2013 North Tri-County All-Conference Players

Blake Fetting                                      Ada-Borup                                           12

JD Kappes                                           Ada-Borup                                           12

Lance Ruebke                                      Ada-Borup                                           12

Dylan Wilkens                                      Ada-Borup                                           12                   

 

Isaac Kraft                                            NCE-UH                                              11

Ryan Olson                                          Norman County West                         11

Austin Daugherty                               Park Christian                                      12       

Matt Moberg                                       Park Christian                                     12

Jared Olsgaard                                   Park Christian                                     12

Noah Brenden                                     Rothsay                                                12

Cameron DuBore                                 Warren-Alvarado-Oslo                    11

Noelio Garcia                                      Warren-Alvarado-Oslo                      11

Jase Pederson                                     Warren-Alvarado-Oslo                       12

Jesse Pineda                                       Warren-Alvarado-Oslo                        12

Danny Schmidt                                   Warren-Alvarado-Oslo                       12

Dylan Stinar                                       Warren-Alvarado-Oslo                       12

Tanner Bellanger                                Waubun                                               12

Bonjer Medina                                    Waubun                                               12

Jordan Spaeth                                     Waubun                                               11

Ryan Weber                                        Waubun                                               11

DeMarcus Brown                                Win-E-Mac                                         12

Dakota Chaput                                    Win-E-Mac                                         

Devin Faldet                                       Win-E-Mac                                          12

Jeremy Kasprzak                                Win-E-Mac                                        12

Keaton Stuhaug                                  Win-E-Mac

Luke Syverson                                     Win-E-Mac                                        12

Zac Tradewell                                     Win-E-Mac                                         11                                           

                                                Honorable Mention

Travis Anderson                                 Ada-Borup                                           12

Zach Holweger                                     Ada-Borup                                          11

Austin Merkens                                  Ada-Borup                                           12

DeForrest Nelson                                NCE-UH                                              11

Tony Larson                                        Norman County West                         11

Duncan Hannestad                             Park Christian                                      12

Josh Heinen                                        Park Christian                                       12

Seth Heinen                                        Park Christian                                      10

Liam Huseby                                       Park Christian                                     11

Jake Stenerson                                   Park Christian                                      11

Brett Brenden                                     Rothsay                                                 12

Ryan Larson                                        Rothsay                                                 11

Matt Bergh                                         Warren-Alvarado-Oslo                        12

Peter Durand                                      Warren-Alvarado-Oslo                       11

Dylan Donner                                      Waubun                                               10

Cole Thompson                                   Waubun                                               11

Zach Plante                                         Win-E-Mac                                          11

Matt Thompson                                  Win-E-Mac                                         

Jake Walker                                        Win-E-Mac                                          12

                                                           

Most Valuable Lineman         -           Luke Syverson             -           Win-E-Mac

Most Valuable Back               -           Devin Faldet               -           Win-E-Mac

Most Valuable Defensive Player        Jesse Pineda               -           WAO

Conference MVP                     -           Devin Faldet & Jesse Pineda

Coach of the Year                    -           Jeremy Morgenroth     -           Win-E-Mac

UMC's Borowicz Selected Capital One Academic All-District

CROOKSTON, Minn. - University of Minnesota Crookston football player Matt Borowicz (Jr., OL, Stephen, Minn./Health Science) has been selected Capital One Academic All-District® for Super Region 3. Borowicz maintains a 3.92 grade point average (GPA) in Health Science. Borowicz is one of 26 players selected to Academic All-District for Super Region 3, including five offensive lineman. He is now eligible for Capital One Academic All-America®, which will be announced Dec. 4.

Borowicz is a starting tackle on the Golden Eagle offensive line. Borowicz was a 2012 and will be a 2013 NSIC Fall All-Academic pick and has made the Dean’s List each of the last three semesters. On the field, Borowicz made the full-time conversion to offensive line this season after playing both tight end and offensive line last season. Borowicz has started six of nine games for the Golden Eagles in 2013. He has helped pave the way for 721 rushing yards on the 2013 season, in addition to 1,289 passing yards.

The 2013-14 Capital One Academic All-District® Football and Women’s Volleyball Teams, selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America, have been released to recognize the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances athletically and in the classroom. Capital One has been the entitlement rights holder to CoSIDA’s Academic All-America teams programs since 2011.

This is the third year of the expanded Academic All-America® program as CoSIDA moved from recognizing a University Division (Division I) and a College Division (all non Division I) and has doubled the number of scholar-athletes honored. The expanded teams include NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II and NCAA Division III participants, while the College Division Academic All-America® Team combines NAIA, Canadian and two-year schools.

The Capital One Division II and III Academic All-America® program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division II and III national governance structures, to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2013-14 DII and DIII Academic All-America® teams program.

 For more information, visit the Golden Eagle Athletics website at www.goldeneaglesports.com.

Four NDSU Football Players Voted Academic All-District

FARGO, N.D. - North Dakota State football players Andrew Grothmann, Ryan Drevlow, Kyle Emanuel and Esley Thorton were named to the Capital One Academic All-District 6 team Thursday, Nov. 7, by a vote of the College Sports Information Directors of America.

To be nominated, student-athletes must have at least a 3.30 cumulative grade-point average, have sophomore athletic and academic standing, have completed one academic year at their institution, and be a starter or key reserve for their team.

Grothmann has a 3.58 GPA in agricultural economics, Drevlow has a 3.69 GPA in electrical engineering, Emanuel has a 3.59 in construction management, and Thorton has a 3.89 in exercise science.  All four advance to the national ballot for Academic All-America honors to be announced Thursday, Dec. 5.

Grothmann, a senior from Hillsboro, N.D., is the No. 1 fullback on the top rushing offense in the Missouri Valley Football Conference.  NDSU ran for a season-high 331 yards against the nation's No. 4 rushing defense at Southern Illinois with running backs going for 165 and 143 yards.  Grothmann has 12 career receptions including his first career touchdown this year.

Drevlow, a senior from Gwinner, N.D., is the starting nose guard on the nation's No. 1-ranked rushing defense and total defense.  He has 14 tackles and is second on the team and eighth in the Missouri Valley with 4.5 sacks. Drevlow was an 2012 Academic All-District pick, FCS Academic All-Star, and MVFC All-Academic second team.

Emanuel, a junior from Schuyler, Neb., is the starting right defensive end and is fourth in the MVFC with a team-high 6.5 sacks.  He had a career-high 2.0 sacks in the season-opening win at Kansas State and ranks 16th nationally with 0.8 sacks per game.  Emanuel is a member of the NDSU Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.

Thorton, a junior from Bismarck, N.D., has played in all eight games including two starts at outside linebacker where he made a combined nine tackles in those two games.  Thorton, in his second year at linebacker after playing quarterback his first two years in the program, is fourth on the team with six tackles on kickoff and punt coverage.

No. 1-ranked North Dakota State (8-0, 5-0 MVFC) is scheduled to host Illinois State (5-4, 4-2 MVFC) at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9, at Gate City Bank Field at the Fargodome.

UND’s Simpson among 20 national candidates for Senior CLASS Award

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – North Dakota senior defenseman Dillon Simpson has been named one of 20 national men’s hockey candidates for the 2013-14 Senior CLASS Award.

An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School ^®, the Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities. To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence: community, classroom, character and competition.

UND’s youngest team captain in more than 20 years, Simpson was named to the College Hockey News’ 2013-14 Preseason All-CHN Second Team. He was named UND’s Most Improved Player last season after leading the team’s defensemen with a career-high five goals and 19 assists in 42 games. A fourth-round draft pick of the Edmonton Oilers in 2011, Simpson enters the weekend with nine goals and 44 assists in 120 career games.

In the classroom, Simpson is a managerial finance and corporate accounting major with a 3.725 cumulative grade point average. He is both a two-time WCHA Scholar-Athlete and a two-time All-WCHA Academic Team selection. He was also the recipient of UND’s Rick & Lori Lee Impact Scholarship as a junior and senior.

One of UND’s most active student-athletes in the community, Simpson had already given his time to more than 30 community service events as of October 2013. Organizations for which Dillon has volunteered include, but are not limited to, Special Olympics, Northlands Rescue Mission, Great Grand Forks Senior Center, Grand Forks Public Library, Grand Forks Park District, Empire Arts Center, Department of Transportation and numerous area elementary schools.

Simpson is UND’s third national candidate for the Senior CLASS Award, joining Robbie Bina in 2007-08 and Chay Genoway in 2010-11. Genoway was also named to the 2010-11 Senior CLASS Award All-America First Team.

The 20 candidates will be narrowed to 10 finalists midway through the regular season, and those 10 names will be placed on the official ballot. Ballots will be distributed through a nationwide voting system to media, coaches and fans, who will select one candidate who best exemplifies excellence in the four Cs of community, classroom, character and competition. The Senior CLASS Award winner will be announced during the 2014 NCAA Men’s Frozen Final Four® in April.

For more information, or to see the complete list of candidates, visit www.seniorclassaward.com.

Top-10 Hockey Showdown This Weekend

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – This weekend’s National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) series between North Dakota and St. Cloud State will feature a pair of top-10 teams, according to the latest national polls released today.

UND gained one spot in both polls, going from sixth to fifth in the USCHO.com poll and improving from seventh to sixth in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll. St. Cloud State also jumped in both, ranking eighth in the USA Today rankings and ninth in the USCHO poll.

Minnesota remained the nation’s top-ranked team, receiving all of the first-place votes in both polls.

UND and SCSU will do battle on Friday (7:37 pm Central) and Saturday (7:07) at Ralph Engelstad Arena.

USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll

Rk.      School (1^st place)                      Record           Pts.         PR

1.         Minnesota (50)                                  5-0-1          1000            1

2.         Notre Dame                                       5-1-0            890            2

3.         Providence                                         4-0-1            844            8

4.         Michigan                                            4-1-1            810            4

5.         North Dakota                                2-1-1           777            6

6.         Miami                                                 3-2-1            743            3

7.         Quinnipiac                                          6-1-0            671            9

8.         Boston College                                 2-2-1            670            5

9.         St. Cloud State                                  3-0-1            643          10

10.       Rensselaer                                         4-1-0            529          12

11.       Yale                                                    1-1-0            457            7

12.       Lake Superior State                          4-0-0            383          15

13.       Wisconsin                                          2-2-0            380          11

14.       Cornell                                               2-0-0            285          19

15.       Massachusetts-Lowell                      3-3-0            262          18

16.       Minnesota State                                2-2-0            195          16

17.       Clarkson                                            6-1-1            184         NR

18.       Boston University                             3-3-0            168          13

19.       Northeastern                                     5-1-0            154          20

20.       Minnesota Duluth                              3-2-1            108         NR

 

Others receiving votes: New Hampshire 106, Brown 54, Denver 47, Alaska Anchorage 36, St. Lawrence 32, Air Force 16, Ferris State 15, Harvard 13, Alaska 12, Maine 4, Bowling Green 2.

 

USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll

 

Rk.      School (1^st place)                      Record           Pts.         PR

1.         Minnesota (34)                                  5-0-1            510            1

2.         Notre Dame                                       5-1-0            438            2

3.         Providence                                         4-0-1            391            8

4.         Michigan                                            4-1-1            388            4

5.         Miami                                                 3-2-1            355            3

6.         North Dakota                                2-1-1           335            7

7.         Boston College                                 2-2-1            312            5

8.         St. Cloud State                                  3-0-1            283          10

9.         Quinnipiac                                          6-1-0            275            9

10.       Rensselaer                                         4-1-0            166          12

11.       Yale                                                    1-1-0            160            6

12.       Wisconsin                                          2-2-0            137          11

13.       Lake Superior State                          4-0-0              81          15

14.       Massachusetts-Lowell                      3-3-0              65         NR

15.       Cornell                                               2-0-0              54         NR               

 

Others receiving votes: Northeastern 24, Boston University 23, Clarkson 19, New Hampshire 18, Minnesota State 12, Brown 8, Denver 7, Alaska 4, Minnesota Duluth 4, Union 2.

NDSU Players Named FCS Players of the Week

North Dakota State had two players recognized as Football Championship Subdivision national performers of the week by The Sports Network and the College Football Performance Awards on Monday, Oct. 28.

NDSU junior Christian Dudzik was named Sports Network Special Teams co-Player of the Week and CFPA National Punt Returner of the Week after scoring his first two career touchdowns on punt returns of 43 and 68 yards in Saturday's 56-10 win over Indiana State.  He shared the Sports Network award with Eastern Kentucky punter Jordan Berry, who punted three times for a 59.3 yard average and scored a 25-yard touchdown on a fake field goal.

Bison senior Ryan Smith was named FCS National Kickoff Returner of the Week by the CFPA. Smith returned a kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown, answering Indiana State's kickoff return touchdown on the previous play.  He tied the NDSU kickoff return record of 100 yards set in 1923 by Elmer Parisien against South Dakota.

North Star Football Conference Players of the Week

(October 22, 2013) - The North Star Football Conference has announced the Players of the Week for the final week of regular season action.  Pine River-Backus won the East Division with a 6-2 record and Mahnomen finished first in the West Division with a perfect 8-0 mark.  Pillager and Prairie Valley finished second in the East with a 5-3 marks followed by Blackduck (3-5), Bagley (2-6), Cass Lake-Bena (2-6), Walker-Hackensack-Akeley (1-7).  In the West Division, Red Lake County was second (7-1), followed by Frazee (6-3), Lake Park-Audubon (5-3), Fertile-Beltrami (4-4), Fosston (2-6) and Red Lake (0-8).

 

East Division

Offensive Player of the Week – Skyler Meiners (Prairie Valley) was 9 of 11 passing for 143 yards and two touchdowns.  He also rushed for one touchdown in a 48-14 win over Cass Lake-Bena.

 

Defensive Player of the Week – Cole Franzen (Pillager) had nine tackles and one sack in a win over Pine River-Backus.

 

West Division

Offensive Players of the Week – Wyat Casavan (Red Lake County) had 10 carries for 119 yards and a touchdown and was 3-4 passing for 83 yards and a touchdown pass in a 45-14 win at Blackduck.

 

Austin Reitan (Mahnomen) had 10 carries for 135 yards and two touchdowns in a win over Fertile-Beltrami.

 

Defensive Player of the Week – Hesston Bachmann was involved in 6 tackles and intercepted a pass that was returned for nearly 50 yards for a touchdown against Fosston.

 

Special Teams Player of the Week – Jacob Magnell (Red Lake County Central) had three punt returns for 77 yards including a 73 yard punt return for a touchdown in a 45-14 win at Blackduck.

 

Other outstanding performances were turned in by:  Zach Struss (Pine River-Backsu), Dezmond Berndt (Pillager), and Cory Wakoasch (Frazee).

UMC Men’s Basketball Preview

CROOKSTON, Minn.-  The University of Minnesota Crookston men’s basketball team officially got practice started Tues., Oct. 15 at Lysaker Gymnasium in Crookston, Minn. The Golden Eagles return five players from last year’s squad as Head Coach Jeff Oseth heads into his 12th year as the head men’s basketball coach for the Golden Eagles. He is the third-longest tenured head coach in the NSIC behind Kevin Schlagel at St. Cloud State University and Mike Leaf at Winona State University.

The Golden Eagles return five players from last year’s squad that went 4-23 (1-21 NSIC) but pulled off a huge upset with an 80-77 victory over No. 22 St. Cloud State University at Lysaker Gymnasium. UMC will look to improve with a solid core returning and 12 newcomers added into the fold.

Leading the way for UMC will be returning starters Brandon Burns (Sr., F, Baton Rouge, La./Sports and Rec Management) and Ashton Harrell (Sr., G, Houston, Texas/Sports and Rec Management) who will be senior leaders for the Golden Eagles. Harrell led the Golden Eagles last season with 10.0 points per game while shooting 31.5 percent from beyond the arc. Harrell’s top performance came with 29 points on 8-of-9 shooting and 4-of-5 shooting from three-point range in the major win over the Huskies. Burns was second on the team in scoring with 9.3 points per game and shot 29.8 percent from behind the arc.

Also returning are a pair of juniors in Tim Lubke (G, St. Paul, Minn./Sports and Rec Management) and Tomas Parker (F/C, Pequot Lakes, Minn./Management). Lubke, who has been a four-year member of the program, was a key player off the bench last season playing in 26 games while shooting 45.5 percent from beyond the arc and averaging 4.0 points per game. Parker played in 25 games last season and averaged 2.3 points and 1.2 rebounds. Derrick Redd (So., G, Menifee, Calif./Sports and Rec Management) also returns for the Golden Eagles and averaged 2.2 points per game in 13 contests.

Joining the fray for the Golden Eagles will be 12 newcomers including six freshmen and six college transfers. At the guard position the Golden Eagles welcome in three transfers in Union University (Tenn.) transfer Giorgi Koguashvili (Jr., 6-5 190, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia/Agricultural Business), Iowa Lakes C.C. transfer Kevin Larson (Jr., 6-2 180, New Ulm, Minn./Sports and Rec Management) and Napa Valley College transfer Sam Howell (Jr., 6-3 195, Seattle, Wash./Sports and Rec Management). Minnesota high school products Kashif Hayes (Fr., 5-10 170, Minneapolis, Minn./Undecided) and Cyrus Moore-Brown (Fr., 6-1 180, Golden Valley, Minn./Sports and Rec Management) also join the ranks at the guard spot.

At forward, the Golden Eagles have two junior college transfers coming in with Contra Costa College transfer Tyler West, Jr. (Jr., F, 6-6 200, Portland, Ore./Communication) and former wildland firefighter and Grossmont College transfer John Hughes (So., F, 6-5 215, Tualatin, Ore./Management). Joining the pair of transfers will be Minnesota high school products Konner Goettsche (Fr., F, 6-6 205, Plymouth, Minn./Sports and Rec Management), Ibrahim Cisse (Fr., F, 6-6 195, Plymouth, Minn./Health Management), Alec Koepp (Fr., F/C, 6-7 205, Belle Plaine, Minn./Software Engineering) and Austin Dierks (Fr., F, 6-5 180, Chokio, Minn./Agricultural Systems Management).

Joining Oseth on staff will be David Jackson, who is in his fourth season at UMC and his second as the top assistant coach under Oseth. New to the staff will be former NCAA Division I basketball player Robbie Harman, who set the all-time three-point mark at Central Michigan University and led the nation as a senior in three-pointers made per game. Harman was a 1,000 point scorer at CMU and went on to play overseas for a year in the Netherlands.

The Golden Eagles will get their schedule under way Nov. 12 against Valley City State University at 8 p.m. in Crookston, Minn. Their NSIC slate will open up Nov. 30 at home at 4 p.m against Bemidji State University.

Summit League Men's Basketball Preview

ELMHURST, Ill. – North Dakota State is the favorite to win the 2013-14 Summit League men’s basketball title, according to the annual preseason poll of league coaches, sports information directors and media.

The Bison received 25-of-28 first-place votes after finishing as runner-up at the 2013 Summit League Tournament. Head coach Saul Phillips returns all five starters from last season’s squad that finished 24-10 overall and 12-4 in Summit League play.            

NDSU guard Taylor Braun, a two-time All-Summit League selection, was the preseason choice for Player of the Year. The senior averaged 15.4 points, 5.2 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.5 steals per game and scored in double-figures in 21 of 24 games played during the 2012-13 season.

After missing 10 contests with a broken foot from mid-January to late February, Braun returned from injury to record a 27-point performance in The Summit League Tournament quarterfinals and 11 assists in the College Basketball Invitational first round game. He earned first team All-Summit League honors as a sophomore in 2011-12.

NDSU placed a league-high three players on the all-league team with Braun, guard Lawrence Alexander (10.8 ppg, 3.6 apg in ‘12-13) and forward Marshall Bjorklund (11.5 ppg, 5.9 rpg, second in NCAA with 66.7 FG%) all receiving first-team nods. Bjorklund is the active career NCAA leader in field goal percentage.

Joining the Bison trio on the preseason All-Summit League first team are South Dakota State’s Jordan Dykstra (12.5 ppg, 7.9 rpg), Omaha’s Justin Simmons (16.7 ppg, 4.0 rpg) and Denver’s Chris Udofia (13.3 ppg, 4.5 rpg).

League newcomer Denver, which earned a share of the 2012-13 WAC regular season title and posted a first-round NIT victory last March, earned the remaining three first-place votes to finish second in the poll with 260 points. South Dakota State, the two-time defending Summit League Tournament champion, placed third with 233 points. Last season’s regular season co-champion, Western Illinois, was fourth in the voting. Omaha, Fort Wayne, South Dakota and IUPUI rounded out the poll.

NDSU hosts Concordia Moorhead in an exhibition game on Oct. 30 and opens the regular season against Viterbo in the Bison Sports Arena on Nov. 8. Season tickets, flex packs (10 tickets for $100), and single-game tickets are available online at GoBison.com/tickets or by calling 701-231-6378.

2013-14 Summit League Men’s Basketball Preseason Poll

Rk	Team (1st)	Pts.
1.	North Dakota State (25)	305
2.	Denver (3)	260
3.	South Dakota State	233
4.	Western Illinois	161
5.	Omaha	130
6.	Fort Wayne	120
7.	South Dakota	102
8.	IUPUI	81

 

Preseason Player of the Year: Taylor Braun, North Dakota State        

Preseason All-League

First Team

Name	School	Pos.	Ht.	Yr.
Lawrence Alexander	North Dakota State	G	6-3	Jr.
Marshall Bjorklund	North Dakota State	F	6-8	Sr.
Taylor Braun	North Dakota State	G	6-7	Sr.
Jordan Dykstra	South Dakota State	F	6-8	Sr.
Justin Simmons	Omaha	G	6-3	Sr.
Chris Udofia	Denver	F	6-6	Sr.

Second Team

Name	School	Pos.	Ht.	Yr.
Trevor Gruis	South Dakota	C	6-10	Sr.
Luis Jacobo	Fort Wayne	F	6-5	Sr.
Adam Link	Western Illinois	F	6-6	Sr.
Brett Olson	Denver	G	6-5	Jr.
Mitch Patton	IUPUI	C	6-9	Sr.

UMC Women's Basketball opens practice for 2013-14 season

CROOKSTON, Minn.-  The University of Minnesota Crookston women’s basketball team officially opened up the 2013-14 season as they began practice Tuesday afternoon at Lysaker Gymnasium in Crookston, Minn. The Golden Eagles return 13 members from last season’s squad and welcome in just one newcomer as Mike Roysland enters his eighth year leading the Golden Eagle program.

The Golden Eagles are coming off an 8-19 (5-17 NSIC) record during the 2012-13 season as they finished eighth in the NSIC North last season and will look to improve after an overall disappointing year. UMC returns three starters from last season’s team, along with key reserve Jaya Perkins (So., G, Lakeville, Minn./Criminal Justice). Katrina Moenkedick (So., F, Perham, Minn./Early Childhood Education), an All-NSIC Freshman pick last season is the top scorer returning from last season after averaging 9.6 points. She is also the top returning rebounder after averaging 4.1 rebounds per contest. She is joined by returning starters Ashley Martell (Jr., G, Somerset, Wis./Health Science), who was third on the team averaging 8.9 points per game and shooting 35.0 percent from beyond the arc. Returning at the point guard position will be Alexa Thielman (So., G, Buffalo, Minn./Health Science), who averaged 6.2 points per game last season and shot 31.3 percent from behind the three-point line. Perkins averaged 4.6 points last season in her first with the team, coming mostly off the bench.

Also returning for the Golden Eagles are Ebony Livingston (Jr., G, Minneapolis, Minn./Sport and Rec Management), Erika McRoberts (So., F/C, Byron, Minn./Health Science), Christine Thorn (So., G, St. Michael, Minn./Elementary Education) and senior captain Jacy Christenson (Shoreview, Minn./Natural Resources) all of whom were key bench players for the Golden Eagles last season. Livingston averaged 4.0 points per game while McRoberts averaged 3.7 points per contest. Thorn tallied 3.0 points per contest and was an energy player off the bench while Christenson was a calming presence on the floor and averaged 2.1 points per contest as a junior. Also returning are Cienna Walker (Jr., G, Ajax, Ontario/Marketing), Lindsey Lahr (So., G, Isle, Minn./Health Management) and Avery Jackson (So., G, Wadena, Minn./Elementary Education), who played sparingly last season but will compete for playing time on the floor during the 2013-14 season. Kenzie Church (Jr., F, Fairmount, N.D./Management) also returns after missing most of last season with an injury.

Newcomer Selina Barnes (Fr., G, Colorado Springs, Colo./Health Science) and redshirt Megan Taylor (R-Fr., C, Estelline, S.D./Animal Science) also step into the fray this season. Barnes will compete for time at the point guard spot while Taylor will battle for time in the post along with McRoberts and Moenkedick.

The Golden Eagles will have to replace one of their fourth all-time leading scorer Brittani Wiese and their career rebounding leader Laurie Tyson along with energy player Carli Bunning. Wiese battled back from a knee injury her junior year and averaged 12.0 points a game to lead the team while Tyson averaged 5.3 points and 7.6 rebounds per game last season. Bunning averaged 3.2 points and 2.4 rebounds in 25 games played last season.

Returning to Roysland’s staff is long-time assistant coach Nate Mahlen, who has been with Roysland during his full eight years at UMC. Joining the staff for the 2013-14 season is local Crookston High School basketball legend Kamille Wahlin, who was a 1,000 point scorer at the University of Iowa, connecting on 230 career three-pointers which ranked second all-time at the end of her career. She was also third all-time in assists for the Hawkeyes and was selected to the All-Big Ten Third Team as a sophomore and All-Big Ten Honorable Mention team as a junior.