Boyer, Carmody, Hanson, Lloyd, Kucenic, Patsie & Weiman To Be Inducted Into Bison Athletic Hall of Fame
10/5/2006 5:00:00 AM | General
North Dakota State University will induct its 35th annual class of seven new members into the Bison Athletic Hall of Fame on Friday, October 13th. The addition of the seven new members will bring the number of individuals enshrined to 209.
The newest members of the Hall are NDSU women's basketball player and track & field All-American Edie Boyer (1984-89), football All-America offensive lineman Cliff Carmody (1979-82), men's track & field and cross country national champion Doug Hanson (1987-91), All-America wrestler Sam Kucenic (1968-71); football All-America running back Doug Lloyd (1985-88), women's basketball star Dana Patsie (1985-88), and women's track & field and cross country All-American Bev Weiman-Owen (1983-88).
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. WDAY television personality Dana Mogck will serve as the Master of Ceremonies with WDAY radio broadcast Voice-of-the-Bison Scott Miller conducting the inductions.
The group will also be recognized at the homecoming football game on October 14th between NDSU and Mississippi Valley State.
Here's a look at the 35th annual class:
EDIE BOYER, WOMEN'S BASKETBALL, FORWARD/TRACK & FIELD, THROWS, 1984-89
World class track & field competitor in the discus throw and shot put ... Competed at the national and international levels in the discus after leaving college ... Had PRs of 210-3 in the discus (1996 outdoor), and 51-11 (1990 outdoor) and 51-7.75 (1991 indoor) in the shot put ... Participated in the 1992, 1996 and 2000 Olympic Trials ... Placed fourth at the 1998 Goodwill Games ... Highest finish was sixth in qualifying in the discus at the 2000 Olympic Trials with a throw of 191-6 ... 16th in qualifying at the 1996 World Championships ... Won the 1995 USA Outdoors with a season-best effort of 205-4 and was ranked No. 1 in U.S. by Track & Field News ... Had eight top 10 finishes at the Olympic Trials or USA Outdoor ... Ranked in the top 10 in the U.S. by T&FN eight times from 1991-2000 ... Two-time NCAA All-American in track & field and two-time North Central Conference champion in the shot put under the direction of NDSU head coach Jerry Gores ... Captured the 1989 NCC indoor and outdoor shot put championships in track & field and finished fourth in the nation indoors and third in the NCAA shot put ... Currently has school's second longest outdoor performances in both the shot put and discus ... Played power forward for Women's Basketball Hall of Fame coach Amy Ruley .... NDSU won two NCC basketball championships (1987-88), finished second in the NCAA Division II tournament as a sophomore and third as a senior while appearing in NCAA playoffs all four years ... NDSU compiled a 101-23 record during her career ... NCAA Division II Regional all-tournament pick in 1988 ... Graduated from NDSU in 1989 with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering ... One of six children, Edie came from a sports-oriented family ... She played soccer, basketball and softball as a prep athlete at Hastings (Minn.) High School, making it to the Minnesota state championships in the shot put, discus and high jump ... Edie played ice hockey with the Minnesota Checkers from 1981-83, which won the national senior title each of those years ... Boyer, who is hearing impaired, lost 80 percent of her hearing after a bout with meningitis before she was a year old ... An avid motorcyclist and woodworker ... Currently, Edie is a senior QA engineer at Nuclear Management Company and resides in Maplewood, Minn.
CLIFF CARMODY, FOOTBALL, OFFENSIVE GUARD, 1979-82
One of the unsung heroes in the trenches who paved the way for North Dakota State's running game ... First team Associated Press All-American and All-North Central Conference at offensive guard in 1982 ... Three-year starter on the offensive line who helped NDSU to three conference rushing titles ... The Bison never finished lower than fourth nationally in rushing during his career ... Under the guidance of Bison Athletic Hall of Fame head coach Don Morton, NDSU reached the 1981 NCAA Division II title game his junior year and the 1982 national semifinals as a senior ... A 1983 graduate of NDSU with a bachelor's degree in social science education ... Two-time all-Southwest Conference performer for Dick Fortier at Pipestone (Minn.) High School ... Pipestone won a pair of league titles during his career ... Honorable mention adidas High School All-American in 1978 ... Three-year letterwinner in football and track & field, and lettered twice in basketball ... Co-captain for both football and basketball in 1978 ... Earned his master's degree from the College of St. Thomas in 1989 ... Extensive career as an educator, coach and administrator at the high school and college level ... His resume included stops at Cambridge (Minn.) High School; Chaska (Minn.) High School; the University of Minnesota, and Pipestone (Minn.) High School ... He was the senior vice-president of operations at First National Bank in Pipestone from 1997-99 ... In June 2006, Carmody was selected Executive Director of the Southwest/West Central Service Cooperatives, which provides regional educational programs and services to more than 50 school districts in Southwest and West Central Minnesota ... Prior to accepting the position, he served at the organization's Deputy Executive Director since 1999 ... He and his wife, Bobbie, have six children, Casey, Matt, Sean, Jeni, Alyssa and Lauren, and reside in Marshall, Minn.
DOUG HANSON, MEN'S TRACK & FIELD/CROSS COUNTRY, 1987-91
One of the premier distance runners at any level during his career in the yellow and green ... Integral part of five NDSU North Central Conference championships in indoor (1) and outdoor track & field (4) under the direction of head coach Don Larson ... Seven-time NCAA Division II national champion (two-time national cross country champion & three-time NCAA 10,000 meter outdoor champion & two-time NCAA 5,000 meter indoor champion ... Five-time NCC track & field champion (twice 5,000 indoors, twice 5,000 outdoors, once 10,000 outdoors) ... NCC cross country champion in both 1988 and 1990 ... Earned 12 NCAA Division II All-American honors on 12 occasions (nine track & field and three cross country) ... Named NCC'S most valuable indoor track & field athlete in 1990 ... Received NCAA postgraduate scholarship in spring 1991 ... Two-time CoSIDA Academic At-Large All-America first-team selection in 1990 and 1991 ... Four-time Academic All-NCC selection (1988-91) ... Named to the United States Track/Cross Country Association Athletic Hall of Fame in 2002 ... President of local Fellowship of Christian Athletes chapter ... Member of an Athletes in Action team that competed and toured Europe in the summer of 1990 ... Completed a "Senior Design" project on Wind Energy Systems to help convert wind into electrical power ... Graduated with honors from NDSU in 1991 with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering ... Placed in the state track meet in the two-mile run for Kenyon (Minn.) High School ... Won conference titles in the mile and two-mile as a junior and senior ... Worked as a global customer manager for APW, a manufacturing company, traveling to several foreign countries ... Recovering from a traumatic brain injury sustained in a snowmobile accident in February 2004 ... Married to Steph (Carlson), who played volleyball at North Dakota State and Texas-Arlington ... Doug and Steph have two children and reside in Nevis, Minn.
SAM KUCENIC, WRESTLING, 123/126-POUNDS, 1968-71 (Deceased)
A takedown specialist, Kucenic was the first ever three-time North Central Conference individual wrestling champion for the Bison (1969-70-71) under the direction of Wrestling Hall of Fame coach Bucky Maughan ... NDSU's second All-American, finishing third in the nation at 123 pounds in 1969 as a sophomore ... Compiled records of 10-1 as senior, 16-2-1 as a junior and 18-2 as a sophomore for a career record of 44-5-1 (winning percentage of .890, second best in school history but does not meet 75-match minimum) ... Graduated from NDSU with numerous records which were eventually broken (takedowns, near falls and match points) ... Taught school for 25 years at Hempfield Area (Pa.) High School where he was a two-time Teacher of the Year ... Outstanding prep wrestler for Greensburg-Salem (Pa.) High School ... Four-year (Quad A) letterwinner who rolled up a 78-9-1 record ... Two-time Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL) runner-up ... Two-time Westmorland County Most Valuable Wrestler ... Two-time team captain ... Compiled a record of 218-22-2 over 20 years as the wrestling coach for Quad A's Hempfield and Greensburg-Salem high schools ... At Greensburg-Salem, he coached NDSU standouts Brian and Jeff Kapusta ... Brian Kapusta was a two-time NCC champion and three-time NCAA champion ... Jeff Kapusta was an NCAA All-American ... Two-time Westmorland County Coach of the Year ... Served two-year term as president of the WPIAL Coaches Association ... Had two children, Jamie and Todd, who are both teachers and outstanding athletes ... Brother, John, is a NDSU graduate, wrestler and athletic department staff member ... John and his wife, Mary Ann, will accept the award on Sam's behalf.
DOUG LLOYD, FOOTBALL, RUNNING BACK, 1985-88
Explosive running back for North Dakota State who combined speed, power and finesse to pick up yardage ... Third team Football Gazette All-American, honorable mention Associated Press All-American and first team All-North Central Conference in 1988 ... Academic All-NCC pick as a senior ... Two-year starter and finished his career as the third leading rusher and is currently ninth all-time in school history with 2,410 yards and 14 TDs on 340 carries ... Averaged 7.1 yards per carry over career ... Ran for over 100 yards a dozen times in his career ... Ran for 1,011 yards as a senior ... His 239 yards on 15 carries against USD in 1988 was a single-game rushing record until snapped by Jake Morris a decade later ... Still holds the NDSU single-game record for average yards per carry (15.93 ypc) set against the Coyotes in 1988 ... Currently has fourth highest single-game rushing total in school history ... Member of three national championship teams (1985-86, 1988) playing for Bison Athletic Hall of Fame Coaches Earle Solomonson his first two seasons and Rocky Hager as a junior and senior ... NDSU compiled a 44-6-1 record during his career and won three conference titles ... The Bison were 13-0-0 in 1986 and 14-0-0 in 1988 ... Ran for 383 yards and five touchdowns while averaging 6.9 yards per carry in seven NCAA playoff games ... Sixth round pick of L.A. Raiders in 1989 and was the 156th player taken overall ... Played for the Los Angeles Raiders, Houston Oilers and Green Bay Packers in the NFL over three years ... Lettered in football (3), basketball (2) and track & field (3) at Beaver Dam (Wis.) High School ... Three-time all-conference running back in football and member of two league championship teams ... Earned all-state honors as a senior ... Won 11 individual conference titles in track & field ... Competed in the finals of the 100 meters, and 400 and 1600-meter relays as senior ... Also qualified for the state meet as a junior ... Member of Beaver Dam (Wis.) High School's inaugural Athletic Hall of Fame class in 2005 ... 1989 graduate of NDSU with a bachelor's degree in business administration ... Has worked in medical sales since leaving the NFL in 1991 ... He is the medical center sales executive for Sanofi-Aventis Pharmaceuticals ... Over the last six years, he has received national and regional sales honors ... Selected into Sanofi-Aventis' President's Club in 2004 ... Doug and his wife, Angela, have two sons, Jordan and Gabe, and a daughter, Lydia ... Coaching Pop Warner football, basketball and soccer.
DANA PATSIE, WOMEN'S BASKETBALL, CENTER, 1985-88
Overcame a devastating knee injury her freshman year and three surgeries to become one of North Dakota State's top performers in the paint ... Part of Women's Basketball of Fame coach Amy Ruley's NCAA and North Central Conference championship foundation ... The Bison compiled a 97-24 record during her career, advanced to three NCAA tournaments including a pair of NCAA Division II Final Four appearances, finishing second in 1986 and third in 1988 ... NDSU also claimed a pair of NCC titles ... Kodak All-District first team and All-NCC first team selection in 1988 ... Selected MVP of the 1988 NCAA quarterfinal vs. St. Joseph's (Ind.) ... Named to 1988 NCAA regional all-tournament team ... Three-time Academic All-NCC first team selection ... Three-time NCC Player of the Week ... Has one of NDSU's three "20-20" performances with 26 points and 21 rebounds against North Dakota during 1985 season ... Averaged 11.5 points during career and finished with 1,142 points and 809 rebounds in 99 career games ... Also ranks No. 8 in blocked shots (139) and No. 8 in field goal percentage (.492, 457-928) ... Has fifth highest single-season field goal percentage mark (.551, 205-372, 1987-88) in school history ... Only one of two Bison to record multiple 20 rebound games ... Grew up on a dairy farm in rural New York Mills, Minn., the youngest of four children ... Attended New York Mills High School ... Four-year letterwinner in both volleyball and basketball ... Voted conference MVP in basketball her junior and senior year ... Member of the Minnesota Out-State All-Star team and played against former teammate and fellow Hall of Fame inductee, Edie Boyer ... Worked at Ford Motor Credit in Minneapolis upon her graduation from NDSU in 1988 with a bachelor's degree in business administration until 2001 in a variety of positions ... Moved back to New York Mills in the 2000 summer ... Continues to work part-time for two non-profit agencies that serve low-income families with emergency financial assistance and counseling ... Dana has been married to her high school sweetheart, Louis Rutten, for 17 years, and they have three daughters.
BEV WEIMAN-OWEN, WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK & FIELD, DISTANCE RUNNER, 1983-88
Consistency was the hallmark of this student-athlete, one of the top distance runners in NCAA Division II during her career at North Dakota State ... Worked with NDSU coaches Sue Patterson and Jerry Gores during her career ... Three-time NCAA Division II All-American in cross country, placing 18th in 1983, 5th in 1985 and 14th in 1986 ... Member of 1983 and 1985 North Central Conference cross country championship teams ... Recorded top-five finishes at NCC championships all four years she competed (1983-86) ... Bison also won the NCAA regional cross country crown in 1985 ... With teammate and Bison Athletic Hall of Fame member Nancy Dietman, NDSU had four straight top 10 finishes at NCAA Division II national cross country championships ... 1986 NCC indoor 3,000 champion ... Won NCC outdoor distance triple crown with titles in the 3,000, 5,000 and 10,000 ... Winner of UND and St. Cloud State cross country meets during career ... On the NDSU career indoor track charts, Bev still ranks No. 3 in the 3,000 (9:53.07) and No. 7 in the 1,000 meters (2:58.91) ... On the career outdoor charts, Bev is No. 2 in the 5,000 (17:00.00) and No. 3 in the 3,000 (9:42.70) ... Bev grew up the 10th of 12 children in Excelsior, Minn. ... Three-year letterwinner in cross country at Minnetonka High School ... An all-state and all-conference peformer who led Minnetonka to the Minnesota state championship her junior and senior year ... Four-year letterwinner in track & field ... All-conference performer as a junior and senior ... Minnetonka won the state track & field championship her senior year ... Competed in the mile at the state meet as a junior and senior ... Continues to run competitively in road races ... Moved up in distance to half (13.1 miles) and full marathon (26.2 miles) ... Earned elite status with best times of 1:22:19 in the half marathon and 2:51:15 in the full marathon ... Married former Bison football player Jeff Owen in 1989 ... Bev and Jeff have three children, Tyler, Emily and Dylan ... Currently resides in Murrieta, Calif.
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.
