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One of NDSU’s 12 all-region picks in the Division II era ... All-region pitcher in 1996 and 1997 ... 1996 All-North Central Conference selection ... Named one of “North Dakota’s 50 Greatest Sports Figures” … Set NDSU career records for wins (20), complete games (19) and innings pitched (213.2) ... Finished second in career strikeouts (192) and fewest walks allowed (3.37/game) ... Still holds record for most wins in a season (9 in 1996) and ranks no. 3 in career wins, second in complete games and fifth in strikeouts ... Led the 1996 team to a NCC Northern Division championship and was part of a then school-record 37-win season ... Played one year for the Southern Minny Stars in the Prairie League and five years with the F-M RedHawks in the Northern League … Compiled a 53-23 career minor league record … 1998 Northern League All-Star ... Set RedHawks record with 44 career wins and still ranks third in franchise history … Grew up in Munich, N.D. … Winning pitcher on a pair of Class B State Championship teams for Munich High School in 1991 and 1992 … Pitcher on two Class B American Legion Championship teams in 1991 and 1992 … Starting guard on Munich’s undefeated 1992 State Class B basketball championship team, and the 1991 State Class B runner-up team … Named the 1993 North Dakota Baseball Player of the Year by Gatorade and USA Today … Graduated from North Dakota State in 1999 … Earned master’s degree in educational leadership from NDSU in 2007 ... Started the varsity baseball program during a 13-year stay as activities director, teacher and coach at Central Cass High School ... Assistant director of the North Dakota High School Activities Association since 2012 … Served two years on National Fed-eration of High Schools (NFHS) Football Rules Committee, currently on NFHS Softball Rules Committee ... Married to former NDSU all-conference volleyball player Jamie Lene … The couple resides in Casselton, N.D., and have two children, Grace and Sam.