Andi (Noel) Olsonawski Track & Field, Multi-Events Athlete Honors: Seven-time NCAA Division II All-American...The school’s only fourtime All-American in the outdoor heptathlon, including fifth-place finishes each of her final two seasons...Also part of the third-place 400-meter relay team at the 2000 NCAA outdoor...Earned two indoor All-America honors in the 55-meter hurdles (6th in 2001) and the 1,600-meter relay (5th in 1999)... Four-time North Central Conference champion...Won back-to-back NCC indoor pentathlon titles and NCC outdoor 400-meter relay titles in 2000 and 2001. Stats/Notes: Broke the school heptathlon record set by Bison Hall of Famer Lisa Ristau with a score of 5,294 points at the 2001 NCC championship...Still ranks fifth in NDSU history...Tied the NDSU indoor record in the 55-meter hurdles (8.02)...Graduated second in NDSU history and still ranks 10th in the indoor long jump (19-7 1/2)...Ran the third-best 100-meter outdoor hurdles time in NDSU history (14.05) and still ranks seventh all-time...Passed away in June 2020 after a nearly five-year-long cancer journey.
Nicole (VanderBos) Hurt
Nick Severson Wrestling Honors: Two-time NCAA Division II national champion at heavyweight in 2001 and 2002...Helped Bison capture the 2001 NCAA Division II national championship with a dramatic pin in 5:59 of South Dakota State’s Jon Madsen, the turning point in NDSU topping the Jackrabbits for the crown...Won 2002 North Central Conference individual title...Four-time NCC placewinner overall... Member of two conference championship teams... Inducted into the NCAA Division II Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2016. Stats/Notes: Posted a 7022 career record including 32-8 in duals with 36 pins... Fashioned a 47-4 record with 23 pins over final two seasons including 23-0 in duals...Put up 9-7 record including 3-3 in duals with four pins at 197-pounds in 1998-99...
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Soccer Went 14-11 including 6-5 in duals with seven pins at heavyweight in 199900...Compiled 17-1 record including 11-0 in duals with eight pins at 285 in 200001...Rolled up 30-3 record including 12-0 in duals with 17 pins at 285 in 2001-02... Placed fourth at 2003 U.S. World Team Trials...Fifth at 2003 U.S. Greco-Roman Nationals...Fourth at 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials and eighth at 2011 U.S. Nationals.
Honors: Two-time National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All-Central Region selection in 1996 and 1999...1996 North Central Conference Freshman of the Year...Two-time all-North Central Conference selection in 1998 and 1999...Two-time NCC Player of the Week. Stats/Notes: Member of first NDSU women’s soccer team to qualify for the NCAA tournament in 1999...Bison went 14-3-2 in 1999 including 4-1-1 in the NCC...Overcame injury during the 1997 season to become NDSU’s career leader with 122 points (50 goals, 22 assists), 1.67 points per game (73 games), 50 goals and 0.68 goals per game...Her 14 game-winning goals were an NDSU career record and still rank second...Ranks second all-time with 236
shots attempted, third with 3.23 shots per game, tied for 4th with 22 assists, seventh with 0.30 assists per game, and tied for fifth with 73 games started...Holds three of the top four NDSU singleseason marks for points and goals including a schoolrecord 37 points and 15 goals in 1999 that still rank second...Set single-match records with five goals and 10 points vs. Rocky Mountain College (10-17-1999)...Shares the single-game record of 12 shots vs. Wisconsin-River Falls (8-28-1999)...Led the Bison in points and goals in 1996, 1999 and 2000...Tied for team-lead in assists in 1999.