Nick Severson (2021) - Bison Athletic Hall of Fame

Nick Severson

Induction:
2021
Class:
2002

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Two-time NCAA Division II national champion at heavyweight in 2001 and 2002...Helped the Bison capture the 2001 NCAA Division II national championship with a dramatic pin of South Dakota State’s Jon Madsen with 1:01 left in the third period, the turning point in NDSU topping the Jackrabbits for the crown...Won 2002 North Central Conference individual title...Four-time NCC placewinner overall...Member of two conference championship teams...Inducted into the NCAA Division II Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2016...Posted a 70-22 career record including 32-8 in duals with 36 pins...Fashioned a 47-4 record with 23 pins over final two seasons including 23-0 in duals...Put up a 9-7 record including 3-3 in duals with four pins at 197 pounds in 1998-99...Went 14-11 including 6-5 in duals with seven pins at heavyweight in 1999-00...Compiled a 17-1 record including 11-0 in duals with eight pins at 285 in 2000-01...Rolled up 30-3 record including 12-0 in duals with 17 pins at 285 in 2001-02...Placed fourth at 2003 U.S. World Team Trials...Fifth at 2003 U.S. Greco-Roman Nationals...Fourth at 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials and eighth at 2011 U.S. Nationals...Three-time senior level All-American...Spent time as an assistant wrestling coach at Byron High School and Rochester Community College, where he was part of a national championship team in 2014.