NDSU

HIGH SCHOOL: Honorable mention all-state performer for St. Francis Catholic High School High School ... Three-year starter at running back and linebacker ... Set single-season record with 1,160 yards and nine TDs on 146 carries as a senior ... Made 91 tackles including 66 solos and earned spot on all-Big 10 Conference first-team defense ... Two-time all-area utility player ... Holds the school’s career rushing mark with 2,291 yards and 23 TDs on 300 carries ... Oustanding baseball player ... Honorable mention on Rawlings Preseason All-American team ... Played in FACA All-Star game ... Finished with .349 batting average and 105 steals  ...  PERSONAL: Son of Randy and Francine Maris ... Has two brothers, Andrew and Blaise ... Grandfather, Roger Maris, a former Fargo Shanley standout, broke Babe Ruth’s single-season home run record with 61 home runs in 1961 playing for the New York Yankees ... Record stood for over five decades ... An annual golf tournament benefits the Roger Maris Cancer Center in Fargo ... Father, Randy, was a professional golfer from 1981-96 ... Grandfather, Thomas Wynne, played college basketball ... Plans to major in pharmacy.