2007-08 Season (Junior): First-team All-Summit League performer who continued to excel in the classroom...Earned a spot on the CoSIDA Academic All-America® University Division first team with a 3.84 cumulative grade-point average...Named to the NABC Honors Court, Summit League Winter/Spring All-Academic Team, and Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence...Summit League Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year...Made all 29 starts to extend his streak to 85 straight games...NDSU’s leading rebounder in 22 games and leading scorer nine times...The league’s overall No. 1 rebounder with 8.3 rpg and the No. 4 overall scorer with 19.2 ppg...In the league-only stats, he ranked third in scoring (18.4) and second in rebounding (7.7)...Second in the league with eight double-doubles...Summit League Men’s Athlete of the Month after averaging 23.5 points and 9.0 rebounds in December when he posted three straight double-doubles against Colorado State, Bucknell and California...All-tournament at the Cal Golden Bear Classic...Poured in a career-high 39 points to lift the Bison to a 102-99 overtime win at Centenary, where he passed 1,000 career points...Summit League Player of the Week after a 26-point, 11-rebound effort against Colorado State...Player of the Week again after averaging 24 points and 10 rebounds in the final weekend sweep of Centenary and Oral Roberts.
2006-07 Season (Sophomore): One of three Bison players to earn Division I all-independent honors...Ranked fourth in scoring average with 16.1 points per game, fifth in rebounding at 6.8 rpg, sixth in field-goal percentage (.518) and eighth in free-throw percentage (.793)...Made all 28 starts...NDSU’s leading scorer in nine games, and top rebounder in 10 contests...Four double-doubles...Sizzled for a career-high 32 points at Idaho in the regular-season opener, making 9 of 12 field goals and 12 of 15 free throws...Helped ice a victory over Wisconsin-Green Bay by making 11 of 11 free throws, including 8 of 8 in the final 2:09...Two-time Division I independent Player of the Week...Repeat selection to the Division I independent all-academic team...Voted to the CoSIDA Academic All-America® University Division second team.
2005-06 Season (Freshman): Started all 28 games and scored in double digits 18 times...Led the Division I independents in 3-point percentage (.471), ranked sixth in rebounds per game (6.9), eighth in field-goal percentage (.507) and 10th in free-throw percentage (.788)...NDSU’s leading rebounder in 10 games and had 13 games with eight or more boards...Season-highs of 27 points and 13 rebounds vs. Mayville State...All-tourney at Montana State, where he hit the game-winning shot both nights and recorded his first double-double with 15 points and 10 boards against the host Bobcats...All-tournament at Drake...Had 16 points and six boards vs. Drake and followed with game-highs of 20 points, eight rebounds and six assists vs. Mississippi Valley State...D-I independent Newcomer of the Week three straight weeks (12/20, 1/3 and 1/10)...Independent all-academic team...Honorable mention all-independent.
2004-05 Season (Redshirt): Sat out the entire season as a redshirt in the Bison program.
High School: Played at Morris Area High School under coach Mark Torgerson...Graduated in 2004...Minnesota "Mr. Basketball" award candidate...Three-time conference MVP and two-time pick to the all-state team...KSAX-TV Athlete of the Year...Three-time pick to the West Central Tribune’s all-area team...Finished second in career scoring at Morris with 1,750 points...Scored a school-record 43 points in games as a junior and senior, and had a 36-point game as a sophomore...Set a school record with 647 points in one season and also left Morris as the career leader in free throws made...Recorded one triple-double...Also competed in football for three years and was a four-time letterman in track and field...Two-time team MVP on the gridiron and earned conference MVP honors once...Three-time state medalist in track, placing in the 300-meter hurdles, the 400-meter relay, and the 800-meter relay...Academic all-state.
Personal: Majoring in industrial engineering and management with a minor in business administration...Held a summer internship with an industrial engineer and plant manager for a local parts factory...In his fourth year on the NDSU Student-Athlete Advisory Committee...Serves as Vice President...Also in his second year as one of two NDSU representatives on the Summit League SAAC... Son of Larry and Darcy Winkelman of Morris, Minn...Family includes an older sister, Katie, who played basketball for Minnesota-Duluth...Has an uncle, Terry Rheingans, who played semi-pro football...First cousin, once removed, Brad Rheingans, was a Hall of Fame wrestler at NDSU from 1971-75 and wrestled for the U.S. Olympic Team...Had a first cousin, Kali Rheingans, attend NDSU and work as an intern for the Bison athletic program...Played with teammate Ben Woodside on an Athletes In Action team last July at the Jones Cup in Taiwan...The U.S. team went 7-2 with opening game and championship game overtime losses to Jordan...Scored a 31 points in a seven-point win over Qatar in the semifinals...Averaged 15.1 points, 6.7 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 28.7 minutes in nine games.
