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TABLE OF CONTENTSGeneral Information 1Media Information 2NDSU Softball Complex 3Head Coach Darren Mueller 4Assistants 5NDSU Preview 6-7Bison Roster 8NDSU Profiles 9-212010 Review 22-232010 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 FACTSLocation: Fargo, North Dakota 58105Founded: 1890Enrollment: 14,407Nickname: BisonColors: Green and YellowConference: The Summit LeagueAffiliation: NCAA Division IPresident: Dr. Dean L. BrescianiFaculty Representative: Dr. Deland MyersDirector of Athletics: Gene TaylorDir. of Women's Athletics: Lynn DornDir. of Sports Medicine: Scott WokenDir. of Athletic Performance: Jim KramerHome Field: Ellig Sports Complex (450)Press Box Phone: (701) 231-6655 or (701) 793-0538Athletic Phone: (701) 231-7447Ticket Office: (888) 231-NDSU (6378)

SOFTBALL FACTSHead Coach: Darren Mueller (NDSU, '94)Record at NDSU: 321-173, 10th yearOverall Record: 321-173, 10th yearOffice Phone: (701) 231-6160Best Time To Reach Coach: 10a.m.-NoonCo-Head Coach: Jamie Trachsel (St. Cloud State, '01)Pitching Coach: Brittany Weil (Iowa, '09)Volunteer Assistant: Kelly Cantrell (NDSU, '09)Office Phone: (701) 231-88542010 Record: 33-252010 Summit League Record: 14-8Position Starters Returning/Lost: 4/4Pitchers Returning/Lost: 2/0Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 8/5

CREDITSThe North Dakota State University women's fastpitch softball media/recruiting guide was written and edited by Jeff Schwartz, Director of Athletic Media Relations. Photos by Scott Currie, Eric Miller, Bob Nelson, Ty Russell, Richard McEnery. Cover Design by University Publication Services. Typesetting, production and layout done on Adobe InDesign. For more information contact:Jeff SchwartzDirector of Athletic Media RelationsNorth Dakota State University, Box 5600Fargo, N.D. 58105Office: (701) 231-8332Cell: (701) 793-0538Fax: (701) 231-8022E-Mail: Jeff.Schwartz@ndsu.edu

2011 ND STATE SOFTBALL SCHEDULEDATE OPPONENT SITE TIME at UCLA Stacy Winsberg Memorial Tournament Los Angles, Calif. Fri., Feb. 11 vs. San Diego State Los Angeles, Calif. 1 p.m. Fri., Feb. 11 at UCLA Los Angeles, Calif. 6 p.m.Sat., Feb. 12 vs. Utah State Los Angeles, Calif. 11:30 a.m.Sat., Feb. 12 at UCLA Los Angeles, Calif. 4:30 p.m.Sun., Feb. 13 vs. Central Florida Los Angeles, Calif. 9 a.m. at 8th Annual Georgia Softball Classic Athens, Ga. Fri., Feb. 18 vs. North Carolina State Athens, Ga. 9 a.m.Fri., Feb. 18 vs. Winthrop Athens, Ga. 1 p.m.Sat., Feb. 19 vs. Marshall Athens, Ga. 9 a.m.Sat., Feb. 19 at Georgia Athens, Ga. 11 a.m.Sun., Feb. 20 vs. Buffalo Athens, Ga. 9 a.m. at Stanford Nike Invitational Palo Alto, Calif. Fri., Feb. 25 at Stanford Palo Alto, Calif. 3:45 p.m.Fri., Feb. 25 vs. UC Davis Palo Alto, Calif. 8:15 p.m.Sat., Feb. 26 vs. Colorado State Palo Alto, Calif. 9 a.m.Sat., Feb. 26 vs. Memphis Palo Alto, Calif. 11:15 a.m.Sun., Feb. 27 vs. Kentucky Palo Alto, Calif. 11:15 a.m.

at University of Florida Lipton Invitational Gainesville, Fla. Fri., March 4 vs. Valparaiso Gainesville, Fla. 8:30 a.m.Fri., March 4 vs. Gardner-Webb Gainesville, Fla. 10:45 a.m.Sat., March 5 at Florida Gainesville, Fla. 1 p.m.Sat., March 5 vs. Syracuse Gainesville, Fla. 7:45 p.m. Sun., March 6 vs. Pacific Gainesville, Fla. 9 a.m. Sat., March 12 *at UMKC (2) Kansas City, Mo. 1/3 p.m.Sun., March 13 *at UMKC Kansas City, Mo. NoonTues., March 15 vs. Minnesota (1) Springfield, Mo. 2:30 p.m.Tues., March 15 at Missouri State (1) Springfield, Mo. 4 p.m.Wed., March 16 vs. Northern Iowa (1) Springfield, Mo. 2 p.m. at Mizzou Classic Columbia, Mo. Fri., March 18 vs. Western Michigan Columbia, Mo. 11 a.m.Fri., March 18 at Missouri Columbia, Mo. 1:30 p.m.Sat., March 19 vs. Minnesota Columbia, Mo. 11 a.m.Sat., March 19 at Missouri Columbia, Mo. 1:30 p.m. Fri., March 25 *at IPFW (2) Fort Wayne, Ind. 3/5 p.m.Sat., March 26 *at IPFW Fort Wayne, Ind. 1 p.m.

Fri., April 1 *IUPUI FARGO 4 p.m.Sat., April 2 *IUPUI (2) FARGO Noon/2 p.m.Wed., April 6 at Nebraska (2) Lincoln, Neb. 4/6 p.m. Fri., April 8 *OAKLAND (2) FARGO 3/5 p.m.Sat., April 9 *OAKLAND FARGO NoonFri., April 15 *at Western Illinois (2) Macomb, Ill. 3/5 p.m.Sat., April 16 *Western Illinois Macomb, Ill. NoonFri., April 22 *SOUTH DAKOTA STATE (2) FARGO 3/5 p.m.Sat., April 23 *SOUTH DAKOTA STATE FARGO NoonFri., April 29 *at Southern Utah (2) Cedar City, Utah TBA Sat., April 30 *at Southern Utah Cedar City, Utah TBA

Mon., May 2 at BYU Provo, Utah 1 p.m. Fri., May 6 *CENTENARY (2) FARGO 3/5 p.m.Sat., May 7 *CENTENARY FARGO Noonat The Summit League Tournament Macomb, Ill. Fri., May 14 TBA Macomb, Ill. TBA Sat., May 15 TBA Macomb, Ill. TBA

* -- Summit League games. Home games in CAPS, played at Ellig Sports Complex

Non-Discrimination PolicyNorth Dakota State University does not discriminate on the basis of age, color, disability, gender identity, marital status, national origin, public assistance status, sex, sexual orientation, status as a U.S. veteran, race or religion. Direct inquiries to the Vice President for Equity, Diversity and Global Outreach, 205 Old Main, (701)231-7708.

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wCREDENTIALS All requests for working media credentials, photo passes and park-ing permits for North Dakota State softball games should be directed to the athletic media relations office. Passes will be available for pickup at the north ticket entrance or in advance at the athletic media relations office. Softball questions should be directed to Jeff Schwartz at (701) 231-8332, email: Jeff.Schwartz@ndsu.edu, or fax (701) 231-8022.

wINTERVIEWS All requests for interviews with NDSU student-athletes should be made through the athletic media relations office by calling (701) 231-8332 . NDSU athletes are routinely available for interviews before and after practice sessions. Postgame interviews will be conducted only upon request. All requests should be made to the athletic media relations staff before the conclusion of the con-test to make arrangements.

wMEDIA SERVICES The working press row for softball 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 stations and writers. Programs and pre-game notes will be available. Statistics will be distributed at the end of the game. Radio positions will be equipped with an in-game stats display. Photographs, features, or ad-ditional data will be sent upon request. The press row phone is (701) 793-0538 or (701) 231-6655.

wPHOTOGRAPHY AREA Photographers with passes may shoot from behind the fence surrounding the softball complex. No photographers will be allowed on the field during pre-game activity or during play. Flashes are not permitted. Requests for photogra-phy passes should be made to the athletic media relations office.

wDRIVING DIRECTIONSNorth Dakota State’s home softball games and practices are at the Ellig Sports Complex. n From I-29 Northbound: Use Exit 66 for 12th Avenue North and turn right. Turn left at 18th Street (the first traffic signal past the bridge).Turn right at 17th Avenue. Softball complex is located on the right. Limited parking is available in front of complex entrance. n From I-29 Southbound: Use Exit 67 for 19th Avenue North and turn left. Follow 19th Avenue and turn right at 18th Street (the second signal after the underpass). Turn left at 17th Avenue. Softball complex is on left. Limited parking is front of the complex entrance. n From I-94: Use Exit 349B for I-29 northbound toward Grand Forks.

GoBison.com The most complete and up-to-date information regarding NDSU athletics is available on the Internet at GoBison.com. The site includes official sports information content such as news, scores and statistics, as well as online ticket sales, in-game statistics, live and on-demand broadband video, a photo store, and more. Log on today!

wLOCAL MEDIA OUTLETSRADIO

WDAY-AM 970301 8th St. S.Fargo, ND 58103Phone: (701) 241-5210Fax: (701) 451-5765www.wday.com

Radio Fargo Moorhead1020 25th St. S.Fargo, ND 58103Sports Director: Scott MillerPhone: (701) 297Fax: (701) 451-0031scott@kfgo.comwww.kfgo.comwww.740thefan.com

Dakota News NetworkPO Box 2027Fargo, ND 58107Sports Director: Steve CarlsonPhone: (701) 237-5000Fax: (701) 280-0861dakotanews@qwest.net

KQWB-AM 1660 (ESPN Radio)2720 7th Ave. S.Fargo, ND 58103Phone: (701) 237-4500Fax: (701) 235-9082big.dog@1660espn.netwww.1660espn.net

KNDS-FM 96.3 (ThunderRadio)1233 North University DriveFargo, ND 58102Sports Director: Daniel GundersonPhone: (701) 231-6702daniel.e.gunderson@ndsu.eduwww.kndsradio.com

WIRE SERVICE

AP BismarckPO Box 1018Bismarck, ND 58502Editor: Phyllis MensingPhone: (701) 223-8450Fax: (701) 224-0158ndsports@ap.org

AP FargoPO Box 3026Fargo, ND 58108Editor: Dave KolpackPhone: (701) 235-1908Fax: (701) 235-3647dkolpack@ap.org

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The Forum of Fargo-MoorheadSports Editor: Kevin Schnepfkschnepf@forumcomm.comPhone: (701) 241-5549Fax: (701) 241-5487Beat Writer: Jeff KolpackPhone: (701) 241-5546jkolpack@forumcomm.comsports@forumcomm.comwww.inforum.com

The SpectrumNDSU Memorial UnionFargo, ND 58105Sports Editor: Daniel GundersonPhone: (701) 231-5262Fax: (701) 231-9402daniel.e.gunderson@ndsu.eduwww.ndsuspectrum.com

Bison IllustratedPO Box 2272Fargo, ND 58108Editor: David SwensonPhone: (701) 306-8985Fax: (888) 780-9155newsroom@bisonillustrated.comwww.bisonillustrated.com

TELEVISION

WDAY-TV 6 (ABC)301 8th St. S.Fargo, ND 58103Sports Director: Domenic IzzoPhone: (701) 241-5332Fax: (701) 241-5358dizzo@wday.comwww.wday.com

Valley News LiveKVLY-TV 11 (NBC)KXJB-TV 4 (CBS)1350 21st Ave. S.Fargo, ND 58103Sports Director: Dan HammerPhone: (701) 237-5211Fax: (701) 237-5396danh@valleynewslive.comwww.valleynewslive.com

KVRR-TV 10 (FOX)4015 9th Ave. S.Fargo, ND 58103Sports Director: Greg EnkersPhone: (701) 277-1515Fax: (701) 277-9656genkers@kvrr.com

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Ellig Sports Complex Is Home for theNorth Dakota State Softball Program

North Dakota State women's softball plays its home games at the NDSU softball 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 left-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 estimated for 450 spectators.

The Bison averaged 123 fans over 10 home dates and 16 games during the 2010 season. The NDSU-IPFW opening round Summit League tournament game on May 14 drew a season-high 334 fans that ranks third all-time.

North Dakota State University led NCAA Division II in women's softball average home attendance 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."

North Dakota State was second in Divi-

sion II attendance 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 Minne-sota-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 StateSoftball Top 15 Home Attendance Figures

Att. Opponent Date354 *vs. Minnesota-Duluth 3-29-02339 *vs. Missouri Western 3-28-02334 vs. IPFW 5-14-10325 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 5-10-02287 vs. Western Illinois 5-15-10283 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 5-1-99*--Played at Fargodome

North Dakota StateSoftball 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 2010 10-6 .625 Total (24 yrs) 199-90 .689

* 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 116-19 at home good for a winning percentage of .859.

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Darren Mueller is in his 10th season as the North Dakota State Uni-versity head softball coach. He has a record of 321-173 in nine seasons. Mueller recorded his 300th career win vs. Wright State (3-12-10) at the Texas A&M Aggie Invitational.

Mueller led North Dakota State to its second straight Summit League tournament championship in 2010. The Bison advanced to the NCAA Division I Seattle Regional before bowing out to No. 1-ranked Washing-ton and Nebraska.

The 2009 season proved to be an eventful 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 (National Fastpitch Coach-es Association) 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 17th year with the NDSU softball program. For seven seasons alongside Mitch Hanson, Mueller was responsible for coordinat-ing recruiting and working with the hitters and catchers. The Bison were among the NCAA hitting leaders over a six-year period from 1998-2003 and connected for a school record .357 batting 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 better, knowing they’re learning something and having fun doing it,” said Mueller.

The 12th coach in the program’s 36-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 national 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 national 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-tional 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 National Fastpitch Coaches Association.

Mueller knows the importance of team chemistry and staying posi-tive. 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 better player. You can’t worry about failure because everybody is going to fail at one point or another. Learn from

* 2000 NCAA Division II National Champions* NCAA Division II National Tournament, 3rd Place (2003), 5th Place (1999), 7th Place (2002)* 2009 NCAA Division I Tempe Super Regional* 2010 NCAA Division I Seattle Region Participant* 2009 NCAA Division I Norman Region Champions* 2003, 2002, 2000, 1999 NCAA North Central Region Champions* 2010, 2009 Summit League Tournament Champions* 2008 Summit League Regular Season Champions* 2002, 1999 North Central Conference Champions* 2000 Speedline Division II National 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, 2002 North Central Conference Co-Coach of the Year* 2007, 2006 Division I Independent Coach of the Year

your mistakes and move on.”Mueller will also challenge the student-athletes to excel in the class-

room. Former players, Melissa Chmielewski, Sarah Schmitz, Michelle Wiest and Aimee Enzler were named CoSIDA Academic All-Americans. Since 1995, 29 Bison players have earned NFCA Academic Scholar-Ath-lete 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 athletic tradition.”

Mueller has authored many articles for the NFCA and produced four videos on hitting. He has coached internationally in Holland and Australia with USA all-star teams that have competed against the Dutch National and numerous all-star teams.

Mueller is a Fargo native. He earned his bachelor’s degree in physical education from NDSU in 1994 and master’s degree in 2006.

The Mueller FileBorn: July 23, 1969Hometown: Fargo, N.D.Graduated: 1994, North Dakota State B.S. in PhysicalEducation; 2006, North Dakota State, Master's Degree

MUELLER'S RECORDNDSU Head CoachSeason W L .Pct Conf. NCAA 2010 33 25 .569 1st (3rd) Regional2009 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 321 173 .650 (9 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)Co-Head Coach

Jamie Trachsel was promoted to co-head coach for the Bison during 2010 fall. It is Trachsel's 10th season with the program, three as associate head coach, four as a full-time assistant and two seasons as a graduate assistant.

Trachsel is responsible for team defense, recruiting and coordinating scouting. In 2009, NDSU led The Summit League and ranked 8th in NCAA Division I statistics with a .976 fielding percentage. The Bison were also 12th nation-ally in double plays. 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 native of Duluth, Minn., Trachsel played softball for St. Cloud State. She was an all-region selection as a junior. Trachsel graduated from St. Cloud State in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree in sports management, and coaching and hu-man relations minors. She earned her master’s degree from NDSU in 2006.

Trachsel is a nine-time national champion in raquetball. She was a 17-time letterwinner in four sports at Duluth Central High School including six letters in softball. Trachsel was an all-conference, all-region and all-state selection on the diamond.

KELLY CANTRELL (North Dakota State, 2009)Volunteer Coach

Former all-region performer Kelly Cantrell joined the coaching staff during the 2010 fall as a volunteer assistant. She will work with the catchers. Cantrell, who was the Summit League Player of the Year, and teammate Melissa Chmielewski were the first Bison softball players named to the all-region first team after leading NDSU to a 38-20 record and a No. 18 ranking in the ESPN.com/USA Softball and a No. 21 in the USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Polls.

The Bison advanced to the Tempe Super Regional after winning the 2009 NCAA Division I Softball Norman Regional and Summit League Tournament championships in the first season eligible for postseason play.

Cantrell was impressive behind the plate throughout her career. She threw out 13 of 27 baserunners attempting to steal and picked off a career-high nine opponent runners off base in 2009. She had a .992 fielding percentage with only two errors in 241 fielding chances.

A native of Omaha, Neb., Cantrell graduated from North Dakota State in 2009 with a bachelor's degree in psychol-ogy. She was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District first team, and the Summit League's Winter/Spring All-Aca-demic team and Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence during her career.

NICOLE SALVESEN Athletic Training

Graduate Assistant

BRITTANY WEIL (Iowa, 2009)Pitching Coach

Former University of Iowa standout Brittany Weil was promoted to full-time pitching coach during the 2010 fall. She joined the North Dakota State University softball coaching staff in September 2009 as a graduate assistant.

Weil, who earned all-region and all-conference honors for the Hawkeyes, was the seventh overall pick in the Na-tional Pro Fastpitch Senior Draft 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-hitters (5), and is also tied for first with 99 wins. She also holds the single-season records for strikeouts (339) and no-hitter (5).

A second team NFCA All-American, Weil went 26-12 with 14 shutouts, five no-hitters 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 National 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 after posting a 1.22 earned run average. She was also a two-time all-league third team selection and earned second team all-region honors.

She graduated from Iowa in May 2009 with a bachelor's degree in communication studies.

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Coming off their fourth straight season with 30 or more wins and their second straight season advancing to the NCAA tournament, expectations are high for the Bison women’s softball team.

The Bison finished 33-25 overall in 2010 and ended their playoff run losing 5-1 to Nebraska in the NCAA Seattle Regional loser's bracket game after losing 3-0 to No. 1-ranked Washington in the opening round.

However, four teams -- UCLA, Florida, Georgia and Missouri -- that advanced to the 2010 College World Series in Oklaho-ma City including the defending national champion Bruins highlight the rigorous 55-game 2011 regular season schedule.

North Dakota State opens the season with four straight tournaments including the first weekend at UCLA on Feb. 11-13 with a pair of games against the Bruins. San Diego State, Central Florida and Utah State. There are tournament trips to Georgia on Feb. 18-20, Stanford on Feb. 25-27 and Florida on March 4-6.

"This is the most challenging schedule we have put together," said NDSU head coach Mueller, who has compiled a 321-173 record heading into his 10th season as head coach at NDSU and 17th overall with the program.

Shortstop Nicole Rivera has started every game at the position during her North Dakota State career. The crafty and speedy Rivera looks to build upon last season's first-team All-Summit League performance.

"We believe this is the type of schedule that will help us prepare for the Summit League season."

It's the third straight season the Bison have played the defending NCAA national champion (Arizona State in 2009, Wash-ington in 2010). There are a dozen teams on the NDSU schedule that advanced to last year's NCAA tournament including the four in the College World Series and Super Regional participant BYU, while Central Florida, UC Davis, Kentucky, Nebraska, San Diego State, Stanford and Nebraska all advanced to the NCAA postseason tourna-ment.

North Dakota State returns eight let-terwinners including four starting position players and a pair of pitchers to the mix. Eight newcomers dot the roster includ-ing five freshmen. There's a lot of work ahead for Mueller, co-head coach Jamie Trachsel, pitching coach Brittany Weil and volunteer assistant Kelly Cantrell.

"We're still young with all the new people we have brought into the pro-gram," said Mueller, who has the task of filling holes left by the graduation of two-time Summit League Player of the Year Melissa Chmielewski at first base, four-year starter Laurel Pipkin at second, center fielder Taylor Lynn and catcher Maryssa McKenzie.

"We're trying to get everybody on the same page as far as our expectations and our style of play. We knew that coming into the season."

The left side of the infield returns intact led by senior shortstop Nicole Rivera (Lakeside, Calif.), who earned all-league first team honors last year after hitting .370 with 17 RBI. The speedy Rivera has been a catalyst on both offense and defense. Her quickness and cannon-arm have turned plenty of heads during a career that has seen her miss only two games heading into 2011. Third base is in the capable hands of hard-nosed junior Brea Konz (Sioux Falls, S.D.), who hit .241 with two home runs and 26 RBI. Konz is a two-time Summit League all-tournament selection.

The right side will be new with the addi-tion of junior Jamie Gay (Beatrice, Neb.), a transfer from Nebraska, who moves to first base. She brings a great deal of experience and was a member of two NCAA tournament teams for the Husk-ers. The second base job is up for grabs between freshmen, Brandi Enriquez (Long Beach, Calif.) and Sam Holien (Forest Lake, Minn.).

The outfield returns veteran senior Elisa Victa (Laguna Hills, Calif.), who has been a two-time Summit League all-tournament

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Taylor MortensenKristina Victa

Elisa VictaCamielle Depew

Richel BrionesCamielle Depew

Brandi EnriquezSam Holien

Brittany McCrayJenina Ortega

Whitney JohnsonRandi Parks

Katie Tamayo

Nicole RiveraSam Holien

Jamie GaySam Holien

HOW THE BISON LINEUP IN 2011 PitchersWhitney Johnson

Randi ParksKatie Tamayo

CatchersBrittany McCrayJenina Ortega

First BaseJamie Gay

Sam Holien

Second BaseBrandi Enriquez

Sam Holien

ShortstopNicole Rivera

Third BaseBrea Konz

OutfieldElisa Victa, leftCamille Depew

Taylor Mortensen, centerKristina Victa

Richel Briones, rightCamille Depew

Designated PlayerCristina Borek

Brittany McCray

Elisa Victa has been a fixture in left field for North Dakota State over the past three seasons. Victa is one the program's all-time leaders in sacrifice hits.

BOLD-Returning players

Brea KonzJamie Gay

selection. E.Victa has been a three-year starter in left field for the Bison, making the routine and outstanding defensive plays.

The experience in the outfield doesn't stop in left. Senior Richel Briones (Paci-fica, Calif.), nicknamed "Peanut" standing at 4-foot, 10-inches, has been potent with her bat and steady with her glove during her career. Talented junior Taylor Mortensen (Sioux Falls, S.D.) is ready for a breakout season after hitting .198 with four home runs and 21 RBI.

Newcomers to the outfield include freshman Kristina Victa (Laguna Hills), who looks to contribute right away, and transfer Camille Depew (Seattle, Wash.).

On the mound, righthander Whitney Johnson (Lake Crystal, Minn.) looks to improve on an impressive first year. The Summit League's Tournament MVP and Freshman of the Year, Johnson compiled a 26-18 record with a 2.61 ERA. She struck out 324 batters in 276 innings pitched. Johnson also earned all-league second team and pitcher of the week honors. Junior Randi Parks (Boise, Idaho) returns after putting together a 7-7 record with a 4.45 ERA. Parks was a pitcher of the week pick last season.

Johnson and Parks will have new bat-tery mates. Freshmen Jenina Ortega (San

Jose, Calif.) and Brittany McCray (Provo, Utah) are going back and forth in the battle for the starting nod.

The designated player slot in the lineup with be a daily struggle between junior Cristina Borek (Carmel, Calif.) and juco

transfer Katie Tamayo (Garden Grove, Calif.). Borek came up with timely hits in-cluding a key home run in the 2010 Sum-mit League tournament. Tamayo could also see time on the mound.

North Dakota State opens Summit League play at UMKC (March 12-13) and IPFW (March 25-26) with single games against Minnesota, Missouri State and Northern Iowa with a trip to the Missouri tournament (March 18-20) in between.

After playing the first 34 games away from Fargo, NDSU debuts at the Ellig Sports Complex on April 1-2 against IUPUI. The IUPUI series is the first leg of an eight-date, 12-game home schedule. The Bison also host Oakland University (April 8-9), South Dakota State (April 22-23) and Centenary College (May 6-7).

The Summit League tournament is scheduled for May 12-14 at Western Il-linois in Macomb.

There's plenty to get done before the Bison think about getting to the league tournament again.

"You see progress at several positions, but we need someone to step up and take the bull by the horns," said Mueller.

"We can't get caught up with the record. We have to develop the mindset and believe that we need to improve with each practice, each drill and each game."

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2011 North Dakota State Softball RosterNO. NAME POS. B/T HT. YR. HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL) 1 Brandi Enriquez IF L/R 5-2 Fr. Long Beach, Calif. (Woodrow Wilson)2 Jenina Ortega C R/R 5-2 Fr. San Jose, Calif. (Piedmont Hills)4 Elisa Victa LF L/R 5-3 Sr. Laguna Hills, Calif. (Laguna Hills)5 Nicole Rivera SS L/R 5-6 Sr. Lakeside, Calif. (Granite Hills)6 Brittany McCray C R/R 5-6 Fr. Provo, Utah (Springville)7 Whitney Johnson P R/R 5-11 So. Lake Crystal, Minn. (Lake Crystal Wellcome-Memorial)8 Katie Tamayo P R/R 5-5 Jr. Garden Grove, Calif. (Central Arizona College/Pacifica H.S.)9 Richel Briones RF L/L 4-10 Sr. Pacifica, Calif. (St. Ignatius Prep)10 Randi Parks P R/R 5-7 Jr. Boise, Idaho (Mountain View)11 Sam Holien IF R/R 5-8 Fr. Forest Lake, Minn. (Forest Lake)12 Kristina Victa OF L/R 5-3 Fr. Laguna Hills, Calif. (Laguna Hills)13 Camille Depew OF L/R 5-8 Jr. Seattle, Wash. (Western Washington/Shoreline CC/Lutheran H.S.)14 Cristina Borek DP R/R 5-9 Jr. Carmel, Calif. (Hartnell JC/Carmel H.S.)15 Taylor Mortensen OF R/R 5-10 Jr. Sioux Falls, S.D. (Lincoln)16 Brea Konz 3B R/R 5-6 Jr. Sioux Falls, S.D. (Roosevelt)17 Jamie Gay 1B R/R 5-4 Jr. Beatrice, Neb. (Nebraska/Beatrice H.S.)

Head Coach: Darren MuellerCo-Head Coach: Jamie TrachselPitching Coach: Brittany WeilVolunteer Assistant: Kelly CantrellAthletic Training Graduate Assistant: Nicole Salvesen

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14 Cristina Borek 9 Richel Briones 13 Camille Depew 1 Brandi Enriquez 17 Jamie Gay 11 Sam Holien 7 Whitney Johnson 16 Brea Konz 6 Brittany McCray 15 Taylor Mortensen 2 Jenina Ortega 10 Randi Parks 5 Nicole Rivera 8 Katie Tamayo 4 Elisa Victa 12 Kristina Victa

BISON BY YEARSeniors 3 (Briones, Rivera, E. Victa)Juniors 7 (Borek, Depew, Gay, Konz,

Mortensen, Parks, Tamayo)Sophomores 1 (Johnson)

Freshmen 5 (Enriquez, Holien, Mc-Cray, Ortega, K. Victa)

BISON BY STATECalifornia 9 (Borek, Briones,

Enriquez, McCray, Ortega, Rivera, Tamayo, E. Victa, K.Victa)

Idaho 1 (Parks)Minnesota 2 (Holien, Johnson)

Nebraska 1 (Gay)South Dakota 2 (Konz, Mortensen)

Washington 1 (Depew)

PRONUNCIATIONSCristina Borek (bore-ECK)Richel (ruh-SHELL) Briones (buh-ROW-ness)Kelly Cantrell (can-trell) Brandi Enriquez (IN-ree-kehz)Sam Holien (hoe-LEN)Brea (bree) Konz (coonz)Jenina (juh-KNEE-uh) Ortega (or-TAY-gaa)Katie Tamayo (tuh-MY-oh)Jamie Trachsel (TRACK-sull)Elisa (EE-lee-sah) VictaBrittany Weil (while)

The 2011 Bison Softball Team: First row: Jenina Ortega, Richel Briones, Brandi Enriquez, Brittany Mc-Cray. Second Row: Cristina Borek, Whitney Johnson, Randi Parks Camille Depew, Taylor Mortensen. Third Row: Brea Konz, Elisa Victa, Nicole Rivera, Sam Holien, Athletic training graduate assistant Nicole Salvesen. Fourth row: Pitching coach Brittany Weil, Kristina Victa, Jamie Gay, Katie Tamayo, Volunteer assistant Kelly Cantrell. Fifth row: Co-head coach Jamie Traschel, Head coach Darren Mueller.

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HIGH SCHOOL: A 2010 graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach, Calif. ... Four-year varsity player ... Hit .338 as a senior with 25 runs scored ... 2009 First-team all-Moore League infielder after hitting .375 with 23 runs scored ... At-tended "Future 100" camp in 2007 ... Member of the Batbusters 2009 ASA 16U southern california state championship team ... The Batbusters also claimed the 2009 Colorado Independence Day 16U championship ... PERSONAL: Daughter of Patrick and Monique Enriquez ... Born Jan. 28, 1992 ... Has one brother, Andrew ... Plans to major in child development ... Future plans include becoming a speech pathologist.

THE ENRIQUEZ FILEFavorite Movies: Wizard of Oz, Nightmare Before Christmas, Avatar, and Sweet Home AlabamaFavorite Foods: Mexican food, Chicken Adobo with RiceFavorite Singer/Groups: John Mayer, Drake, and PepperFavorite Holiday: ChristmasFavorite Colors: Purple and RedFavorite Actor: Johnny DeppFavorite TV Shows: LA Ink, Bones, and Cake BossFavorite Songs: "Home - Cover" by Jorge and Alexa Narvaez, "City Love" by John Mayer, "Morning Ride" by Fiji, "Mi Piquito de Oro" by Ramon AyalaFavorite Book: "A Piece of Cake" by Cupcake BrownFavorite Athlete: Andre Ethier

1Brandi ENRIQUEZ5-2 u Freshman u InfielderBat/Throw: L/R Norwalk, CaliforniaWoodrow Wilson High School

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HIGH SCHOOL: A 2010 graduate of Piedmont Hills High School ... Ortega was a four-year all-league catcher/shortstop for Pied-mont Hills High School ... Her batting average went from .333 as a freshman to .350 as a sophomore and .469 as a junior ... Hit .446 during her senior year ... Selected the BVal Sophomore, Ju-nior and Senior of the Year ... Hit .522 for the successful San Jose Strikers summer team ... Batted .610 in 2009 fall and allowed only two stolen bases ... Member of the San Jose Sting 18 Gold team that placed eighth nationally in 2008 ... PERSONAL: Daughter of Felicia Ortega of San Jose ...Born May 31, 1992 ... Has one brother, Jovonni ... College major is exercise science ... Future plans include becoming an athletic trainer for a professional sports team.

THE ORTEGA FILEFavorite Movie: Love and BasketballFavorite Food: Fetticine AlfredoFavorite Holiday: ChristmasFavorite Color: TealFavorite TV Shows: First 48, Law & Order: SVUFavorite Song: "Karaoke" by DrakeFavorite Actor: Denzel WashingtonFavorite Book: "The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success" by Deepak ChopraFavorite Athlete: Michael Jordan

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4Elisa VICTA5-3 u Senior u Left FielderBat/Throw: L/RLaguna Hills, CaliforniaLaguna Hills High School

2010 SEASON: Elisa started in 57 of 58 games played in left field ... Hit .287 with 35 runs scored and 14 RBI ... Scored the game-winning run against Western Illinois (5-15-10) in the Summit League tournament championship game on Laurel Pipkin's single ... Named to the Summit League's all-tournament team for the second straight season ... Named to 2009-10 Summit League Commissioner's List ... Steady offensive and defensive player ... Made only one error in 99 fielding chances ... Part of NDSU defense that ranked 43rd nationally in fielding percentage ... Had a team-high 17 sacrifice hits and ranks second all-time with 42 ... Listed at 14th in NCAA in sacrifices per game (0.29 avg.) ... Issued 21 walks and added one triple ... Recorded 11 multi-hit and 10 multi-run games. 2009 SEASON: One of three Bison players to start in all 58 games ... Hit .347 with 35 runs scored and 18 RBI ... Led NDSU with 13 sacrifice hits and ranks 7th all-time on school charts with 25 ... Added 15 walks, four doubles and a pair of stolen bases ... Scored the game-winning run in the 3-2 win over Tulsa (5-16-09) in body-twisting fashion that helped vault NDSU into the NCAA Norman Region championship game ... Named to the Summit League all-tournament team ... Selected to the All-Summit League first team ... Had team-high 10-game hitting streak ... Recorded 17 multi-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 multi-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 percent-age (.976) and 12th nationally 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 Sum-mit League Freshman of the Year after hitting .393 in league games ... Named to all-league second team and the winter/spring all-academic team ... Third on team with 15 multi-hit games and added four multi-RBI games ... Tied for team-high 12-game hitting 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 compiled a 25-6 record overall, 11-1 in league play in 2007 ... Ranked among Orange County’s leading

THE VICTA FILEFavorite Movies: The Blind SideFavorite Food: Italian and MexicanFavorite Singer: DrakeFavorite Holiday: ChristmasFavorite Color: Lime GreenFavorite Actor: Denzel WashingtonFavorite TV Shows: Prision Break, Grey’s AnatomyFavorite Songs: “Unforgettable” by DrakeFavorite Book: BlinkFavorite Athletes: Tony Gwynn and Ryan Mathews

ELISA'S CAREER BESTSOffenseAt-Bats: 6 vs. Hofstra, 2-19-10Runs: 3 vs. seven teams, last vs. Drexel, 2-25-10Hits: 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. Hofstra, 2-19-10; vs. Eastern Illinois, 2-23-08HR: n/aBB: 3 at Centenary, 3-20-10; at Southern Utah, 3-13-09SH: 2 vs. four teams, last at South Dakota State, 5-8-10

FieldingFielding Chances: 6 vs. UT-Arlington, 2-16-08Putouts: 5 at Creighton, 4-5-10; vs. Ohio, 2-13-10Assists: 2 vs. UT-Arlington, 2-16-08

Multi-Hit: 43 games (11 in '10, 17 in '09)Multi-RBI: 7 gamesMulti-Run: 26 games (10 in '10, 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 2010 57-58 174 35 50 14 .287 0 1 0 52 .299 21 29 0-17 1-1 .364 95 3 1 .989 TOTALS 169-170 538 105 169 50 .327 4 2 0 177 .329 56 81 0-42 6-10 .418 115 64 4 .978

2010, 2009 Summit League All-Tournament team2009-10 Summit League Commissioner's List

2009 All-Summit League first 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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hitters ... Listed as a player to watch in the season preview ... Hit .361 for the league champions ... Four-year starter who played second, third, shortstop and two outfield positions ... Played summer league softball for the talented California Cruisers. PERSONAL: Daughter of Rudy and Cleo Victa ... Born June 16, 1989 ... Has one brother, Anthony, and one sister, Kristina ... Majoring in hospitality & tourism management ... Father competed in track & field at UC Irvine.

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2010 SEASON: Nicole started all 58 games played in 2010 and all 168 during her career ... Hit .370 with 47 runs scored and 17 RBI ... Led the Bison with 27 stolen bases in 32 attempts ... 2010 All-Summit League first team ... Summit League Player of the Week (2-22-10) ... Hit .407 in league play and was 17 of 17 in stolen bases ... Tied for team lead with 24 multi-hit games and has 44 in her career ... Collected a career-high four hits on three occasions, the last vs. Southern Utah (4-23-10) ... Hit .468 (37-79) leading off ...Had 12-game hitting streak ... Scored a career-high four runs vs. Southern Utah (4-23-10) ... Had 12 multi-run games and has 22 in her career ... Recorded a career best three stolen bases at Oakland (4-10-10) ... Made a career-high eight putouts vs. Portland State (2-12-10) ... Part of defense that led the league and ranked 43rd in NCAA fielding percentage (.968). 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 champion-ship 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 multi-hit games ... Scored a season-high 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 times ... Added a pair of triples, two sacrifice hits, one double and a sacrifice fly ... Had five multi-runs scored games and has 10 in ca-reer ... Improved fielding percentage by 39 points to .946 with 13 errors in 242 fielding chances ... Had career-high six assists in three games ... 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 nationally 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 attempts including a pair of steals on two occasions ... Belted first collegiate home run vs. Missouri (3-15-08) ... Had five fielding assists against four different op-ponents 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 occasions including South Dakota State (4-28-08). HIGH SCHOOL: A 2007 graduate of Granite Hills High School in El Ca-jon, Calif. ... Played shortstop, third base and outfield for Granite Hills ... The Grossmount League’s Player of the Year and a three-time all-confer-ence selection ... Named to the San Diego Union Tribune first team and the CIF (California Interscholastic Federation) second team in 2007. PERSONAL: Daughter of Norm and Grace Rivera of Lakeside Calif.

THE RIVERA FILEFavorite Movies: Remember the Titans, Coyote Ugly, Kung Fu Panda, All Fast and Furious moves, Bad BoysFavorite Foods: Steak, Rice, California Burritos.Favorite Holiday: ChristmasFavorite Color: BlueFavorite TV Shows: CSI Las VegasFavorite Song: "Can't Be Touched" by Roy Jones Jr.Favorite Athlete: Derek JeterFavorite Books: Stephanie Plum Series by Janet Evanovich

NICOLE'S CAREER BESTSOffenseAt-Bats: 6 vs. Oakland, 4-10-09Runs: 4 vs. Southern Utah, 4-23-10Hits: 4 vs. three teams, last vs. Southern Utah, 4-23-10RBI: 3 vs. Utah State, 3-7-102B: 2 vs. Utah Valley, 3-7-103B: 1 vs. four teams, last vs. Western Illinois, 5-15-10HR: 1 vs. Tulsa, 5-17-09; at Missouri, 3-15-08BB: 2 vs. six teams, last vs. Hofstra, 2-19-10Stolen Bases: 3 at Oakland, 4-10-10

FieldingFielding Chances: 12 vs. Centenary, 5-2-09Putouts: 8 vs. Portland State, 2-12-10Assists: 6 vs. three teams, last vs. Centenary, 5-2-09

Multi-Hit: 44 games (13 in '09, 7 in '08)Multi-Run: 22 games (5 in '09, 5 in '08)Multi-RBI: 5 games (3 in '10)Double-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 2010 58-58 208 47 77 17 .370 7 2 0 88 .423 11 24 0-3 27-32 .402 101 80 17 .914 TOTALS 168-168 527 105 161 37 .301 9 4 2 184 .349 34 79 1-11 64-79 .350 295 290 48 .924

5Nicole RIVERA5-6 u Senior u ShortstopBat/Throw: L/RLakeside, CaliforniaGranite Hills High School

... Born February 27, 1989 ... Has one brother, Ryan, and three sisters, Stephanie, Michelle and Genette ... Majoring in human development and family science.

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THE McCRAY FILEFavorite Movie: Resident EvilFavorite Foods: Spaghetti Chicken EnchiladaFavorite Group/Singer: The Game, Chevelle T.I.Favorite Holiday: HalloweenFavorite Color: YellowFavorite Actor: Gerald ButlerFavorite TV Shows: Misadventures of Flapjack, Adventure TimeFavorite Songs: Too many to countFavorite Books: Gregor SeriesFavorite Athlete: Albert Pujols

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6Brittany McCRAY5-6 u Freshman u CatcherBat/Throw: R/RProvo, UtahSpringville High School

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2010 graduate of Springville High School ... Played in for Class 4A in 2010 Utah High School All-Star game, smacking a triple and home run ... An all-state first team selec-tion in 2008 after hitting .566 with 10 home runs and 52 RBI in leading Springville and head coach Kari Jensen to the region title and fifth place state tournament finish ... A two-time all-state second team pick in 2007 and 2009), she hit .500 with five home runs and 26 RBI in 2009 ... Played summer ball for the Utah Pega-sus and hit .422 with six home runs and 49 RBI. PERSONAL: Daughter of Fred and Joy McCray ... Born Oct. 26, 1991 ... Has two brothers, Caleb and Noah ... College major is ac-counting ... Father played football at San Jose State.

THE TAMAYO FILEFavorite Movie: Breakfast at Tiffany'sFavorite Foods: Japanese, Mediterranean, Italian... Anything and everythingFavorite Singer: P!nkFavorite Holiday: HalloweenFavorite Color: PurpleFavorite Actor: Audrey HepburnFavorite TV Show: Keeping Up with the KardashiansFavorite Song: Raise Your GlassFavorite Books: Twilight

8Katie TAMAYO5-5 u Junior u PitcherrBat/Throw: R/RGarden Grove, CaliforniaPacifica H.S. (Central Arizona CC)

2009-10 SEASON (CENTRAL ARIZONA CC): Transfer from Central Arizona College in Coolidge, Ariz. ... Earned second-team all-conference honors in 2010. HIGH SCHOOL: A 2008 graduate of Pacifica High School ... Four-year letterwinner and two-year starter at pitcher ... Second-team all-league performer as freshman, sophomore and senior ... Played summer softball for the OC Batbusters (pitcher, third base, outfield) in 2006 and So Cal Athletics (pitcher, outfield) in 2007 and 2008. PERSONAL: Daughter of Richard and Rosemary Tamayo of Garden Grove, Calif. ...Born March 16, 1990 ... Has one sister, Krstin ... Majoring in human development & family sciences and elementary education.

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7Whitney JOHNSON5-11 u Sophomore u PitcherBat/Throw: R/RLake Crystal, MinnesotaLake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial

2010 Summit League Tournament MVP2010 Summit League Freshman of the Year

2010 All-Summit League Second Team2010 Summit League Pitcher of the Week

2010 SEASON: Capped off an impressive freshman year being named the Summit League Tournament MVP after recording three wins in three starts as NDSU earned its second straight berth into the NCAA tournament ... Selected the Summit League Freshman of the Year after posting 13 wins, a 2.37 ERA, 149 strikeouts and 15 complete games in league play ... Picked up second-team all-Summit League honors ... In the NCAA final statistics, ranked 20th in strikeouts (324), 24th in wins and 25th in shutouts (9) ... Two-time Summit League Pitcher of the Week ... Compiled a 26-18 record overall with 34 complete games, nine shutouts and a 2.61 ERA ... Made 47 appearances and started 42 games ... Struck out 324 batters over 276 innings ... On the NDSU career charts, already ranks 2nd in strikeouts per game (8.22), 3rd in lowest opponent batting average (.198), 6th in strikeouts and 10th in lowest ERA ... Had six one-hitters and a pair of two-hitters during the season ... Recorded 13 games with double-figure strikeouts including a season-high 13 at Oakland (4-9-10) and vs. UC Santa Barbara (2-25-10). HIGH SCHOOL: 2009 graduate of Lake Crystal Wellcome-Memorial High School ... Graduated early ... Led LCWM and head coach Kari Schwarz to the program’s first state tournament appearance in 2009 ... LCWM won the conference title with 16-0 record ... Struck out a Min-nesota High School record 435 batters including a single-game record of 21 ... All-state first team and state all-tournament squad selection in 2009 ... Two-time all-conference ... Had 169 strikeouts and 2.00 earned run average as a junior ... Graduated from high school early ... Member of the National Honor Society and regular on “A” honor roll ... Played summer league softball for the Minnesota Irish that won the 2008 USSA 16-Under National Championship in Overland Park, Kansas ... Earned that tournament’s MVP, outstanding pitcher and defensive player honors after posting 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 exercise science.

THE JOHNSON FILEFavorite Movie: Love and BasketballFavorite Food: ItalianFavorite Singer/Groups: Drake, Lady AntebellumFavorite Holiday: ChristmasFavorite Color: TealFavorite Actor: Vince VaughnFavorite TV Shows: Family Guy, Desperate HousewivesFavorite Songs: Aston Martin Music- Rick Ross ft. Drake, "All Coming Back to Me" by Celine DionFavorite Books "The Wedding" by Nicholas SparksFavorite Athlete: Jared Allen

WHITNEY'S CAREER BESTSPitchingInnings Pitched: 8.1 at Houston, 3-16-10Strikeouts: 13 vs. two teams, last at Oakland, 4-9-10Games W/Double-Figure Strikeouts: 13 gamesOne-Hitters: 6 games, last vs. UMKC, 5-2-10Two-Hitters: 2 games, last vs. Memphis, 2-26-10

FieldingFielding Chances: 3 at Houston, 3-16-10Putouts: 1 vs. four teams, last at Washington, 5-21-10Assists: 3 at Houston, 3-16-10

Whitney 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% 2011 47-42 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-0 .000 4 25 3 .906

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2010 SEASON: Richel started in 40 of 51 games played during the season ... Hit. 178 with 1 home run and 10 RBI ... Recorded eight runs scored, five doubles, three sacrifice bunts, a sacrifice fly, and a stolen base ... Matched a career-highs with three hits and a pair of doubles at Centenary (3-20-10) ... Matched a career best with three putouts vs. Western Illinois (4-17-10) ... Made several diving catches from her posi-tion in right field ... Had three multi-hit games and has 17 overall ... Had one multi-RBI game and has eight overall ... Author of the GoBison.com blog "Peanut Gallery". 2009 SEASON: Started in 56 of 58 games played ... Had 12-game hitting 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. 2008 SEASON: Richel started in 50 of 53 games played during the season ... Entered sophomore year with six-game hitting streak ... Hit .284 with nine doubles, three home runs and 19 RBI ... Ranked 35th in NCAA Division I statistics in toughest to strikeout ... Struck out only eight times 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 lift NDSU to a 1-0 win over Southern Utah (5-3-08) as the Bison clinched the Summit League regular season title ... Had nine multi-hit games including a season-high three against UT-Arlington (2-16-08) ... Collected a pair of runs batted in four times including vs. South Dakota State (4-28-08) ... Belted two doubles vs. Providence (3-1-08). HIGH SCHOOL: A 2007 graduate of St. Ignatius Prep High School ... A four-year starter for head coach Danielle Devencenzi at St. Ignatius College Prep ... Three-time first team all-West Catholic Athletic League selection ... Three-time captain was named to the Burlingame all-tour-nament team in 2005 ... One of eight members of the San Jose Strikkers 18U Gold summer league team to commit to Division I softball programs ... 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 political science with a minor in criminal justice at NDSU ... Would like to become a successful lawyer.

THE BRIONES FILEFavorite Movie: That Thing You Do!, GreaseFavorite Foods: A loaded burrito, sushi, Grandma's lumpiasFavorite Groups: Green Day, Journey, QueenFavorite Holiday: ChristmasFavorite Color: Robin's egg blueFavorite Actor: Chris ColferFavorite TV Shows: Chuck, Glee, and PsychFavorite Songs: "21 Guns" by Green Day, "Just the Way You Are" by Bruno Mars, and "Faithfully" by JourneyFavorite 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, Tim Lincecum

RICHEL'S CAREER BESTSOffenseAt-Bats: 6 vs. Oakland, 4-10-09Runs: 3 at UNI, 3-30-09Hits: 3 vs. three teams, last at Centenary, 3-20-10RBI: 3 vs. Eastern Illinois, 3-7-092B: 2 at Centenary, 3-20-10; vs. Providence, 3-1-083B: n/aHR: 1 vs. six teams, last at Houston, 3-16-10BB: 2 at UNI, 3-30-09

FieldingFielding Chances: 4 vs. UNI, 3-7-09Putouts: 3 vs. four teams, last vs. Western Illinois, 4-17-10Assists: 1 vs. six teams, last vs. IPFW, 4-2-10

Multi-Hit: 19 games (7 in '09, 9 in '08)Multi-RBI: 8 games (3 in '09, 4 in '08)Multi-Run: 3 games

9Richel BRIONES4-10 u Senior u Right FielderBat/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 2010 51-40 118 8 21 10 .178 5 0 1 29 .246 8 24 1-3 1-1 .228 20 1 1 .955 Totals 162-146 421 49 105 43 .249 19 0 6 142 .337 42 53 2-10 13-23 .326 79 6 3 .966

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2010 Summit League Pitcher of the Week

2010 SEASON: Randi appeared in 23 games including 16 games started and 11 complete games ... Compiled a 7-7 record with two shutouts and a 4.45 ERA ... Logged 118 innings pitched with 46 strikeouts and 33 walks ... Her shutouts were both three-hitters, vs. Ohio University (2-13-10) and vs. South Dakota (4-27-10) ... Summit League Pitcher of the Week (2-15-10) ... Worked a career-high 9.2 innings in the 2-1 loss at Sam Houston State (3-17-10) ... Recorded a career best seven strikeouts twice, vs. IPFW (4-2-10) and at IUPUI (3-27-10) ... Made one error in 26 fielding chances ... Had a career-high four assists vs. Utah Valley (3-7-10) ... Ranks 8th all-time in fewest walks allowed (1.64). 2009 SEASON: Saw limited action 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 ERA ... 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 batters on three occasions including win over Bowling Green (2-27-09) ... Made no errors in five fielding chances includ-ing 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-time conference all-academic selection ... Earned second team all-conference honors for Mountain View after transferring from Twins Falls H.S. ... Also an outside hitter on the volleyball court. PERSONAL: Daughter of Brian and Kathy Parks ... Born January 26, 1990 ... Has a sister, Robyn ... Majoring in sport and reacre-ation leadership ... Future plans include becoming an athletic trainer ... Favorite hobbies wake boarding and snowboarding ... High school coach was Mr. Crandall.

THE PARKS FILEFavorite Movies: Summer Catch, Step Up, The SandlotFavorite Foods: Stir Fry, Banana Yogurt with Granola or Italian food!Favorite Singers: Colbie Caillat, Jordin SparksFavorite Holiday: ThanksgivingFavorite Color: GreenFavorite TV Shows: Diners Drive-Ins and Dives; How I Met Your Mother, Mike & MollyFavorite 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 2010 23-16 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-0 .000 2 23 1 .962 TOTALS 37-23 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0-1 .000 3 27 1 .968 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 2010 23-16 11 0 2 7-7 .500 4.45 118 506 131 85 75 33 1 46 2 3 5 0 .279 TOTALS 32-23 12 0 3 9-10 .474 4.95 158.1 688 189 124 112 37 1 63 2 7 5 0 .307

RANDI'S CAREER BESTSPitchingInnings Pitched: 9.2 at Sam Houston State, 3-17-10Strikeouts: 7 vs. IPFW, 4-2-10; at IUPUI, 3-27-10

OffenseAt-Bats: 1 at UMKC, 3-21-09

FieldingFielding Chances: 4 vs. Utah Valley, 3-7-10Putouts: 1 vs. three teams, last at IUPUI, 3-26-10Assists: 4 vs. Utah Valley, 3-7-10

10Randi PARKS5-7 u Junior u PitcherBat/Throw: R/RBoise, IdahoMountain View High School

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HIGH SCHOOL: A 2010 graduate of Forest Lake High School ... Four-year letterwinner and three-year starter in the infield for head coach Angie Ryan ... Played in 2010 Minnesota-Wisconsin Border Battle All-Star game ... 2010 Class AAA all-state selec-tion ... Named to the 2010 AAA all-state tournament team ... Selected St. Paul Pioneer Press Athlete of the Week ... Three-time MFCA all-section first team pick and all-conference selection ... Valuable performer on the 2008, 2009 and 2010 Section 7AAA champions and state tournament teams, she hit .417 with 10 doubles, four home runs and a pair of triples for a .688 slugging percentage in 2009 ... Played shortstop on the Minnesota Sting Elite coached by Mark Bayers. She hit .491 with eight doubles, three triples and one home run for an .800 slugging percentage during the 2009 fall ... A three-sport athlete, Holien compiled an 80-14 doubles record on the tennis court ... Two-time all-confer-ence player ... Played on two conference championship teams ... Two-year starter at guard on the basketball court.

PERSONAL: Daughter of David and Robyn Holien ... Born Jan. 14, 1992 ... Has one brother, Alexander ... Seven-time academic achievement award winner ... Member of the National Honor Society ... College major is microbiology ... Family member Jeff Grulhke is a professional snowmobile racer.

THE HOLIEN FILEFavorite Movies: Avatar, Ratatouille, Despicable Me, Up, The Dark Knight, The Blind Side, and BurlesqueFavorite Foods: Steak, Mashed potatoes/Corn, and TacosFavorite Singers: Eminem, Lee Brice, Jay Sean and Lady AntebellumFavorite Holiday: ChristmasFavorite Color: OrangeFavorite Actors: Denzel Washington, Brad Pitt, Will Smith, Nicolas Cage, Sandra BullockFavorite TV Shows: CSI (all of them), Bones, Criminal Minds, Glee, The Mentalist, Human TargetFavorite Songs: "Can’t Be Touched", "Remember the Name", "21 Guns", "Love Like Crazy", "Cinderella Man", "Won’t Back Down"Favorite Books: TwilightFavorite Athletes: Andre Agassi, Kerri Walsh

11Sam HOLIEN5-8 u Freshman u InfielderBat/Throw: R/R Forest Lake, MinnesotaForest Lake High School

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2010 graduate of Laguna Hills High School ... Four-year starter and letterwinner at shortstop, third base and center field ... Batted .519 in league play, .496 overall for Laguna Hills in 2010 ... First-team all-league as senior as LHHS went 10-0 in league play, 21-8 overall ... Member of softball and soccer teams that advanced to the third round of the California Inter-scholastic Federation (CIF) playoffs ... 2010 U.S. Marine Corps Distinguished ... Played shortstop for summer league teams American Athletics (4 years); California Desperados (2 years) and California Cruisers (1 year) ... Regular on dean's list ... 2010 Varsity Soccer Character Counts Award. PERSONAL: Daughter of Rudy and Cleo of Laguna Hills, Calif. ... Born June 3, 1992 ... Has one brother, Anthony, and one sister, Elisa ... Elisa is the starting left fielder and an all-league perform-er for NDSU ... College major is physical education.

THE VICTA FILEFavorite Movies: A League of Their Own, The Little RascalsFavorite Foods: All Mexican and seafoodFavorite Singer/Groups: Jack Johnson, Jack's MannequinFavorite Holiday: ThanksgivingFavorite Color: YellowFavorite Actress: Amanda BynesFavorite TV Shows: Glee, Iron ChefFavorite Books: The Lucky One, The Outsiders

12Kristina VICTA5-3 u Freshman u OutfielderBat/Throw: L/R Laguna Hills, CaliforniaLaguna Hills High School

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Favorite Movie: SnatchFavorite Foods: Chicken Cordon Bleu, my Dad's mashed potatoes, Chicken pot pie, blackberry pie, homemade chilli & cornbreadFavorite Singers/Groups: Michael Bublé, Drake, Lynyrd Skynyrd,Coldplay, CCRFavorite Holiday: Cinco de MayoFavorite Color: Moss greenFavorite Actors: Jim Carrey, Uma Thurman, Brad Pitt, Will SmithFavorite TV Shows: Food Network, SpongebobFavorite Songs: "Forever" by Chris Brown, "Sweet Honey" by Slightly Stoopid, "Black Dog" by Led Zeppelin, "The Way I Are" by TimberlandFavorite Books: My textbooksFavorite Athletes: Ken Griffey Jr., Albert Pujols, Steve Nash, Kerri Walsh

13Camille DEPEW5-8 u Junior u OutfielderBat/Throw: L/RSeattle, Washington/Luthern H.S. (Western Washington/Shoreline CC)

2009-2010 SEASONS (SHORELINE CC): Transfer from Shore-line Community College ... NFCA All-American, North Region League MVP, first-team all-league in 2010 after hitting .542 with 10 home runs ... Hit .470 with 10 home runs in 2009 and earned second-team all-league honors. HIGH SCHOOL: 2008 graduate of Seattle Lutheran High School ... First-team all-state infielder, second-team all-state pitcher as a senior ... Two-time league MVP ... Member of two league championship teams ... Two-year starter at pitcher and shortstop for head coach Mark Henderson ... Two-year starter in volleyball and basketball ... Second-team all-league on basketball court ...

Girls and boys basketball teams advanced to state tournament for first time in 20 years ... Midfielder on soccer team as a fresh-man. PERSONAL: Born May 26, 1990 ... Daughter of Michael and Kimberly Depew ... Has one brother, Jacob and one sister, Keri ... College major is veterinary technology.

North Dakota State University softball is no stranger to extra innings. The Bison compiled a 0-4 record in four extra-inning games last season including 10-inning loss at Sam Houston State in a non-conference game March 17.

Randi Parks was the pitcher of record against Sam Houston State and went a career long of 9.2 innings.

The 12-inning affair against Colorado State during the 2006 season matched the longest game in NDSU history. In the 1999 season opener, the Bison beat Southern Indiana 3-2 in 12 frames, while Bemidji State posted a 4-3 win over North Dakota State (4-19-83).

Since the 1983 season, North Dakota State has compiled a 45-41 record in extra- inning games. There have been only four seasons when the Bison weren't involved in an extended game -- the last year was 1994.

NDSU posted a 9-2 record in extra-inning games during the 2002 season in Darren Mueller's first year as head coach. The 11 extra-inning games played in 2002 was a school single-season record.

The Bison had four extra-inning games in the 2002 North Central Conference tourna-ment including a 2-1 win over Augustana in 11 innings in the league championship game. North Dakota State lost to Barry 3-1 in 10 in-nings at the NCAA national tournament.

EXTRA INNINGS: North Dakota State Strong in Going the Distance

North Dakota State went 4-0 in extra inning games in 2004.

The Bison are 32-20 in extra-innings under Mueller, good for a .615 winning percentage.

Bison In Extra-Innings(since 1983)

Year G Record Pct. 2010 4 0-4 .0002009 9 5-4 .5562008 4 2-2 .5002007 5 3-2 .6002006 5 3-2 .6002005 3 2-1 .6672004 4 4-0 1.0002003 7 4-3 .5712002 11 9-2 .8182001 1 0-1 .0002000 1 0-1 .0001999 4 3-1 .7501998 2 1-1 .5001997 4 3-1 .7501996 2 0-2 .0001995 1 0-1 .0001994 0 0-0 .0001993 3 0-3 .0001992 2 0-2 .0001991 2 1-1 .5001990 0 0-0 .0001989 0 0-0 .0001988 1 0-1 .0001987 3 0-3 .0001986 2 2-0 1.0001985 0 0-0 .0001984 3 1-2 .333 TOTAL 86 45-41 .523

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Favorite 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 u Junior u Designated PlayerBat/Throw: R/RCarmel, CaliforniaCarmel H.S. (Hartnell JC)

2010-11 Summit League Winter/Spring All-Academic Team

2010 SEASON: Started in 20 of 29 games played at desig-nated player ... Hit .257 with two home runs and 14 RBI ... Solo home run vs. Western Illinois (5-15-10) sparked Bison 4-0 win in Summit League tourney ... Issued six walks, one hit by pitch and a sacrifice bunt ... Went 2 for 4 with three RBI in 10-3 win over UMKC (5-2-10) ... Had four multi-hit and four multi-RBI games ... Recorded her first NDSU home run at Sam Houston State (3-17-10) ... Named to Summit League Winter/Spring All-Academic team. 2009 SEASON: Transfer from Hartnell Junior College in Salinas, Calif. ... All-conference first team selection at catcher ... Started every game for head coach Andy Watt ... 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 sopho-more to senior years ... Three-time all-conference first team se-lection and earned second team honors as a freshman ... Earned Monterey County Herald and Salinas Californian all-county honors as a junior, twice honorable mention ... Played summer softball 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 Matthew and Dorothy Borek ... Has one brother, Matthew ... College major is psychology ... Grandfather, Matt Borek, played football for the University of Miami ... Future plans include working as a sports counselor.

Cristina 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% 2010 29-20 74 6 19 14 .257 2 0 2 27 .365 6 25 0-1 0-0 .321 0 0 0 .000

CRISTINA'S CAREER BESTSOffenseAt-Bats: 5 at Sam Houston State, 3-17-10Runs: 1 vs. six teams, last vs. Western Illinois, 5-15-10Hits: 2 vs. four teams, last vs. UMKC, 5-2-10RBI: 3 vs. UMKC, 5-2-102B: 1 vs. Wright State, 3-13-10; vs. Oakland, 4-9-103B: n/aHR: 1 vs. Western Illinois, 5-15-10; at Sam Houston State, 3-17-10BB: 2 at Sam Houston State, 3-17-10

Multi-Hit: 4 gamesMulti-RBI: 4 games

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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 2010 49-40 116 15 23 21 .198 4 0 4 39 .336 10 29 3-4 4-5 .267 38 0 0 1.000 TOTALS 89-68 193 28 42 34 .218 10 0 5 67 .347 16 52 3-9 9-10 .288 56 0 0 1.000

THE MORTENSEN FILEFavorite 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

2009-10 Summit League Commissioner's List2008-09 Summit League Winter/Spring

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2010 SEASON: Taylor started in 40 of 49 games played ... Hit .198 with four home runs and 21 RBI ... Scored 15 runs with 10 walks, four doubles, four sacrifice bunts and three sacrifice flys ... Hit by pitch two times ... Summit League Commissioner's List ... Had five multi-hit and multi-RBI games ... Committed no errors in 38 fielding chances, 56 in her career ... Made a career best seven putouts vs. Utah State (3-12-10) ... Went 2 for 4 with a career-high four RBI vs. Utah Valley (3-6-10) including one of her four home runs ... Part of defense that was 43rd in NCAA fielding percentage (.968). 2009 SEASON: Major contributor during her freshman year ... Uti-lized in the outfield, and as a pinch-runner and pinch-hitter ... Named to the 2008-09 Summit League Winter/Spring All-Academic 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 nationally 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 position ... Three-time all-state selection ... 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 nationals three years in a row ... Played ASA softball for eight years, advancing to nationals seven times ... State qualifier for the Lincoln High School track and field team, competing 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 mathematics education ... Has one sister, Candace.

TAYLOR'S CAREER BESTSOffenseAt-Bats: 4 vs. 13 teams, last vs. Western Illinois, 4-17-10Runs: 2 vs. three teams, last at Centenary, 3-19-10Hits: 3 vs. Oakland, 4-11-09; vs. UNI, 3-30-09RBI: 4 vs. Utah Valley, 3-6-102B: 2 vs. Oakland, 4-11-093B: n/aHR: 1 vs. five teams, last at Creighton, 4-5-10BB: 2 vs. Utah State, 3-12-10; at IPFW, 4-24-09Stolen Bases: 2 at IPFW, 4-24-09

FieldingFielding Chances: 7 vs. Utah State, 3-12-10Putouts: 7 vs. Utah State, 3-12-10Assists: n/a

Multi-Hit: 10 gamesMulti-RBI: 8 gamesMulti-Run: 3 games

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Favorite Movie: Easy AFavorite Foods: Sushi, MexicanFavorite Singer/Group: The ScriptFavorite Holiday: Ground Hog DayFavorite Color: OrangeFavorite Actor: Ben StillerFavorite Actress: Kate HudsonFavorite TV Shows: Glee, HouseFavorite Songs: “Mmm Bop” by Hanson, “Don’t” by Billy CurringtonFavorite Book: The GuardianFavorite Athletes: Derek Jeter, Michael Jordan, John Elway

2010, 2009 Summit League All-Tournament team2010 Summit League Player of the Week

2009-10 Summit League Commissioner's List2009 NFCA Scholar Athlete

2008-09 Summit League Winter/Spring All-Academic team

2010 SEASON: Brea started in all 58 games last season at third base ... Hit .241 with 2 home runs and 26 RBI ... Scored 18 runs with 17 walks, 11 doubles, 10 sacrifice bunts and one sarifice fly ... Had career-high eight-game hitting streak ... Earned Summit League Player of the Week honors (4-19-10) ... Selected to the Summit League Championship all-tournament team for the second straight season ... Summit League Commissioner's List ... Had 12 multi-hit games including 2 for 4 with three RBI vs. IPFW (5-14-10) in the league tournament ... It was also one of six multi-RBI games ... Had two multi-run games ... Picked up first collegiate steal vs. Utah Valley (3-6-10) ... Matched a career-high with two sacrifice bunts vs. Utah State (3-7-10) ... Part of defense that led the league and ranked 43rd in NCAA fielding percentage (.968). 2009 SEASON: 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 times ... Made only five errors in 137 fielding chances ... Selected to the Summit League Championship all-tournament team ... Summit League Winter/Spring All-Academic team ... NFCA Scholar Athlete ... Had five multi-RBI games including three runs batted in in Summit League wins over IUPUI and Oakland ... Had five multi-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 nationally 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-time all-state selection ... Roosevelt was second in the state in 2005 ... Played summer league softball with the successful Minnesota Irish team ... Also a shoot-ing guard for the Roosevelt basketball team and was a member of two state championship teams in 2005 and 2006 ... Female representative 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 business administra-tion ... Has one sister, Kassi, and one brother, Beau, who attended NDSU.

BREA'S CAREER BESTSOffenseAt-Bats: 5 at Oklahoma, 5-15-09Runs: 2 vs. five teams, last vs. Wright State, 3-13-10Hits: 2 vs. 21 teams, last vs. IPFW, 5-14-10 RBI: 3 vs. four teams, last vs. IPFW, 5-14-102B: 2 vs. three teams, last vs. Western Illinois (4-16-10)3B: n/aHR: 1 vs. six teams, last vs. UMKC, 5-2-10BB: 2 vs. four teams, last vs. Nebraska, 5-22-10HBP: 2 vs. Southern Utah, 5-8-09

FieldingFielding Chances: 9 vs. Centenary, 5-1-09Putouts: 4 vs. three teams, last vs. Arizona, 2-13-10Assists: 7 vs. Centenary, 5-1-09

Multi-Hit: 21 games (9 in '09)Multi-RBI: 11 games (5 in '09Multi-Run: 2 games

16Brea KONZ5-6 u Junior u Third BasemanBat/Throw: R/RSioux Falls, South DakotaRoosevelt High School

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 .385 10 28 0-6 0-0 .342 54 83 5 .965 2010 58-58 174 18 42 26 .241 11 0 2 50 .339 17 32 1-10 2-2 .307 59 70 7 .949 TOTALS 109-107 314 37 80 48 .255 15 0 6 104 .331 27 60 1-16 2-2 .324 113 153 12 .957

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17Jamie GAY5-4 u Junior u First BasemanBat/Throw: R/RBeatrice, NebraskaBeatrice High School (Nebraska)

2010 SEASON (NEBRASKA): Made two starts and 22 appearances during sophomore year ... Finished the year with two hits in 18 at bats as a pinch-hitter ... Also added one run scored and finished with a career-high two walks ... Defensively, made only three appearances in the field, including her lone position start at third base against Virginia Tech (2-28-10) and was error-free in two chances. 2009 SEASON (NEBRASKA): Appeared in 33 games and earned 15 starts including 12 over the final 15 games (11 at third base, one as DP) ... Finished freshman season with a .196 average, but four of her 10 hits went for extra-bases ... Had five RBI, three doubles, one home run and 10 runs scored ... Posted a .943 fielding percentage, but was perfect in 44 chances during the Big 12 season ...In Big 12 debut, picked up her first career multi-hit game with a 2-for-3 effort that included a double and scoring the game-winning run against a ranked Texas ...Hit first collegiate home run vs. Iowa State -- a three-run shot ... During Big 12 play, Gay picked up five of her 10 hits on the season, two of her three doubles, her only home run and walk, and three of her five RBI ...In the postseason, Gay pinch hit and drove in the Huskers’ lone run in an NCAA Tournament loss at No. 18 Tennessee ... The RBI highlighted her success against ranked teams, hitting .313 (5-16) with a pair of doubles, four runs scored and an RBI against top-25 opponents ... Also perfect defensively in 25 chances against ranked foes. HIGH SCHOOL: A 2008 graduate of Beatrice High School ... First-team infielder on the Lincoln Journal Star’s Super-State team and on the Omaha World-Herald’s All-Nebraska team ... As a senior, Gay batted .495 with 16 doubles, two home runs and 30 RBIs ... Set Beatrice records for average, hits and doubles and ranked second in Class B in hits and doubles, fifth in average and sixth in RBIs ... Helped lead Beatrice to a runner-up finish at the state tournament ... In her junior season, Gay was a second-team Super-State selection while batting .444 ... Standout on the tennis court, as she went 19-1 with her lone loss coming in the state finals of the Class B No. 1 doubles tournament ... Beatrice’s No. 1 singles player as a freshman, sophomore and junior ... Went 24-5 and advanced to the quarterfinals of the state tournament as a junior fol-lowing a 30-7 mark with a fourth-place state finish as a sophomore ... Also advanced to the second round of the Class B state tournament as a freshman. PERSONAL: Daughter of Craig and Sheryl Gay ... Born June 19, 1990 ... Has two sisters, Megan and Michelle, and one brother, David ... Major-ing in psychology.

THE GAY FILEFavorite Movies: Now and Then; Me, Myself and IreneFavorite Foods: Ketchup, or any condiment Favorite Singers: Ray J, Rihanna and PliesFavorite Holiday: Christmas, Valentines DayFavorite Color: YellowFavorite TV Shows: For the Love of Ray J, Nip/TuckFavorite Songs: Anything my favorite singers singFavorite Books: Tears of a Tiger, The Bible

JAMIE'S CAREER BESTSOffenseAt-Bats: 4 vs. two teams, last vs. Baylor, 4-18-09 Runs: 1 vs. 12 teams, last vs. Hits: 2 vs. Texas, 4-10-09RBI: 3 vs. Iowa State, 4-14-092B: 1 vs. three teams, last vs. Baylor, 4-19-093B: n/aHR: 1 vs. Iowa State, 4-14-09BB: 1 vs. three teams, last vs.HBP: 1 vs. two teams, last vs. Texas Tech, 4-25-09

FieldingFielding Chances: 9 vs. Wichita State, 3-8-09Putouts: 3 vs. two teams, last vs. Texas, 4-11-09Assists: 6 vs. three teams, last vs. Baylor, 4-18-09

Multi-Hit: 1 gameMulti-RBI: 1 gameMulti-Runs Scored: 0 games

Jamie at Nebraska 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 33-15 51 10 10 5 .196 3 0 1 19 .314 1 7 1-1 0-0 .236 17 49 4 .943 2010 22-2 18 1 2 0 .111 0 0 0 2 .111 2 5 0-0 0-0 .200 0 2 0 1.000 TOTALS 55-17 69 11 12 5 .174 3 0 1 21 .304 3 12 1-1 0-0 .208 17 51 4 .941

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Danielle Lawrie threw a four-hit shutout and hit a two-run home run to lead No. 1-ranked Washington to a 3-0 win over North Dakota State in the opening round of the NCAA Seattle Regional played May 21, before 1,610 in Husky Softball Stadium.

Lawrie, who improved to 36-2, posted her 21st shutout of the season. She struck out 13 batters and worked out of trouble several times when the Bison threatened during the game. NDSU was shut out for the only the fourth time during the 2010 season.

Lawrie also did it with her bat. She hit a two-run home run that bounced off the top of the left field fence to put the Huskies ahead 2-0 with one out in the bottom of the first inning.

Washington extended the lead to 3-0 in the third inning on Jenn Salling's bullet ground out to second.

Snaring Salling's hard-hit ground out was one of several alert defensive plays turned in by NDSU second baseman Laurel Pipkin, who also led the Bison with a pair of hits to extend her hitting streak to 14 games.

North Dakota State put runners in scoring position in fifth and sixth innings. In the fifth, Becca Gift single, advanced to second with one out. However, Lawrie received a ground out and recorded a strikeout to end the threat.

An error and Pipkin single put runners on first and second in the sixth with two outs, but Lawrie notched another strikeout to snuff out the rally. Elisa Victa had the other hit for NDSU, a single off the third baseman's glove in the first.

Whitney Johnson overcame the Huskies two-run first inning. She scattered six hits, walked four and struck out three in her first NCAA tournament game.

Heidi Foland went 2 for 3 with three runs scored and hit one of three home runs as Nebraska defeat-ed NDSU 5-1 on May 22, in an NCAA Seattle Regional loser's bracket game played before 437 spectators at Husky Softball Stadium.

The game was halted by a 3-hour, 1-minute rain delay with Nebraska leading 2-1 after four com-plete innings at 9:30 p.m. central time and didn't resume until 12:31 a.m.

Johnson (26-18) picked up the loss. Johnson scattered six hits, struck out six and walked two. Ashley Hagemann (15-15) went the distance to earn the win. Hagemann struck out seven, allowed five hits and walked three.

North Dakota State cut the deficit to 2-1 in the bottom of the third. Brea Konz led off the frame with a walk and moved to second on a Tay-lor Mortensen sacrifice bunt. Richel Briones belted a single to left field and Gift chased home Konz with a pinch-hit single up the middle. Then

the rains came.The Bison went down swinging with Taylor Lynn and Nicole Rivera

coming up with a pair of one-out hits, but the Cornhuskers defense came up with several big defensive plays including a game-ending double play.

PIPKIN 7TH-INNING SINGLE LIFTS NDSU TO SECOND STRAIGHT SUMMIT LEAGUE TOURNEY TITLE

Laurel Pipkin‘s one-out single to left center scored Elisa Victa from second in the seventh inning to lift North Dakota State to a 3-2 win over Western Illinois in the Summit League Softball Tournament champion-ship game and into the NCAA tournament on May 15, before a crowd of 287 at the Ellig Sports Complex

It’s the second straight Summit League tournament championship and NCAA regional berth for the Bison.

Western Illinois had tied the game at 2-2 in the top of the seventh when Erin Schlotfeldt drilled 1-1 pitch for a solo home run over the left field fence. It was Schlotfeldt’s third home run of the season.

The Leathernecks came back through the loser’s bracket after falling 4-0 to NDSU in Saturday’s first game. WIU defeated IPFW 1-0 on Kamren Ferguson’s second shutout of the tournament.

Victa walked to start the bottom of the seventh and moved to second on a Melisssa Chmielewski sacrifice bunt. Pipkin came up and laced 1-0 pitch to left to score Victa.

Pipkin, who extended her hitting streak to 13 games, went 3 for 4 in the championship game and finished 6 for 10 in the tournament. She also turned in one of several alert defensive plays, diving to make the tag on a Western Illinois baserunner trying to advance to second.

North Dakota State freshman Whitney Johnson, who earned tour-nament MVP honors, picked up her third win in three tourney start. Johnson allowed six hits, struck out two and issued no walks. Ferguson (22-12) picked up the loss. She allowed nine hits, walked two and struck out two.

The Bison jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first inning. Nicole Rivera reached on an infield single, scampered to third on a Victa base hit and scored on Chmielewski’s ground out to the shortstop deep in the hole.

Rivera turned in a diamond gem with a diving stop of a line drive in the sixth inning.

However, Western Illinois’ Lori Pankratz belted a home run to center to lead off the third inning to tie the game at 1-1. Ashley Campbell and Pankratz both went 2 for 3 to lead the Leathernecks.

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North Dakota State bounced back with a run in the bottom of the third to take a 2-1 lead. Chmielewski lined a one-out double to right center field and scored on a Brea Konz single up the middle.

Pipkin, Victa, Chmielewski and Konz all joined Johnson on the all-tournament team.

CHMIELEWSKI NAMED TO ESPN THE MAGAZINEACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA® FIRST TEAM

North Dakota State University first baseman Melissa Chmielewski was named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® University Division softball first team May 26, by a vote of the College Sports Informa-tion Directors of America (CoSIDA).

Chmielewski, a senior from Circle Pines, Minn. (Centennial H.S.), becomes the fourth Bison softball player to earn Academic All-America® honors with a 3.83 grade point aver-age majoring in physical education. She joined designated player Aimee Enzler (2008), right fielder Michelle Wiest (2000) and three-time selec-tion center fielder Sarah Schmitz (1997-98-99).

Chmielewski is the third NDSU softball player to land a spot on the first team. Schmitz was a two-time first team selection, while Wiest also earned first team honors.

On the 2009-10 Summit League Winter/Spring All-Academic team, Chmielewski was joined by sophomore Cristina Borek, freshman Becca Gift, senior Taylor Lynn, senior Maryssa McKenzie, and senior Laurel Pipkin. Chmielewski was a distinguised scholar.

Joining Chmielewski on the Summit League Commissioner's list were sophomore Brea Konz, sophomore Taylor Mortensen, junior Elisa Victa, Lynn, McKenzie, and Pipkin.

NORTH DAKOTA STATE'S CHMIELEWSKI, JOHNSON, VICTA RANK AMONG NCAA SOFTBALL LEADERS

North Dakota State first baseman Melissa Chmielewski, pitcher Whitney Johnson and left fielder Elisa Victa ranked among the top 25 in several categories of the final NCAA softball statistic report.

Chmielewski, a senior from Circle Pines, Minn. (Centennial H.S.), ranked 25th in both runs batted in (1.02 pg/avg) and doubles (0.33 pg/avg).

Johnson, a freshman from Lake Crystal, Minn. (Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial H.S.), ranked 20th in strike-outs (324), 24th in wins (24) and 25th in shutouts (9).

Victa, a junior from Laguna Hills, Calif. (Laguna Hills H.S.), ranked 14th in sacrifice hits (0.29 pg/avg).

Overall, North Dakota State ranked 43rd in fielding percentage (.968).

NDSU was hit by pitch a single-game record six times in the first game against Southern Utah on April 23. It broke the old record of four set

against West Florida on March 8, 1997. Catcher Maryssa McKenzie was

plunked twice during the game to tie the NDSU single-game record set by eight different players on 10 occasions

North Dakota State, 33-25 overall, reached 30 wins for the fourth straight season under the direction of head coach Darren Mueller. The Bison advanced to the NCAA tournament for the second straight season after claiming the Summit League Tournament championship in Fargo.

CHMIELEWSKI NAMED TO LOUISVILLE SLUGGER/NFCA ALL-MIDWEST REGION SECOND TEAM

North Dakota State University first baseman Melissa Chmielewski was named to the Louisville Slugger/NFCA (National Fastpitch Softball Coaches Association) All-Midwest Region second team on May 20.

Chmielewski, a senior from Circle Pines, Minn. (Centennial H.S.), earned all-region honors for the third straight season. She was a first team selection in 2009 and second team in 2008.

A two-time Summit League Player of the Year, Chmielewski hit .385 with 19 doubles, 10 home runs and 59 RBI this season. Three of the home runs were grand slams.

Chmielewski had 24 multi-hit and 15 multi-RBI games to her credit this season. She hit .435 with runners in scoring position and added 28 two-out RBI. Chmielewski was a three-time all-league selection during her career and an eight-time Summit League Player of the Week pick. She was a three-time NFCA Scholar Athlete.

CHMIELEWSKI NAMED SUMMIT LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE YEAR, FOUR BISON NAMED ALL-LEAGUE

For the second time in three years, North Dakota State’s Melissa Chmielewski was named Summit League Softball Player of the Year as the league announced its annual awards May 13 at the site league Chmielewski earned the award for the second time.

Chmielewski led the Summit League with a .404 batting average, 58 RBI and 18 doubles and collected four player of the week awards during the season. In league play, the senior hit .432, slugged .716 and totaled 32 hits, 20 runs and 18 RBI. Overall, she ranks 17th nationally in RBI and 20th in doubles.

NDSU teammate Whitney Johnson who posted 13 wins and a 2.37 ERA with 149 strikeouts and 15 complete games in league play, was named Freshman of the Year.

Chmielewski and teammate shortstop Nicole Rivera (.407, 33 H, 18 R, 17 RBI) represented North Dakota State on the first team.

NDSU’s Johnson and second baseman Laurel Pipkin (.397, 15 RBI, 14 R, 6 SB) were second team honorees.

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wBATTING(All games Sorted by Batting 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 .385 58-58 182 40 70 19 0 10 59 119 .654 37 1 22 0 .489 1 1 0-1 286-12-6 .980Nicole Rivera .370 58-58 208 47 77 7 2 0 17 88 .423 11 0 24 0 .402 0 3 27-32 101-80-17 .914Laurel Pipkin .341 58-58 182 31 62 6 1 0 23 70 .385 9 2 26 0 .378 0 4 11-13 98-70-10 .944Becca Gift .302 27-17 63 7 19 1 0 1 6 23 .365 5 0 20 0 .353 0 0 0-0 0-0-0 .000Elisa Victa .287 58-57 174 35 50 0 1 0 14 52 .299 21 2 29 0 .371 0 17 1-1 95-3-1 .990Cristina Borek .257 29-20 74 6 19 2 0 2 14 27 .365 6 1 25 0 .321 0 1 0-0 0-0-0 .000Brea Konz .241 58-58 174 18 42 11 0 2 26 59 .339 17 0 32 0 .307 1 10 2-2 59-70-7 .949Taylor Lynn .224 58-58 156 21 35 5 1 0 5 42 .269 12 2 34 0 .288 0 5 7-11 88-5-0 1.000Maryssa McKenzie .202 58-58 163 15 33 5 0 5 14 53 .325 15 5 35 1 .288 1 8 0-0 391-31-4 .991Taylor Mortensen .198 49-40 116 15 23 4 0 4 21 39 .336 10 2 29 0 .267 3 4 4-5 38-0-0 1.000Richel Briones .178 51-40 118 8 21 5 0 1 10 29 .246 8 0 24 0 .228 1 3 1-1 20-1-1 .955--------------Whitney Johnson .000 47-42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 4-25-3 .906Randi Parks .000 23-16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 2-23-1 .962BISON .280 58-58 1610 243 451 65 5 25 209 601 .373 151 15 300 1 .346 7 56 53-66 1182-320-50 .968Opponents .225 58-58 1482 199 333 52 4 62 186 579 .391 167 12 370 1 .307 8 28 17-31 1179-546-93 .949

LOB - Team (419), Opp (318). DPs turned - Team (9), Opp (8). IBB - Team (6), Chmielewski 5, Konz 1, Opp (5). Picked off - Victa 1.

wPITCHING(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 SHAWhitney Johnson 2.61 26-18 47 42 34 9/0 0 276.0 200 112 103 134 324 28 2 36 1010 .198 20 9 3 6 13Randi Parks 4.45 7-7 23 16 11 2/0 0 118.0 131 85 75 33 46 24 2 25 470 .279 2 3 5 2 15Becca Gift 99.00 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 0.0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 1.000 0 0 0 0 0BISON 3.20 33-25 58 58 45 11/0 0 394.0 333 199 180 167 370 52 4 62 1482 .225 22 12 8 8 28Opponents 3.05 25-33 58 58 23 4/0 2 393.0 451 243 171 151 300 65 5 25 1610 .280 16 15 1 7 56PB - Team (10), McKenzie 10, Opp (13). Pickoffs - Team (6), McKenzie 6, Opp (1). SBA/ATT - McKenzie (17-31), Johnson (14-25), Parks (3-6).

wFIELDING(All games Sorted by Fielding pct)Player C PO A E FLD% DPs SBA CSB SBA% PB CITaylor Lynn 93 88 5 0 1.000 0 0 0 - 0 0Taylor Mortensen 38 38 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 - 0 0Maryssa McKenzie 426 391 31 4 .991 1 17 14 .548 10 0Elisa Victa 99 95 3 1 .990 0 0 0 - 0 0Melissa Chmielewski 304 286 12 6 .980 7 0 0 - 0 0Randi Parks 26 2 23 1 .962 1 3 3 .500 0 0Richel Briones 22 20 1 1 .955 0 0 0 - 0 0Brea Konz 136 59 70 7 .949 5 0 0 - 0 0Laurel Pipkin 178 98 70 10 .944 3 0 0 - 0 0Nicole Rivera 198 101 80 17 .914 5 0 0 - 0 0Whitney Johnson 32 4 25 3 .906 0 14 11 .560 0 0Cristina Borek 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 - 0 0Becca Gift 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 - 0 0BISON 1552 1182 320 50 .968 9 17 14 .548 10 0Opponents 1818 1179 546 93 .949 8 53 13 .803 13 0

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RECORD: 33-25 Overall 14-8 Summit / 10-6 Home / 10-13 Road / 13-6 NeutralDATE OPPONENT SCORE R H E / R H E INN RECORD Pitcher of record ATT TIME $Feb 12 Portland State W 2-1 2-3-1 / 1-3-1 7 1-0 Parks (W 1-0) 175 1:38$Feb 12 Cal St Northridge W 3-2 3-5-1/ 2-2-1 7 2-0 Johnson (W 1-0) 110 1:57$Feb 13 Ohio W 5-0 5-8-0/ 0-3-2 7 3-0 Parks (W 2-0) 225 1:42$Feb 13 #6 Arizona 0-6 L 0-4-1 / 6-5-0 7 3-1 Johnson (L 1-1) 727 1:52$Feb 14 Purdue 3-5 L 3-4-1 /5-7-0 7 3-2 Parks (L 2-1) 158 1:32#Feb 19 NC State 2-6 L 2-3-0/ 6-7-4 7 3-3 Johnson (L 1-2) 609 1:37#Feb 19 Hofstra 11-12 L 11-11-2/ 12-16-3 (9) 3-4 Johnson (L 1-3) 609 2:45#Feb 20 Michigan State W 2-1 2-8-0 / 1-4-1 7 4-4 Johnson (W 2-3) 526 1:48#Feb 20 USF 1-7 L 1-3-1 / 7-12-0 7 4-5 Parks (L 2-2) 526 1:54#Feb 21 Wright State W 7-1 7-16-2 / 1-5-2 7 5-5 Johnson (W 3-3) 426 2:08!Feb 25 UC Santa Barbara W 2-0 2-5-0 / 0-1-1 7 6-5 Johnson (W 4-3) 92 1:33!Feb 25 Drexel W 10-3 10-15-1 / 3-4-0 7 7-5 Johnson (W 5-3) 102 2:00!Feb 26 Memphis W 6-1 6-5-1 / 1-2-5 7 8-5 Johnson (W 6-3) 102 1:44&Mar 5 Utah State 4-11 L 4-9-1 / 11-9-1 7 8-6 Johnson (L 6-4) 68 2:05&Mar 5 at Colorado State 2-3 L 2-6-1 / 3-6-2 7 8-7 Johnson (L 6-5) 124 1:40&Mar 6 Utah Valley W 12-6 12-8-1 / 6-13-3 7 9-7 Johnson (W 7-5) 62 2:05&Mar 7 Utah State W 9-1 9-7-0 / 1-1-4 5 10-7 Johnson (W 8-5) 36 1:30&Mar 7 Utah Valley W 7-3 7-8-1 / 3-5-2 7 11-7 Parks (W 3-2) 49 1:30+Mar 12 Wright State W 1-0 1-4-2 / 0-3-0 7 12-7 Johnson (W 9-5) 820 1:30+Mar 12 Utah State W 4-2 4-9-0 / 2-7-2 7 13-7 Parks (W 4-2) 820 1:49+Mar 13 Wright State W 7-3 7-17-2 / 3-9-1 7 14-7 Parks (W 5-2) 1048 1:50+Mar 13 at #21 Texas A&M 0-4 L 0-4-0 / 4-8-0 7 14-8 Johnson (L 9-6) 1048 1:51+Mar 14 at #21 Texas A&M 2-5 L 2-7-1 / 5-7-0 7 14-9 Johnson (L 9-7) 758 1:45Mar 16 at Houston 3-4 L 3-4-0 / 4-7-2 (9) 14-10 Johnson (L 9-8) 266 2:06Mar 16 at Houston 3-6 L 3-5-0 / 6-8-2 7 14-11 Parks (L 5-3) 266 1:51Mar 17 at Sam Houston State W 7-2 7-9-0 / 2-3-4 7 15-11 Johnson (W 10-8) 612 1:55Mar 17 at Sam Houston State 1-2 L 1-9-3 / 2-10-2 (10) 15-12 Parks (L 5-4) 612 2:30*Mar 19 at Centenary W 7-2 7-13-1 / 2-1-1 7 16-12 1-0 Johnson (W 11-8) 131 1:55*Mar 19 at Centenary W 4-2 4-9-0 / 2-5-0 7 17-12 2-0 Johnson (W 12-8) 131 1:48*Mar 20 at Centenary W 11-3 11-11-1 / 3-4-2 6 18-12 3-0 Johnson (W 13-8) 111 1:45*Mar 26 at IUPUI 3-9 L 3-8-4 / 9-8-0 7 18-13 3-1 Johnson (L 13-9) 73 1:50*Mar 27 at IUPUI W 4-2 4-15-1 / 2-4-1 7 19-13 4-1 Johnson (W 14-9) 123 1:40*Mar 27 at IUPUI 2-9 L 2-7-1 / 9-7-4 7 19-14 4-2 Johnson (L 14-10) 123 1:59*Apr 2 IPFW 3-9 L 3-8-0 / 9-11-1 7 19-15 4-3 Johnson (L 14-11) 110 2:15*Apr 2 IPFW 3-4 L 3-8-1 / 4-7-2 7 19-16 4-4 Parks (L 5-5) 110 1:50*Apr 3 IPFW 1-2 L 1-4-0 / 2-7-0 (8) 19-17 4-5 Johnson (L 14-12) 75 1:58Apr 5 at Creighton 4-8 L 4-5-0 / 8-6-2 7 19-18 Parks (L 5-6) 75 2:02Apr 5 at Creighton 1-14 L 1-3-0 / 14-11-1 5 19-19 Johnson (L 14-13) 179 1:30*Apr 9 at Oakland W 6-0 6-10-0 / 0-2-4 7 20-19 5-5 Johnson (W 15-13) 54 1:51*Apr 10 at Oakland W 3-0 3-5-0/ 0-4-1 7 21-19 6-5 Johnson (W 16-13) 135 1:49*Apr 10 at Oakland W 4-0 4-11-2/ 0-4-2 7 22-19 7-5 Johnson (W 17-13) 135 1:48*Apr 16 WESTERN ILLINOIS W 7-4 7-7-1/ 4-3-1 7 23-19 8-5 Johnson (W 18-13) - 1:35*Apr 16 WESTERN ILLINOIS 2-4 L 2-6-3/ 4-11-1 7 23-20 8-6 Johnson (L 18-14) 87 1:48*Apr 17 WESTERN ILLINOIS W 4-2 4-9-1/ 2-5-2 7 24-20 9-6 Parks (W 6-6) 137 1:27*Apr 23 SOUTHERN UTAH W 7-0 7-6-1 / 0-4-2 7 25-20 10-6 Johnson (W 19-14) 115 1:41*Apr 23 SOUTHERN UTAH W 8-0 8-12-0/ 0-3-4 6 26-20 11-6 Johnson (W 20-14) 115 1:45*Apr 24 SOUTHERN UTAH 2-3 L 2-12-1/ 3-5-1 7 26-21 11-7 Johnson (L 20-15) 86 1:56Apr 27 SOUTH DAKOTA 0-1 L 0-7-0/ 1-1-0 7 26-22 Johnson (L 20-16) - 1:40Apr 27 SOUTH DAKOTA W 3-0 3-5-1/ 0-3-0 7 27-22 Parks (W 7-6) 97 1:25*May 2 UMKC W 8-0 8-9-2 / 0-1-4 6 28-22 12-7 Johnson (W 21-16) - 1:39*May 2 UMKC W 10-3 10-12-2/ 3-8-3 7 29-22 13-7 Johnson (W 22-16) 47 1:49*May 8 at South Dakota State W 6-3 6-15-0/ 3-6-1 7 30-22 14-7 Johnson (W 23-16) 116 1:59*May 8 at South Dakota State 2-6 L 2-6-1 / 6-10-2 7 30-23 14-8 Parks (L 7-7) 116 1:54^May 14 IPFW W 4-2 4-8-1 / 2-4-1 7 31-23 Johnson (W 24-16) 334 2:04^May 15 WESTERN ILLINOIS W 4-0 4-6-0 / 0-3-1 7 32-23 Johnson (W 25-16) 0 1:20^May 15 WESTERN ILLINOIS W 3-2 3-9-2 / 2-6-2 7 33-23 Johnson (W 26-15) 287 1:18%May 21 at #1 Washington 0-3 L 0-4-0 / 3-6-1 7 33-24 Johnson (L 26-17) 1610 2:03%May 22 Nebraska 1-5 L 1-5-0 / 5-6-1 7 33-25 Johnson (L 26-18) 437 1:48LEGEND: $ = Kajikawa Classic (Tempe, AZ); # = USF La Quinta Inn & Suites (Tampa, FL); ! = Gaucho Classic (Santa Barbara, CA);& = Colorado State Classic (Fort Collins, CO); + = Aggie Invitational (College Station, TX); ^ = Summit League Tournament (Fargo, ND)% = NCAA Seattle Regional (Seattle, WA)* = Summit League game() = extra inning gameBOLD = Home games

INNING-BY-INNING SUMMARY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 X TotalNorth Dakota State 37 29 36 41 45 32 23 0 0 0 243Opponents 66 16 28 11 25 30 19 1 2 1 199

Home attendance 1,600 (13 dates avg = 123)Away attendance 14,450 (41 dates avg = 352)Total attendance 16,050 (54 dates avg = 297)

WIN-LOSS SUMMARY

Total 33-25Summit League 14-8Non-League 19-17

Home 10-6Away 10-13Neutral 13-6

Day 33-24Night 0-1

vs Left 6-4vs Right 27-21

1-Run games 5-82-Run games 6-25+Run games 14-7

Extra inns 0-4Shutouts 11-4

Scoring 0-2 runs 4-16Scoring 3-5 runs 12-8Scoring 6-9 runs 13-0Scoring 10+ runs 4-1

Opponent 0-2 runs 25-3Opponent 3-5 runs 7-10Opponent 6-9 runs 1-9Opponent 10+ runs 0-3

Scored in 1st inning 16-4Scores first 27-3Opp. scores first 6-22

After 4 leading 27-1After 4 trailing 2-19After 4 tied 4-5After 5 leading 29-0After 5 trailing 0-19After 5 tied 3-5After 6 leading 26-2After 6 trailing 0-20After 6 tied 3-2

Hit 0 home runs 17-19Hit 1 home run 15-4Hit 2+ home runs 1-2

Opponent 0 home runs 21-5Opponent 1 home run 10-6Opponent 2+ HRs 2-14

Made 0 errors 12-11Made 1 error 14-10Made 2+ errors 7-4Opp. made 0 errors 4-8Opp. made 1 error 12-7Opp. made 2+ errors 17-10

Out-hit opponent 31-3Out-hit by opponent 1-17Hits are tied 1-5

Current losing streak 2Longest winning streak 6Longest losing streak 6

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THE SUMMIT LEAGUE

Now in its 29th year as an NCAA Division I athletics conference, The Summit League continues its renaissance and ascent both on the play-ing field and in the classroom. Originally formed in 1982 as the Association of Mid-Continent Universities and later known as the Mid-Continent Conference, The Summit League is in its fourth 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 athletic performances of all league student-athletes. Included in the plan was the league’s new name, the creation of a new image and the addition of three member institutions. The 10 Summit League member institutions 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 invitation to join the league with full membership during the 2011-12 academic year and began 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 after the 2010-11 season. These member institutions pride themselves on providing quality athletic, 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, softball, 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 automatic bids to the NCAA tournament in all applicable sports. Since its inception in 1982, The Summit League has had several transcendent moments on the national stage. In 1986, Cleveland State upset third-seeded Indiana in the first round of the NCAA men’s basket-

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ball tournament on its way to a berth in the Sweet 16. A decade later, Valparaiso captured the nation’s attention 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 national ranking and became the first Summit League school to reach the NCAA Super Regionals in 2006. The league has produced five NCAA champions, four Olympic athletes, and several All-Americans in the sports of track and field, swimming and diving, and cross country. Numerous professionals and several draft 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 selection. Former Summit Leaguers Kevin Duckworth (NBA) and Kevin Seitzer (MLB) each were two-time 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 athletics.

THE SUMMIT LEAGUE340 West Butterfield Road, Suite 3DElmhurst, Illinois 60126Phone: (630) 516-0661Fax: (630) 516-0673www.thesummitleague.org

StaffCommissioner .......................................Tom DoupleAssociate Commissioner .......................Myndee Kay LarsenAssistant Commissioner ........................Greg WalterDirector of Marketing ...........................Vanessa QuimpoDirector of Communications ................David BrauerAssoc. Dir. of Communications .............Greg MetteAsst. Dir. of Compliance/Admin. ...........Matthew BoyerOffice Manager .....................................Brenda HiltonCommunications Assistant ...................Stephanie Sabaduquia

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Membership At A GlanceCENTENARYNicknames: Gents/LadiesLocation: Shreveport, La.Enrollment: 887Founded: 1825Member Since: 2003-04

IPFWNickname: MastodonsLocation: Fort Wayne, Ind.Enrollment: 14,193Founded: 1964Member Since: 2007-08

IUPUINickname: JaguarsLocation: Indianapolis, Ind.Enrollment: 30,566Founded: 1969Member Since: 1998-99

UMKCNickname: KangaroosLocation: Kansas City, Mo.Enrollment: 14,221Founded: 1933Member Since: 1994-95

N. DAKOTA STATENickname: BisonLocation: Fargo, N.D.Enrollment: 14,407Founded: 1890Member Since: 2007-08

OAKLANDNickname: Golden GrizzliesLocation: Rochester, Mich.Enrollment: 19,053Founded: 1957Member Since: 1998-99

ORAL ROBERTSNickname: Golden EaglesLocation: Tulsa, Okla.Enrollment: 3,140Founded: 1963Member Since: 1997-98

S. DAKOTA STATENickname: JackrabbitsLocation: Brookings, S.D.Enrollment: 12,816Founded: 1881Member Since: 2007-08

SOUTHERN UTAHNickname: ThunderbirdsLocation: Cedar City, UtahEnrollment: 8,066Founded: 1897Member Since: 1997-98

WESTERN ILLINOISNickname: Fighting LeathernecksLocation: 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 N x-Western Illinois 19-2 .905 W9 9-0 10-2 0-0 35-19 .648 L1 11-4 14-11 10-4IPFW 17-6 .739 W3 10-1 7-5 0-0 29-19 .604 L1 12-3 13-10 4-6y-NORTH DAKOTA STATE 14-8 .636 L1 6-5 8-3 0-0 33-25 .569 L2 10-6 10-13 13-6South Dakota State 11-9 .550 W1 7-4 4-5 0-0 19-32 .373 L2 10-4 5-22 4-6UMKC 12-10 .545 W3 8-3 4-7 0-0 22-26 .458 W3 14-3 5-15 3-8IUPUI 11-13 .458 W1 6-6 5-7 0-0 16-37 .302 W1 8-11 8-24 0-2Oakland 7-16 .304 L9 4-8 3-8 0-0 17-37 .315 L5 6-9 7-16 4-12Southern Utah 6 18 .250 L3 5-7 1-11 0-0 10-41 .196 L7 5-10 2-22 3-9Centenary 4-19 .174 L1 3-9 1-10 0-0 10-34 .227 L1 5-14 2-18 3-2x- regular season championy- Summit League Tournament champion

w2010 SUMMIT LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPHosted by North Dakota State UniversityEllig Sports Complex, Fargo, N.D.Friday, May 14G1: (1) Western Illinois 4, (4) South Dakota State 0G2: (3) NORTH DAKOTA STATE 4, (2) IPFW 2G3: (2) IPFW 9, (4) South Dakota State 1Saturday, May 15G4: (3) NORTH DAKOTA STATE 4, (1) Western Illinois 1G5: (1) Western Illinois 1, (2) IPFW 0G6 (Championship Game): (3) NORTH DAKOTA STATE 3, (1) Western Illinois 2

All-Tournament Team: MVP--Whitney Johnson, North Dakota State, P; Dani Broshar, South Dakota State, C; Me-lissa Chmielewski, North Dakota State, 1B; Courtney Cronin, IPFW, P; Julie DePolo, Western Illinois, 3B; Kamren Ferguson, Western Illinois, P; Lauren Furgala, Western Illinois, SS; Kris Karpun, IPFW, C; Brea Konz, North Dakota State, 3B; Lori Pankratz, Western Illinois, 2B; Laurel Pipkin, North Dakota State, 2B; Kori Seidlitz, South Dakota State, P; Rachel Staschuk, IPFW, 1B/P; Elisa Victa, North Dakota State, LF.

w2010 NCAA SOFTBALL TOURNAMENTSEATTLE RegionalHosted by University of WahingtonHusky Softball Stadium, Seattle, Wash.Friday, May 21North Carolina 1, Nebraska 0#1 Washington 3, NORTH DAKOTA STATE 0Saturday, May 22Washington 1, North Carolina 0Nebraska 5, NORTH DAKOTA STATE 1Sunday, May 23North Carolina 1, Nebraska 0 (8)Washington 3, North Carolina 2 (8)

w2009-10 SUMMIT LEAGUE WINTER/SPRING ALL-ACADEMIC TEAMNorth Dakota State - Cristina Borek, So., Psychology, Carmel, Calif.; *#Melissa Chmielewski, Sr., Physical Educa-tion, Circle Pines, Minn.; Rebecca Gift, Fr., Exercise Science, Durham, N.C.; #Taylor Lynn, Sr., Exercise Science, San Mateo, Calif.; #Maryssa McKenzie, Sr., Child Development & Family Science, Brentwood, Calif.; #Laurel Pipkin, Sr., Criminal Justice, Alameda, Calif.*--Distinguished Scholar #--Also named to Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence withBrea Konz, So., Business Administration; Taylor Mortensen, So., Mathematics Education, and Elisa Victa, Jr., Hos-pitality and Tourism Management

w2010 SUMMIT LEAGUE STANDINGS SUMMIT LEAGUEAWARD WINNERS

Player of the YearMelissa Chmielewski, ND State

Pitcher of the YearCourtney Cronin

IPFW

Newcomer of the YearWhitney Johnson

ND State

Coach of the YearHolly Van VlymanWestern Illinois

wALL-SUMMIT LEAGUEFirst Team1B - Melissa Chmielewski, ND STATE2B - Kelly Fischer, UMKCSS - Nicole Rivera, ND STATE3B - Julie DePolo, Western IllinoisC - Kristina Karpun, IPFWOF - Beth Golitko, Western IllinoisOF - Norian James, Southern UtahOF - Colleen Biebel, Western IllinoisDP - Emily Ott, UMKCUTL - Anna Sokolik, UMKCP - Courtney Cronin, IPFWP - Kamren Ferguson, Western IllinoisSecond Team1B - Rachel Staschuk, IPFW2B - Laurel Pipkin, ND STATESS - Ashley Durazo, South Dakota State3B - Amy Raker, IUPUIC - Brittany Henderson, Southern UtahOF - Krista Honken, South Dakota StateOF - Kelsey Krych, OaklandOF - Devon Reick, South Dakota StateDP - Morgan McCabe, South Dakota StateUTL - Sara Dornelas, CentenaryP - Whitney Johnson, ND STATEP - Lori Pankratz, Western Illinois

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wBATTING(All games Sorted by Batting 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 .290 54 1474 203 428 73 7 29 184 602 .408 70 23 205 2 .330 10 36 39-54 1093-477-61 .963 UMKC .281 48 1233 208 347 62 10 16 175 477 .387 106 33 241 1 .353 6 35 65-77 911-330-68 .948 NORTH DAKOTA STATE .280 58 1610 243 451 65 5 25 209 601 .373 151 15 300 1 .346 7 56 53-66 1182-320-50 .968 South Dakota State .280 51 1326 196 371 60 6 23 176 512 .386 112 18 304 3 .343 6 52 29-41 976-403-59 .959 IPFW .271 48 1235 213 335 57 3 46 191 536 .434 142 24 235 6 .357 4 42 25-35 938-326-54 .959 Southern Utah .258 51 1237 174 319 50 9 18 151 441 .357 104 12 278 4 .320 5 18 64-76 879-395-92 .933 IUPUI .248 53 1392 188 345 56 1 37 172 514 .369 131 33 279 2 .325 9 24 29-41 1024-402-86 .943 Centenary .233 44 1075 147 251 59 4 22 128 384 .357 91 19 258 5 .303 6 11 36-49 819-356-51 .958 Oakland .229 54 1341 168 307 62 6 17 144 432 .322 142 21 342 1 .311 7 41 84-101 1037-426-94 .940 CI--SUU 2, SDSU 1, IUPUI 1.

wPITCHING(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 SHAIPFW 2.17 29-19 48 48 31 16/0 2 312.2 272 132 97 71 314 32 8 18 1203 .226 12 19 4 8 26Western Illinois 2.19 35-19 54 54 43 14/2 2 364.1 305 143 114 105 326 62 9 18 1372 .222 11 10 2 3 29NORTH DAKOTA STATE 3.20 33-25 58 58 45 11/0 0 394.0 333 199 180 167 370 52 4 62 1482 .225 22 12 8 8 28Oakland 3.34 17-37 54 54 30 2/0 3 345.2 405 262 165 88 247 59 6 34 1421 .285 13 43 5 15 43UMKC 4.47 22-26 48 48 28 5/0 1 303.2 372 261 194 119 300 67 8 42 1279 .291 23 12 1 4 29South Dakota State 4.93 19-32 51 51 29 3/1 2 325.1 437 273 229 151 255 78 14 24 1374 .318 11 24 4 9 40IUPUI 5.02 16-37 53 53 14 1/0 2 341.1 478 304 245 106 246 77 6 59 1455 .329 19 28 2 10 53Centenary 5.67 10-34 44 44 5 0/0 1 273.0 393 267 221 163 157 81 13 42 1167 .337 47 19 0 8 25Southern Utah 8.29 10-41 51 51 11 0/0 0 293.0 515 412 347 169 127 77 10 68 1375 .375 68 77 22 16 24PB - OU 36, CC 11, NDSU 10, SUU 10, UMKC 9, WIU 6, SDSU 5, IUPUI 5, IPFW 4. Pickoffs - NDSU 6, CC 2, UMKC 2, WIU 1, SUU 1.

wFIELDINGAll games Sorted by Fielding pct)TEAM C PO A E FLD% DPs SBA CSB SBA% PB CI NORTH DAKOTA STATE 1552 1182 320 50 .968 9 17 14 .548 10 0Western Illinois 1631 1093 477 61 .963 11 26 19 .578 6 0IPFW 1318 938 326 54 .959 6 42 7 .857 4 0South Dakota State 1438 976 403 59 .959 12 53 12 .815 5 1Centenary 1226 819 356 51 .958 8 49 17 .742 11 0UMKC 1309 911 330 68 .948 12 55 7 .887 9 0IUPUI 1512 1024 402 86 .943 19 79 17 .823 5 1Oakland 1557 1037 426 94 .940 9 100 12 .893 36 0Southern Utah 1366 87 395 92 .933 13 66 13 .835 10 2

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SUMMIT LEAGUEWEEKLY AWARD

WINNERSPITCHER OF THE WEEK2/15 Randi Parks, ND STATE2/22 Kamren Ferguson, Western Illinois3/1 Whitney Johnson, ND STATE3/8 Anna Sokolik, UMKC3/15 Lauren Highsmith, Centenary3/22 Kamren Ferugon, Western Illinois3/29 Courtney Cronin, IPFW4/5 Marisa Everitt, Oakland4/12 Courtney Cronin, IPFW Kamren Ferguson, Western Illinois4/19 Kori Seidlitz South Dakota State4/26 Kamren Ferguson Western Illinois5/3 Whitney Johnson ND STATE5/10 Deanna Friese UMKC

Melissa Chmielewski

PLAYER OF THE WEEK2/15 Melissa Chmielewski, ND STATE2/22 Nicole Rivera, ND STATE3/1 Kristina Karpun, IPFW3/8 Melissa Chmielewski, ND STATE3/15 Kristina Karpun, IPFW3/22 Melissa Chmielewski, ND STATE3/29 Jamie Goss, Western Illinois4/5 Anna Sokolik, UMKC4/12 Alicia Hayes, IUPUI4/19 Brea Konz, ND STATE4/26 Beth Golitko, Western Illinois5/3 Kristina Karpun, IPFW Kelsey Lunn, South Dakota State5/10 Melissa Chmielewski, ND STATE

wBATTINGAll games Sorted by Batting avg. -- 50% of team's games played)PLAYER AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF-SH SB-SBA Kristina Karpun, IPFW .399 48-48 138 33 55 12 0 15 43 112 .812 28 1 15 1 .497 2-2 0-0Kaelene Curry, UMKC .390 44-44 123 42 48 8 1 0 16 58 .472 23 9 11 0 .516 0-3 15-18M. Chmielewski, NDSU .385 58-58 182 40 70 19 0 10 59 119 .654 37 1 22 0 .489 1-1 0-1Ashley Durazo, SDSU .374 51-51 171 27 64 6 3 1 17 79 .462 11 1 14 0 .415 0-1 8-11Nicole Rivera, NDSU .370 58-58 208 47 77 7 2 0 17 88 .423 11 0 24 0 .402 0-3 27-32 Kelly Fischer, UMKC .363 46-46 146 27 53 9 2 0 18 66 .452 8 1 15 0 .397 1-8 15-20 Beth Golitko, WIU .357 50-47 154 21 55 9 0 5 27 79 .513 4 0 17 0 .373 0-1 4-5Julie DePolo, WIU .353 54-54 184 43 65 13 5 5 18 103 .560 10 3 13 0 .394 1-2 10-14 Krista Honken, SDSU .352 34-31 88 16 31 6 0 4 16 49 .557 9 3 18 0 .430 0-2 0-0 Emily Ott, UMKC .346 46-45 133 17 46 8 0 2 35 60 .451 11 6 24 0 .420 0-1 7-7 Anna Sokolik, UMKC .344 48-46 128 22 44 9 5 1 20 66 .516 6 0 22 0 .370 1-2 5-6 Rachel Staschuk, IPFW .343 47-47 137 22 47 9 0 3 18 65 .474 27 3 15 1 .461 0-1 0-2 Laurel Pipkin, NDSU .341 58-58 182 31 62 6 1 0 23 70 .385 9 2 26 0 .378 0-4 11-13Norian James, SUU .329 48-48 155 29 51 6 1 0 11 59 .381 4 3 24 0 .358 0-3 29-31Devon Reick, SDSU .327 51-51 159 23 52 5 0 0 12 57 .358 14 1 20 0 .385 0-10 8-11Morgan McCabe, SDSU .325 37-29 83 7 27 8 0 2 19 41 .494 7 0 21 0 .378 0-3 0-0 Sara Hopwood, IPFW .323 48-48 155 35 50 8 3 6 35 82 .529 12 0 21 0 .371 0-5 2-3 Pam Nicholson, SDSU .317 32-25 63 11 20 0 1 1 5 25 .397 3 1 17 0 .348 2-5 7-10 Brittany Henderson, SUU .313 49-47 128 22 40 3 2 1 20 50 .391 16 2 20 0 .392 2-2 10-11 Colleen Biebel, WIU .310 45-45 145 24 45 4 0 0 10 49 .338 4 2 14 0 .338 0-10 1-2 Jamie Goss, WIU .308 54-54 169 15 52 7 1 4 34 73 .432 12 5 10 0 .367 2-1 0-0 Leah DiCristofaro, OU .308 41-39 104 15 32 8 2 4 19 56 .538 12 2 26 0 .390 0-2 1-2 Lauren Furgala, WIU .306 54-54 173 28 53 14 0 3 23 76 .439 7 3 20 0 .344 0-1 9-15 Aly Daniels, SUU .297 51-51 138 27 41 10 1 8 38 77 .558 15 2 18 0 .372 1-0 5-6 Courtney Cronin, IPFW .295 45-42 132 21 39 5 0 7 20 65 .492 4 3 16 2 .331 0-1 0-1 Ariel Morbeck, SUU .294 47-45 119 17 35 2 0 0 12 37 .311 8 0 30 0 .336 1-3 4-5 Chelsie Hale, IUPUI .294 49-44 126 17 37 5 1 2 18 50 .397 12 3 17 0 .366 1-4 1-2 Dani Broshar, SDSU .293 51-51 147 32 43 13 1 6 26 76 .517 22 1 32 0 .386 1-1 1-1 Laura Wilcox, IUPUI .290 48-47 131 19 38 5 0 11 27 76 .580 10 4 29 0 .356 1-1 0-2 Leah Prewitt, IUPUI .289 53-51 149 19 43 13 0 3 25 65 .436 17 6 33 1 .384 0-0 2-2 Elisa Victa, NDSU .287 58-57 174 35 50 0 1 0 14 52 .299 21 2 29 0 .371 0-17 1-1 Haley Bassett, CC .286 26-26 70 15 20 7 0 1 9 3 .429 12 1 16 0 .398 0-0 4-5 Katie Olinger, SUU .282 30-10 39 2 11 2 1 0 5 15 .385 5 0 7 2 .364 0-0 1-1

wPITCHING(All games Sorted by Earned run avg -- min. 1 ip for team's games played)PLAYER ERA W-L G GS CG ShO/C SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR B/Avg WP HBP BKK. Ferguson, WIU 1.96 22-12 36 33 30 10/1 1 225 174 76 63 61 206 29 6 11 .208 9 7 0 C. Cronin, IPFW 1.97 18-11 35 30 21 11/0 1 177.1 146 68 50 43 168 13 4 3 .217 6 9 2R. Staschuk, IPFW 2.08 8-3 18 12 7 3/0 0 87.1 83 33 26 14 106 13 2 8 .241 2 5 2 Lori Pankratz, WIU 2.28 10-6 20 15 11 1/2 0 110 101 49 36 38 101 24 3 5 .242 1 2 1 W. Johnson, NDSU 2.61 26-18 47 42 34 9/0 0 276 200 112 103 134 324 28 2 36 .198 20 9 3 Marisa Everitt, OU 3.07 5-13 26 18 12 0/0 1 130 114 70 57 28 122 20 0 21 .235 3 19 0 Brittany Doyle, OU 3.17 10-16 30 28 17 2/0 0 161.1 208 122 73 49 100 26 4 9 .305 7 19 4 Anna Sokolik, UMKC 3.40 10-8 24 19 12 1/0 0 117.1 146 79 57 27 74 21 3 9 .293 6 3 0 D. Friese, UMKC 3.96 12-12 32 24 16 4/0 0 146.2 150 106 83 62 208 28 5 22 .259 10 4 1 Amy Raker, IUPUI 4.02 4-4 24 6 2 1/0 1 62.2 98 47 36 21 29 13 0 8 .359 5 1 0 Randi Parks, NDSU 4.45 7-7 23 16 11 2/0 0 118 131 85 75 33 46 24 2 25 .279 2 3 5 Sara Dornelas, CC 4.58 9-22 40 30 5 0/0 0 159 212 136 104 62 101 41 8 25 .319 13 10 0S. Bumbaugh, IUPUI 4.62 6-18 37 23 8 0/0 0 156 191 126 103 34 140 36 2 31 .301 2 17 0 Kori Seidlitz, SDSU 4.70 14-18 39 34 18 2/1 0 193.2 244 156 130 105 144 42 5 14 .307 4 10 4

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wBATTINGMIn.-1 Game/75% of Games, 2 AB/GBatting avg 1. Kristina Karpun, IPFW .3992. Kaelene Curry, UMKC .3903. Melissa Chmielewski, NDSU .3854. Ashley Durazo, SDSU .3745. Nicole Rivera, NDSU .3706. Kelly Fischer, UMKC .3637. Beth Golitko, WIU .3578. Julie DePolo, WIU .3539. Emily Ott, UMKC .34610.Anna Sokolik, UMKC .344

Slugging pct 1. Kristina Karpun, IPFW .8122. Melissa Chmielewski, NDSU .6543. Cassie Wolfe, IPFW .5854. Laura Wilcox, IUPUI .5805. Julie DePolo, WIU .5606. Aly Daniels, SUU .5587. Sara Hopwood, IPFW .5298. Dani Broshar, SDSU .5179. Anna Sokolik, UMKC .51610. Beth Golitko, WIU .513

On base pct 1. Kaelene Curry, UMKC .5162. Kristina Karpun, IPFW .4973. Melissa Chmielewski, NDSU .4894. Rachel Staschuk, IPFW .4615. Emily Ott, UMKC .4206. Ashley Durazo, SDSU .4157. Nicole Rivera, NDSU .4028. Kelly Fischer, UMKC .3979. Haley Emerson, OU .39510. Julie DePolo, WIU .394

wPITCHING Min. - 1 Game, 2.0 IP/GameEarned run avg 1. Kamren Ferguson, WIU 1.962. Courtney Cronin, IPFW 1.973. Rachel Staschuk, IPFW 2.084. Lori Pankratz, WIU 2.285. Whitney Johnson, NDSU 2.616. Marisa Everitt, OU 3.077. Brittany Doyle, OU 3.178. Anna Sokolik, UMKC 3.409. Deanna Friese, UMKC 3.9610. Amy Raker, IUPUI 4.02 Opposing bat avg 1. Whitney Johnson, NDSU .1982. Kamren Ferguson, WIU .2083. Courtney Cronin, IPFW .2174. Marisa Everitt, OU .2355. Rachel Staschuk, IPFW .2416. Lori Pankratz, WIU .2427. Deanna Friese, UMKC .2598. Randi Parks, NDSU .2799. Anna Sokolik, UMKC .29310. Samantha Bumbaugh, IUPUI .301 Innings pitched 1. Whitney Johnson, NDSU 276.02. Kamren Ferguson, WIU 225.03. Kori Seidlitz, SDSU 193.24. Courtney Cronin, IPFW 177.15. Brittany Doyle, OU 161.16. Sara Dornelas, CC 159.07. Samantha Bumbaugh, IUPUI 156.08. Deanna Friese, UMKC 146.29. Pam Nicholson, SDSU 131.210. Marisa Everitt, OU 130.0

Runs scored 1. Nicole Rivera, NDSU 472. Julie DePolo, WIU 433. Kaelene Curry, UMKC 424. Melissa Chmielewski, NDSU 405. Elisa Victa, NDSU 355. Sara Hopwood, IPFW 357. Kristina Karpun, IPFW 338. Dani Broshar, SDSU 329. Laurel Pipkin, NDSU 3110. Two tied at 29

Hits 1. Nicole Rivera, NDSU 772. Melissa Chmielewski, NDSU 703. Julie DePolo, WIU 654. Ashley Durazo, SDSU 645. Laurel Pipkin, NDSU 626. Beth Golitko, WIU 556. Kristina Karpun, IPFW 558. Lauren Furgala, WIU 538. Kelly Fischer, UMKC 5310. Two tied at 52

Runs batted in 1. Melissa Chmielewski, NDSU 592. Kristina Karpun, IPFW 433. Aly Daniels, SUU 384. Emily Ott, UMKC 354. Sara Hopwood, IPFW 356. Jamie Goss, WIU 347. Cassie Wolfe, IPFW 318. Four tied at 27

Doubles 1. Melissa Chmielewski, NDSU 192. Lauren Furgala, WIU 143. Leah Prewitt, IUPUI 133. Julie DePolo, WIU 133. Dani Broshar, SDSU 133. Katie Dreyer, OU 137. Kristina Karpun, IPFW 128. Brea Konz, NDSU 118. Allison Shepperd, CC 1110. Aly Daniels, SUU 10

Triples 1. Julie DePolo, WIU 51. Anna Sokolik, UMKC 53. Sara Hopwood, IPFW 33. Ashley Durazo, SDSU 33. Kalyn Harris, CC 36. Seven tied at 2

Home runs1. Kristina Karpun, IPFW 152. Laura Wilcox, IUPUI 112. Alicia Hayes, IUPUI 114. Melissa Chmielewski, NDSU 104. Cassie Wolfe, IPFW 106. Aly Daniels, SUU 87. Courtney Cronin, IPFW 78. Four tied at 6

Walks 1. Melissa Chmielewski, NDSU 372. Kristina Karpun, IPFW 283. Rachel Staschuk, IPFW 274. Haley Emerson, OU 265. Kaelene Curry, UMKC 236. Dani Broshar, SDSU 227. Elisa Victa, NDSU 218. Katie Dreyer, OU 188. Kelsey Krych, OU 1810. Four tied at 17

Stolen bases 1. Kelsey Krych, OU 342. Norian James, SUU 293. Nicole Rivera, NDSU 274. Anne Cicchini, OU 185. Kaelene Curry, UMKC 155. Kelly Fischer, UMKC 157. Sarah Swanson, IPFW 138. Laurel Pipkin, NDSU 119. Four tied at 10

At bats 1. Nicole Rivera, NDSU 2082. Julie DePolo, WIU 1843. Melissa Chmielewski, NDSU 1823. Laurel Pipkin, NDSU 1825. Elisa Victa, NDSU 1745. Brea Konz, NDSU 1747. Lauren Furgala, WIU 1738. Ashley Durazo, SDSU 1719. Jamie Goss, WIU 16910. Maryssa McKenzie, NDSU 163

Batters struck out 1. Whitney Johnson, NDSU 3242. Deanna Friese, UMKC 2083. Kamren Ferguson, WIU 2064. Courtney Cronin, IPFW 1685. Kori Seidlitz, SDSU 1446. Samantha Bumbaugh, IUPUI 1407. Marisa Everitt, OU 1228. Pam Nicholson, SDSU 1119. Rachel Staschuk, IPFW 10610. Two tied at 101 Wins 1. Whitney Johnson, NDSU 262. Kamren Ferguson, WIU 223. Courtney Cronin, IPFW 184. Kori Seidlitz, SDSU 145. Deanna Friese, UMKC 126. Lori Pankratz, WIU 106. Anna Sokolik, UMKC 106. Brittany Doyle, OU 109. Sara Dornelas, CC 910. Rachel Staschuk, IPFW 8 Appearances 1. Whitney Johnson, NDSU 472. Sara Dornelas, CC 403. Kori Seidlitz, SDSU 394. Samantha Bumbaugh, IUPUI 374. Kristina Brooks, SUU 376. Kamren Ferguson, WIU 366. Bubba Kearns, SUU 368. Courtney Cronin, IPFW 359. Lauren Highsmith, CC 339. Pam Nicholson, SDSU 33

Games started 1. Whitney Johnson, NDSU 422. Kori Seidlitz, SDSU 343. Kamren Ferguson, WIU 334. Courtney Cronin, IPFW 304. Sara Dornelas, CC 306. Brittany Doyle, OU 287. Deanna Friese, UMKC 248. Samantha Bumbaugh, IUPUI 239. Bubba Kearns, SUU 2010. Two tied at 19

Games finished 1. Lauren Highsmith, CC 202. Pam Nicholson, SDSU 163. Kristina Brooks, SUU 153. Amy Raker, IUPUI 155. Regina Salvatore, CC 145. Bubba Kearns, SUU 147. Alison Tansel, OU 117. Kara Bendt, SUU 117. Samantha Bumbaugh, IUPUI 1110. Nicole Natter, IUPUI 10

Games in relief 1. Lauren Highsmith, CC 292. Regina Salvatore, CC 213. Amy Raker, IUPUI 183. Kristina Brooks, SUU 185. Pam Nicholson, SDSU 165. Kara Bendt, SUU 165. Bubba Kearns, SUU 168. Nicole Natter, IUPUI 148. Samantha Bumbaugh, IUPUI 1410. Alison Tansel, OU 11

Losses 1. Sara Dornelas, CC 222. Samantha Bumbaugh, IUPUI 182. Bubba Kearns, SUU 182. Whitney Johnson, NDSU 182. Kori Seidlitz, SDSU 186. Brittany Doyle, OU 167. Kristina Brooks, SUU 158. Pam Nicholson, SDSU 149. Marisa Everitt, OU 1310. Two tied at 12 Runners picked off 1. Maryssa McKenzie, NDSU 62. Lauren Rodrigues, UMKC 22. Haley Bassett, CC 24. Nikki Marinec, WIU 14. Brittany Henderson, SUU 1

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wYEAR-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 EugeneLenti WesternIllinois 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 EugeneLenti WesternIllinois Chicago,Ill.1998 DePaul(East)47-8(10-0)/W.Illinois(West)23-24(9-2) DePaul EugeneLenti WesternIllinois Macomb,Ill.1999 DePaul54-14(22-0) DePaul EugeneLenti WesternIllinois 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.2010 Western Illinois (35-19, 19-2) North Dakota State Darren Mueller Western Illinois Fargo, N.D.

wYEARLY 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 MissyNowak,DePaul DestinyMollison,Illinois-Chicago ErinHickey,DePaul MikeMcGovern,Illinois-Chicago MissyPorzel,EasternIllinois1995 MissyNowak,DePaul KimberleeBlackmore,DePaul MichelleOswald,NEIllinois EugeneLenti,DePaul MissyNowak,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 LizaBrown,DePaul NicoleTerpstra,DePaul DanaJakusz,DePaul EugeneLenti,DePaul LizaBrown,DePaul1999 LizaBrown,DePaul NicoleTerpstra,DePaul ChristyAdamson,IUPUI EugeneLenti,DePaul NicoleTerpstra,DePaul2000 Bridget Maxwell, W. Illinois Holly Killion, Western Illinois Brandy Moser, IUPUI Laurel Simmons, Southern Utah Holly Killion, Western Illinois2001 BridgetMaxwell,W.Illinois KristinSmith,WesternIllinois JaymieVoss,Oakland ScottOgg,Oakland BridgetMaxwell,WesternIllinois2002 LaceeLePrey,SouthernUtah LindseyDavis,UMKC LindseyDavis,UMKC CarlaMarchetti,UMKC ErickaBurns,Oakland2003 ErickaBurns,Oakland NicoleMarzano,Oakland ChristieMcFarland,IUPUI LaurelSimmons,SouthernUtah ErickaBurns,Oakland Mike Tomlinson, Oakland2004 Lacee LePrey, Southern Utah Cheyenne Daries, Centenary Micah Rhodes, Centenary Laurel Simmons, Southern Utah Cheyenne Daries, Centenary2005 TiffanyBurt,SouthernUtah KarenmariePena,WesternIllinois TiffanyBurt,SouthernUtah JuliePratt,IUPUI LindseyJones,Centenary2006 MarciPratt,SouthernUtah LauraChomokos,Oakland EmeraldDoria,Centenary GlennMacDonald,Oakland TiffanyBurt,SouthernUtah2007 MarciPratt,SouthernUtah KamrenFerguson,WesternIllinois LaurenFurgala,WesternIllinois HollyVanVlymen,WesternIllinois BobbiJoMerrill,SouthernUtah2008 Melissa Chmielewski, NDState Allison Bakke, NDState Elisa Victa, NDState Darren Mueller, NDState Nikki Marinec, Western Illinois SamanthaValentine,WesternIllinois2009 Kelly Cantrell, ND State Kamren Ferguson, Western Illinois Jamie Goss, Western Illinois Holly Van Vlymen, Western Illinois Andi Padilla, ND State2010 Melissa Chmielewski, NDState Courtney Cronin, IPFW Whitney Johnson, ND State Holly Van Vlymen, Western Illinois Whitney Johnson, ND State*The Newcomer of the Year award was changed to the Freshman of the Year in 2006

wLEAGUE 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 3-4 .429 7 2IUPUI 1-4 .200 5 2UMKC 5-10 .333 15 5North Dakota State 6-1 .857 7 2 2009. '10Northeastern Illinois 1-2 .333 3 1Northern Illinois 8-4 .667 12 2Oakland 12-8 .579 19 5 2002, ’03South Dakota State 0-2 .000 2 1Southern Utah 15-18 .455 33 11 2006, ’07Troy State 4-3 .571 7 2 1996Valparaiso 2-6 .250 8 3Western Illinois 36-30 .545 66 18 1993, ’00, ’01, ’08Youngstown State 1-8 .111 9 4

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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.Mortensonvs.BluefieldSt.,3-16-98 5, Nikki Flynn vs. MacMurray, 3-15-98Season: 126, Nikki Flynn, 1998Career: 442, Nikki Flynn-Gregg, 1997-00

Highest Batting 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 Batted In:Game: 8, Melissa Chmielewski vs. Drexel, 2-25-10Season:73,MaryGramenz,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 Attempts:Game: 5, Nikki Flynn vs. North Dakota, 4-22-00 5, Nikki Flynn vs. Edinboro, 3-8-99 5,M.Mortensonvs.Dr.MartinLuther,4-28-95Season: 87, Nikki Flynn, 1998Career: 282, Nikki Flynn-Gregg, 1997-00

Most Doubles:Game: 3,SarahSchmitzvs.JohnsonC.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,MaryGramenz,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 Batters 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,AmberGarrett,2005Career:0.88,AmberGarrett,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 BattersGame: 4, Allison Bakke vs. Iowa State, 3-29-05Season: 12, Andi Padilla, 2009 12, Allison Bakke, 2005Career: 25, Allison Bakke, 2005-08

No-Hitters (20)Andi Padilla vs. UMKC, 3-21-09 (5)Andi Padilla vs. Creighton, 3-18-09 (7)*AmberGarrettvs.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)CourtneyLacockvs.SWBaptist,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,byninedifferentathletes,on11occasions MaryssaMcKenzievs.SouthernUtah,4-23-10 (Lynnae Foshag, 2004-07 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: 1,310, Melissa Chmielewski, 2007-10

Most Fielding Chances:Game: 22, Janice Thompson vs. SDSU, 4-6-84Season: 556, Mindy Zorn, 1996Career: 1,415, Melissa Chmielewski, 2007-10

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,AmberGarrettvs.ColoradoState,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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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 Batters 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 BattersGame: 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:23vs.BluefieldState,3-16-98Season: 761, 1998Hits Per Game: 9.51 hpg (761 in 80 games), 1998

Highest Batting Average:Game: .657(23x35)vs.BluefieldSt.,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: 26vs.BluefieldState,3-16-98 26 vs. Mayville State, 4-4-95Season: 509, 1998Runs Per Game: 8.08 rpg (105 in 13 games), 1976

Most Runs Batted 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, 4-16-95Attempts in a Game: 15 vs. St. Thomas, 3-30-96SB%/Game: 100% (14-14) vs. Mayville St., 4-16-95Season: 218, 1998Attempts in a Season: 264, 1998 Most Doubles:Game:8vs.BluefieldState,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: 6 vs. Southern Utah, 4-23-11Season: 23, 2000 & 1997

StrikeoutsGame: 19 vs. Barry U., 5-17-02 (10)Fewest K's: 30 k's/382 ab), 1976Season: 300, 2010

Left 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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At-Bats1. 952 Nikki Flynn, 1997-002. 882 Shelly Rhein, 1998-013. 841 Megan Cooper, 1996-994. 806 SarahSchmitz,1996-995. 800 MaryGramenz,1996-996. 763 Jess Christensen, 2000-037. 731 Laurel Pipkin, 2007-108. 711 Melissa Chmielewski, 2007-109. 658 Nikki Almquist,1998-0110. 631 Kelly Cantrell, 2006-09

Hits1. 442 Nikki Flynn, 1997-002. 344 Shelly Rhein, 1998-013. 310 SarahSchmitz,1996-994. 305 MaryGramenz,1996-995. 289 Megan Cooper, 1996-996. 270 Jess Christensen, 2000-037. 258 Melissa Chmielewski, 2007-108. 250 Jenny Bakke, 2001-049. 225 Nikki Almquist, 1998-0110. 212 Laurel Pipkin, 2007-10

Runs Scored1. 304 Nikki Flynn, 1997-002. 216 Shelly Rhein, 1998-013. 204 Megan Cooper, 1996-994. 203 MaryGramenz,1996-995. 190 SarahSchmitz,1996-996. 181 Jess Christensen, 2000-037. 163 Jenny Bakke, 2001-048. 140 Nikki Almquist,1998-019. 133 Amber Hall, 1995-9810. 127 Melissa Chmielewski, 2007-10

Runs Batted In1. 263 Shelly Rhein, 1998-012. 246 MaryGramenz,1996-993. 181 Jenny Bakke, 2001-044. 153 Nikki Almquist,1998-015. 211 Melissa Chmielewski, 2007-106. 145 SarahSchmitz,1996-997. 142 Kelly Cantrell, 2006-098. 135 Jess Christensen, 2000-039. 120 Megan Cooper, 1996-9910. 99 Gerice Olson, 1997-00

Batting Average1. .464 Nikki Flynn, 1997-20002. .418 Autumn Ross, 1976-783. .408 Jenny Bakke, 2001-044. .390 Shelly Rhein, 1998-015. .385 SarahSchmitz,1996-996. .381 MaryGramenz,1996-997. .372 Linda Degerness, 1977-788. .363 Melissa Chmielewski, 2007-109. .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 SarahSchmitz,1996-995. 262 MaryGramenz,1996-996. 243 Nikki Almquist,1998-017. 239 Gerice Olson, 1997-008. 237 Jess Christensen, 2000-03T9. 227 Melissa Chmielewski, 2007-10T9. 227 Laurel Pipkin, 2007-10

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Doubles1. 82 Shelly Rhein, 1998-012. 66 MaryGramenz,1996-993. 61 Jess Christensen, 2000-034. 53 Melissa Chmielewski, 2007-105. 49 Jenny Bakke, 2001-046. 42 Gerice Olson, 1997-007. 39 SarahSchmitz,1996-998. 38 Kelly Cantrell, 2006-09T9. 37 Lynnae Foshag, 2004-07T9. 37 Julie Fromm, 1999-01

Triples1. 17 MaryGramenz,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 SarahSchmitz,1996-99T9. 8 Mindy Zorn, 1995-1997

Home Runs1. 53 Shelly Rhein, 1998-012. 38 Melissa Chmielewski, 2007-103. 36 Jenny Bakke, 2001-044. 33 MaryGramenz,1996-995. 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. 95 Melissa Chmielewski, 2007-104. 89 Nikki Flynn, 1997-005. 81 Nikki Almquist,1998-016. 79 Megan Cooper, 1996-99T7. 73 SarahSchmitz,1996-99T7. 73 MaryGramenz,1996-999. 66 Jessie Benson, 2002-0310. 61 Lindsey Graham, 2001-04

Stolen Bases1. 250 Nikki Flynn, 1997-002. 134 Megan Cooper, 1996-993. 84 SarahSchmitz,1996-994. 76 Amber Hall, 1995-985. 64 Nicole Rivera, 2008-6. 59 MaryGramenz,1996-997. 58 Michelle Mortenson, 1995-988. 56 Nikki Almquist,1998-019. 52 Gerice Olson, 1997-0010. 49 HeatherHyatt,2002-05

Sacrifices1. 52 Megan Cooper, 1996-992. 42 Elisa Victa, 2008-3. 39 SarahSchmitz,1996-994. 36 Molly Pufall, 2000-03T5. 31 Jennifer Morse, 2004-07T5. 31 Jess Christensen, 2000-03T7. 28 Jackie Currie, 2006-09T7. 28 Grete Peterson, 2004-07T7. 28 Gerice Olson, 1997-0010. 26 Lynnae Foshag, 2004-07

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, 2005-08

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 AmberGarrett,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. 1415 Melissa Chmielewski, 2007-102. 1410 Kelly Cantrell, 2006-093. 1310 Mindy Zorn, 1995-974. 1299 Shelly Rhein, 1998-015. 1297 Amy Huberty, 1999-02

Putouts1. 1310 Melissa Chmielewski, 2007-102. 1241 Mindy Zorn, 1995-973. 1221 Kelly Cantrell, 2006-094. 1189 Shelly Rhein, 1998-015. 1184 Amy Huberty, 1999-02

Assists1. 619 Nikki Flynn, 1997-002. 548 Megan Cooper, 1996-993. 522 MaryGramenz,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. .992 (452-42-40)MaryssaMcKenzie,'07-104. .991 (207-15-2) Taylor Lynn, 2007-105. .989(346-15-4)SarahSchmitz,1996-99

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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 MaryGramenz,3b(2nd) Julie Fromm, P (2nd)

CoSIDA College DivisionAcademic All-American

2010 Melissa Chmielewski, 1b (U-1st)2008 AimeeEnzler,DP(U-2nd)2000 Michelle Wiest, RF (C-1st)1999 SarahSchmitz,CF(C-1st)1998 SarahSchmitz,CF(C-1st)1997 SarahSchmitz,CF(C-2nd)

NCAA Division II NationalAll-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 BreaKonz,3b2008 Melissa Chmielewski, 1b/3b Bekki Rasmussen, P AimeeEnzler,1b-DP Kelly Vivant, OF2007 AimeeEnzler,1b-DP Melissa Chmielewski, 1b Grete Peterson, CF Bekki Rasmussen, P2006 Lynnae Foshag, LF Grete Peterson, CF Erin Troup, RF AimeeEnzler,1b Meghan Norris, 2b Bekki Rasmussen, P2005 AimeeEnzler,1b AmberGarrett,P HeatherHyatt,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 HopeHepfinger,C Melissa Hobson, 1b/P Meghan Norris, 3b Megan Slater, OF2001 Michelle Wiest, OF Melissa Hobson, P Mia Frye, OF

BISON ALL-AMERICANS

Sarah Schmitz, CF1997-98-99

Mary Gramenz, 3b1999

Julie Fromm, P1999-00-01

2000 Gerice Olson, C/DP1999 Megan Cooper, SS SarahSchmitz,CF Gerice Olson, C/DP Michelle Wiest, OF1998 Megan Cooper, SS SarahSchmitz,CF Sally Obernolte, 1b/3b Gerice Olson, C Michelle Wiest, OF1997 Megan Cooper, SS SarahSchmitz,CF Sally Obernolte, 3b Michelle Mortenson,RF Gerice Olson, C/DH1996 SarahSchmitz,CF Megan Cooper, SS1995 Michelle Drill, 3b Jill Armer, P/SS

NCAA Div. II North Central RegionalAll-Tournament Team

2004 HeatherHyatt,CF Cindy Castleberry, C2003 Lindsey Graham, P Jenny Bakke, 2b (MVP) Jessie Benson, OF2002 DawnSlettum,3b KristiHenrichsen,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 SarahSchmitz,CF

Louisville Slugger/NFCADivision I All-Midwest Region

2010 Melissa Chmielewski, 1b (2nd)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) HeatherHyatt,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)2000 Julie Fromm, P (1st) Shelly Rhein, C (1st) Nikki Flynn-Gregg, SS (1st) Nikki Almquist, LF (1st) Michelle Wiest, RF (2nd)

Nikki Flynn-Gregg, SS2000

Shelly Rhein, C2000-01

Michelle Wiest, RF2000

Lindsey Graham, P2002-03-04

1999 Julie Fromm, P (1st) Shelly Rhein, C (1st) MaryGramenz,3b(1st) Nikki Flynn, SS (1st) SarahSchmitz,CF(2nd)1998 Sara Bosch, P (1st) Shelly Rhein, C (1st) MaryGramenz,3b(1st) SarahSchmitz,CF(1st) Nikki Flynn, SS (1st)1997 SarahSchmitz,CF(1st) MaryGramenz,3b(1st) Sara Bosch, P/1b (2nd) Nikki Flynn, SS (2nd)1996 SarahSchmitz,CF MaryGramenz,3b1992 Deb Lien, CF

Summit LeaguePlayer of the Year

2010 Melissa Chmielewski, 1b2009 Kelly Cantrell, C2008 Melissa Chmielewski, 1b

Summit LeaguePitcher of the Year

2008 Allison Bakke

Summit LeagueFreshman of the Year

2010 Whitney Johnson, P2008 Elisa Victa, LF

All-Summit League2010 Melissa Chmielewski, 1b (1st) Nicole Rivera, SS (1st) Whitney Johnson, P (2nd) Laurel Pipkin, 2b (2nd)2009 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

2010 Whitney Johnson, P (MVP) Melissa Chmielewski, 1b BreaKonz,3b Laurel Pipkin, 2b Elisa Victa, LF2009 Andi Padilla, P (MVP) Kelly Cantrell, C BreaKonz,3b Elisa Victa, LF Taylor Lynn, CF

Summit LeaguePitcher/Player of the Week

2010 Randi Parks, P Whitney Johnson, P (2) Melissa Chmielewski (4) Nicole Rivera, SS BreaKonz,3b2009 Andi Padilla, P (2) Melissa Chmielewski, 1b (2)

Jess Christensen, CF2003

Jenny Bakke, 2b2003-04

Aimee Enzler, DP-1b2008

BISON HONORS

2008 Allison Bakke, P (5) Bekki Rasmussen, P Melissa Chmielewski, 1b (2) Laurel Pipkin, 2b AimeeEnzler,DP

Division I IndependentPitcher of the Year

2007 Allison Bakke2006 AmberGarrett

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 AmberGarrett,P(1st) Kelly Cantrell, C (1st) Lynnae Fohsag, LF (1st) Jackie Currie, 3b (2nd) Jennifer Morse, SS (2nd)2005 Allison Bakke, P/DP (1st) AmberGarrett,P(2nd) Lynnae Foshag, LF (2nd) HeatherHyatt,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 AmberGarrett,P(5) Allison Bakke2005 AimeeEnzler,1b Grete Peterson, CF HeatherHyatt,IF/OF Allison Bakke, P (2) AmberGarrett,P

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The North Dakota State University women's softballprogramclaimedtheNCAADivisionIINationalChampionshipin2000initsthirdtriptothe tournament.

NorthDakotaStatemadeitsfirst-everNCAADivisionIIplayoffappearancein1998anditsfirst-ever NCAA Division I regional appearance in 2009. The Bison have compiled a 27-19 record overall in the NCAA tournament, including 3-4 at Division I.

2010 NCAA Seattle Regional (Seattle, Wash.)L. Washington, 0-3L. Nebraska, 1-5

2009 NCAA Super Regional (Tempe, Ariz.)L. ArizonaState,0-11L. ArizonaState,0-32009 NCAA Norman Regional (Norman, Okla.)D. Oklahoma, 1-0 (11)D. Tulsa, 3-2D. 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 National 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 National 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 National 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 National 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: 9NDSU Division I Tourney Appearances: 2NDSU in NCAA Tournament (Overall): 27-19NDSU in NCAA Division I Tournament: 3-4

North Dakota State University short-stop Nikki Flynn-Gregg has plenty of individual NCAA records, but now she hasanationalchampionshiptrophytogowith it."Thisisdefinitely

the cake," said a wide-smiling Flynn-GreggafterNDSUdefeated Kennesaw State 3-1 to win the 2000 NCAA Division IISoftballChampion-ship on Sunday be-fore a crowd of 247 at South Commons Stadium.

"The rest I look at asfrostingonthecake."

Flynn-Gregg will be handing out plenty of cake as the Bison softballprogramclaimedtheirfirstnationaltitleinthreeNCAAtournamentappearances.

"The big key for us was to go out and have fun, and play relaxed. These kids knowhowtoplaysoftball,"saidNDSUhead 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 outhitters,andMike (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 opportunistic.Thistimetheopportu-nity presented itself on defense when freshmancenterfielderJess Christensen chaseddownChristineHochdorfer'sblast

toleftcenterbeforehittingtheportable fence for the third out inthefirstinning.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.

ThecatchdeflatedtheOwls(56-8),whowonbacktobackNCAAtitlesin1995-96.

"It was a game of inches. The girl (Christensen) made a great play to keep (Christine)Hochdorfer'shomeruninthe

ballpark," said KSU head coach ScottWhitlock.

"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-tionalliftfromChristensen's catch in the bottomofthe

frame, taking advantage of two Kennesaw State errors and Michelle Wiest's two-run doubletoleftcenter.ItwasthefifthstraightgameNDSU

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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—MaryGramenz,3b

All-North Central Conference 2004—Lindsey Graham, P; Jenny Bakke, 2b; Heather Hyatt,CF;LynnaeFoshag,LF;CindyCastleberry,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—JulieFromm,P;ShellyRhein,C;MaryGramenz, 3b;SarahSchmitz,CF;NikkiFlynn,SS 1998—MaryGramenz,3b;SarahSchmitz,CF;Sara Bosch, P; Nikki Flynn, SS; Shelly Rhein, C 1997—SarahSchmitz,CF;MaryGramenz,3b 1996—SarahSchmitz,CF;MaryGramenz,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—MeganCooper,SS;SarahSchmitz,CF 1998—SarahSchmitz,CF 1997—SarahSchmitz,CF 1996—Jill Armer, P 1993—Kim Trainor, SS 1992—Deb Lien. CF 1991—DawnBruesehoff,1b;DebLien,CF 1990 —DawnBruesehoff,1b 1989—Chris Hubred, C 1988—Chris Hubred, C 1987—Chris Hubred, 3b; Tana Rowley, SS 1986—Tana Rowley, SS; Pat Eklo, OF 1985—PattyHogevedt,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—MaryGramenz,3b;JulieFromm,P(3); NikkiAlmquist, LF; Amber Miller, P; Shelly Rhein, C/OF; Nikki Flynn, SS. 1998—MaryGramenz,3b;NikkiFlynn,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

struckfirstwithFlynn-Gregginthemiddleof it. She reached base and scored in the opening frame for thefourthtimeinfivegamesatthetourney.

The Owls cut thedeficitto3-1in the second us-ing a Nikki Scholer double and fielder'schoicetopush across the run. The scoring was surprisingly doneafterthat,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 inthefirsttwoinning," said Whitlock.

Julie Fromm shut down Kennesaw State afterthat,allowingjustatwo-outsingletoNikoleBlueinthefifth.Frommretiredthelastsevenbattersinarow.Sherecordedfour of her six strikeouts during that span

–includingthefinaltwobatters.Frommtossedatwo-hitterandallowed

just two walks to improve to 45-6. She recorded four wins at the NCAA tournament.

KSU's Lacey Gardner (33-6) overcame the roughstart.Aftergiving up two hitsinthefirst,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 National 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. CoachMikeMcLeod,DawnSlettum,JulieFromm,AmyHuberty,MeghanPotter,MiaFrye,Melissa Hobson, Head Coach Mitch Hanson.

Bison ChampionshipTournament Trail

2000 NCAA National 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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NCAA 25th ANNIVERSARYDIVISION II SOFTBALL TEAM

Susan Churchwell, P, UC Davis NCAA All Tournament (2003) NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player (2003) NCAANationalChampion(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 National 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) NCAANationalChampion(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)

KellyRafter,P,KennesawStateNCAA All Tournament (95, 96) NCAA Champion (1995, 96) NFCA 1 st Team All American (95) NFCA 2 nd Team All American (1996)

BarbSantaCruz,2B,CalStateBakersfieldNCAA 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)Teamatfinalssite(1982,83,84,85,86,87,88,90)DiamondSoftballCoachoftheYear(1983,84,85)NFCA Coach of the Year (1987)

NCAADivisionIISoftballhelditsfirstchampionshipin1981and celebrated its 25th Anniversary at the 2006 champion-ships. To commemorate this milestone a 25th Anniversary Team consistingof10student-athletesandonecoachwerenamedandformer North Dakota State All-American pitcher Julie Fromm was on the list.

Fromm helped to lead North Dakota State to the 2000 NCAA DivisionIInationalchampionshipandwasthewinningpitcherintheBison3-1winoverKennesawStateinthetitlegame.Shecompileda45-6recordin2000.FrommearnedNFCA(NationalFastpitchCoachesAssociation)All-Americafirstteamhonorsin2000, 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 runaverage.Shestruckout779battersin794.1inningspitched.

The Bison compiled a 174-28 record during her career.An NCAA expert panel selected the 25th Anniversary Team

insoftball.Thefinalteamwasselectedfrom35student-athletesand four head coaches. The panel used historical data and re-sultsfromonlinepublicvotingatwww.ncaasports.comtomakeits decision.

The NCAA sponsors 44 women's championships in 20 sports providing more than 150,000 women with an opportunity to competefornationaltitleseachyear.

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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.MartinLuther W11-4Dr.MartinLuther 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 L10-11OklahomaBaptist 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 W3-1BriarCliffCollege 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

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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. L2-3BethanyNazarene 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.MartinLuther 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 HansonHoustonBaptist 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. W13-1BluefieldSt.,W.Va. W22-0BluefieldSt.,W.Va. W26-0West Alabama W7-0Culver Stockton W13-0Monmouth, Ill. W8-1West Alabama W8-0OlivetNazarene,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 National 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-Monticello W6-3Arkansas-Monticello W5-3West Florida W 4-2Wes Florida W 3-1Eureka College W 18-5Vanguard College (8) L 2-3Park College W 8-0Washburn, Kan. W 7-1AbileneChristian W8-0MissouriBaptist W8-0Incarnate 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 3-2AbileneChristian W4-2Kennesaw 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 5-2SouthwestBaptist W2-0Missouri 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 SouthwestBaptist W10-0Oklahoma City W 5-2Wisconsin-Parkside W 8-0 East Stroudsburg U W 5-2 SouthwestBaptist(10) W9-8KutztownUniversity W5-0BloomfieldCollege W13-0Caldwell College W 9-2 KutztownUniversity W4-2Minnesota-Duluth W 7-0 S.ConnecticutState W6-0Augustana 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!SaintMartin's W6-0!Western Washington L 1-4!Western Oregon W 10-2!Montana St.-Billings (8) W 5-2 !Humboldt State L 6-9!SeattleUniversity W10-9!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&Charlotte W3-0&Liberty W 3-1&Lafayette W3-2&Charlotte W2-1at 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

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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 &#6 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@Manhattan W6-0#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 2010 33-25 Darren Mueller 1st Regional 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 9 321-173 .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 35 835-643-1 .565

Members of the 2002 NDSU softball team take a photo with the NCC banner after a long day and night on the diamond during the Bison run for a second league title.

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&CalSt.Bakersfield W8-0&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 RESULTS+ at #21 Texas A&M L 0-4+ at #21 Texas A&M L 2-5 at Houston (9) L 3-4 at Houston L 3-6 at Sam Houston St. W 7-2 at Sam Houston St. (10) L 1-2 *at Centenary W 7-2 *at Centenary W 4-2 *at Centenary W 11-3 *at IUPUI L 3-9 *at IUPUI W 4-2 *at IUPUI L 2-9 *IPFW L 3-9 *IPFW L 3-4*IPFW (8) L 1-2 at Creighton 4-8 L at Creighton 1-14 L *at Oakland W 6-0*at Oakland W 3-0

*at Oakland W 4-0 *WESTERN ILLINOIS W 7-4*WESTERN ILLINOIS L 2-4 *WESTERN ILLINOIS W 4-2 *SOUTHERN UTAH W 7-0*SOUTHERN UTAH W 8-0 *SOUTHERN UTAH L 2-3 L SOUTH DAKOTA L 0-1 SOUTH DAKOTA W 3-0 *UMKC W 8-0*UMKC W 10-3 *at South Dakota State W 6-3 *at South Dakota State L 2-6 ^IPFW W 4-2^WESTERN ILLINOIS W 4-0 ^WESTERN ILLINOIS W 3-2% at #1 Washington L 0-3 % Nebraska L 1-5() extra inning game

2009, 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-Martin(8) W5-1#Belmont W 9-8$Utah W 4-2$at#11Arizona L0-10$Utah W 2-0$at#11Arizona L2-9$at#11Arizona L0-12@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#9/10ArizonaState L0-3^at#9/10ArizonaState L0-11() extra inning game

2010, 33-25 won-lost14-8 Summit LeagueSL Tournament ChampionsNCAA Seattle RegionalHead Coach: Darren Mueller$ Portland State W 2-1 $ Cal St Northridge W 3-2 $ Ohio W 5-0 $#6Arizona L0-6$ Purdue L 3-5# NC State L 2-6# Hofstra (9) L 11-12 # Michigan State W 2-1# at USF L 1-7 # Wright State W 7-1 ! at UC Santa Barbara W 2-0 ! Drexel W 10-3 ! Memphis W 6-1 & Utah State L 4-11 & at Colorado State L 2-3 & Utah Valley W 12-6& Utah State W 9-1 & Utah Valley W 7-3+ Wright State W 1-0+ Utah State W 4-2+ Wright State W 7-3

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Team Won Lost .Pct Quincy, Ill. 2 2 .500 Regis, Colo. 1 0 1.000Sacramento State 0 2 .000St. 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.Martin'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 1.000Sam Houston State 1 1 .500San Diego 0 1 .000San Diego State 0 1 .000San Jose State 3 1 .750Santa Clara 0 2 .000SeattleUniversity 1 0 1.000Siena 1 0 1.000South Carolina 0 1 .000South Dakota 36 21 .632South Dakota State 48 43 .527South Florida 0 1 .000Southeastern La. State 1 0 1.000Southeast Missouri State 1 0 1.000SouthernConnecticutState 2 0 1.000SIU-Edwardsville 2 0 1.000Southern Indiana 5 2 .714Southern Utah 8 1 .889SouthwestBaptist 3 0 1.000Southwest Minnesota State 12 10 .545Stanford 0 1 .000Sterling, Kan. 0 1 .000Tennessee-Martin 1 0 1.000Texas A&M 0 2 .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 .333UC Santa Barbara 1 0 1.000UMKC 15 1 .938UNC-Charlotte 2 0 1.000Utah 2 0 1.000Utah State 2 1 .667Utah Valley State 5 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 .556Washington 0 1 .000Wayne 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 9 4 .692Western 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 .000Wright State 3 0 1.000Youngstown State 1 0 1.000Bold–2011 opponent

Team Won Lost .Pct AbileneChristian 2 0 1.000Air Force 0 1 .000Akron 1 0 1.000Alabama-Huntsville 0 1 .000Albion, Mich. 1 0 1.000Arkansas 2 2 .500Arkansas-Monticello 2 0 1.000Arizona 0 4 .000ArizonaState 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 .709BethanyNazarene,Kan. 0 1 .000Bismarck-Mary 9 6 .600Bloomsburg, Pa. 1 0 1.000Bloomfield,N.J. 1 0 1.000BluefieldState,W.Va. 2 0 1.000Boston College 1 0 1.000Boston University 1 1 .500Bowling Green 1 0 1.000BriarCliff,Iowa 0 1 .000Butler 0 2 .000Bryant, R.I. 2 0 1.000Caldwell, N.J. 1 0 1.000CalStateBakersfield 1 0 1.000Cal State-Northridge 1 0 1.000California-Berkley 0 2 .000California, Pa. 2 0 1.000Campbell 0 1 .000Canisius 1 0 1.000Catawba 1 0 1.000Centenary 9 1 .900Central 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 3 .250Columbia, Mo. 0 2 .000Columbus State, Ga. 0 1 .000Concordia-Moorhead 10 5 .667Concordia, Neb. 1 0 1.000Concordia-St. Paul 4 3 .571Creighton 3 7 .300Culver 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 2 0 1.000Dr.MartinLuther 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 .000Hofstra 0 1 .000Houston 0 2 .000HoustonBaptist 1 0 1.000Humboldt State 0 1 .000Illinois-Chicago 2 0 1.000Incarnate Word, Tex. 1 0 1.000Indiana State 1 0 1.000IUPUI 4 2 .667IPFW 9 5 .643

Team Won Lost .Pct Iowa 0 5 .000Iowa 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 1.000Lafayette 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 1.000Manhattan,N.Y. 1 0 1.000Mansfield,Pa. 1 0 1.000Mayville State, N.D. 24 6 .800Memphis 2 0 1.000Michigan State 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 .000MissouriBaptist 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 15 .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 Carolina State 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. 8 0 1.000Oakland City, Ind. 2 0 1.000Ohio University 1 0 1.000Ohio Dominican 1 0 1.000Oklahoma 1 2 .333OklahomaBaptist 0 1 .000Oklahoma City 1 0 1.000OlivetNazarene,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 1 2 .333Princeton 0 1 .000Providence 1 0 1.000Purdue 0 1 .000

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North Dakota State University is a national research institution acknowl-edged as a leader among its peers. With a growing student enrollment

and annual research expenditures topping $110 million, NDSU has enjoyed a remarkable period of achievement. According to President Dean L. Bresciani, “NDSU commands a powerful niche. We are unique in how we successfully balance being a student focused, land-grant, research uni-versity. That makes us distinctive among our peers.” The momentum comes from all sectors of the energized, vibrant university. In fall 2010, more than 14,400 students chose to enroll in undergraduate and graduate programs, setting a record for the 11th year in a row. NDSU continues to excel in areas of innovative and technology-driven research. The National Science Foundation ranks NDSU 122nd in total research expenditures among 679 institutions across the country for fiscal 2008, with $115.5 million in research and development activities. Of the 554 research universities without a medical school, NDSU ranks 39th. For fiscal 2009, NDSU has reported

an estimated $114.2 million in research activities for the next survey. During the past decade, NDSU has seen approximately $150 million in major new construction, including such projects as the remodeling and expansion of the Memorial Union, expansion of the Wellness Center, Living-Learning Center East and West, Richard H. Barry Hall, Klai Hall and Niskanen Apart-ments. In addition, work continues on the $23 million greenhouse complex at the Agricultural Experiment Station main station, which will provide NDSU plant scientists with research facilities among the best in the country. The state’s original land-grant university, NDSU reaches out to North Dakota residents. For example, the NDSU Extension Service had 590,103 face-to-face contacts across the state during this past fiscal year, including 23,455 youth who participated in 4-H programs and activities. Bresciani, who was named NDSU’s 14th president on May 24 by the State Board of Higher Education, says a rare “window of op-

portunity” exists in North Dakota, and he has challenged the campus community to imagine how NDSU can help shape the state during the next century. “We all know that higher education is a powerful way to expand the economy of a state, diversify the tax base and create jobs,” Bresciani said during his 2010 State of the University Address. “While at the same time we honor our historic mission and focus on educating students, we also create the new knowledge that leads to new technologies that lead to new businesses that lead to new jobs.”

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 educational 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

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Main, the campus’ landmark building, was completed in 1892. Renamed in 1960 as North Dakota State University of Agriculture and Applied Science, the institution educates students for a multi-tude of career opportunities. The university is comprised of the College of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Natural Resources; College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences; Col-lege of Business; College of Engineering and Architecture; College of Human Development and Education; College of Pharmacy, Nursing, and Allied Sciences; College of Science and Mathematics; College of University Studies; and College of Graduate and Interdisciplinary Studies. NDSU now offers 46 doctoral programs, 66 master’s programs, an educational special-ist degree and nine certificate 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 2010, the university had a total of 900 ranked faculty and lecturers. The NDSU’s primary academic campus includes 42 square blocks and 101 university buildings, 12 non-NDSU buildings, eight leased buildings and 10 leased spaces, with build-ing, personal and outdoor property with a total value of $838 million. In all, NDSU is located on 18,746 acres of North Dakota land, which includes the main Agricultural Ex-periment Station at Fargo. There are 247 Agricultural Experiment Station build-ings and storage facilities at the main station and eight research Exten-sion centers across the state, and 18,488 acres dedicated to agricultural research. Dedicated to outreach efforts, the NDSU Extension Service conducts a rigorous educa-tion program in agriculture, human develop-ment, nutrition and youth and community development through its county, area and state staff. The NDSU Extension Service had 590,103 face-to-face contacts across the state during this past fiscal year, including 23,455 youth who participated in 4-H programs and activities. Members of NCAA Division I, the talented Bison athletic teams have enjoyed a long tradi-tion of excellence. The student-athletes com-pete in first-class facilities – the Fargodome, Newman Outdoor Field, Ellig Sports Complex and Bison Sports Arena.

An energeticstudent body The NDSU stu-dent body is a talented, dedicated and enthusiastic blend of international and ethnic backgrounds. During the fall of 2010, undergraduate and gradu-ate students came from 52 North Dakota counties and 42 states. The univer-sity currently has more than 1,300 international students from 89 countries. NDSU has bilateral student exchange agreements with institutions in Australia, Chile, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Italy, Korea, Latvia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zea-land, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. There also are memorandums of understanding with other countries such as Belize, China, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Thailand. NDSU students find it is easy to make

friends and get involved with campus life. They can participate in more than 200 student organizations to develop personal and social relationships, explore new ideas, learn about people from around the world and augment their course work. The groups focus on academ-ics, special interests, service, performing and visual arts, religion and recreation. There also are intercultural groups, honor societies, fraternities and sororities.

Fargo: a great place to live, work and study

The home of NDSU, Fargo is a bustling metropolitan area that is often listed as one of the best places to live in the country. Named an All-American City by the National Civic League in 2000, Fargo-Moorhead is the largest community between Minneapolis and Seattle. About 187,000 people make their home in Cass and Clay Counties. Accolades for the community come from a variety of sources. For instance, Fargo ranks ninth on the list of “Forbes Best Small Cities for Business,” and Fargo-Moorhead was named the most secure mid-sized city in the United States by Farmers Insurance. Children’s Health ranked Fargo-Moorhead as the third best place to raise children. The

list considered 30 different criteria, including crime and safety, education, economics, hous-ing, cultural attractions and health. A report from the American Lung Associa-tion names Fargo one of the cleanest cities in the country. In addition, Bicycling Magazine places Fargo among the nation’s 50 most bike-friendly metropolitan areas.

A campus committed to the future Advances have come and continue on many fronts across the university, and the people of NDSU are optimistically looking to the challenges and opportunities of the future. As President Bresciani stated in his State of the University Address, “The future of our state is at a point of awakening – and our imagination is the only limit to the future. We are the ones poised to make that future a reality.”

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NDSU AT A GLANCEDr. Dean L. Bresciani, President Dean L. Bresciani was named North Dako-ta State University’s 14th president on May 24, 2010, by the State Board of Higher Education. Bresciani is well known for his dedication to students and regarded for his thoughtfulness, energy and integrity. He brings to campus the knowledge and experience of a nearly 30-year career and has developed a broad leader-ship base in the academic, administrative and political aspects of higher education. A native of Napa Valley, Calif., Bresciani was vice president for student affairs at Texas A&M University in College Station from 2004 to 2008. He was at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1998 to 2004 in positions including interim vice chancellor for student affairs. From 1992 to 1998, he worked at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, in positions including director of Residential and Greek Life and interim associate vice chancel-lor for student affairs. Through his career, Bresciani has gained an extensive background in strategic planning, enrollment management, facilities design and financing, auxiliary enterprises operation and the implementation of business operation effi-ciencies and revenue enhancement measures. A focus of his work is enhancing the acces-sibility and quality of campus programs while improving the sense of welcome, support and achievement for all members of the university and surrounding communities. Bresciani was an adjunct full professor at Texas A&M University in the Department of Educational Administration and Human Resources Development. As a visiting assistant

professor at North Carolina State University’s graduate school from 2003 to 2005, he taught in the higher education administration pro-gram in the Department of Adult and Commu-nity College Education. As an adjunct lecturer at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 2003 to 2004 in the Department of American Studies, he designed and taught history of American higher education. As an adjunct assistant professor at the University of Nebraska at Kearney from 1992 to 1998 he taught in the Department of Management, as well as Counseling and School Psychology. Bresciani earned his bachelor’s degree in sociology from Humboldt State Univer-sity, Arcata, Calif.; master’s degree in college student personnel from Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio; and doctorate

in higher education finance, with a doctoral minor in economics, from the University of Arizona, Tucson. He has an array of invited and juried pub-lications and presentations, and broad involve-ment in higher education associations ranging from scholarly to business affairs. He has held national leadership positions, including past Council Chair of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, and service on the board of directors in the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators. He also has professional affiliations with the Council for the Advancement and Support of Educa-tion, EDUCAUSE, and the National Association of College and University Business Officers. He has received numerous honors, includ-ing Administrator of the Year in 2008 by Texas A&M University’s Student Government. He also received the Newsmaker Image Award in 2007 from the Texas A&M Division of Market-ing and Communications. He was named a “Pillar of the Profession” by the National As-sociation of Student Personnel Administrators and received the Foundations of Excellence Award from the Association of College and University Housing Officers-International. In addition, he received the Student Advocacy Award and Order of the Golden Fleece from the University of North Carolina, President’s Award for Distinguished Service at Bowling Green State University and Man of the Year honors at Humboldt State University. He is an honorary inductee of Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity, Golden Key Honor Society and National Residence Hall Honorary.

Bruce Bollinger VP for Finance & Administration

Dr. R. Craig Schnell Provost & VP for Academic Affairs

Dr. D.C. Coston VP for Agriculture

& University Extension

Dr. Philip Boudjouk VP for Research,

Creative Activities & Technology Transfer

Prakash C. Mathew

VP for Student Affairs

Keith D. Bjerke VP for University

Relations

Gene Taylor Director of Athletics

Bonnie Neas VP for Information

Technology

Jim Miller Executive Director,

Development Foundation & Alumni Association

Rick Johnson General Counsel

Barbara Pederson Executive Assistant

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Evie Myers VP for Equity, Diversity and

Global Outreach

Laura McDaniel Asst. VP for

University Relations

Kevin Black Student Body

President

Vance Olson Staff Senate

Past President

Gary Totten Faculty SenatePresident Elect

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Pat Simmers Senior Associate AD/

Team Makers Executive Director

Pat Fredrickson Associate AD for Business Operations

Josh Hemingway Director of Ticket, Event, and Facility

Operations

Jim Kramer Director of Athletic

Performance

Brian Gordon Director of Football

Operations and Equipment Services

Dr. Todd DeBates Team Dentist

Kasey Byers MultimediaCoordinator

Kelli Layman Associate Director

of Athletic Academics

Jessica Osebold Athletic Academics

Coordinator

Lyle Hokanson Athletic Equipment

Assistant

Jeney Anderson Athletic Equipment

Assistant

Dr. Deland J. Myers

Faculty Athletics Representative

Tod Brown Head Coach

Baseball

Billy Iverson Head CoachMen’s Golf

Carolyn DeHoff Head Coach

Women’s Basketball

Kaye Ternes Assistant Ticket

Manager

Dr. Charles Peterson

Team Pharmacist

Dr. Bruce Piatt Team PhysicianSanford Health

Dr. Chris Robertson Team PhysicianSanford Health

Dr. Curt Nyhus Team PhysicianSanford Health

Dr. Donald Martindale

Team PhysicianSanford Health

Dr. HeidiLako-Adamson Team PhysicianSanford Health

When he came to North Dakota State University in the summer of 2001, Gene Taylor inherited a department surrounded by a whirlwind of questions. In his first year as the director of athletics at North Dakota State, Taylor was asked to spearhead a comprehen-sive study and evaluation of the Bison athletic depart-ment. He has guided the athletics program through the unpredictable waters of reclassification to NCAA Division I from Division II. One of most important pieces of the transition was securing conference affiliations for all 16 sports. The Bison are currently members of The Summit League, Missouri Valley Football Conference and Western Wrestling Confer-ence.

Taylor also played an instrumental part of forming the Great West Football Confer-ence in February 2004, an affiliation that gave the Bison football program an immediate home in Division I. He served as chair of the coaches committee. Also on the reclassification checklist: fundraising. Taylor spearheaded an increase in the Bison athletics budget, which has nearly tripled from $5 million in his first year to over $14 million for the 2010-11 season. He was recognized for his success by the National Association of Collegiate Direc-tors of Athletics in June 2008. Taylor was one of 29 recipients of the AstroTurf AD of the Year award as the Football Championship Subdivision Central Region winner. A student assistant to the associate athletic director in his undergraduate days at Arizona State University, Taylor came to NDSU after a 15-year stint at Navy (1986-2001) as an administrative assistant, assistant ticket manager, ticket manager, assistant athletic director for tickets and operations, and associate athletic director. Taylor is a 1980 business management graduate of Arizona State, and he received his master’s degree in sports administration in 1985 from St. Thomas University in Florida. He worked in the ticket 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

Lynn Dorn Director of

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Troy Goergen Associate AD for Marketing and

Media Relations

Colleen Heimstead Associate AD for

Compliance

Jeff Schwartz Director of Athletic

Media Relations

Scott Woken Director of Sports

Medicine

Jeremy Jorgenson Director of Sales

and Broadcasting

Dr. Rob Schulte Team Chiropractor

Dr. Kevin Melicher Team Optometrist

Nikki German Associate Director of Sports Medicine

Jason Miller Associate Director

of Athletic Performance

Ryan Perreault Associate Director of Athletic Media

Relations

Linda Gangelhoff Administrative

Coordinator

Glenda Klein Administrative

Assistant

Margie Trickle Athletic Program

Assistant

Nancy Erickson Athletic Program

Assistant

Helena Johnston Athletic Program

Assistant

Craig Bohl Head Coach

Football

Bucky Maughan Head Coach

Wrestling

Don Larson Head CoachMen’s Track

and Cross Country

Saul Phillips Head Coach

Men’s Basketball

Kari Thompson Head Coach

Women’s Volleyball

Darren Mueller Head Coach

Softball

Pete Cuadrado Head Coach

Women’s Soccer

Ryun Godfrey Head Coach

Women’s Track and Cross Country

Matt Johnson Head Coach

Women’s Golf

Stephon Thomas Director of

Marketing and Promotions

Amy Ruley Associate AD for

Development

Don Carlson Team Makers Development

Officer

Dr. Kent Yohe Team Chiropractor

Jen Swenson Assistant

Athletic Trainer

Bobby Knodel Assistant

Athletic Trainer

Mike Kjellerson Assistant

Athletic Trainer

Dr. Jeff Lystad Team PhysicianSanford Health

Dr. Kevin Dahl Team PhysicianSanford Health

Dr. Mark Askew Team PhysicianSanford Health

Dr. Matt Nelsen Team PhysicianSanford Health

Dr. Ross Kringlie Team PhysicianSanford Health

Dr. Spencer Berry Team PhysicianSanford Health

Dr. Tim Uglem Team PhysicianSanford Health

Dr. Vern Prochaska Team PhysicianSanford Health

Jenny Beam Athletic Media

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World-Class Facilities Spotlight Top-Flight ProgramsNorth Dakota State’s athletic facilities are among the best in the nation, and improvements are ongoing. The Fargodome completed multi-million dollar construction of football offices, meeting rooms, equipment rooms and athletic training space in 2006; plans are drawn for a $32 million renovation 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 seating.

u North Dakota State University calls the 18,700-seat Fargodome home for Bison football games. NDSU has also hosted a conference basketball tournament and softball tournaments at the Fargodome, and it has been the site of multiple NBA exhibition games.

p The McCormick Wrestling Room in the Bison Sports Arena has two full-sized practice mats, strength and cardio training equipment, and video-equipped lounge and office space.

t 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.

p 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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p The Bison baseball team plays at Newman Outdoor Field, an on-campus stadium with seating for 4,422 that is shared with the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks of the independent American Association.

p The NDSU softball and soccer teams play home games at the Ellig Sports Complex.

u Schlanser Track is a nine-lane, 400-meter Pro-Turf surface which hosted five conference track and field championships from 1997 to 2004. Bleacher seating for 3,500 is available for soccer and track and field.

p 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 athletic-related injuries. The athletic training staff has fully-equipped facilities at the Bison Sports Arena, Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse, Fargo-dome and Newman Outdoor Field. Scott Woken, longtime director of sports medicine, heads a staff of 10 certified athletic trainers who attend all practices and competitions, 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 athletic teams from the opening of fall camps into the summer months. With four network television stations, three sports talk radio hosts, and the state’s largest daily newspaper all headquartered in Fargo, the Bison are con-tinually 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 national 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 athletics. In 2004, NDSU partnered with NeuLion to launch the most interactive website in the athletic department’s history. Beyond regular news releases, schedules, rosters, game recaps and statistics, fans can visit GoBison.com to watch live in-game stats of most home events, video features with players and coaches, purchase tickets and buy photos. Plus, with the All Access subscription 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 athletic 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 athletics, in cooperation with Orientation 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 cooperation with various services and units available for stu-dents at NDSU, the ACE program includes:• Academic orientations• Helping student-athletes improve study skills for academic success• Identifying university resources to assist student-athletes• Coordinating 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 educational, cultural, social and recreational activities. National studies show students living on campus are more likely to persist in their education and earn higher GPAs than their off-campus peers. The Department of Residence Life offers a variety of options for on-campus living, from traditional 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 Conditioning North Dakota State takes a comprehensive approach to the physical development of the student-athlete. Strength training, speed development, plyometrics, agility and conditioning programs are based on the specific movements and physiological demands of each sport. Under the supervision of NDSU’s three full-time strength and conditioning coaches, Bison student-athletes follow year-round training programs that increase each student-athlete’s level of strength, power, speed, agility, conditioning and flexibility.

p The Gold Star Marching Band performs during the annual Homecoming pa-rade. The band plays at all home football games and special events.

t 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 nation in 11 of the last 15 years. There’s a little 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 Native American. North Dakota’s 17 state parks and recreation areas offer exciting opportunities 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 often at the top of the charts.

North Dakota:The Peace Garden State

p The International Peace Garden at Dunseith, N.D., is a 2,339-acre botanical garden commemorating peace between the United States and Canada along the world’s longest unfortified border. It blooms with more than 150,000 varieties of flowers and showcases the Peace Chapel. (Photos from ND Tourism Division)

D iscover the spirt of North Dakota and unlock the fascinating 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, Sitting 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 settlers of the past to the farmers of the present, agriculture always has been and will continue 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 production of several crops. North Dakota ranks first in the production of flaxseed, canola, durum wheat, all dry edible beans, all dry edible peas, spring wheat, honey, lentils, 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 often called the “Breadbasket of the World.” Livestock production 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 cattle and hogs. The importance of cattle 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 national effort to provide more oil and gas from domestic 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 nation’s output.

the state’s natural and historic heritage. Hike in the Badlands as Roosevelt once did before he be-came our nation’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 invigorating winter days, plentiful snowfall and varied terrain have made it a winter playground. Activities such as snowmobiling, downhill and cross-country skiing, ice fishing, sledding and skating are favorite pastimes.

—Information from the North Dakota Tourism Division

p Wheat is big in North Dakota. Production of this staple and other crops makes North Dakota one of the top agricultural areas in the world.

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A lternately 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 fertile farmlands, with Fargo and Moorhead at its center. The Red River of the North separates the two cities 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 after William G. Moorhead, an executive of the Northern Pacific Railway. In fact, the Northern Pacific Railway had a profound impact on both the economy and population of the area. Originally settled 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 settlers seek-ing a new life on America’s newest frontier. The home of NDSU, Fargo is a bustling metropolitan area that is often listed as one of the best places to live in the country. Named an All-American City by the National Civic League in 2000, Fargo-Moor-head is the largest community between Minneapolis and Seattle.

More than 175,000 people make their home in Cass and Clay counties. There seems to be no end in sight to the persistent prosperity and growth of the twin cities on the Red. The community has recieved many accolades. Fargo-Moorhead was named the least stressful com-munity in the nation by Self magazine. Money magazine included Fargo in a list of the

Fargo-Moorhead: An All-American City

top-10 best U.S. cities in which to start a busi-ness or get a job. In its 2004 ranking of “Best Performing

Cities,” the Milken Institute rated Fargo-Moorhead 20th in job cre-ation 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 nation in quality of hospital health care. Fargo-Moorhead made the “Cleanest U.S. Cities for Ozone Air Pollution” list, as reported by the American Lung Association’s State of the Air Report in 2005. While agriculture is still prominent in the local economy, Fargo-Moorhead has also become an important focal point for other

p Sellout crowds have enjoyed Northern League professional baseball at Newman Outdoor Field.

p The historic downtown Fargo Theatre, built in 1926 and fully restored in 1999, features independent films and concerts.

p Downtown Fargo offers a variety of entertainment and exquisite dining. The 21st century has brought multi-million dollar private and commercial re-development to the business district, including the establishment of NDSU’s downtown campus in three formerly vacant buildings.

t Summertime tradition in Fargo includes “Rib Fest,” a celebration of the best barbecue in the world. Thousands of people attend each year to enjoy ribs, chicken, and live entertainment outside the Fargodome.

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professions, including government, education, 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 “intergalactic.” The Fargo-Moorhead menu features locally-owned restaurants with hometown recipes, as well as nationally known franchise favorites. Fargo-Moorhead is also known for its shopping. In fact, people from three states and Canada are attracted here by the huge variety of well-stocked stores with convenient parking. Whether you prefer small, unique boutiques or large, climate controlled shopping malls, Fargo-Moorhead has it all—from native cultural items to agricultural commodities, to trendy high fashion. West Acres Regional Shopping Center features more than 125 specialty stores; Moor-

They’ve Been To Fargo...Fargo continues 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, Martina McBride, Jon Bon Jovi, Billy Joel and Elton John (pictured). In addition, the Fargodome is the site of monster truck shows, the Shrine circus, pro rodeo, Disney on Ice, broadway theater productions, and many other events, trade shows and conventions.

head Center Mall is home to over 40 stores and businesses; and the EasTen Shopping Center area provides more than 30 shopping opportunities. Fargo-Moorhead also offers outstanding concerts, entertainment, activities and muse-ums. The sprit of the early pioneers remains a treasured part of Fargo’s proud heritage. Building continues on our colorful past toward a very promising future.

p 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.

p 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.

t The Fargo Blues Festival plays annually on the outfield grass of Newman Outdoor Field, NDSU’s on-campus baseball stadium.

u 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:n You have been or are a member of any organization that promotes NDSU’s athletics program (e.g., NDSU Foundation, Team Makers).n You have made a financial contribution to the NDSU athletics department or its booster organization.n You have ever assisted in the recruitment of prospects for NDSU.n You have provided benefits (e.g. summer jobs or occasional family meals) to enrolled student-athletes.n You have arranged for or provided employment for enrolled student-athletes, or assisted in providing any benefit to enrolled student-athletes or their families.n 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:n 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.n Assisting NDSU coaches by picking up transcripts, films, or any other information pertaining to a

prospect’s ability from the prospect’s educational institution.n 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

n 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.n You may not contact a prospective student-athlete to congratulate him/her on signing a National Letter of Intent to attend NDSU.n You may not provide transportation or arrange for payment of transportation costs for a prospect or his/her relatives or friends to visit campus.n You may not earmark funds nor pay for specific prospects to attend an NDSU summer camp.n 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.n 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

n 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.n 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.

n 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).n You may not allow student-athletes to use your telephone or make free calls.n 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.n 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.n You may not use the name or picture of a student-athlete to advertise a commercial product.n You may not purchase complimentary admissions from a current student-athlete.n 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?

n Forward information about prospects to the appropriate NDSU coaching staff member.n 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.n 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.n 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.

N orth 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

BISON SOFTBALL

Summit League Champions – 2008NCAA Regional – 2010

NCAA Super Regional – 2009NCAA Champions – 2000

FEBRUARY 11 – 13 at UCLA Tournament

18 – 20 at Georgia Tournament

25 – 27 at Stanford Tournament

MARCH 4 – 6 at Florida Tournament

12 – 13 at UMKC*

15 vs. Minnesota at Missouri State

16 vs. Northern Iowa

18 – 19 at Mizzou Classic

25 – 26 at IPFW*

APRIL 1 – 2 IUPUI*

6 at Nebraska

8-9 OAKLAND*

15 – 16 at Western Illinois*

22 – 23 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE*

29 – 30 at Southern Utah*

MAY 2 at BYU

6 – 7 CENTENARY*

*Summit League games

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