Dan Wilberscheid (2009) - Bison Athletic Hall of Fame

Dan Wilberscheid

Induction:
2009
Class:
1991

First team all-North Central Conference in 1987-88 for Erv Inniger, a Bison Athletic Hall of Fame member and NDSU senior associate AD ... Three-time Academic All-NCC selection ... Currently listed as the 12th leading scorer in NDSU history with 1,401 points ... Averaged 12.5 ppg over his career with a 16 ppg average his senior year ... Sixth leading rebounder in school history with 731 boards and tied for sixth in career blocks (68) ... 11th in field goals made (572) and attempted (1138) …Averaged 6.5 rebounds per game during 112-game career ... Upon graduation, Wilberscheid ranked 1st in games started (110), 4th in rebounding and blocked shots (68), 6th in points and the top 10 in both field goals made and attempted ... Continued playing amateur basketball with his brother, Tom ... Those teams won the Prairie Rose State games, and the Minnesota Class A State and North Dakota Class AA State Amateur tournaments ... Born in Chilton, Wis., Wilberscheid was named to the all-state team as a senior ... Two-time all-conference selection and also earned academic all-state honors as a senior ... Four-year letterwinner in track & field, he placed second as a junior and third as a sophomore in the high jump at the Class B state meet, and finished third in Class A as a senior ... Following graduation, he worked for 19 years with Cummins Filtration (previously known as Fleetguard, Inc.) as a design engineer in various design, operations management, program management and sales roles ... That included global sales responsibilities for the John Deere account and director of global sales for the crankcase ventilation filter product line ... Dan and his wife, Michele have two children, Jacob (10) and Joshua (9) ... Active with coaching basketball and flag football and the Cub Scouts ... Teaches Sunday School at Stevens Street Baptist Church in Cookeville, Tenn. ... Currently works as Director of Sales for the Off-Highway Original Equipment Manufacturers in Asia.