Six To Be Inducted Into Bison Athletic Hall of Fame: Stratton, Schloss, Nielsen, Smykowski, Kremer and Regnier
10/5/2004 5:00:00 AM | General
The newest members of the Hall are football All-American linebacker Mike Stratton, women's track & field All-America Lora Jean (Schloss) Bodin, football All-American Paul W. Nielsen, women's basketball All-American Pat "Smykowski" Jacobson, women's basketball All-American Kristi Kremer Clarkowski, and men's basketball standout Joe Regnier.
The announcement was made by Hall of Fame committee chairman Lee Petersen.
The induction will take place at the Holiday Inn in Fargo. Lunch will begin at 11 a.m. with the induction ceremonies slated to start at 11:30 a.m. Television personality Dana Mogck will serve as the Master of Ceremonies with radio broadcast Voice-of-the-Bison Scott Miller conducting the inductions.
The group will also be recognized at the homecoming football game on October 16th between NDSU and Southern Utah.
Here is a look at the 33rd annual class of the Bison Hall of Fame:
MIKE STRATTON, football nose guard, 1980-83
?Hard-hitting nose guard for Bison Hall of Fame coach Don Morton during NDSU's resurgence in the early 1980s ... First team All-NCC in 1982 & 1983 ... Second team All-America in 1983 ... Honorable Mention All-America in 1982 ... Led the Bison in QB sacks with 13 in 1981 and 11 in 1982 ... Third all-time in sacks with 29 ... Set NDSU 's single-season record with five forced fumbles ... 1983 North Central Conference Most Valuable Defensive Lineman ... Played on the 1983 national title team ... Had an interception as the Bison defeated Central State of Ohio 41-21 in the 1983 Palm Bowl ... Played on three NCC championship teams (1981-82-83) ... Had a tryout with the Minnesota Vikings ... Competed in track & field at NDSU for Don Larson, breaking both the school's shot put and discus records ... The discus mark of 175' 9" still stands today ... Member of several Bison NCC indoor and outdoor championship track & field squads ... Played high school football for legendary Stillwater (Minn.) High School coach and Bison Hall of Fame member George Thole .. All-state performer who played on two conference championship squads ... Both teams advanced to the state playoffs ... Also a conference champion in the shot put and discus ... Currently resides in Fargo ... Taught and coached at West Fargo High School from 1987-1999 ... Award-winning salesman for Bayer Pharmaceuticals ... Has two children, Cassandra and Samuel.
LORA JEAN (SCHLOSS) BODIN, women's track & field multi-events, 1985-88 ?Versatile track & field performer for the Bison ... Five-time NCAA All-American, including a pair of national runner-up finishes in the high jump in 1985 & 1987 ... 1987 North Central Conference Indoor Female Track & Field Athlete of the Meet ... 10-time NCC champion ... Member of four NCC indoor (1985-86-87-88) and three NCC outdoor (1985-86-87) championship teams during career ... Coached by Sue Patterson and Jerry Gores ... Four-time NCC indoor champion in high jump (1985-86-87-88), and won league indoor long jump in 1987 ... Three-time NCC outdoor champion in high jump in 1985-87-88 ... Two-time NCC heptathlon champion in 1985 & 1987 ... Scored 160 points in NCC indoor and outdoor competition during career ... 1988 NCC Academic At-Large first team ... NDSU outdoor record holder in high jump (5' 9-3/4, 1988) and stillranks sixth in heptathlon (4,585) on the school's all-time list ... Graduated with a bachelor's degree in business administration in 1989 ... Earned her master's degree from Cardinal Stritch University ... 16-time letterwinner for Napoleon (N.D.) High School ... Held the North Dakota overall and Class B girls high jump record from 1984-2003 ... Still holds four school marks ... Three-time Class B state champion ... National High School Track All-American in 1984 ... 10-time South Central Conference and nine-time Region V champ ... Claimed 11 state AAU titles and the 1982 AAU Region XI high jump crown ... Member of two Class B state champion gymnastic teams, claiming individual titles in the vault and uneven bars ... High School All-America Gymnastics Team (1983, 1984) ... All-state and all-state tourney selection in basketball ... Played in the 1984 Lions All-Star game ... Spent 13 years working in the banking industry with U.S. Bank (formerly known as Metropolitan Federal Bank and U.S. Bank) leaving the organization as Reserve Line Product Manager in 2002 to become a full-time mother ... Resides in Plymouth, Minn., with her husband, Jon, and daugther, Gabrielle ... The couple is expecting their second child in mid-October.
PAUL W. NIELSEN, football nose guard, 1983-86?Called by one opposing coach as the best defender in the country ... Dominating presence at the line of scrimmage for NDSU football teams that won the 1983, 1985 and 1986 NCAA Division II championships ... The 1986 team went undefeated ... The 1984 team was the national runner-up ... The Bison rolled up a 47-5-1 record during that four-year span (12-1, 1983 / 11-2, 1984 / 11-2-1, 1985 / 13-0, 1986) ... Played for Bison Hall of Fame coaches Don Morton and Earle Solomonson ... Member of four North Central Conference championship teams (1983-84-85-86) ... Three-year starter at nose guard ... No. 3 on NDSU career lists for penetrations (30) ... Recorded a team-high 24 solo tackles in 1984 ... Led the Bison with six sacks in 1985 ... Two-time All-North Central Conference, first team All-America as senior by Football News and second team All-America by the Associated Press ... Graduated with a bachelor's degree in construction management ... Five-time letterwinner in wrestling, and earned three in both football and baseball at Spring Lake Park (Minn.) High School ... Two-time all-conference pick in football and member of 1983 Metro All-Star Football team ... A two-time state wrestling champion, at 185-pounds in 1983 and at 167 in 1982 ... Academic All-America on the mat in 1983 ... Worked as a project manager in the construction for Carousel Snack Bars (1989-91) and Braun's Fashions, Inc. (1991-95) ... Has been with the Target Corporation since 1995, currently working as the manager of interior construction (retrofits, special projects, roofing and distribution materials handling systems) ... Supervises 74 Target team members ... Currently resides in Victoria, Minn., with his wife, Kim, two daughters, Cady and Mason, and two sons, Lucas and Noah.
PAT "SMYKOWSKI" JACOBSON, women's basketball, 1985-89?One of the most entertaining players to play for the Bison ... Part of Amy Ruley-coached teams that burst onto the Division II basketball scene ... 1989 North Central Conference Player of the Year ... Competed for North Squad at 1986 U.S. Olympic Sports Festival ... Three-time first team All-NCC in 1987-88-89 ... NDSU's first Kodak Division II All-American in 1989 ... Named to AWSF All-American second team in 1987 and third team in 1988 & 1989 ... 1986 NCAA national all-tournament team ... Two-time NCAA regional all-tourney team pick ... Formed one of the best women's backcourt duos with fellow inductee Kristi Kremer in school history ... Named to North Dakota's Top 50 athletes of century as selected by Sports Illustrated ... Six-time NCC Player of the Week ... NDSU's leading scorer when she departed with 1,838 points & still holds records for FG attempted (1,664), single-game 3-point FG attempted (15) and percentage (5-6, .833), season assists (208) and career assists (742), and single-game FT% (14-14, 1.000) ... Ranks on 11 all-time Bison lists ... NDSU won three NCC championships (1987-88-89), finished second in nation as a freshman and third in nation as a junior while appearing in NCAA playoffs all four years ... Held the NDSU record for consecutive free throws made (26, 1987) until last year ... Still holds the consecutive free throws made in game (14 vs. Central Missouri State, 1986) ... One of the top players in North Dakota prep history, North Dakota's first "Miss Basketball" while at Lidgerwood High School ... Converse High School All-American ... Four-time all-state and all-conference performer ... Five-year letterwinner in track, competing at the state meet on three occasions ... On the softball diamond, played on two state champion squads and played for the national championship in 1982 ... Coached locally for several years, including basketball and track at Fargo North, and teaches health and physical education in the Fargo Public School system ... She and her husband, David Jacobson, a family practice physician at MeritCare, have two children, Anthony and Sarah. KRISTI KREMER CLARKOWSKI, basketball guard, 1985-89?Poetry in motion on the basketball court ... Three-time first team All-North Central Conference in 1987-88-89 ... Third team AWSF All-American in 1987...Three-time NCC All-Academic first team selection ... Named to 1988 NCAA National Championship All-Tournament team ... NCAA Regional MVP vs. St. Cloud State in 1988 ... NDSU's first female CoSIDA Academic All-American in 1988, a second team pick ... NCC Stan Marshall Female Award winner in 1988-89 ... Recipient of NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship and WBCA Baden Basketball Scholarship in 1989 ... Four-year starter who played 120 games and averaged 10.9 ppg while forming one of the best women's backcourt duos with fellow inductee Pat Smykowski in school history ... Rebounded from serious knee injury ...Fourth in NDSU career assists and third in career steals ... NDSU won three NCC championships (1987-88-89), finished second in nation as a freshman and third in nation as a junior while appearing in NCAA playoffs all four years ... One of two Minnesota "Miss Basketball" picks to play at NDSU, selected for the honor in 1985 ... Valedictorian with 4.0 GPA at Wheaton (Minn.) High School ... Four-year starter on the basketball court ... Earned Associated Press and Coaches Association all-state honors in 1985 ... Three-time all-conference selection ... 1985 Converse High School All-American Top 10 ... Also three-time all-conference volleyball pick ... Six-time letterwinner in track & field ... Graduated with honors with a bachelor's degree in nursing in 1989 ... Earned master's of science/anesthesia in 1993 from St. Mary's University ... Received the 1993 Award for Excellence for Academic Achievement from the Minneapolis School of Anesthesia ... Donated bone marrow to sister, Lisa, who was battling leukemia .. Currently, working as a CRNA in Methodist Hospital and lives in Edina, Minn., with her husband Brian, an emergency medicine physician at St. Francis Regional Medical Center in Shakopee ... They have three children, Sophie, Nora and Joe. JOE REGNIER, basketball center, 1985-89?One of the most prolific big men in the North Central Conference during his standout career ... Played for current NDSU associate AD, Bison Hall of Fame member and former head men's basketball coach Erv Inniger ... Three-time 1st team All-NCC in 1986-87-89 as a freshman, sophomore, and senior ... NCC Stan Marshall Male Student-Athlete of the Year winner in 1988-89 ... Selected to the 1989 CoSIDA Academic All-America first team ... Recipient of a NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship in 1989 ... Three-time academic All-NCC ... Named NDSU team captain for an unprecedented three seasons ... Four-year starter for the Bison, setting school career records for points (1,717), rebounds (872), and blocked shots (146) ... The rebound mark has held up, and he's still No. 2 in career points and blocked shots ... Averaged 15.3 ppg over 112 career games ... Top season was the 19.3 ppg senior year ... Played professional basketball in Australia for three different teams over seven years ... Member of two championship teams while in Australia ... Played pro basketball in Malaysia for a season, claiming the inaugural Malaysian Basketball Championship in 1995 ... Coached professionally in Sydney, Australia, for two years ... Working sales for Lucent Technologies ... Currently a senior sales manager for Lucent ... Currently resides in San Antonio, Texas, with his wife, Sharon, and two children, Michael and Andrew.
Tickets are available from the NDSU Athletic Media Relations Office (701-231-7197) or can be purchased at the door for a cost of $15 per ticket, although advance reservations are requested.
