NDSU

HIGH SCHOOL: Six-year letterwinner at Hayfield High School...Competed at the Minnesota Class A state championships in the shot put twice, finishing fifth as a sophomore and third as a junior...Three-time all-conference and two-time all-state selection...Academic all-state selection...Also starred in basketball and volleyball...Scored over 1,000 points as a center on the hardwood...Three-time all-conference athlete in both sports.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Randy and Carla Severson...Has two brothers, Nick and Jon, and two sisters, Shaunna and Lindsay...Nick wrestled for NDSU...Jon played baseball and football for Wisconsin-Stout...Planning to major in radiological sciences.