W 13-5Winona State W 9-0Winona State W 2-1Arkansas-Mon�cello W 6-3Arkansas-Mon�cello W 5-3West Florida W 4-2Wes Florida W 3-1Eureka College W 18-5Vanguard College (8) L 2-3Park College W 8-0Washburn, Kan. W 7-1Abilene Chris�an W 8-0Missouri Bap�st W 8-0Incarnate Word W 2-0West Florida W 2-1U. of Mary L 3-6MSU, Mankato W 4-1South Dakota W 4-2North Dakota W 5-0South Dakota W 9-1South Dakota W 8-0Central Missouri St. W 8-0Morningside W 4-1Augustana L 1-4Washburn, Kan. W 7-1Nebraska-Omaha W 1-0Augustana W 4-2Minnesota-Morris W 20-0Minnesota-Morris W 10-0North Dakota W 1-0North Dakota W 8-3*Morningside W 2-1*Augustana W 4-3*Northern Colorado W 9-4*Nebraska-Omaha W 7-5Moorhead State W 7-0Moorhead State W 8-0Southwest St., Minn. W 7-0*South Dakota State W 7-0
1999, 53-12 overallT5th NCAA Elite EightNCAA Regional ChampionsNCC Tourney Champions23-5 NCCHead Coach: Mitch HansonSouthern Indiana (12) W3-2 Southern Indiana W9-2 SIU-Edwardsville W 6-1Quincy University L 1-2 Quincy University W 13-1 Quincy University L 5-7 Catawba College W 3-0 Francis Marion, SC W 2-0 Barton College W 12-0 Coker College W 1-0 Southern Indiana L 0-1 Edinboro, Pa. W 10-0Edinboro, Pa. W 9-0Wingate University W 10-0 Wingate University W 10-3Johnson C. Smith W 17-0 Johnson C. Smith W 18-1 Wayne State, Neb. W 11-3New Mexico Highlands W 6-4 Nebraska-Kearney L 1-2 *Nebraska-Omaha W 4-0 Wayne State, Neb. W 11-1*North Dakota W 6-5 *North Dakota W 1-0 Moorhead State U. L 0-2 Moorhead State U. W 4-1 Washburn University W 12-7 Wayne State, Neb. W 7-2 Augustana College (8) W 4-2 Emporia State U. W 8-0 *Nebraska-Omaha W 3-1 *St. Cloud State U. W 9-1 *St. Cloud State U. L 2-3 *South Dakota W 4-0 *Nebraska-Omaha L 0-2 *Morningside College W 11-5 *Minn. St. Mankato W 6-4 *Augustana College L 1-3 Moorhead State U. W 4-0 Moorhead State U. W 2-0 *Augustana College L 2-3 *Morningside College W 5-0 Southwest State U. W 11-1 *Minn. St. Mankato W 3-0 *St. Cloud State U. W 4-0 *Augustana College L 0-2 *South Dakota State W 6-0 *South Dakota State W 11-3 *North Dakota (9) W 4-2 *North Dakota W 2-1 *North Dakota W 12-0 *Minnesota-Duluth W 9-1 Moorhead State U. W 4-0 *Minn. St. Mankato W 8-0 *Nebraska-Omaha W 6-0 #Northern Colorado W 11-1
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*South Dakota State W 2-1*MSU, Mankato W 2-0*MSU, Mankato W 4-0Minnesota-Crookston W 8-0Minnesota-Duluth W 4-0Bemidji State W 8-1Bemidji State W 7-1North Dakota W 8-0St. Cloud State W 4-3*North Dakota W 5-0*North Dakota W 6-2*St. Cloud State W 14-4*St. Cloud State L 0-4*South Dakota L 0-2*Northern Colorado W 8-0*Nebraska-Omaha L 0-1Minnesota-Morris W 8-0Minnesota-Morris W 8-0#Morningside W 11-2#Nebraska-Omaha L 3-7#North Dakota W 8-0#Augustana W 9-0#St. Cloud State W 4-2#Nebraska-Omaha L 2-9$Augustana W 6-4$St. Cloud State W 8-0$Augustana L 0-11$Augustana W 12-2$$Lewis, Ill. W 9-1$$Bloomsburg, PA W 3-1$$Kennesaw State W 10-5$$UC Davis W 6-1$$Kennesaw State W 3-1
2001, 53-6 won-lost3rd NCAA Regional12-1 NCCT3rd NCC TourneyHead Coach: Mitch HansonSouthern Indiana W 3-2Augustana W 4-3Wayne State, MI W 2-0SIU-Edwardsville W 7-1Augustana L 1-3California, PA W 3-2Abilene Chris�an W 4-2Kennesaw State W 8-0Georgia College W 4-0Columbus State L 3-4Central Missouri St. W 3-0Central Missouri St. W 4-2Missouri Southern W 3-0Missouri Southern W 5-3Lincoln, Mo. W 9-0St. Edwards, Texas W 5-2Southwest Bap�st W 2-0Missouri Western W 1-0Missouri-Rolla W 6-0Bellarmine, Ky. W 7-0St. Edwards, Texas W 5-0Nebraska-Omaha W 4-1Southwest St., Minn. W 10-1
Southwest St., Minn. W 8-0Bemidji State W 8-0Bemidji State W 9-0Northwest Missouri W 6-0Truman State W 2-0Washburn, Kan. W 6-2Southwest St., Minn. W 11-3MSU Moorhead W 11-1MSU Moorhead W 9-0*Augustana W 8-1*Morningside W 2-0*Northern Colorado W 5-0*Nebraska-Omaha (9) L 1-2*South Dakota W 9-2*St. Cloud State W 10-3*St. Cloud State W 10-0Minnesota-Duluth W 2-1Minnesota-Duluth W 10-0Montana St.-Billings W 10-1Minnesota-Duluth W 9-4*South Dakota State W 1-0*South Dakota State W 4-1*North Dakota W 10-0*North Dakota W 5-2*MSU, Mankato W 10-1*MSU, Mankato W 10-1Concordia-St. Paul W 8-0Winona State W 6-0Southwest State W 10-2Minnesota-Duluth W 8-3Bemidji State W 13-1#South Dakota W 5-1#St. Cloud State L 1-3$Truman State W 5-2$Nebraska-Omaha L 0-5$Truman State L 1-2
2002, 44-10 won-lostT5th NCAA Elite EightNCAA Regional ChampionsNCC Tourney Champions12-2 NCCHead Coach: Darren MuellerQuincy, IL W10-0Central Missouri St. L 1-5Missouri Southern W 2-1West Florida W 2-1Ohio Dominican W 2-1New Haven (9) W 3-2West Liberty State W 8-0West Liberty State W 11-0Delta State W 6-0Delta State W 6-0West Liberty State (8) W 3-2Missouri Western W 8-0New Haven W 9-0Bryant College W 3-0West Florida L 0-1Bryant College W 4-0Missouri Western L 2-3Truman State (8) W 2-1Missouri Western (8) W 1-0
Minnesota-Duluth W 6-5St. Cloud State L 1-3U. of Mary W 8-0North Dakota W 6-3*St. Cloud State W 8-1*St. Cloud State W 7-6*Augustana W 6-1*South Dakota W 3-1*Northern Colorado L 4-5*Nebraska-Omaha L 0-4*Morningside W 6-5*South Dakota St. (9) W 5-1*South Dakota St. W 6-1*Morningside W 6-0*South Dakota W 5-1*Nebraska-Omaha (9) W 3-1*North Dakota W 6-0*North Dakota W 7-2Minnesota-Crookston W 6-0Minnesota-Crookston W 8-0Bemidji State W 2-0Bemidji State W 9-0#North Dakota W 9-1#St. Cloud State (8) W 5-4#Augustana (8) L 5-6#St. Cloud State (10) W 5-4#Augustana W 4-1#Augustana (11) W 2-1$Truman State W 2-1$Minnesota-Duluth W 3-0$St. Cloud State W 4-2$St. Cloud State L 4-11$St. Cloud State W 7-5$$Chico State L 0-2$$Barry, FL (10) L 1-3
2003, 43-11 won-lost3rd NCAA Elite EightNCAA Regional Champions12-2 NCC2nd NCC TourneyHead Coach: Darren MuellerNorthwest Missouri W 8-1 Missouri Southern L 8-10 Southwest Bap�st W 10-0 Oklahoma City W 5-2Wisconsin-Parkside W 8-0 East Stroudsburg U W 5-2 Southwest Bap�st (10) W 9-8 Kutztown University W 5-0 Bloomfield College W 13-0 Caldwell College W 9-2 Kutztown University W 4-2 Minnesota-Duluth W 7-0 S. Connec�cut State W 6-0 Augustana College W 2-1 Augustana College W 5-4 South Dakota W 10-4 Northern State W 8-0 Minn. St. Moorhead W 9-1 Washburn U W 5-3 Truman State (8) W 5-4 Central Missouri St. W 3-0 *North Dakota W 5-0 *North Dakota W 13-0 Colorado Mines W 18-0 Colorado Mines W 10-0 *Nebraska-Omaha L 5-7 Northern Colorado L 4-9 Augustana W 6-1South Dakota W 5-2 Bemidji State W 10-0 Minn. St. Moorhead W 8-0 *St. Cloud State (11) L 2-3*St. Cloud State W 5-1 *Minn. St.,Mankato W 1-0 *Minn. St.,Mankato (8) W 3-1 *Augustana College L 1-4 *South Dakota W 1-0 *Nebraska-Omaha L 2-3 *Northern Colorado W 6-0 *South Dakota State W 5-2 *South Dakota State W 5-1 #South Dakota State W 6-2 #Minn. St., Mankato W 6-0 #St. Cloud State L 2-5 #Minn. St., Mankato W 8-7 #St. Cloud State L 1-4 $Augustana (9) W 1-0 $Nebraska-Omaha W 9-4 $St. Cloud State (8) L 4-7$St. Cloud State W 4-0
$$St. Mary's, TX W 5-0 $$UC Davis (9) L 5-7$$Le Moyne, NY W 5-4 $$Georgia College L 0-2
2004, 40-11 won-lost3rd NCAA Regional3rd NCC Tourney11-3 NCCHead Coach: Darren Mueller!Saint Mar�n's W 6-0!Western Washington L 1-4!Western Oregon W 10-2!Montana St.-Billings (8) W 5-2 !Humboldt State L 6-9!Sea�le University W 10-9!Central Washington W 6-2#Wisconsin-Parkside W 6-1#New York Tech W 8-0#Georgian Court W 5-0#Wayne State, Mich. W 2-1#St. Thomas Aquinas W 8-0#New York Tech W 9-0#Northern Colorado W 6-3 #Washburn University L 0-1#So. Conn. St. W 12-4MSU MOORHEAD W 3-1MSU MOORHEAD W 5-0 BEMIDJI STATE W 3-0BEMIDJI STATE W 12-0*Nebraska-Omaha L 0-4*Nebraska-Omaha L 1-4*South Dakota W 8-0*South Dakota W 6-3%MSU Moorhead W 8-0%Concordia-St. Paul W 6-0 %Bemidji State W 9-0%UM-Crookston W 10-0*ST. CLOUD ST. W 2-1*ST. CLOUD ST. L 3-4*AUGUSTANA (11) W 1-0 *AUGUSTANA W 7-2*S. DAKOTA ST. (10) W 5-4*S. DAKOTA ST. W 11-6*MSU, MANKATO W 3-0*MSU, MANKATO W 7-3*North Dakota W 1-0*North Dakota W 4-0&Winona State W 3-0&Minnesota-Duluth W 6-2&Missouri Western L 0-1 &Concordia-St. Paul W 5-1&SW Minn. St. W 8-0**South Dakota (8) W 2-1**St. Cloud State L 0-2**MSU, Mankato W 12-1 **Augustana L 0-2$Emporia State W 2-0$Nebraska-Omaha W 7-0$St. Cloud State L 2-3$Concordia-St. Paul L 2-8
2005, 24-27 won-lostDivision I IndependentHead Coach: Darren Mueller!Boston University L 0-1!UCF L 1-9!Longwood University L 2-4!UCF (8) W 3-2!Boston University W 6-1at Eastern Illinois W 2-1at Eastern Illinois W 7-2%Butler L 0-1%Eastern Illinois W 1-0%Indiana State (8) W 1-0%Northern Illinois L 1-2%Butler L 3-5&Saint Louis W 6-2&Charlo�e W 3-0&Liberty W 3-1&Lafaye�e W 3-2&Charlo�e W 2-1at Elon University L 1-3 at Elon University W 5-0 #St. Bonaventure L 0-1 #East Tennessee St L 4-9#Virginia Tech W 5-1#St. Bonaventure W 9-3*Ball State L 0-2*South Dakota State W 3-0*South Dakota State (8) L 0-1*at #21 Iowa L 0-2 at Iowa State L 3-4 at Iowa State L 1-6at #25 Nebraska L 0-7 at #25 Nebraska L 0-8 SOUTH DAKOTA ST. W 2-1SOUTH DAKOTA ST. L 0-2at Minnesota L 2-3at Minnesota L 1-2at IPFW L 3-5 at IPFW W 3-1at IPFW L 3-7at IPFW W 10-0 at Wisconsin L 0-7 at Wisconsin L 3-5U. of MARY W 2-1 U. of MARY W 5-1SOUTH DAKOTA W 4-2SOUTH DAKOTA W 6-1at #20 Missouri L 1-9 at #20 Missouri L 0-8at Kansas L 2-3at Kansas L 0-1 at UMKC (8) W 1-0at UMKC (8) W 2-1
() extra inning game
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2006, 28-29 won-lostDivision I IndependentDI Tournament ChampionsHead Coach: Darren Mueller!at #10 Oklahoma L 0-9!at #10 Oklahoma L 2-7!Nevada L 1-12!Nevada L 2-8@Missouri State L 3-7@UMKC W 4-2@at Arkansas L 0-3@# Penn State L 0-7@Drake W 1-0$Canisius (11) W 4-3 $South Carolina L 1-7$Memphis W 3-0$at #24 North Carolina L 1-5$Princeton L 2-4&Nevada L 2-9 &Sacramento State L1-4  Cal L 1-10 &UC Davis L 4-5 at Santa Clara (8) L 3-4at Santa Clara L 0-2 at San Jose State W 4-1 at San Jose State L 0-2 *at #16 Nebraska L 0-8*Akron W 4-3 +South Dakota State W 2-0 +at Iowa L 0-3+Loyola W 4-1 +Ball State W 1-0 ^Utah Valley State W 6-1^Saint Mary’s W 5-2^North Texas L 4-5 ^Portland State L 3-4 ^Portland State L 0-8 at UMKC W 8-5 at UMKC W 2-0 at Iowa Hawkeyes L 0-4 at Iowa Hawkeyes L1-6 at Wisconsin L 2-3at Wisconsin W 5-1 ST. CLOUD ST. W 5-2 ST. CLOUD ST. W 6-2 MINN.-DULUTH L 2-4MINN.-DULUTH W 8-7SOUTH DAKOTA ST. W 4-0 SOUTH DAKOTA ST. W 7-6SOUTH DAKOTA ST. W 2-1 at Colorado State L 0-15 at Colorado State (12) W 3-2 #South Dakota State L 2-3 #Utah Valley State W 9-0#Northern Colorado W 7-4 #Utah Valley State W 2-1#at Northern Colorado W 9-0 at Minnesota W 1-0 at Minnesota L 7-9 L U. OF MARY W 7-0 U. OF MARY (9) W 2-1() extra inning game
2007, 34-23 won-lostDivision I IndependentHead Coach: Darren Mueller!at UNI W 6-5!Drake W 5-4 !South Dakota State W 6-1!Northern Illinois W 11-2at Charleston So. W 2-0 at Charleston So. W 2-1 @James Madison W 4-1@North Florida W 6-1 @North Florida L 5-6@at C Charleston W 8-0@Manha�an W 6-0#Long Beach State W 2-0#at San Diego State L 1-9#San Diego L 3-5# #25 Oregon L 1-6#Siena W 5-0$New Mexico L 1-9$at Kansas W 4-0$Drake L 3-4$at Kansas (10) L 2-3$Drake W 4-3 at Missouri State W 3-1at Missouri State L 1-5at Missouri L 4-5at Missouri L 1-7at Creighton L 0-1
BISON SOFTBALL HISTORYYEAR-BY-YEAR Year Record Coach Conf. NCAA 2009 38-20 Darren Mueller 1st Super Region 2008 37-17 Darren Mueller 1st (reg) --- 2007 34-23 Darren Mueller --- --- 2006 28-29 Darren Mueller --- --- 2005 24-27 Darren Mueller --- --- 2004 40-11 Darren Mueller 3rd Region 2003 43-11 Darren Mueller 2nd 3rd 2002 44-10 Darren Mueller 1st T7th 2001 53-6 Mitch Hanson T3rd Region 2000 68-10 Mitch Hanson 2nd 1st 1999 53-12 Mitch Hanson 1st 5th 1998 64-17 Mitch Hanson 4th Region 1997 45-19 Mitch Hanson T5th --- 1996 37-29 Mitch Hanson 4th --- 1995 19-32 Mitch Hanson 9th --- 1994 4-32 Greg Crowley 9th --- 1993 5-34 Greg Crowley 9th --- 1992 8-21 Karla McCrory 9th --- 1991 12-22 Nadine Roth T5th --- 1990 5-34 Michelle Woodard T7th --- 1989 3-20 Michelle Woodard T7th --- 1988 6-22 Michelle Woodard T7th --- 1987 10-27 Pam Mehrens T7th --- 1986 9-12 Pam Mehrens T5th --- 1985 8-18-1 Sue Collins T7th --- 1984 7-10 Kathy Frederickson 4th --- 1983 11-15 Kathy Frederickson 3rd --- 1982 14-11 Kathy Frederickson 4th --- 1981 12-13 Donna Palivec T7th --- 1980 9-16 Donna Palivec --- --- 1979 9-11 Donna Palivec --- --- 1978 18-12 Pam Larson --- --- 1977 19-8 Judy Strachan --- --- 1976 6-7 Judy Strachan --- ---
COACHING RECORDS Coach Years Record .Pct Mitch Hanson 7 339-125 .731 Darren Mueller 8 288-148 .661 Judy Strachan 2 25-15 .625 Pam Larson 1 18-12 .600 Kathy Frederickson 3 32-36 .471 Donna Palivec 3 30-40 .429 Nadine Roth 1 12-22 .353 Pam Mehrens 2 19-39 .328 Sue Collins 1 8-18-1 .315 Karla McCrory 1 8-21 .276 Michelle Woodard 3 14-76 .156 Greg Crowley 2 9-66 .128 Totals 34 802-618-1 .565
Members of the 2002 NDSU so�ball team take a photo with the NCC banner a�er a long day and night on the diamond during the Bison run for a second league �tle.
at Creighton (9) W 3-0%at Nebraska L 0-1%Arkansas W 10-0%at Nebraska (8) L 1-2%Arkansas L 1-2%at Nebraska L 2-4%Arkansas W 6-5^Northern Illinois (8) W 2-1^Ball State W 3-1^at Iowa L 0-3^South Dakota St. (8) W 3-0at Iowa State L 1-3at Iowa State W 8-2 at UNI W 4-2at UNI L 4-5at Wisconsin W 3-1 at Wisconsin L 4-6 UMKC W 8-0 UMKC W 11-3UMKC W 9-1at Minnesota L 2-5at Minnesota L 1-5at South Dakota St. W 3-0at South Dakota St. W 6-3at MSU Moorhead W 6-2 at MSU Moorhead W 8-0&Cal St. Bakersfield W 8-0&South Dakota State W 4-1&Northern Colorado L 3-4 &at Kennesaw State W 6-0&at Kennesaw State L 0-6 () extra inning game
2008, 37-17 won-lost14-2 Summit LeagueSL Regular Season ChampionsHead Coach: Darren Mueller#GREEN BAY W 8-0#IOWA STATE (8) L 2-4#GREEN BAY W 10-5#GREEN BAY W 7-2#IOWA STATE W 3-1@New Mexico State W 8-1@Illinois-Chicago W 6-3@Texas-San Antonio W 6-1@Texas-Arlington W 7-6@Colorado State L 1-9!Valparaiso W 4-3!Eastern Illinois W 6-3!Missouri State L 0-4 %Boston College W 6-1%Drexel W 14-5%Sacramento State L 1-5%Providence W 7-2%Youngstown State W 8-4at San Jose State W 7-0at San Jose State W 3-1at Saint Mary’s W 9-4at Saint Mary’s W 1-0at Cal L 1-4& #9 Stanford L 0-7&Texas Tech W 3-0&Campbell (8) L 3-7&at Coll. of Charleston W 13-3at Creighton L 1-2at Creighton W 5-3+at Missouri L 3-6+Wisconsin W 3-1+at Missouri L 1-9+Wisconsin W 8-3+at Missouri L 0-9*vs. UMKC W 7-0*vs. UMKC 0-1 L *vs. UMKC W 8-3*WESTERN ILLINOIS W 4-1*WESTERN ILLINOIS W 6-2*WESTERN ILLINOIS W 4-1*at Oakland W 11-1*at Oakland (9) W 5-2*at Centenary W 5-4*at Centenary W 4-0*at Centenary W 6-1at Northern Iowa L 1-4at Northern Iowa L 0-1at Nebraska L 0-7at Nebraska L 0-1*vs. South Dakota State L 1-4 *vs. South Dakota State W 7-0*vs. South Dakota State W 3-0*SOUTHERN UTAH (9) W 1-0*SOUTHERN UTAH W 5-0() extra inning game
ALL-TIME RESULTS2009, 38-20 won-lost19-2 Summit LeagueSL Tournament ChampionsNCAA Norman Regional ChampsNCAA Super Regional BerthHead Coach: Darren Mueller#Jackson State W 25-1#at SE Louisiana W 5-1#Grambling State (8) W 3-2#Tennessee-Mar�n (8) W 5-1#Belmont W 9-8$Utah W 4-2$at #11 Arizona L 0-10$Utah W 2-0$at #11 Arizona L 2-9$at #11 Arizona L 0-12@Bowling Green W 6-4@Jacksonville State L 0-4 &at Kansas W 5-4&Eastern Illinois (8) L 6-7&UNI L 1-5 &Eastern Illinois W 1-0&at Kansas L 1-12*at Southern Utah (10) W 5-2*at Southern Utah W 9-7*at Southern Utah (8) L 4-5at Nebraska (9) L 1-2at Nebraska (10) L 2-3at Creighton L 0-5at Creighton W 3-0*at UMKC W 6-2*at UMKC W 6-0*at UMKC W 14-0at UNI L 2-4at UNI W 12-2 at Iowa State L 1-6*IUPUI W 8-0*IUPUI W 8-2*IUPUI W 10-0*Oakland (11) W 4-3 *Oakland W 8-0 *Oakland W 5-1*at Western Illinois L 3-4*at Western Illinois W 4-2*at Western Illinois L 0-4at Notre Dame W 2-1at Notre Dame L 0-5 *at IPFW W 7-1*at IPFW W 3-0 *at IPFW W 8-1*SOUTH DAKOTA STATE W 5-0*SOUTH DAKOTA STATE W 3-2*CENTENARY W 2-0 *CENTENARY W 7-3*CENTENARY L 4-8%Centenary W 3-2%Southern Utah W 4-2%at Western Illinois L 0-1%at Western Illinois W 3-2!at #9/10 Oklahoma (11) W 1-0!Tulsa W 3-2!Tulsa W 4-1^at #9/10 Arizona State L 0-3^at #9/10 Arizona State L 0-11() extra inning game
2010
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Team Won Lost .PctSt. Benedict 2 0 1.000St. Bonaventure 1 1 .500St. Cloud State 36 58 .383St. Edward's, Texas 2 0 1.000St. Louis 1 0 1.000St. Mar�n's 1 0 1.000St. Mary, Neb. 0 3 .000St. Mary of the Plains 0 1 .000St. Mary's, Calif. 3 0 1.000St. Mary's, Texas 1 0 1.000St. Thomas, Minn. 1 1 .500St. Thomas Aquinas, N.Y. 1 0 1.000Saginaw Valley State, Minn. 0 1 .000Salem-Teikyo, W.Va. 3 0 1.000San Diego 0 1 .000San Diego State 0 1 .000San Jose State 3 1 .750Santa Clara 0 2 .000Sea�le University 1 0 1.000Siena 1 0 1.000South Carolina 0 1 .000South Dakota 35 20 .636South Dakota State 47 42 .528Southeastern La. State 1 0 1.000Southeast Missouri State 1 0 1.000Southern Connec�cut State 2 0 1.000SIU-Edwardsville 2 0 1.000Southern Indiana 5 2 .714Southern Utah 6 0 1.000Southwest Bap�st 3 0 1.000Southwest Minnesota State 12 10 .545Stanford 0 1 .000Sterling, Kan. 0 1 .000Tennessee-Mar�n 1 0 1.000Texas-Arlington 1 0 1.000Texas-San Antonio 1 0 1.000Texas Tech 1 0 1.000Truman State 8 2 .800Tulsa 2 0 1.000UC Davis 1 2 .333UMKC 13 1 .929UNC-Charlo�e 2 0 1.000Utah 2 0 1.000Utah Valley State 3 0 1.000Valley City State 25 9 .735Valpo 1 0 1.000Vanguard 1 0 1.000Virginia Tech 1 0 1.000Waldorf College, Iowa 1 0 1.000Walsh University, Ohio 1 0 1.000Washburn, Kan. 5 4 .556Wayne State, Mich. 2 1 .667Wayne State, Neb. 14 4 .778West Alabama 2 0 1.000West Florida 7 1 .875West Liberty State 3 0 1.000Western Illinois 5 3 .625Western Oregon 1 0 1.000Western Washington 0 1 .000Wichita State 0 1 .000William Carey, Miss. 1 0 1.000William Penn, Iowa 1 1 .500Wilmington, Ohio 1 0 1.000Wingate, N.C. 2 0 1.000Winona State, Minn. 7 4 .636Wisconsin 3 3 .500Wisconsin-Parkside 2 2 .500Wisconsin-River Falls 0 3 .000Youngstown State 1 0 1.000Bold–2010 opponent
Team Won Lost .Pct Abilene Chris�an 2 0 1.000Air Force 0 1 .000Akron 1 0 1.000Alabama-Huntsville 0 1 .000Albion, Mich. 1 0 1.000Arkansas 2 2 .500Arkansas-Mon�cello 2 0 1.000Arizona 0 3 .000Arizona State 0 2 .000Augsburg 0 1 .000Augustana 20 43 .317Baker, Kan. 0 1 .000Ball State 2 1 .667Barry, Fla. 0 1 .000Barton 1 0 1.000Bellarmine, Ky. 4 0 1.000Belmont 1 0 1.000Bemidji State 39 16 .709Bethany Nazarene, Kan. 0 1 .000 Bismarck-Mary 9 6 .600Bloomsburg, Pa. 1 0 1.000Bloomfield, N.J. 1 0 1.000Bluefield State, W.Va. 2 0 1.000Boston College 1 0 1.000Boston University 1 1 .500Bowling Green 1 0 1.000Briar Cliff, Iowa 0 1 .000Butler 0 2 .000Bryant, R.I. 2 0 1.000Caldwell, N.J. 1 0 1.000Cal State Bakersfield 1 0 1.000 California-Berkley 0 2 .000California, Pa. 2 0 1.000Campbell 0 1 .000Canisius 1 0 1.000Catawba 1 0 1.000Centenary 6 1 .857Central Florida 1 1 .500Central Missouri State 4 1 .800Central Washington 1 0 1.000Chadron State, Neb. 1 1 .500Charleston Southern 2 0 1.000Chico State 0 1 .000College of Charleston 2 0 1.000Coker 1 0 1.000Colorado Mines 2 0 1.000Colorado State 1 2 .333Columbia, Mo. 0 2 .000Columbus State, Ga. 0 1 .000Concordia-Moorhead 10 5 .667Concordia, Neb. 1 0 1.000Concordia-St. Paul 4 3 .571Creighton 3 5 .375Culver Stockton, Mo. 1 0 1.000Cumberland, Tenn. 1 0 1.000Dakota State, S.D. 1 1 .500Defiance, Ohio 1 0 1.000Delta State, Miss. 3 0 1.000Drake 3 2 .600Drexel 1 0 1.000Dr. Mar�n Luther 3 0 1.000East Stroudsburg, Pa. 1 0 1.000East Tennessee State 0 1 .000Eastern Illinois 6 0 1.000Edinboro, Pa. 2 0 1.000Elon University 1 1 .500Emporia State, Kan. 2 0 1.000Eureka, Ill. 2 0 1.000Ferris State, Mich. 1 1 .500Fort Hays State, Kan. 1 0 1.000Francis Marion 1 0 1.000Georgia College 1 1 .500Georgian Court 1 0 1.000Goshen, Ind. 1 0 1.000Grambling 1 0 1.000Green Bay 3 0 1.000Gustavus Aldophus 0 1 .000Houston Bap�st 1 0 1.000Humboldt State 0 1 .000Illinois-Chicago 2 0 1.000Incarnate Word, Tex. 1 0 1.000Indiana State 1 0 1.000IUPUI 3 0 1.000IPFW 8 2 .800Iowa 0 5 .000
Team Won Lost .Pct Iowa State 2 6 .250Jackson State 1 0 1.000Jacksonville State 0 1 .000James Madison 1 0 1.000Jamestown, N.D. 2 3 .400Johnson C. Smith 2 0 1.000Kansas 2 4 .333Kansas Newman 1 0 1.000Kansas Wesleyan 2 0 1.000Kennesaw State, Ga. 4 2 .667Kentucky Wesleyan 4 0 1.000King College, Pa. 0 1 .000Kutztown, Pa. 2 0 1.000Lafaye�e 1 0 1.000LeMoyne, N.Y. 1 0 1.000Lewis, Ill. 1 0 1.000Liberty 1 0 1.000Lincoln, Mo. 2 0 1.000Long Beach State 1 0 1.000Longwood University 0 1 .000Loyola, Ill. 0 1 .000MacMurray, Ill. 1 0 1.000Manha�an, N.Y. 1 0 1.000Mansfield, Pa. 1 0 1.000Mayville State, N.D. 24 6 .800Memphis 1 0 1.000Midland Lutheran 2 0 1.000Minnesota 1 13 .071Minnesota-Crookston 4 0 1.000Minnesota-Duluth 16 16 .500Minnesota-Morris 10 1 .909Minnesota State, Mankato 23 48 .328Minnesota State Moorhead 40 36-1 .526Minot State 3 0 1.000Missouri 0 7 .000Missouri Bap�st 1 0 1.000Missouri-Rolla 2 0 1.000Missouri State 1 5 .167Missouri Southern 3 2 .600Missouri Western 3 2 .600Monmouth, Ill. 1 0 1.000Montana State-Billings 2 0 1.000Morningside 9 12 .429Nebraska 0 14 .000Nebraska-Kearney 0 5 .000Nebraska-Omaha 13 34 .277Nebraska Wesleyan 1 0 1.000Nevada 0 3 .000New Haven 2 0 1.000New Mexico 0 1 .000New Mexico Highlands 1 0 1.000New Mexico State 1 0 1.000New York Tech 2 0 1.000Notre Dame 1 1 .500North Carolina 0 1 .000North Dakota 72 32 .692North Florida 1 1 .500North Texas State 0 1 .000Northeastern Okla. State 0 1 .000Northern Colorado 8 4 .667Northern Kentucky 1 0 1.000Northern Illinois 2 2 .500Northern Iowa 2 8 .200Northern State, S.D. 10 8 .556Northwest Missouri State 3 0 1.000Northwestern, Iowa 0 1 .000Northwestern-St.Paul 0 1 .000Oakland, Mich. 5 0 1.000Oakland City, Ind. 2 0 1.000Ohio Dominican 1 0 1.000Oklahoma 1 2 .333Oklahoma Bap�st 0 1 .000Oklahoma City 1 0 1.000Olivet Nazarene, Ill. 0 1 .000Oregon 0 1 .000Park College 1 0 1.000Penn State 0 1 .000Peru State, Neb. 2 1 .667Piedmont, Ga. 0 1 .000Portland State 0 2 .000Princeton 0 1 .000Providence 1 0 1.000Quincy, Ill. 2 2 .500 Regis, Colo. 1 0 1.000Sacramento State 0 2 .000
New Opponents:UC Santa BarbaraCal State NorthridgeHofstraHoustonMichigan StateNorth Carolina StateOhio University
PurdueSam Houston StateSouth FloridaTexas A&MUtah StateWright State
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North Dakota State University is a “place of impact” and an ins�tu�on with both success and momentum. With growth to more than 14,000
students and annual research expenditures topping $100 million, NDSU has enjoyed a remarkable period of achievement. Shortly a�er former president Joseph Chapman’s arrival on campus in 1999, he challenged each college and department to advance to the next level. The results have led to increased educa�onal programs, greater research opportuni�es and a growing, prosper-ing university. During this extraordinary de-cade, NDSU’s growth has meant an addi�onal $1 billion to the state’s economy. There also has been tremendous growth in facili�es in recent years, and two downtown Fargo buildings have joined the NDSU com-munity. The former Pioneer Mutual Building is now Richard H. Barry Hall with offices and classrooms for the College of Business and the Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics. The former Lincoln Na�onal Life Building became Klai Hall and has been reno-vated into studio space for the Department of Architecture and Landscape Architecture.
As the Land Grant ideal man-dates prepara�on for society’s changes, NDSU is preparing students for and assis�ng business with the global marketplace. The state, na�on and world can expect more in the years to come. NDSU has used these five themes in its transforma�on: “It’s About People,” “Students are Paramount,” “Programs,” “Leveraging Support” and “Stature.” Three qualita�ve prin-ciples are being added: “Inclusive,” “Respon-sive” and “Excellent.” Looking to the future, the university has outlined several goals, including: • NDSU will further raise the caliber of its research enterprise. • NDSU will be among the top 15 com-puter centers in the world, with compu�ng power approaching 100 teraflops. A teraflop is a compu�ng speed equal to one trillion float-ing-point opera�ons per second. • NDSU will con�nue to be one of the leading agricultural research programs in the world.
• NDSU will make advancements in the arts, humani�es, health sciences, material science and science, and engineering and mathema�cs educa�onal programs. • NDSU will become one of the top 100 universi�es in the number of Na�onal Merit Scholars enrolled.
NDSU: yesterday and today The state’s first land-grant university was established as North Dakota Agricultural College on March 8, 1890, and organized for educa�onal work on Oct. 15, 1890. President Horace E. Stockbridge and a five-member faculty welcomed the first class of 30 students as they took a winter agricultural course. Old Main, the campus’ landmark building, was completed in 1892. Renamed in 1960 as North Dakota State University of Agriculture and Applied Science, the ins�tu�on educates students for a mul�-tude of career opportuni�es. The university is
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comprised of the College of Agriculture, Food Systems and Natural Resources; College of Arts, Humani�es and Social Sciences; Col-lege of Business; College of Engineering and Architecture; College of Human Development and Educa�on; College of Pharmacy, Nursing and Allied Sciences; College of Science and Mathema�cs; College of University Studies; and College of Graduate and Interdisciplinary Studies. NDSU now offers 44 doctoral programs, 59 master’s programs, an educa�onal special-ist degree and eight cer�ficate programs. Students work closely with NDSU’s chem-ists, engineers, architects, musicians, pharma-cists, writers and other respected faculty who frequently are on the leading edge of research in their chosen areas. As of fall 2008, the university had 740 members of its instruc�onal faculty, including 523 who have achieved the highest degrees in their fields. The NDSU’s primary academic campus includes 42 square blocks and 102 university buildings, 11 non-NDSU buildings, nine leased buildings and seven leased spaces, with build-ing, personal and outdoor property insured for a total value of $834 million. In all, NDSU is located on 18,746 acres of North Da-kota land, which includes the main Agricultural Ex-periment Sta�on at Fargo. There are 268 Agricultural Experiment Sta�on build-ings and storage facili�es at the main sta�on and eight research exten-sion centers across the state, and 18,488 acres dedicated to agricultural research. Dedicated to out-reach efforts, the NDSU Extension Service conducts a rigorous educa-�on program in agriculture, human develop-ment, nutri�on and youth and community de-velopment through its county, area and state staff. During the fiscal year ending September 2008, the Extension Service’s ambi�ous 4-H Club ac�vi�es, day camp and a�er school pro-grams involved more than 27,170 face-to-face contacts with North Dakota young people. A total of 7,086 youth are ac�ve in organized 4-H Clubs. During the same period, the Extension Service had 536,614 face-to-face contacts with adult learners across the state. Members of NCAA Division I, the talented Bison athle�c teams have enjoyed a long tradi-�on of excellence. The student-athletes com-pete in first-class facili�es—the Fargodome, Newman Outdoor Field, Ellig Sports Complex and Bison Sports Arena.
An energe�cstudent body The NDSU stu-dent body is a talented, dedicated and enthusias�c blend of interna�onal and ethnic backgrounds. During the fall of 2008, undergraduate and gradu-ate students came from all 53 North Dakota coun�es, 46 other states and the District of Columbia. The university currently has more than 960 interna�onal students from 81 countries. NDSU has bilateral student exchange agreements with ins�tu�ons in Australia, Chile, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Italy, Korea, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. There also are memorandums of understanding with other countries such as Belize, China, Malaysia and Thailand.
NDSU students find it is easy to make friends and get involved with campus life. They can par�cipate in more than 200 student organiza-�ons to develop personal and social rela�onships, explore new ideas, learn about peo-ple from around the world and augment their course-work. The groups focus on academics, special interests, service, performing and visual arts, religion and recrea�on. There also are intercultural groups, honor socie�es, fra-terni�es and sorori�es.
Fargo: a great place to live, work and study
The home of NDSU, Fargo is a bustling metropolitan area that is o�en listed as one of the best places to live in the country. Named an All-American City by the Na�onal Civic League in 2000, Fargo-Moorhead is the largest community between Minneapolis and Sea�le. About 187,000 people make their home in Cass and Clay Coun�es. Accolades for the community come from a variety of sources. For instance, Forbes.com listed NDSU and Fargo as number five in an ar�cle called “Top College Towns for Jobs.” The research used U.S. metropolitan sta�s�cal area data and examined job growth using data from Moody’s Economy.com. A report from the American Lung Associa-�on names Fargo-Moorhead as the best city
for ozone pollu�on, short-term par�cle pollu-�on and long-term par�cle pollu�on. Fargo-Moorhead has topped a list of 72 areas studied by Earth Day Network and ranked for environmental health. Researchers looked at more than 200 indicators, with Fargo the best in air quality, drinking and surface water, and toxins and waste. In addi�on, Fargo-Moorhead ranked 15th on the “Best U.S. Ci�es for Job Growth” pub-lished on NewGeography.com.
A campus commi�ed to the future Advances have come and con�nue on many fronts across the university, and the people of NDSU are op�mis�cally looking to the challenges and opportuni�es of the future. The university has transformed, moved to the next level and its stature has increased among the na�on’s land-grant universi�es.
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Interim President Dr. Richard A. Hanson The State Board of Higher Educa�on voted to name Dr. Richard A. Hanson interim president of North Dakota State University on Oct. 23, 2009. Hanson be-gan his seven-month term Dec. 1. Most recently, Hanson was president of Waldorf College, Forest City, Iowa. Prior to joining Waldorf College, he was vice president for academic affairs and dean at Augustana College, Sioux Falls, S.D., from 1995 to 2005. He held a number of roles at North Dakota State University, including Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs in 1995, and Interim Dean of the College of University Studies in 1994-1995, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, from 1992 to 1995, and Associate Director of Human Development for the North Da-kota Extension Service in 1991 and 1992.
John C. Adams VP for Finance & Administra�on
Dr. R. Craig Schnell Provost & VP for Academic Affairs
Dr. D.C. Coston VP for Agriculture
& University Extension
Dr. Philip Boudjouk VP for Research,
Crea�ve Ac�vi�es & Technology Transfer
Prakash C. Mathew
VP for Student Affairs
Keith D. Bjerke VP for University
Rela�ons
Gene Taylor Director of Athle�cs
Bonnie Neas VP for Informa�on
Technology
Jim Miller Execu�ve Director,
Alumni Associa�on &Development Founda�on
Rick Johnson General Counsel
Cathy Backer Execu�ve Assistant
Evie Myers VP for Diversity,
Equity and Global Outreach
He was chair of the Department of Home Economics at California State Uni-versity, Chico, from 1979 to 1980. A na�ve of Hillsboro, N.D., Richard Hanson earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology and a master’s degree in child development and family rela�ons, both from NDSU. He earned a doctorate in ap-plied behavioral science from the Univer-sity of California, Davis. He played football for NDSU, then for the New York Giants in 1971 and 1972, prior to becoming a graduate assistant football coach at NDSU.
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When he came to North Dakota State Univer-sity in the summer of 2001, Gene Taylor inherited a department surrounded by a whirlwind of ques�ons. In his first year as the director of athle�cs at North Dakota State, Taylor was asked to spearhead a comprehensive study and evalua�on of the Bison athle�c department. He has guided the athle�cs program through the unpredictable waters of reclas-sifica�on to NCAA Division I from Division II. One of most important pieces of the transi�on was securing conference affilia�ons for all 16 sports. The Bison are currently members of The Summit League, Missouri Valley Football Conference and
Western Wrestling Conference. Taylor also played an instrumental part of forming the Great West Football Conference in February 2004, an affilia�on that gave the Bison football program an immediate home in Division I. He served as chair of the coaches commi�ee. Also on the reclassifica�on checklist: fundraising. Taylor spearheaded an increase in the Bison athle�cs budget, which has more than doubled from $5 million in his first year to almost $12.5 million for the 2008-09 season. He was recognized for his success by the Na�onal Associa�on of Collegiate Directors of Athle�cs in June 2008. Taylor was one of 29 recipients of the As-troTurf AD of the Year award as the Football Championship Subdivision Central Region winner. A student assistant to the associate athle�c director in his undergraduate days at Arizona State University, Taylor came to NDSU a�er a 15-year s�nt at Navy (1986-2001) as an administra�ve assistant, assistant �cket manager, �cket manager, assistant athle�c director for �ckets and opera�ons, and associate athle�c director. Taylor is a 1980 business management graduate of Arizona State, and he received his master’s degree in sports administra�on in 1985 from St. Thomas University in Florida. He worked in the �cket office at Southern Methodist University in 1985-86 directly before joining the Naval Academy and was in the private restaurant business before that for five years. His tenure at Navy included serving as the commissioner of the five-team Collegiate Sprint Football League that includes Army, Navy, Penn, Princeton and Cornell. Taylor and his wife, Cathy, are the parents of a daughter, Casey, and a son, Jared.
Gene Taylor,Athletic Director
Erv Inniger Senior Associate
AD for Development
Pat Simmers Senior Associate AD/
Team Makers Execu�ve Director
Josh Hemingway Director of Ticket, Event, and Facility
Opera�ons
Jeremy Jorgenson Director of Sales
and Broadcas�ng
Jim Kramer Director of Athle�c
Performance
Dr. Todd DeBates Team Den�st
Dr. Kevin Melicher Team Optometrist
Kelli Layman Associate Director
of Athle�c Academics
Jessica Osebold Athle�c Academics
Coordinator
Lyle Hokanson Athle�c Equipment
Assistant
Jeney Anderson Athle�c Equipment
Assistant
Dr. Deland J. Myers
Faculty Athle�cs Representa�ve
Don Larson Men’s Track/CC
Coach
Tod Brown Baseball Coach
Billy Iverson Men’s Golf Coach
Lynn Dorn Director of
Women’s Athle�cs
Dr. Kent Yohe Team Chiropractor
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Troy Goergen Associate AD for Marke�ng and
Media Rela�ons
Pat Fredrickson Associate AD for Business Opera�ons
Colleen Heimstead Associate AD for
Compliance
Jeff Schwartz Director of Athle�c
Media Rela�ons
Sco� Woken Director of Sports
Medicine
Brian Gordon Director of Equipment Opera�ons
Dr. Bruce Pia� Team Physician
Dr. Craig Kuhlmann
Team Physician
Dr. Steven Lantz Team Physician
Dr. Rob Schulte Team Chiropractor
Dr. Richard Rohla Team Physician
Dr. Stuart Topley Team Physician
Dr. Charles Peterson
Team Pharmacist
Nikki German Associate Director of Sports Medicine
Bobby Knodel Assistant
Athle�c Trainer
Jason Miller Associate Director
of Athle�c Performance
Jen Swenson Assistant
Athle�c Trainer
Ryan Perreault Assistant Director of Athle�c Media
Rela�ons
Jenny Beam Athle�c Media
Rela�ons Assistant
Bob Nelson Photographer
Adam Hermann Assistant Strength and Condi�oning
Coach
Linda Gangelhoff Administra�ve
Coordinator
Glenda Klein Administra�ve
Assistant
Verona Winkler Spirit Coordinator
Margie Trickle Athle�c Program
Assistant
Nancy Erickson Athle�c Program
Assistant
Helena Johnston Athle�c Program
Assistant
Craig Bohl Football Coach
Bucky Maughan Wrestling Coach
Saul Phillips Men’s Basketball
Coach
Carolyn DeHoff Women’s
Basketball Coach
Erich Hinterstocker Women’s
Volleyball Coach
Darren Mueller So�ball Coach
Pete Cuadrado Women’s Soccer
Coach
Ryun Godfrey Women’s Track/CC
Coach
Ma� Johnson Women’s Golf
Coach
Stephon Thomas Director of
Marke�ng and Promo�ons
Melanie Torgerson Athle�c Program
Assistant
Amy Ruley Associate AD for
Development
Don Carlson Team Makers Development
Officer
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World-Class Facilities Spotlight Top-Flight ProgramsNorth Dakota State’s athle�c facili�es are among the best in the na�on, and improvements are ongoing. The Fargodome completed mul�-million dollar construc�on of football offices, mee�ng rooms, equipment rooms and athle�c training space in 2006; plans are drawn for a $25 million renova�on and expansion of the Bison Sports Arena; and the Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse has seen more than $500,000 of upgrades including a new digital scoreboard, refinished wood floor, replacement windows and new chairback sea�ng.
North Dakota State University calls the 18,700-seat Fargodome home for Bison football games. NDSU has also hosted a conference basketball tournament and a so�ball tournament at the Fargodome, and it has been the site of mul�ple NBA exhibi�on games.
The McCormick Wrestling Room in the Bison Sports Arena has two full-sized prac�ce mats, strength and cardio training equipment, and video-equipped lounge and office space.
The Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse is the home court for NDSU volleyball. The 1,206-seat arena has been the site of many conference and NCAA playoff matches.
The Bison Sports Arena is the 5,830-seat venue for the NDSU basketball and wrestling teams, and it also seats 1,851 for indoor track and field. It was the site of five NCAA Division II wrestling championships, five women’s basketball championships, three indoor track and field championships, and one women’s volleyball championship.
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The Bison baseball team plays at Newman Outdoor Field, an on-campus stadium with sea�ng for 4,513 that is shared with the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks of the independent Northern League.
The NDSU so�ball and soccer teams play home games at the Ellig Sports Complex.
Schlanser Track is a nine-lane, 400-meter Pro-Turf surface which hosted five conference track and field championships from 1997 to 2004. Bleacher sea�ng for 3,500 is available for soccer and track and field.
A crowd of 18,665 witnessed NDSU’s first Division I football game August 28, 2004, when the Bison shut out Valparaiso, 52-0. Crowds of more than 19,000 have packed the Fargodome for NDSU football on five occasions.
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Student-Athlete Support
Sports Medicine Student-athletes at North Dakota State receive outstanding care for athle�c-related injuries. The athle�c training staff has fully-equipped facili�es at the Bison Sports Arena, Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse, Fargo-dome and Newman Outdoor Field. Sco� Woken, director of sports medicine, heads a staff of eight cer�fied athle�c trainers who a�end all prac�ces and compe��ons, home and away. Plus, several talented and skilled Fargo-Moorhead area medical specialists assist in the diagnosis and treatment of Bison student-athletes.
Media Coverage The media spotlight shines on North Dakota State’s athle�c teams from the opening of fall camps into the summer months. With four network television sta�ons, three sports talk radio hosts, and the state’s largest daily newspaper all headquartered in Fargo, the Bison are con-�nually a hot topic locally and in the region. Along with regular television news coverage on ABC, NBC, CBS and FOX affiliates, the Bison receive expanded regional and na�onal cover-age of select regular-season games and championship events on ESPN, Fox Sports Net, CBS College Sports, and other regional carriers.
GoBison.com GoBison.com is the online home of North Dakota State University athle�cs. In 2004, NDSU partnered with JumpTV Sports to launch the most interac�ve Web site in the athle�c department’s history. Beyond regular news releases, schedules, rosters, game recaps and sta�s�cs, fans can visit GoBison.com to watch live in-game stats of most home events, purchase �ckets, buy photos and download graphics and ringtones for mobile handheld devices. Plus, with the All Access subscrip�on plan, broadband Internet users can log on to watch live and on-demand video of many home contests and special events, as well as coaches shows and news confer-ences.
The North Dakota State University athle�c programs strive to provide personalized support for all student-athletes. The administrators, coaches and staff at NDSU have made a commitment to ensure that the needs of the student-athlete come first.
ACE: Academic Collegiate Enhancement Intercollegiate athle�cs, in coopera�on with Orienta�on and Student Success, offers an academic enhancement program designed to assist all student-athletes. Tutors are on site and assist student-athletes by providing one-on-one or small group assistance. Each head coach has specific academic criteria for admission into the program. In coopera�on with various services and units available for stu-dents at NDSU, the ACE program includes:• Academic orienta�ons• Helping student-athletes improve study skills for academic success• Iden�fying university resources to assist student-athletes• Coordina�ng structured study and tutorial programs• Monitoring semester and yearly academic progress
Residence Life Living on campus is an important part of the college experience. It’s a way to make new friends and join a variety of educa�onal, cultural, social and recrea�onal ac�vi�es. Na�onal studies show students living on campus are more likely to persist in their educa�on and earn higher GPAs than their off-campus peers. The Department of Residence Life offers a variety of op�ons for on-campus living, from tradi�onal men’s and women’s halls to four-bed-room apartments. The goal is to provide NDSU students a clean, safe, comfortable and affordable environment where academic success is encouraged and supported. On-campus living offers the opportunity to become part of a learning community.
Strength and Condi�oning North Dakota State takes a comprehensive approach to the physical development of the student-athlete. Strength training, speed development, plyometrics, agility and condi�oning programs are based on the specific movements and physiological demands of each sport. Under the supervision of NDSU’s three full-�me strength and condi�oning coaches, Bison student-athletes follow year-round training programs that increase each student-athlete’s level of strength, power, speed, agility, condi�oning and flexibility.
The Gold Star Marching Band performs during the annual Homecoming pa-rade. The band plays at all home football games and special events.
The Bison Sports Arena houses a 9,000-square-foot weight training facility equipped with state-of-the-art machines and free weights.
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Quality of life in the heart-land is rarely matched. In its annual crime survey, CQ Press has ranked North Dakota the safest state in the na�on in 11 of the last 15 years. There’s a li�le bit of some-thing for everyone in North Dakota. The state is home to a variety of cultures, including Scandinavian, Ukrainian, German, Germans from Russia, and Na�ve American. North Dakota’s 17 state parks and recrea�on areas offer exci�ng opportuni�es while preserving
One trip to North Dakota and you’ll understand why it’s known as the friendliest and safest state to visit. In fact, from agricultural products to quality of life, North Dakota is o�en at the top of the charts.
North Dakota:The Peace Garden State
The Interna�onal Peace Garden at Dunseith, N.D., is a 2,339-acre botanical garden commemora�ng peace between the United States and Canada along the world’s longest unfor�fied border. It blooms with more than 150,000 varie�es of flowers and showcases the Peace Chapel. (Photos from ND Tourism Division)
Discover the spirt of North Dakota and unlock the fascina�ng stories from the
state’s legendary past. The glow of the breathtaking Northern Lights shines brightly on the paths taken by historical legends George Armstrong Custer, Theodore Roosevelt, Si�ng Bull, Meriwether Lewis, William Clark and Sakakawea along with the state’s contemporary heroes, Lawrence Welk, Peggy Lee, Roger Maris, Phil Jackson, Virgil Hill, Rick Helling, Darin Erstad and Travis Hafner. From the se�lers of the past to the farmers of the present, agriculture always has been and will con�nue to be the strength of North Dakota. The state is home to some of the richest soil in the world. North Dakota is a prime exporter of agricultural products, taking the trophy in produc�on of several crops. North Dakota ranks first in the produc�on of flaxseed, canola, durum wheat, all dry edible beans, all dry edible peas, spring wheat, honey, len�ls, sun-flowers, barley and oats. About 10 percent of North Dakota’s area, the band of rich soil 40 miles west of the Red River, is o�en called the “Breadbasket of the World.” Livestock produc�on is second only to wheat in North Da-kota’s agricultural economy. It is most important in western North Dakota where the land is less suited for grain crops. The main livestock are beef, dairy ca�le and hogs. The importance of ca�le ranching has been challenged in recent years by the development of North Dakota’s tremendous oil and coal reserves. Energy is the state’s third-largest industry. Since the late 1970s and the infamous Arab oil embargo, North Dakota has been in the forefront of the na�onal effort to provide more oil and gas from domes�c sources. North Dakota has one of the world’s largest deposits of lignite coal. Among coal-producing states, North Dakota ranks ninth and produces 3 percent of the na�on’s output.
the state’s natural and historic heritage. Hike in the Badlands as Roosevelt once did before he be-came our na�on’s 26th president. Canoe the mighty Missouri River along Lewis and Clark’s trail as they did almost two centuries ago. Or catch record-breaking walleye on Lake Sakakawea. North Dakota’s invigora�ng winter days, plen�ful snowfall and varied terrain have made it a winter playground. Ac�vi�es such as snowmobiling, downhill and cross-country skiing, ice fishing, sledding and ska�ng are favorite pas�mes.
—Informa�on from the North Dakota Tourism Division
Wheat is big in North Dakota. Produc�on of this staple and other crops makes North Dakota one of the top agricultural areas in the world.
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Alternately flooded by vast prehistoric seas and scraped flat by immense glaciers, this region eventually became
America’s bread basket and the center of high-tech, 21st-century agribusiness. Less than 10,000 years ago, the area that is now Fargo-Moorhead was 200 feet below the surface of Lake Agassiz, a huge inland sea formed at the edge of the ice age. Over centu-ries the waters receded, leaving 6 feet of rich, black soil that today makes the Red River Val-ley one of the world’s most fer�le farmlands, with Fargo and Moorhead at its center. The Red River of the North separates the two ci�es and serves as the border between North Dakota and Minnesota. The city of Fargo was named for one of the owners of the Wells-Fargo Express Company, William G. Fargo. The city of Moorhead was named a�er William G. Moorhead, an execu�ve of the Northern Pacific Railway. In fact, the Northern Pacific Railway had a profound impact on both the economy and popula�on of the area. Originally se�led by Scandina-vian and European immigrants, Fargo and Moorhead be-came boom towns with the arrival of the NP in 1871. Under the Homestead Act, set-tlers were given 160 acres in exchange for living on the land and farming part of it for at least five years. Suddenly, Fargo-Moorhead became a mecca for hopeful refugees from the over-crowded East. The railroad brought a constant stream of se�lers seek-ing a new life on America’s newest fron�er. The home of NDSU, Fargo is a bustling metropolitan area that is o�en listed as one of the best places to live in the country. Named an All-American City by the Na�onal Civic League in 2000, Fargo-Moor-head is the largest community between Minneapolis and Sea�le.
More than 175,000 people make their home in Cass and Clay coun�es. There seems to be no end in sight to the persistent prosperity and growth of the twin ci�es on the Red. The community has recieved many accolades. Fargo-Moorhead was named the least stressful com-munity in the na�on by Self magazine. Money magazine included Fargo in a list of the
Fargo-Moorhead: An All-American City
top-10 best U.S. ci�es in which to start a busi-ness or get a job. In its 2004 ranking of “Best Performing
Ci�es,” the Milken Ins�tute rated Fargo-Moorhead 20th in job cre-a�on and economic growth among small metro areas in the country. The sixth annual HealthGrades Hospital Quality in America Study ranked North Dakota best in the na�on in quality of hospital health care. Fargo-Moorhead made the “Cleanest U.S. Ci�es for Ozone Air Pollu�on” list, as reported by the American Lung Associa�on’s State of the Air Report in 2005. While agriculture is s�ll prominent in the local economy, Fargo-Moorhead has also become an important focal point for other
Sellout crowds enjoy Northern League professional baseball at Newman Outdoor Field.
The historic downtown Fargo Theatre, built in 1926 and fully restored in 1999, features independent films and concerts.
Downtown Fargo offers a variety of entertainment and exquisite dining. The 21st century has brought mul�-million dollar private and commercial re-development to the business district, including the establishment of NDSU’s downtown campus in three formerly vacant buildings.
Summer�me tradi�on in Fargo includes “Rib Fest,” a celebra�on of the best barbecue in the world. Thousands of people a�end each year to enjoy ribs, chicken, and live entertainment outside the Fargodome.
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professions, including government, educa�on, medicine, retailing and manufacturing. From simple to elegant, from fast food to haute cuisine, Fargo-Moorhead is a virtual smorgasbord of dining choices. With more than 275 restaurants, there’s no end to the culinary variety and style-home cooking, bar-becue, steaks, all-you-can-eat buffets, Italian, Indian, Chinese, Vietnamese, Mexican, Greek and even “intergalac�c.” The Fargo-Moorhead menu features locally-owned restaurants with hometown recipes, as well as na�onally known franchise favorites. Fargo-Moorhead is also known for its shopping. In fact, people from three states and Canada are a�racted here by the huge variety of well-stocked stores with convenient parking. Whether you prefer small, unique bou�ques or large, climate controlled shopping malls, Fargo-Moorhead has it all—from na�ve cultural items to agricultural commodi�es, to trendy high fashion. West Acres Regional Shopping Center features more than 125 specialty stores; Moor-
They’ve Been To Fargo...Fargo con�nues to be a popular stop for the most recognizable names in entertainment. At North Dakota State University, the Fargodome has hosted concerts by Cher, AC/DC, Kenny Chesney, Garth Brooks, 50 Cent, Korn, Dixie Chicks, Shania Twain, George Strait, Aerosmith, Pearl Jam, Metallica, Van Halen, Blue Man Group, Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton, Guns N’ Roses, Rolling Stones, Mar�na McBride, Jon Bon Jovi, Billy Joel and Elton John (pictured). In addi�on, the Fargodome is the site of monster truck shows, the Shrine circus, pro rodeo, Disney on Ice, broadway theater produc�ons, and many other events, trade shows and conven�ons.
head Center Mall is home to over 40 stores and businesses; and the EasTen Shopping Center area provides more than 30 shopping opportuni�es. Fargo-Moorhead also offers outstanding concerts, entertainment, ac�vi�es and muse-ums. The sprit of the early pioneers remains a treasured part of Fargo’s proud heritage. Building con�nues on our colorful past toward a very promising future.
The Roger Maris Museum inside West Acres Mall traces the career of the legendary Fargo athlete who hit 61 home runs to break Babe Ruth’s single-season record in 1961.
Live horse and harness racing takes place at the North Dakota Horse Park west of NDSU’s main campus. The facility is home to the university’s equine studies program.
The Fargo Blues Fes�val plays annually on the ou�ield grass of Newman Outdoor Field, NDSU’s on-campus baseball stadium.
Rose Creek Golf Course is one of five public courses in Fargo.
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ARE YOU A REPRESENTATIVE OF NDSU’S ATHLETICS INTERESTS?
You are a representative of NDSU’s athletics interests, more commonly known as a “booster”, if you meet any of the following conditions: You have been or are a member of any organization that promotes NDSU’s athletics program (e.g., NDSU Foundation, Team Makers). You have made a financial contribution to the NDSU athletics department or its booster organization. You have ever assisted in the recruitment of prospects for NDSU. You have provided benefits (e.g. summer jobs or occasional family meals) to enrolled student-athletes. You have arranged for or provided employment for enrolled student-athletes, or assisted in providing any benefit to enrolled student-athletes or their families. You have ever, in any way, promoted the athletics program at NDSU.
NOTE: Please remember that once you become a booster, you retain that identity indefinitely.
WHO IS A PROSPECTIVE STUDENT-ATHLETE?
A prospective student-athlete, commonly known as a “prospect,” is any individual who has started classes for the 9th grade. In addition, student-athletes enrolled in preparatory school or two-year colleges are considered prospects. Ultimately, a student remains a prospect until enrollment at a four-year collegiate institution. It is possible for a younger student-athlete to be a prospect so it is a good idea to treat all athletes as prospects until they enroll.
WHO CAN RECRUIT FOR NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY?
Only North Dakota State University coaches who successfully complete the annual NCAA Coaches Certificate Exam, which tests their knowledge of NCAA recruitment legislation, are permitted to be involved in the recruiting process. As a booster, you are specifically prohibited from: Making any recruiting contacts with prospects or their relatives. This includes telephone calls, letters, e-mails, and facsimiles, along with any face-to-face contact either on or off campus. Assisting NDSU coaches by picking up transcripts, films, or any other information pertaining to a
prospect’s ability from the prospect’s educational institution. Providing a benefit to high school, prep school or community college coaches.
NCAA RULES REGARDING THE INTERNET
The internet is considered similar to e-mail, telephone calls, or general correspondence. Therefore, it should not be used by boosters to contact prospects, their families, or their coaches. Participation in “chat rooms” with prospects is strictly prohibited.
NCAA RULES REGARDING BOOSTER INVOLVEMENT WITH PROSPECTS
You may not provide financial aid or benefit of any kind (e.g., clothing, special discounts, lodging, meals, transportation, tickets, loans of money) to prospects or their relatives. You may not contact a prospective student-athlete to congratulate him/her on signing a National Letter of Intent to attend NDSU. You may not provide transportation or arrange for payment of transportation costs for a prospect or his/her relatives or friends to visit campus. You may not earmark funds nor pay for specific prospects to attend an NDSU summer camp. You may not employ or arrange for employment of a prospect before the completion of his/her senior year. After graduation, a booster may employ a prospect as long as compensation is for work actually performed and at a rate commensurate with experience and the going rate. You may not provide anything to a prospect or the prospect’s family or friends without prior approval from the Compliance Office.
NCAA RULES REGARDING BOOSTER INVOLVEMENT WITH ENROLLED STUDENT-ATHLETES
You may not pay for or arrange for payment of room, board, or any type of transportation at any time for currently enrolled student-athletes, their relatives, or their friends. You may not provide student-athletes with any sort of extra benefit, which refers to any special arrangement provided a student-athlete or his/her relatives or friends with the benefit unavailable to the general student population.
You may not provide student-athletes with any special discounts, payment arrangements (e.g., cosigning a loan), credits on a purchase (e.g., airline ticket, clothing), or services (e.g., dry cleaning, transportation). You may not allow student-athletes to use your telephone or make free calls. You may not provide awards or gifts to student-athletes for any reason. This also prohibits honorariums for speaking engagements. All awards to student-athletes must meet all NCAA legislation and be approved by the Compliance Office. You may not entertain student-athletes or their families and friends. You may not even buy them a cup of coffee or a can of soda. The only exception to this is that you may, on an occasional basis, provide a student-athlete or team (not family members or friends) with a meal. The meal can be catered, but it must be in your home. You may not use the name or picture of a student-athlete to advertise a commercial product. You may not purchase complimentary admissions from a current student-athlete. You may not provide an honorarium to a student-athlete for speaking engagement.
NOTE: These rules apply throughout the student-athlete’s entire enrollment at NDSU.
WHAT CAN YOU DO?
Forward information about prospects to the appropriate NDSU coaching staff member. View a prospect’s athletics contest on your own initiative, provided you do not contact the prospect or his/her relatives, coach, principal, or counselor in an attempt to evaluate the academic or athletic abilities of the prospect. You are responsible for all incurred costs or fees at a contest. Speak to a prospect on the telephone ONLY if the prospect initiates the call. You are not permitted to have a recruiting conversation, but you may exhibit normal civility. Under such circumstances, you must refer questions about the athletics program to the athletics department staff. Employ a prospect or student-athlete, provided permission has been granted by the athletics department. The student-athlete will ask you to provide employment information to the athletics department prior to employment.
North Dakota State University’s athletics program is rich in tradition. Its storied history includes national, regional, and conference championships and champions. On top of these athletic achievements are numerous
academic championships earned by our student-athletes. As we strive to continue the championship tradition of Bison Athletics, we must always seek the highest of ethical conduct. North Dakota State University is unconditionally committed to NCAA rules and regulations. As an NCAA member institution, we must be responsible for ensuring that everyone abides by those rules. There is no margin for unethical behavior.
With your assistance and cooperation, we believe we can continue to represent the university with integrity, the highest of ethical standards, and the belief in doing what is right. Whether you are an alum, donor, booster, or friend of Bison Athletics, the university is grateful for your support. Together we can accomplish the common goal of ensuring a positive experience for all student-athletes. NDSU is subject to penalties for all violations committed by any alum, donor, booster or friend. Please contact the NDSU Compliance Office at (701) 231-5696 if you need a specific NCAA rule interpretation.
NCAA COMPLIANCE
FEBRUARY 12-14 at Kajikawa Classic 19-21 at USF Tournament 25-27 at Gaucho Classic
MARCH 5-7 at Colorado State Classic 12-14 at Texas A&M Aggie Invite 16 at Houston 17 at Sam Houston State 19 *at Centenary 20 *at Centenary 26 *at IUPUI 27 *at IUPUI
APRIL 3 *IPFW 4 *IPFW 5 at Creighton 9 *at Oakland 10 *at Oakland 16 *WESTERN ILLINOIS 17 *WESTERN ILLINOIS 23 *SOUTHERN UTAH 24 *SOUTHERN UTAH 27 SOUTH DAKOTA 30 *UMKC
MAY 1 *UMKC 7 *at South Dakota State 8 *at South Dakota State 14-15 SUMMIT LEAGUE TOURNEY
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2009 NCAA Norman Regional Champions
2009 Summit League Tournament Champions