38th Annual Bison Athletic Hall of Fame Class Will Be Inducted October 2nd
9/25/2009 1:45:00 PM | General
North Dakota State University will induct its 38th annual class of seven new members into the Bison Athletic Hall of Fame and its third national championship team into the Bison Athletic Hall of Champions on Friday, Oct. 2nd. The addition of the seven new members will bring the number of individuals enshrined to 231.
The newest members of the Hall are the 1969 NDSU national championship football team represented by co-captain and middle linebacker STU HELGASON; All-America volleyball middle hitter and basketball player JEN MILLER (HUME) (1979-82); NCAA Division II national champion wrestler RICK GOEB (1985-88); All-America setter BECKY SCHULZE (1986-89); men's basketball standout DAN WILBERSCHEID (1984-88); All-America track & field performer LISA RISTAU-ECKROTH (1987-91); All-America volleyball middle hitter BRENDA SCHULTZ FOTI (1987-90), and All-America inside linebacker STEVE GARSKE (1980-1983).
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 to start at 11:30 a.m.
A limited number of tickets are available from the NDSU Athletic Media Relations Office (701-231-7197) for a cost of $25 per ticket.
The group will also be recognized at the homecoming football game on October 3rd between NDSU and Illinois State.
Here's a look at the 38th annual class:
1969 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL TEAM--North Dakota State University steamrolled the University of Montana 30-3 in the Camellia Bowl in a meeting between the No. 1 and 2 teams in the nation ... NDSU completed the season with a 10-0 record under the direction of head coach Ron Erhardt ... It is one of 13 undefeated seasons in school history and part of five unbeaten regular seasons from 1965 to 1970 that Erhardt helped to engineer ... That 1969 season was part of a school record 35 games without a defeat achieved from 1968 to 1971 that included three postseason bowl games ... Any doubt to the Bison grip on the top slot in 1969 was disspelled by the overwhelming display of the Fargo team on that December day in Sacramento ... Known as a physical, running team, NDSU utilized an aerial attack as the Bison finished with a total of 234 passing yards and 421 yards in total offense against the Grizzlies ... The Bison won an unprecedented sixth straight North Central Conference championship ... The 1969 NDSU team featured first team all-Americans in running back Paul Hatchett and defensive back Joe Cichy; second team All-American Steve Krumrei, while six other Bison earned honorable mention All-America accolades including Bruce Grasamke, Bob Hyland, Tim Mjos, Marv Mortenson and Chuck Wald ... Three NDSU players -- Tim Mjos, Joe Roller and Chuck Wald -- went to the National Football League ... Ten Bison players earned first team all-conference honors ... A total of 13 players from this undefeated team have been inducted into the Bison Athletic Hall of Fame, along with four members of the coaching staff and several administrators and support staff.
JEN MILLER, Volleyball middle hitter/basketball forward (1979-82)--North Dakota State University's first volleyball All-American, earning the Collegiate Volleyball Coaches Association first team honors in 1982 ... Led the Bison volleyball team coached by Donna Palivec to its first NCAA playoff appearance in 1982 ... Two-time all-North Central Conference selection in 1981 and 1982 ... An academic All-NCC selection in 1982 ... Holds NDSU season and career records for hitting percentage and ranks 10th in kills (1,436) ... Played basketball for Amy Ruley as a freshman before concentrating on volleyball ... Moved to New York Mills, Minn., from California in 1973 ... Played on three-time state champion New York Mills High School basketball teams in 1977, 1978 and 1979 ... Scored over 1,000 points in prep career ... Set a single-game Minnesota girls' basketball state record with 33 rebounds and still ranks third ... Runner-up for Minnesota's 1979 Miss Basketball ... Two-time all-state selection ... Member of WCCO Radio All-State High School Basketball Team of the Year ... Three-time all-conference player ... 1979 Park Region Conference Volleyball Most Valuable Player ... Two-time all-conference in volleyball ... Letterwinner in three sports at New York Mills ... Graduated Summa Cum Laude from Regis University with a degree in Healthcare Administration ... Married to Ken Hume and living in Aurora, Colo. ... Working in the medical field since 1982 in varied positions including business office manager for a multispeciality physician group practice, and corporate compliance officer for a large clinical laboratory in California ... Served on the Board of Directors for the California Clinical Laboratory Association ... Member of the American Academy of Professional Coders as a certified professional coder (CPC) and certified E/M coder (CEMC) ... Currently employed at PricewaterhouseCoopers as a senior associate in their health industries advisory group providing compliance and physician coding, documentation, and education services.
RICK GOEB, Wrestling, 126 pounds (1985-88)--The 1988 NCAA national champion at 126 pounds on NDSU's first Division II national championship under the direction of Bucky Maughan ... Three-time All-American for the Bison ...Three-time North Central Conference placewinner ... Compiled a 26-8 record during the 1988 NCAA Division II national championship season ... All-American in both 1987 (5th) and 1986 (7th) ... Bison had a dual record of 33-3 during his three years ... Finished 2nd, 3rd, and 2nd in the North Central Conference over his three years at NDSU after transferring from Oklahoma State ... His career record at NDSU was 64-25 (15-10, 23-7, and 26-8) ... Three-time Minnesota state wrestling champion at Anoka High School ... Finished undefeated with 101 straight wins ... Graduated from NDSU in 1989, earned his master's degree from Northern Colorado and received his Ph.D. from North Dakota ... Assistant wrestling coach at NDSU in 1989 and assistant wrestling/strength coach at Northern Colorado in 1990 ... Head wrestling coach at St. Cloud State from 1991-1994 ... Served as the associate athletic director at Alaska-Fairbanks from 1995-2001 ... Since 2001, Goeb has directed the 17-sport varsity athletics program at Bemidji State with NCAA Division I men's and women's ice hockey and 15 Division II sports ... BSU has entered one of the best all-around eras in the program's history highlighted by men's ice hockey making its first Division I NCAA Frozen Four and recently joining the WCHA ... Six teams have won conference titles during his tenure ... BSU athletics has also assembled a strong academic reputation under Goeb's leadership with the athletic teams compiling a 3.00 cumulative grade point average every semester for the past eight years ... Set up partnerships with nine local elementary schools and BSU student-athletes to enhance university's relationship in community ... Worked with Bemidji city council, city residents and students to pass a referendum to build the Bemidji Regional Events Center ... He and his wife, Carol, have two daughters Amber (11) and Anna (10), and a son, Jordan (8) ... Served on the Bemidji Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors from 2002-06 ... First Assembly of God church board deacon since 2006.
BECKY SCHULZE, Volleyball, Setter (1986-89)--Two-time AVCA Division II All-America 1st team selection in 1988 and 1989 ... Two-time ASICS/Volleyball Monthly 3rd team All-America in 1988-89 ... MVP of 1989 NCAA North Central Regional ... Two-time all-North Central Conference pick ... Three-year starter at setter for NDSU and led team to 117-17 over that span ... Played for Bison Athletic Hall of Fame member Donna Palivec, Jolyn Koppinger Montgomery and Cathy Olson George ... Set NDSU single season record with 1,761 assists in 1988 ... On the all-time charts, ranks 2nd in service aces (238) and 7th in assists (3,411) ... Played on two NCC championship teams ... Member of four NCAA tournament teams including the 1986 Final Four squad, 1988 and 1989 NCAA third place teams ... Holds NDSU record with 20 service aces in NCAA tournament play from 1986-89 ... 1986 graduate of Minneapolis Roosevelt High School .... Two-time all-conference performer in volleyball, basketball and softball ... Also lettered in cross country ... Recipient of the St. Paul (Minn.) Pioneer Press Athena Award for Roosevelt High School in 1986 ... Graduated from Minnesota State Moorhead in 1991 with a bachelor's degree in sociology ... Assistant volleyball (1990) and softball (1991-93) coach for MSUM ... Served as MSUM's head volleyball coach from 1991-94, directing the Dragons to a pair of NAIA national tournament appearances including a 3-2 showing at the 1994 event ... That 1994 team set school records with 39 wins including 13 consecutive victories ... Her ledger included a 1994 NAIA Midwest Region title, 1993 Northern Sun championship, and 1992 NAIA District 13 and NAIA Bi-District 6 titles ... Compiled a 123-48 record over four seasons ... Her two-year stint as head softball coach landed the Dragons a NAIA District 13 softball title and berth to the NAIA national tournament in 1994 ... MSUM was 48-27 in softball in 1994-95 ... Schulze went back to earn a second degree in computer information systems ... Was programmer analyst for the Mutual Group in Fargo and then transitioned into the consulting arena ... Software consultant for Intellisol International, Echelon and Diamond Municipal, traveling to London, Japan, and across the US and Canada ... Currently works as a technical implementation consultant for Silverpop, Inc., in Fargo ... Registered Pet Partner Team and member of the Delta Society, participating in animal assisted activities in the community.
DAN WILBERSCHEID, Basketball, Forward/Center (1984-88)--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.
LISA RISTAU-ECKROTH, Women's Track & Field, Multi-Event (1987-91)--Standout on the track and in the classroom ... Winner of 1992 North Central Conference Stan Marshall Award ... Winner of the 1992 North Dakota NCAA Woman of the Year Award ... Named to CoSIDA College Division Academic All-America second team ... An 11-time NCAA Division II All-American in track & field (6 outdoor, 5 indoor)... Two-time NCC Outdoor Track & Field Athlete of the Meet (1991 & 1992) ... 1992 NCC Indoor Track & Field Athlete of the Meet ... Bison won three NCC outdoor and a pair of league indoor championships during her career under the direction of head coach Jerry Gores ... Five-time NCC indoor champion ... Six-time NCC outdoor champion, including a pair of heptathlon titles ... Ran on four NCC outdoor first place relay teams... Three-time NCC Academic At-Large 1st team pick ... Graduated as the school's record holder in the heptathlon with 5,194 points at 1991 NCAA championships ... Won 1991 NCC title with a then league record of 5,103 points ... Finished 2nd (1991), 4th (1992) and 5th (1990) in the NCAA heptathlon ... Graduated as school record holder in pentathlon (3,705 points) and 100 hurdles (:13.66) ... Member of school record outdoor 800 medley relay team (1:46.34) ... On NDSU indoor charts, Lisa is tied for 1st in the 55-meter hurdles (:08.02), and 3rd in the 500 (1:16.04) and pentathlon ... On NDSU outdoor list, Lisa is 2nd in the heptathlon and 100 hurdles, 4th in the 400 hurdles (1:01.64) and 7th in the long jump (19-6 1/4) ... At Fairmont (Minn.) High School, she was a 13-time Minnesota state track and field qualifier and captured four state titles -- three in the 300 hurdles and one in the 100 hurdles ... Posted an undefeated senior season in the 100 hurdles and set a state record in 1988 ... Still holds Fairmont High School records in the 300 hurdles, 100 hurdles, 400 split and 4x400 relay before exiting as the Cardinals' all-time leading points scorer ... Four-time state gymnastics qualifier, earning third place in the Class AA state floor exercise ... Worked for the NDSU Alumni Association for two years following her graduation in 1988 ... Also worked for Fisons Pharmaceuticals and Sandoz Pharmaceuticals ... Since 1997, she has been with Purdue Pharmaceutical and is currently the regional account executive, managed care department ... Married to Mike Eckroth, who was an all-conference and All-America sprinter for NDSU ... The couple resides in Edina, Minn., with their two children, Isaac (8) and Annika (6) .
BRENDA SCHULTZ, Volleyball, Middle Hitter (1987-90)--Three-time AVCA Division II All-American, first team twice ... Three-time ASICS/Volleyball Magazine Division II All-American, first team twice ... Three-time NCAA Championship all-tournament team ... MVP of 1990 NCAA North Central Regional ... Three-time AVCA All-North Central Region 1st team pick ... Four-time All-North Central Conference selection, one of six players in league history to achieve that feat ... NCC MVP in 1990 ... Four-time NCC Player of the Week ... Academic All-NCC first team in 1990 ... North Dakota State advanced to NCAA Elite Eight three times, placing second in 1990 and third in both 1988 and 1989 ... Played for Jolyn Koppinger Montgomery and Cathy Olson George ... Bison advanced to NCAA Region finals all four years ... Played on three straight North Central Conference championship teams (1988-89-90) ... Holds NDSU's NCAA records for most sets played (57), most solo blocks (15), total blocks (67, 15bs-52ba) and digs (159) ... Had 10 NCAA matches with double figure kills and two with 20+ digs ... Twice had matches with four solo blocks against MSU Mankato (1990) and Florida Southern (1989) ... On the NDSU career charts, Schultz is 2nd in total blocks (679), block assists (561) and points (2,294.5), 4th in solo blocks (118), 5th in kills (1,762) and attacks (4,048), and 9th in digs (1,138) ... Graduated from NDSU in 1992 with a degree in sociology and earned a master's in special education at Wisconsin ... Born and raised in Jackson, Minn., Schultz was a three-time all-conference performer in both volleyball and basketball ... Earned all-state honors in volleyball and all-region basketball accolades as a senior ... Also played softball on a team that placed third at the state tourney during freshman year ... Married to Tom Foti, a former Bison basketball player ... The couple lives in Madison, Wis., with three children, Samantha (13), Brianna (10) and Gabriella (7) ... Teaches at Edgewood High School ... In 1994, Brenda and Tom started Center Court Volleyball Camps for children in fifth through 12th grades in the Madison area ... Coached volleyball at various levels highlighted by her 2001 Edgewood varsity team that placed second at the state tournament ... Continues to coach her daughter's volleyball teams.
STEVE GARSKE, Football, Inside Linebacker (1980-83)--Recruited to play at North Dakota State University by Earle Solomonson and played for Don Morton, both members of the Bison Athletic Hall of Fame ... Made the traveling squad and started one game as a freshman ... Played in the NCAA playoffs in both 1981 and 1982 ... Member of the 1983 NCAA Division II national championship team ... Associated Press first team Little All-American in 1982 as a junior; first team All-NCC in 1982 and Most Valuable Linebacker in the NCC ... Leading tackler (116) for the 12-1 Bison team that advanced to NCAA Division II semifinals ... His 91 assisted tackles and 25 solos were both team highs ... Top defensive point-getter (650) despite missing two regular season games ... Suffered a shoulder injury in mid-season and missed entire 1983 spring ... Had 10 tackles and broke up two passes in the semifinal at UC Davis ... Named NCC Player of the Week after recording 15 tackles and a key quarterback sack against Northern Iowa ... Credited with 20 tackles including six solos at MSU Mankato ... Came up with a key interception to preserve 10-3 win at South Dakota State ... Recorded 19 tackles, a forced fumble, a sack and an interception against Augustana ... Missed most of his senior year in 1983 with an injury, but continued to help out as a student coach ... Recorded 47 tackles in the first four games before being sidelined ... Played in 33 games during his career ... Finished with 186 tackles including 37 solo stops, five pass breakups and three interceptions ... Graduated from NDSU in 1985 with a degree in leisure studies and recreation ... Born in Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. ... Lettered in football, basketball and track and field at Richfield (Minn.) High School ... Earned all-state and all-conference honors at linebacker his senior year ... Worked at Southside Woodworking as a cabinetmaker and foreman from 1984 to 1990 ... Currently the service manager and sales at Mahin-Walz, where he has worked since 1991 ... Steve and his wife, Patti, have two children Vanessa (12) and Hannah (10).
