2020-21 Men's & Women's Basketball Game Program

MUSTANG BASKETBALL SCHEDULES WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Nov. 6 Nov. 7 Nov. 11 NOV. 14 Nov. 17 NOV. 21 NOV. 24 DEC. 2 Dec. 5 Dec. 9 DEC. 12 DEC. 16 Dec. 19 Jan. 2 Jan. 6 JAN. 9 JAN. 13 Jan. 16 Jan. 20 JAN. 23 JAN. 27 Jan. 30 Feb. 3 FEB. 6 Feb. 20

Mid-America Nazarene Benedictine College University of Jamestown* COLLEGE OF SAINT MARY* Dakota State (Pentagon) MOUNT MARTY* NORTHWESTERN* DORDT* Midland* Briar Cliff* CONCORDIA* DAKOTA WESLEYAN* Hastings* College of Saint Mary* Doane* HASTINGS* BRIAR CLIFF* Concordia* Dordt* MIDLAND* JAMESTOWN* Mount Marty* Dakota Wesleyan* DOANE* Northwestern

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Kansas Wesleyan Classic (Kansas Wesleyan) Kansas Wesleyan Classic (Southwestern) Jamestown* Presentation Classic (Presentation) Presentation Classic (Mayville St.) Dakota St. (Pentagon – Sioux Falls) MT. MARTY* NORTHWESTERN* DORDT* Midland* Briar Cliff* CONCORDIA* DAKOTA WESLEYAN* Hastings* Doane* HASTINGS* BRIAR CLIFF* Concordia* Dordt* MIDLAND* JAMESTOWN* Mt. Marty* Dakota Wesleyan* DOANE* Northwestern*

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Home games at Allee Gymnasium Rosen Verdoorn Sports Center Great Plains Athletic Conference*

MUSTANG basketball A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT Dear Mustang Fans, Morningside College is an extraordinary institution, rich in tradition and influential in the lives of countless students since our founding in 1894. Hardworking, dedicated and ethical are just a few of the descriptions that capture the characteristics of young women and men who are, or have been, Morningsiders.

The terrific success of our athletic teams over the years is because we believe those characteristics win on the field, but more importantly in life. I am extremely proud of our student-athletes and coaches and look forward to another exciting year of Mustang athletics!

Go Mustangs!

COLLEGE INFORMATION Founded:..............................................................................................1894 Location:..........................................................................Sioux City, Iowa Enrollment:.......................................................................................... 1270 President: ..........................................................................John Reynders Athletic Director: ..................................................................... Tim Jager Faculty Athletics Representative: ................................... Susie Lubbers Registrar: .............................................................................. Jen Dolphin Ticket/Office Manager: .................................................. Cheryl Gamble Sports Information Director: ............................................. Mark Adkins Head Athletic Trainer: .......................................................Katy Burford Equipment Manager: .......................................................... Bryce Rusler Athletic Phone:.................................................................. (712) 274-5192 Athletic FAX:......................................................................(712) 274-5578 Sports Information Phone:............................................... (712) 274-5127 Affiliation:..........................................................................................NAIA Conference: ............................................................ Great Plains Athletic Mascot: .......................................................................................Mustangs Colors: ............................................................................Maroon & White

MEN’S BASKETBALL Head Coach:.............................................................................. Jim Sykes Alma Mater:....................................................................Nebraska (1989) Record At School:.......................................................... 361-165, 17 Years Career Record: .............................................................. 361-165, 17 Years Basketball Office Phone: .................................................. (712) 274-5371 Associate Head Coach: .........................................................Trent Miller Assistant Coach: .........................................................Tim Van Peursem Assistant Coach: ........................................................ Trystan Cummins Assistant Coach: ............................................................ John Vanderloo 2019-20 Record: .................................................................................. 27-3 GPAC Record/Finish: .................................................................. 18-2, 1st Home Record: ...................................................................................... 12-1 Away/Neutral Record: ........................................................................15-2 Lettermen Returning/Lost: ................................................................9/6 Starters Returning/Lost: .....................................................................2/3

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

The Morningside College experience cultivates a passion for lifelong learning and a dedication to ethical leadership and civic responsibility.

Head Coach: ............................................................................Jamie Sale Alma Mater: ................................................................... Nebraska (1995) Record At School: ........................................................ 507-153, 20 Years Career Record: ............................................................. 589-173, 22 Years Basketball Office Phone: ..................................................(712) 274-5474 Assistant Coach: ..............................................................Jill Bodammer Assistant Coach: .............................................................. Denny Lokken Assistant Coach: .......................................................Jordyn Wollenburg Assistant Coach: ...........................................................Bryan Alfredson 2019-20 Record: .................................................................................23-10 GPAC Record/Finish: ................................................................. 16-5, 3rd Home Record: ......................................................................................10-3 Away/Neutral Record: ........................................................................13-7 Lettermen Returning/Lost: ................................................................ 7/4 Starters Returning/Lost: .....................................................................3/2 Photo credits: Nick Buth, Dr. Gene Knudsen

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ABOUT MORNINGSIDE COLLEGE

MUSTANG MEN’S BASKETBALL If colleges had birth certificates, this is the information that would have appeared on the hypothetical document issued for Morningside College almost 125 years ago.

Name: Morning Side College Date: Dec. 5, 1894 Time: 5:30 p.m.

Place: Sioux City, Iowa Parents: the Rev. G. W. Carr and a commission created by the

Northwest Iowa Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church It was an inauspicious birth. The new college was the successor to University of the Northwest, a short-lived institution launched in Sioux City with great fanfare in 1890 that was bankrupt and liquidated five years later. The Rev. G. W. Carr, who was University of the Northwest’s last president, served as Morningside College’s first president. It was Carr, along with a group of 14 other Methodist ministers, who filed Morningside College’s articles of incorporation with the Woodbury County Recorder’s Office at 5:30 p.m. on Dec. 5, 1984. They gave the infant college a temporary name that came from the Sioux City suburb where University of the Northwest had established its campus. Optimistically, the founders hoped a wealthy patron would step forward to make a generous naming gift.

On Sept. 11, 1895, Morningside College classes officially started on

the former University of the Northwest campus, which contained one building (known today as Charles City College Hall) and the foundation for an unfinished second building (today’s Lewis Hall).

A record number of students, 196, enrolled for classes.

By contrast, the 21st century Morningside College has a total enrollment of nearly 3,000 full- and part-time students and a 69-acre campus with 25 buildings. Undergraduate students seek an active, experiential education in more than 65 majors and preprofessional programs. The college also offers graduate degree programs in teaching and nursing. The majority of coursework for the Master of Arts in Teaching and the Master of Science in Nursing degrees is offered in a convenient online format. Morningside’s newest online degree program is an undergraduate major in organizational management that is designed for working adults who have some college credits and want to complete their bachelor’s degree.

As Morningside College marks the 125th anniversary of its founding, we provide students an extraordinary, immersive experience that challenges them to explore their interests and ideas, engage in a hands-on education, build authentic community, foster natural curiosity, and make an impact in the world.

JOHN REYNDERS

TIM JAGER

PRESIDENT

ATHLETIC DIRECTOR

John Reynders, the 12th President of Morningside College, came to Morningside in 1999 from Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania, where he was Vice President for Administrative Services and Treasurer.

Tim Jager became Morningside’s athletic director on Aug. 1, 2012, following a highly successful career as the college’s head wrestling coach.

Morningside has won the GPAC AllSport Trophy five times in the last seven years under Jager’s leadership and was named the GPAC Athletic Director of the Year honor in 2016-17 and 2018-2019.

President Reynders has experience at all levels of higher education, having also served at Allegheny as Director and Dean of Enrollment Planning and Financial Aid (1990-97); Special Assistant to the Provost and Associate Director of Athletics (1988-90); and Associate Professor of Physical Education, Instructor in Mathematics, and Head Men’s Basketball Coach (1979-88). In addition to his teaching and administrative responsibilities, he has been active in higher education organizations as well as consulting for the George Dehne and Associates firm.

President Reynders serves or has served on numerous not for profit boards and currently is a member of the Iowa Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (IAICU), the Iowa College Foundation, and Council of Independent Colleges (CIC). He is a former Chair of the NAIA Council of Presidents.

President Reynders holds Master of Arts in Education and Bachelor of Science in Mathematics degrees from Allegheny. He and his wife, Robin, share their sons: Mathew, Chuck, and Jeremy.

Jager compiled a 75-41-2 record in eight seasons as Morningside’s head wrestling coach after he started up the college’s varsity program. Jager guided the Mustangs to GPAC championships in 2011 and 2012. He was a three-time GPAC Coach of the Year and was the 2011 NAIA North Region Coach of the Year after he led Morningside to the NAIA North Region title. Jager was the NAIA’s 2011 recipient of the Bob Bubb Coaching Excellence Award presented to a coach who epitomizes the qualities and characteristics of a role model and mentor for developing student-athletes. He received the GPAC Coach of Character Award in 2011 and is past president of the NAIA Wrestling Coaches Association. Under Jager, the Mustangs received the NAIA Buffalo Funds Five Star Champions of Character Award three times.

Jager serves on numerous Morningside hiring committees, is part of Morningside’s Advising Committee and Enrollment Management Team, and has served on the Student Life and Enrollment Task Force Committees.

MUSTANG MEN’S BASKETBALL JIM SYKES HEAD COACH

Jim Sykes has put together one of the most impressive coaching resumes in Morningside history since he was promoted to the position of head coach in January of 2003-04.

Sykes has a career record of 361-165 for a .686 winning percentage for the most victories and the highest victory rate in Morningside men’s basketball history. He has led the Mustangs to 14 winning seasons in the last 17 years, including 10 20-win campaigns, eight National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Division II tournament berths, seven Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) regular-season championships and three GPAC post-season tournament championships.

Morningside’s head coach claimed the 2019-20 GPAC Coach of the Year honor, the sixth time he’s been honored during his career.

He led the Mustangs to a 27-3 record, the GPAC regular-season championship and an opening-round win in the NAIA Division II tournament. He was named the 2018-19 GPAC Coach of the Year, earning the honor for the fifth time in his career, after he guided the Mustangs to a 29-4 record, the GPAC regular-season championship and the quarterfinals of the NAIA Division II national tournament.

He also earned GPAC Coach of the Year honors in 2018, 2015, 2008 and 2004. in 2017-18, Sykes guided the Mustangs to a 28-7 record, GPAC regular season and post-season tournament championships in the same season for the first time in school history and the quarterfinals of the NAIA Division II tournament. His 2014-15 team posted a 28-5 record, won a GPAC regular-season co-championship, and advanced to the second round of the NAIA Division II tournament. His 2007-08 team finished 29-4 to set a school record for victories, won the GPAC regular-season title with a 16-2 league mark and was ranked No. 1 in the nation much of the season. Sykes received the GPAC Coach of the Year award for the first time in his career in 2004 when he took over as interim head coach and led the Mustangs to a 9-3 finish over their final 12 games to share the GPAC regular-season championship with Northwestern.

Sykes directed the Mustangs to consecutive GPAC regular-season championships in 2007-08 and 2008-09 and 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20. He guided Mside to NAIA Division II tournament appearances in 2006, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, and 2020.

Morningside reached the Elite Eight in 2006, 2018, and 2019 while advancing to the second round in 2008, 2009, and 2020.

He was named the Mustangs’ head coach on March 29, 2004, after he was at the controls of a strong second-half finish during the 2003-04 season while serving as the team’s head coach on an interim basis. Sykes, who was in his third year as the top assistant coach, took over the program after former head coach Jerry Schmutte took a medical leave of absence.

The Mustangs posted a 9-3 record under Sykes en route to an 18-13 finish and a 14-4 record in the GPAC to share the league’s regularseason championship with Northwestern College. Sykes earned the 2004 GPAC Coach of the Year award for his efforts. The Mustangs, who had finished 10-22 during the 2002-03 campaign, were the

COACHING STAFF surprise team of the GPAC after they had been tabbed for a 12th place finish in the conference coaches’ preseason poll. A year later, he guided the program to a 20-11 record for the college’s first 20-win season since 1994-95.

Sykes came to Morningside from Waverly, Neb., where he had been a coach at Waverly High School for 10 years. He was an assistant coach for Waverly’s varsity boys basketball and football teams and was a junior high school track coach. Sykes helped lead Waverly to a berth in Nebraska’s 1995 Class B state basketball tournament.

Sykes graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1989.

TRENT MILLER

ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH Trent Miller became the Mustangs’ top assistant coach in June 2017. He was elevated to the role of associate head coach in January 2020.

Miller, a 2014 Morningside graduate, was previously a student assistant coach at Morningside in the 2013-14 season and the Mustangs’ head junior varsity coach in the 2015-16 campaign.

Miller taught at Elkhorn Public Schools in Nebraska in 2014-15 and served as the varsity assistant basketball coach at Elkhorn High School.

Miller was a three-year starter during his playing career at Morningside and is the Mustangs’ all-time leader with 514 career assists and 235 career steals. Miller, who averaged 4.6 assists and 2.1 steals per game during his Morningside career, earned second-team All-Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) honors as a junior and senior and was the 2013 GPAC Defensive Player of the Year.

Miller led the GPAC in assists as a sophomore, junior and senior and topped the league in steals as a sophomore and junior. Miller dealt a school-record 194 assists and ranked seventh nationally with an average of 6.1 assists per game in his 2012-13 senior campaign. He set a school record with 79 steals and ranked fifth in the nation with an average of 2.5 steals per game as a junior.

He earned second-team Class B all-state honors from the Omaha World-Herald and the Lincoln Journal-Star as a senior and was an Omaha World-Herald second-team all-stater as a junior during his prep career at Gretna High School in Nebraska.

TIM VAN PEURSEM ASSISTANT COACH

Tim Van Peursem joined the Mustangs’ coaching staff for the 201718 season.

Van Peursem has over 10 years of coaching experience at the high school level. He was an assistant girls basketball and junior varsity girls basketball head coach at Sioux City

MUSTANG MEN’S BASKETBALL East for the past six seasons and was the freshman girls basketball coach at East from 2003-12.

His coaching career began at Sioux City North High School, where he was an assistant coach for the Stars’ sophomore boys basketball team from 2001-03.

He graduated from Briar Cliff College in 2000 with a degree in business finance. Van Peursem is a 1996 graduate of Sioux City North High School.

TRYSTAN CUMMINS

COACHING STAFF

JACKSON LAZZO STUDENT ASSISTANT

Lazzo is in his third season as a student assistant for the Mustangs.

He’s helped Morningside navigate its way to back-to-back Great Plains Athletic Conference championships, National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Division II national tournament berths, and back-to-back 20-plus win campaigns.

ASSISTANT COACH

Trystan Cummins, a 2020 graduate who appeared in 99 games as a Mustangs’ player, joined the coaching staff in the summer of 2020.

Cummins closed out his career with better than 300 points and just shy of 200 rebounds and 100 assists. A native of Ankeny, Iowa, he earned his degree in American and World History in August.

DEREK DEGNER

STUDENT ASSISTANT Degner is in his first season as a student assistant. He played high school basketball at Newell-Fonda.

JOHN VANDERLOO ASSISTANT COACH

John Vanderloo, a former high school boys basketball coach at Sioux City East and North High Schools where he helped lead the Black Raiders and Stars to a combined eight Iowa High School Athletic Association tournament appearances, joined the Mustangs’ staff in the fall of 2020. He served as a head coach at North from 200409 after being an assistant from 2002-04. Vanderloo was also an assistant at East from 2011-20.

He’s a 1991 graduate of Morningside College. John and his wife Jen (Rademacher) Vanderloo, reside in Sioux City and are parents to a son, Blake.

BASKETBALL

MUSTANG MEN’S BASKETBALL

MEET THE MUSTANGS

#3 TREY POWERS

#4 JEFF WIDHELM Senior Forward/Center

Valley Neb.

Junior Guard

Abie, Neb.

#12 ZACH IMIG

#14 WILL POTTEBAUM

#20 CONNER HILL

Sophomore

Shooting Forward

Omaha, Neb.

Senior Guard

Gretna, Neb.

Sophomore Guard

LeMars, Iowa

#5 TYLER VAVRINA

Sophomore

Point Guard

Jewell, Iowa

MUSTANG MEN’S BASKETBALL

#21 JOEY SKOFF

#22 AIDAN VANDERLOO #23 MICK WILLIAMS Freshman Guard

Sioux City, Iowa

Junior

Point Guard

Omaha, Neb.

#24 COLLIN HILL

#30 ZACH MARTINEK

#32 TREY BROWN

Freshman Guard

Bellevue, Neb.

Junior Forward

Jewell, Iowa

Sophomore Guard

Sheffield, Iowa

Senior Center

Gretna, Neb.

MUSTANG MEN’S BASKETBALL

#33 ELY DOBLE

#34 T.J. SCHNURR

Freshman

Power Forward/Center

Gretna, Neb.

Sophomore Forward

Algona, Iowa

TAGE BERENDES

JACK DOTZLER

Sophomore Guard Elkhorn, Neb.

Freshman Point Guard Omaha, Neb.

MEET THE MUSTANGS

#50 JACOB FIERST Sophomore Forward/Center

West Allis, Wis.

LOUIS FIDLER Freshman Guard Bellevue, Neb.

MUSTANG MEN’S BASKETBALL

CLAY FROST

WILL HURD

BRYSON JANOUSEK

TREY KNUDSEN

JAY’VON MCKINNEY

ZACH OLSON

Freshman Point Guard Gretna, Neb.

Freshman Guard Yutan, Neb.

Junior Center Nemaha, Iowa

Freshman Forward Blue Springs, Mo.

Sophomore Guard Seward, Neb.

Freshman Shooting Forward/Power Forward Omaha, Neb.

NATE REED Freshman Guard Sioux City, Iowa

RECORD BOOK

MUSTANG MEN’S BASKETBALL INDIVIDUAL RECORDS - GAME

Points - 54, Chris Kuhlmann vs. Kearney State, 12-1-90 Field Goals - 20, Chris Kuhlmann vs. Kearney State, 12-1-90 3-Point Field Goals - 10, Brad Schmit vs. Dana, 1-30-03; Brody Egger vs. Mount Marty, 1-18-17 Field Goal Percentage - 100% (11-11), Bob Conaway vs. Westmar, 1984-85 Free Throws - 20, Jack Rother vs. Johnson & Wales, 11-4-06 Free Throw Percentage - 100% (15-15), Chris Kuhlmann vs.

Briar Cliff, 12-4-90 Rebounds - 31, Phil Wiggins vs. South Dakota State, 1962-63 Assists - 13, Dusty Wadlington vs. Northern Colorado, 2-2-01 Steals - 10, Brad Barron vs. Grand View, 11-18-94 Blocked Shots - 11, Jeff Birchard vs. Urbana, 11-17-90

INDIVIDUAL RECORDS - SEASON

Points - 697, Danny Rudeen, 2013-14 Scoring Average - 24.6, Chris Kuhlmann, 1989-90 Field Goals - 260, Chris Kuhlmann, 1989-90 Field goal percentage – 70.6, Tyler Borchers, 2018-19 3-Point Field Goals - 96, Brad Schmit, 2005-06 3-Point Field Goal Percentage - 49.0% (75-153), Shane Michael, 2007-08 Free Throws - 191, Danny Rudeen, 2013-14 Free Throw Percentage - 94.4% (51-54), Derek Paben, 2000-01 Consecutive Free Throws Made - 38, Danny Rudeen, 2-12 to 3-1-2014 Rebounds - 501, Dave Schlesser, 1974-75 Rebounding Average - 17.3, Dave Schlesser, 1974-75 Assists - 194, Trent Miller, 2012-13 Steals - 91, Tanner Miller, 2012-13 Blocked Shots - 106, Jeff Birchard, 1989-90

INDIVIDUAL RECORDS - CAREER

Games Played - 131, Jack Rother, 2004-08 Points - 1,987, Brad Schmit, 2002-06 Scoring Average - 20.6, Dave Schlesser, 1973-75 Field Goals – 756, Tyler Borchers, 2016-20 Field Goal Pct. – 66.08 pct. (756-1144), Tyler Borchers, 2016-20 3-Point Field Goals - 329, Brad Schmit, 2002-06 3-Point Field Goal Percentage - 47.4% (72-152), Andrew Drevo, 1999-2001 Free Throws - 428, Danny Rudeen, 2010-14 Free Throw Percentage - 88.8% (216-242), Dave Grice, 1983-87 Rebounds – 920, Tyler Borchers, 2016-20 Rebounding Average - 16.7, Dave Schlesser, 1973-75 Assists - 514, Trent Miller, 2009-13 Steals - 235, Trent Miller, 2009-13 Blocked Shots - 249, Jeff Birchard, 1987-91

TEAM RECORDS - GAME

Points - 135 vs. Westmar, 11-18-95; vs. Dana, 1-21-06 Points By Opponent - 118, North Dakota, 1968-69 Combined Points - 268 (Morningside 135, Dana 133 4 O.T.), 1-21-06 Victory Margin - 71 (Morningside 111, Nebraska Christian 40), 11-2-07 Field Goals - 46 vs. Mount Marty, 1-18-17 Field Goal Pct. – 71.2%. (42 of 59), Dakota St., 12/18/19 3-Point Field Goals - 26 vs. Marty Marty, 1-18-17 Free Throws - 49 vs. Dana, 1-21-06 Free Throw Percentage - 100% (25-25) vs. South Dakota State, 1973-74 Rebounds - 65 vs. Central Oklahoma, 12-19-99 Assists - 33 vs. Marty Marty, 1-18-17 Steals - 27 vs. Nebraska Christian, 11-2-07

Blocked Shots - 11 vs. Urbana, 11-17-90; vs. South Dakota State, 1-19-96

TEAM RECORDS - SEASON

Best Record - 29-4, 2007-08/2018-19 Consecutive Wins - 23, 11-2-07 to 2-2-08 Consecutive Wins At Home - 17, 2-4-93 to 2-18-95 Consecutive Wins On The Road - 14, 11-2-07 to 2-2-08 Points - 2,940, 2013-14 Scoring Average - 91.1, 1996-97 Field Goals - 1,702, 2018-19 Field Goal Pct. – 53% (954-1801), 2019-20 Lowest Field Goal Percentage By Opponent - 40.9% (688-1,681), 1999-2000 3-Point Field Goals - 325, 2005-06 3-Point Field Goal Percentage - 41.8 (219-524), 1990-91 Free Throws - 650, 2005-06; 2013-14 Free Throw Percentage - 75.1% (408-543), 1986-87 Rebounds - 1,471, 1974-75 Rebounding Average - 50.8, 1974-75 Assists - 555, 2018-19

Chris Kuhlmann set the Morningside single-game scoring record with 54 points against Kearney State.

Jeff Birchard holds all of Morningside’s blocked shot records.

SCORING LEADERS

MUSTANG MEN’S BASKETBALL

SCORING LEADERS 1.

1,987, Brad Schmit, 2002-06

2.

1,974, Danny Rudeen, 2010-14

3.

1,928, Tyler Borchers, 2016-​20

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1,950, Chris Kuhlmann, 1987-91

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1,677, Brody Egger, 2015-​2019

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1,633, Jack Rother, 2004-08

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1,625, Brad Barron, 1992-96

8.

1,536, Tim West, 1995-99

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1,465, Mark Faber, 1977-81

10.

1,430, Jason Siemon, 1989-93

11.

1,381, Alex Borchers, 2016-20

12.

1,362, Steve Brandsma, 1980-84

13.

1,349, Ryan Tegtmeier, 2013-17

14.

1,311, Eddie Ceaser, 2002-05

15.

1,252, Bryce Koch, 2013-17

16.

1,244, Mark Mohl, 1985-88

17.

1,221, Daryl Schnoes, 1982-86

18.

1,218, Tom Regan, 2002-06

18.

1,218, Seth Atkins, 2005-09

20.

1,201, Jason Huff, 1989-93

21.

1,193, Thomas Pargett, 2004-08

22.

1,189, John Vermilyea, 1964-67

23.

1,168, Zach Imig, 2017-

24.

1,139, Steve O’Neill, 2011-15

25.

1,121, Tanner Miller, 2011-15

26.

1,107, Kyle Nikkel, 2012-15

27.

,101, Tom Betz, 1985-89

28.

1,098, Doug Marx, 1973-77

29.

1,073, Durville Patton, 1996-98

30.

1,072, Jason Kleis, 1991-96

Brad Schmit 1,987 Career Points

Danny Rudeen 1,974 Career Points

NAMED ANNUAL ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIPS MICHAEL & MARGIE BENNETT SCHOLARSHIP CHIEF CLUB ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP J. DOUG DAVIS ANNUAL WRESTLING SCHOLARSHIP NAN ELLWANGER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FOR ATHLETICS ERNST FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP HENDERSON FAMILY ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP HOOGENSEN FAMILY ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP MARC “JAKE” JACOBSEN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP GALEN JOHNSON ANNUAL BASEBALL SCHOLARSHIP NARAK FAMILY ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP PEOPLES BANK ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP JUSTIN R. SHIDELER ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP SIGMA PHI EPSILON SCHOLARSHIP CRAIG STRUVE FOOTBALL SCHOLARSHIP DON VERDOORN ATHLETIC GRANT

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NAMED ENDOWED ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIPS GEORGE ALLEN - CLAYTON DROULLARD - GENE ASPREY ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP A.W. “BUCK” BUCKINGHAM ENDOWED ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP JOE E. CLAUSEN ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP LOWELL CRIPPEN ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP KATHLEEN DAVIS WOMEN’S SOCCER SCHOLARSHIP DR. STEPHEN DAVIS ANNUAL WOMEN’S GOLF SCHOLARSHIP THE “LES” DAVIS SCHOLARSHIP DEWEY HALFORD ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP SCOTT D. HARDING MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP DWIGHT C. HAUFF ENDOWED GRANT FOR ATHLETICS CHARLES E. HOBBS ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP JACKES FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP IRVING F. AND ELIZABETH M. JENSEN ENDOWED ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP HARRY KITTS ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP FOR MATHEMATICS EDUCATION ROBERT M. LINCOLN ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP MARLOW FAMILY ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP MARK MCLARNAN ENDOWED ATHLETIC GRANT MYRTLE OLMSCHEID BASKETBALL SCHOLARSHIP FUND THE “PRO” BASEBALL SCHOLARSHIP IN MEMORY OF DONALD H. PROTEXTER MERYLE V. SHAFENBERG ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP DENNIS TURNURE MEMORIAL ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP VAN WYNGARDEN ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP

2019-2020 Mustang scholarship fund members A special thank you to all supporters of Morningside College student-athletes. The Mustang Scholarship Fund was established to provide scholarship support for recruitment and retention of quality student-athletes. This fund includes contributions to both annual and endowed athletic scholarships in the 2018-2019 academic year ending May 31, 2019. We are proud to recognize the financial support of the alumni, Siouxland businesses, and friends who help make the “Morningside” experience available to our student-athletes.

THANK YOU . . .

COACH

$5,000 + LEVEL Mike & Margie Bennett Chad Benson ‘90 Jim & Mary Anne Carlson Dr. Stephen & Kathleen Davis Claris Hanson Dan ‘71 & Sue (Roberts) ‘72 Henderson Irving F. Jensen, Jr.*

Irving & Elizabeth Jensen Foundation Linda (Hoogensen) Jennings ‘86 Galen ‘68 & Ann Johnson Harry ‘65 & Marlys Kitts Dr. Gene ‘71 & Dr. Debra (Anderson) ‘73 Knudsen Tom ‘70 & Carol (Dahl) ‘71 Narak Russ ‘76 & Robyn (Reckert) ‘76 Olson Peoples Bank Rick Collins Toyota Craig ‘70 & Christine Struve Dr. Mark ‘69 & Linda (Stark) ‘69 Titus The Verdoorn Foundation Curt ‘76 & Linda White Ronald ‘70 & Jeanette Yockey

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For more information on scholarships, contact any of these staff members in the Morningside College Institutional Advancement Office.

JJ Marlow '03, 712-274-5424 Mike Freeman, 712-274-5464 Jonathan Blum '01, 712-274-5408 Mark O'Connell '85, 712-274-5153

MUSTANG BASKETBALL

ALL-TIME ALL-AMERICANS

MEN’S BASKETBALL TIM WEST, 1999 NABC 1ST-TEAM, 1999 DIVISION II BULLETIN 3RD-TEAM

Tim West became the first Morningside men’s basketball player in history to receive elite team NCAA Division II All-America honors when he made the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) and Division II Bulletin honor teams following the 1998-99 season. West was the Mustang’s leading scorer and second leading rebounder with averages of 20.3 points and 6.6 rebounds per game. He made 146 of 181 free throw attempts for 80.7 percent to set a school record for made free throws in a season. He captured the North Central Conference (NCC) scoring title with a 22.1-point scoring average in league competition and was named the NCC’s Most Valuable Player after he led the Mustangs to a second place league finish. West scored 40 points in a 102-88 win at North Dakota State on Feb. 6, 1999, for the fourth highest single-game scoring performance in Morningside history and the most points ever by a Morningside player in a NCC contest.

EDDIE CEASER, 2004 NAIA II 3RD-TEAM, 2005 NAIA II 2ND-TEAM

Eddie Ceaser is Morningside’s only two-time men’s basketball All-American. He earned third-team All-America honors as a junior in 2003-04 when he averaged 16.0 points and 3.9 rebounds per game and led the Mustangs with 142 assists, 57 steals, and in field goal accuracy at 53.5 percent. Ceaser had the Mustangs’ top individual scoring performance of the season with 33 points against Concordia and helped lead the Mustangs to a share of the GPAC championship with a 14-4 league record. Ceaser moved up to the All-America second-team during his 2004-05 senior campaign after he led the Mustangs to a 20-11 record for the college’s first 20-win season since 1994-95. He averaged 15.2 points and 4.5 rebounds per game and led the Mustangs with 135 assists, 69 steals, and 18 blocked shots. Ceaser finished his career with a school-record 161 steals.

JACK ROTHER, 2008 NAIA II 2ND-TEAM

Jack Rother was a NAIA II second-team All-American in 2007-08 following a senior season where he helped the Mustangs achieve their first-ever No. 1 national ranking for much of the season. He was the Mustangs’ leading scorer with an average of 13.5 points per game and had the team’s top individual scoring performance of the season with 25 points in an 83-76 victory against Johnson & Wales on Nov. 15, 2007. Aside from his scoring exploits, Rother averaged 3.8 rebounds per game, led the team with 55 steals, and ranked second on the team with 72 assists. Aside from making the All-GPAC first-team for the second time in his career, Rother was also named the GPAC Defensive Player of the Year. Rother graduated as Morningside’s all-time leader with 185 career steals.

NICK THOMPSON, 2009 NAIA II 2ND-TEAM

Nick Thompson earned second-team NAIA II All-America honors in 2008-09 when he was the leading scorer and rebounder for a Morningside team that captured the GPAC regular season championship with a 15-3 league record en route to the Mustangs’ third NAIA Division II National Tournament appearance in a four-year span. Thompson averaged 14.9 points and 9.4 rebounds per game, had 11 double-doubles, and was the Mustangs’ leading rebounder in 23 of their 32 contests. He also topped the Mustangs with 42 blocked shots for an average of 1.3 rejections per game and was the team’s best free throw shooter with 120 free throws in 149 attempts for 80.5 percent. Aside from leading the Mustangs in rebounding, Thompson was also the 2008-09 GPAC rebounding champion with an average of 9.6 caroms per game in the Mustangs’ 18 league contests. Thompson grabbed a season’s high 18 rebounds in a 74-68 triumph against Johnson & Wales and his top scoring effort was a 27-point performance in an 83-75 victory against Mayville State.

DANNY RUDEEN, 2014 NAIA II 2ND-TEAM

Danny Rudeen took his place among the all-time great basketball players in Morningside history during a 2013-14 senior campaign where he scored a school-record 697 points on his way to second-team All-America honors. Rudeen, a three-time first-team All-GPAC selection, graduated as the second leading scorer in Morningside history with 1,974 career points and as the college’s all-time leader with 428 career free throws. Rudeen elevated his game to a new level as a senior when he averaged a career-high 20.5 points and 5.0 rebounds per game to help lead the Mustangs to a GPAC Post-Season Tournament Championship and a NAIA II National Tournament berth. He was the Mustangs’ leading scorer in 22 of their 34 contests and had five scoring performances of 30 points or more, including a career-high 36 points against Dakota Wesleyan in the GPAC Post-Season Tournament Semifinals. Rudeen ranked fourth nationally with shooting marks of 47.4 percent from the 3-point arc and 89.3 percent from the free-throw line. He made a school-record 38 consecutive free throws during one stretch on his way to a school-record 191 made free throws for the season.

MUSTANG BASKETBALL STEVE O’NEILL, 2015 NAIA II 1ST-TEAM

Steve O’Neill became Morningside’s first-ever NAIA first-team All-American following a senior campaign where he was the leading scorer with an 18.3-point average for a Mustang team that claimed a share of the GPAC championship and won 28 games for the second highest victory total in school history. O’Neill scored in double figures in 31 of the team’s 33 games and led the Mustangs with 13 scoring performances of 20 points or more, including a career-high 31-point performance in a 112-100 victory against William Penn for Morningside’s top individual scoring performance of the campaign. Aside from leading the Mustangs in scoring, O’Neill also dealt a team-high 124 assists for an average of 3.8 per game, topped the team with 70 3-point field goals, and made 145 of 164 free throw attempts for 88.4 percent to rank third nationally in free throw accuracy. O’Neill finished his career as the 18th leading scorer in Morningside history with 1139 career points.

TYLER BORCHERS 2018, 2019 NAIA SECOND TEAM; 2020 NAIA FIRST TEAM

Borchers gained the program’s sixth, seventh and eighth All-American honors in the NAIA ranks and seventh, eighth, and ninth all-time. He was part of a historic run over the 2017-20 seasons helping aid 74 wins, three Great Plains Athletic Conference regular season championships, one conference postseason tournament title and three national tournament appearances. Borchers set the program’s single-season field goal percentage mark in back-to-back years (68.2 2017-18/70.6 2018-19) and holds career records in field goal percentage (66.08 percent), made field goals (756) and rebounds (924). He ended his career as the program’s third all-time leading scorer (1,928 points).

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL AMY WILHELM, 1986 KODAK, 1987 KODAK

Amy Wilhelm became Morningside’s first women’s basketball All-American when she was named to the 10-player Kodak All-America team as a junior and senior. She rewrote the Morningside record book during her career and graduated as the third leading scorer in NAIA history with 2,332 career points. She had already broken Morningside’s career scoring record midway through her junior season. She averaged a school-record 24.2 points per game and dealt a career-high 133 assists as a junior in 1985-86 and led Morningside to it’s first-ever NAIA National Tournament appearance. Wilhelm had shooting figures of 51.6 percent from the field and 87.1 percent from the free-throw line. Her top point total that season came when she set a school single-game scoring record with 44 points against Westmar. Wilhelm averaged 22.9 points per game, dealt 111 assists, and had shooting accuracy marks of 52.4 percent from the field and 82.9 percent from the foul line en route to repeat All-America honors as a senior. She scored a season’s high 43 points against city rival Briar Cliff.

SHAWNA PASKERT, 1993 AWSF 4TH-TEAM

Shawna Paskert averaged a double-double when she stepped on the basketball court during her 1992-93 senior campaign by averaging a career-high 19.3 points and 10.7 rebounds per game. She was named to the fourth team of the American Women’s Sports Federation’s All-America selections. Paskert received the North Central Conference (NCC) Player of the Week award three times that season and was named to the All-NCC first-team for the second time in her career. She averaged just under a double-double over her four-year career with averages of 15.7 points and 9.7 rebounds per game. Paskert set a school record for field goal accuracy by connecting at a 55.5 percent clip over her four-year career

BRITTANY CARPER, 2004 NAIA II PLAYER OF THE YEAR, 2004 NAIA II 1ST-TEAM, 2005 NAIA II 2ND-TEAM

Brittany Carper was named a first-team All-American and the NAIA Division II National Player of the Year following a junior season where she led Morningside to the first of two consecutive NAIA II National Championships. Carper led the nation in assists with a school-record 272 for an average of 7.2 per game and also ranked fifth nationally in scoring with an average of 21.5 points per game and third in steals with a norm of 4.0 per game. Carper made a school-record 216 free throws and scored 20 points or more in 23 of the Mustangs’ 38 contests. Some of her best performances came against Northwestern. She dealt a school-record 13 assists against the Red Raiders on Nov. 19, 2003, and broke the Mustangs’ single-game scoring record with 45 points against Northwestern on Jan. 31, 2004. She earned second-team All-America honors as a senior despite being hampered with a knee injury for much of the season. Carper averaged 14.7 points and 5.1 rebounds per game and led the Mustangs with 217 assists for an average of 5.9 per game. Carper graduated as Morningside’s all-time leader with 734 career assists and 359 career steals

MUSTANG BASKETBALL

ALL-TIME ALL-AMERICANS

MEGAN CLOUD, 2005 NAIA II PLAYER OF THE YEAR, 2005 NAIA II 1ST-TEAM

Megan Cloud was a first-team All-American and the NAIA Division II National Player of the Year after she led the Mustangs to a second consecutive NAIA II National Championship during the 2004-05 season. Cloud was the Mustangs’ leading scorer and rebounder with averages of 19.6 points and 6.0 rebounds per game. She was the Mustangs’ leading scorer in 25 of their 38 games and led the team in rebounding 23 times. Cloud had the Mustangs’ top individual scoring performance of the season with 33 points against Northwestern College on Jan. 29, 2005. Aside from her scoring and rebounding exploits, Cloud also led the Mustangs with 125 steals and ranked second on the team with 156 assists. She made a team-high 116 3-point field goals, converted 80.7 percent of her free throw attempts, and tied a school record by making 25 consecutive free throws. Cloud was named the Most Valuable Player at both the 2004 and 2005 NAIA Division II National Tournaments. She graduated with a Morningside record 352 career steals.

JILL PUDENZ, 2006 NAIA II 2ND-TEAM

After playing in the shadows of some highly decorated teammates earlier in her career, Jill Pudenz became the Mustangs’ go-to player and leader as a senior when she led the Mustangs to a 28-7 record and a No. 5 national ranking in the final NAIA II poll. Long known for her tenacious defensive play, Pudenz was also the Mustangs’ top scorer and second leading rebounder with averages of 14.0 points and 5.1 rebounds per game. She led the Mustangs with 114 steals and finished her career as Morningside’s all-time leader with 366 career steals Pudenz led the Mustangs with 30 double figure scoring performances and had the team’s top single-game scoring performance of the season with 31 points against Hastings on Jan. 28, 2006. Her top rebounding effort was a career-high 10 caroms against Ottawa on Nov. 15, 2005.

DANI GASS, 2007 NAIA II 1ST-TEAM, 2008 NAIA II 1ST-TEAM, 2009 NAIA II PLAYER OF THE YEAR, 2009 NAIA II 1ST-TEAM

Dani Gass is the only player in Morningside history to be named a first-team NAIA Division II All-American three times after she earned that distinction as a sophomore, junior, and senior. Gass was the most complete player in the nation’s premier NAIA II women’s basketball conference as a sophomore when she was the only player to rank among the top five individuals in the GPAC in scoring, rebounding, assists, and steals. She led the Mustangs in all four categories with averages of 14.6 points and 7.4 rebounds per game to go along with 152 assists and 89 steals. She was the Mustangs’ leading rebounder in 28 of their 33 games. Gass finished the season with a streak of 20 consecutive double figure scoring performances and scored a career-high 27 points in the Mustangs’ last game of the season in a loss against Cedarville in the NAIA II National Tournament. She led the Mustangs to the 2008 NAIA II semifinals and a GPAC championship with an unblemished 18-0 league record as a junior. Gass averaged 12.0 points and 8.1 rebounds per game to go along with a 195 assists and 109 steals. Her top two scoring performances of the season came at the national tournament with 22 tallies against Minot State in the quarterfinals and 25 points against Northwestern in the semifinals. Gass capped her career by being named the 2009 NAIA Division II National Player of the Year after she led the Mustangs to a perfect 38-0 record and their third NAIA II National Championship of the decade. Gass, who was also named the 2009 GPAC Player of the Year, averaged 11.6 points and a team-high 7.6 rebounds per game and led the Mustangs with career highs of 203 assists and 141 steals. Gass had 10 double-doubles and grabbed a season’s high 12 rebounds when the Mustangs defeated GPAC rival Hastings in the NAIA II National Championship Game. Gass scored 1,802 points and grabbed 1,094 rebounds during her career to become only the second women’s basketball player in Morningside history to amass over 1,000 career points and 1,000 career rebounds. She graduated as Morningside’s all-time leader with 451 career steals.

AUTUMN BARTEL, 2009 NAIA II 1ST-TEAM

Autumn Bartel was named a first-team NAIA II All-American and the Most Valuable Player of the 2009 NAIA II National Tournament to cap a standout senior season where she helped lead the Mustangs to a perfect 38-0 record and the NAIA II National Championship. Aside from her All-America laurels, Bartel was also named the 2009 GPAC Defensive Player of the Year and was selected as the MVP at the Grand View Classic and the Viterbo NAIA Showcase during the regular season. Bartel was the Mustangs’ leading scorer with an average of 15.2 points per game and was their top scorer in 20 of their 38 contests. She was also the Mustangs’ most consistent scorer with 34 double figure scoring performances, including an impressive run of 28 consecutive games where she scored in twin digits. Bartel scored a season’s high 25 points in wins against Northwestern and Sioux Falls and tied a Morningside single-game record for field goal accuracy when she went eight-for-eight in a regular season victory against Hastings in an early preview of the eventual 2009 NAIA II Championship Game matchup. Bartel was the Mustangs’ leader with shooting marks of 38.4 percent from beyond the 3-point arc and 79.9 percent from the free-throw line. Bartel ranked second on the team with career-high totals of 160 assists and 112 steals. She graduated as the fifth leading scorer in Morningside history with 1,731 career points.

MUSTANG BASKETBALL TANAEYA WORDEN, 2010 NAIA II 2ND-TEAM, 2011 NAIA II 1ST-TEAM

Tanaeya Worden made an immediate impact with the Mustangs when she joined the team for her junior season as a transfer from NCAA Division II Christian Brothers University. Worden was the Mustangs’ leading scorer with an average of 17.8 points per game for the Mustangs’ highest scoring average since Megan Cloud averaged 19.6 points per game in her 2004-05 All-America season. Worden was at her best down the stretch when she was the Mustangs’ leading scorer in 12 of their final 15 games. She had 14 scoring performances of 20 points or more, and seven came in the last 10 games of the season. Worden led the Mustangs with 29 double figure scoring performances and was their leading scorer in 22 of their 33 contests. She scored 31 points in the Mustangs’ 80-72 victory against Hastings College on Jan. 30 for the Mustangs’ top individual scoring performance of the season. Worden was much more than just a scorer, however, and led the Mustangs with 123 assists and 103 steals for averages of 3.7 assists and 3.1 steals per game. Worden moved up to the All-America first-team as a senior when she led the Mustangs in scoring with an average of 16.1 points per game. She went on a scoring tear at the end of the season when she averaged 22.2 points per game over the final six games to lead the Mustangs to a Final Four appearance in the NAIA II National Tournament. Worden scored a career-high 33 points against Grand View in the season opener for the Mustangs’ top single-game scoring performance of the season. Aside from leading the Mustangs in scoring, Worden also topped the team with 151 assists and 97 steals for averages of 4.3 assists and 2.8 steals per game. She made a team-high 66 3-point field goals and converted 80.7 percent of her free throw attempts. Worden scored 1,148 points in her two-year career for the 18th highest scoring total in Mornigside history.

CHELSIE TRASK, 2012 NAIA II 1ST-TEAM, 2013 NAIA II 1ST-TEAM

Chelsie Trask was named to the first teams of the 2012 and 2013 NAIA Division II All-America teams to become only the second women’s basketball player in Morningside history to receive first-team All-America honors more than once.

Trask increased her scoring rate to a career-high 16.6 points per game in her 2011-12 junior campaign to join the ranks of the nation’s elite players. She led the Mustangs with 29 double figure scoring performances, including a season’s high 27-point performance in a 68-58 victory against Dakota Wesleyan for the Mustangs’ top single-game point total of the season. Trask was the Mustangs’ leading scorer in 17 of the 33 games she played and had 12 scoring performances of 20 points or more. Trask ranked 15th in the nation with 76 3-point field goals, led the Mustangs in free throw accuracy at 79.9 percent, and averaged 3.6 rebounds, 2.1 steals, and 2.0 assists per game. As a senior, Trask averaged a team-high 13.5 points per game for a Morningside team that reached the semifinals of the NAIA II National Tournament. Trask had 10 scoring performances of 20 points or more, including a career-high 35 points in a 79-63 win against Hastings for the Mustangs’ top individual scoring performance of the season. Aside from leading the Mustangs in scoring, Trask ranked second on the team with 94 assists and 57 steals for averages of 2.6 assists and 1.6 steals per contest. Trask, who set a school record by making 44 consecutive free throws as a sophomore, finished the season by making 37 of her final 40 attempts from the foul line. Trask was the nation’s 15th best free throw shooter with a conversion rate of 83.8 percent and had career-high shooting marks of 44.0 percent from the field and 39.8 percent from the 3-point arc. The four-year starter and three-time first-team All-GPAC performer finished her career as the fourth leading scorer in Morningside history with 1859 career points. She averaged 13.6 points per game over her career.

ASHLYNN MUHL, 2015 NAIA II 1ST-TEAM

Ashlynn Muhl earned first-team All-America honors following a standout senior campaign where she was the second leading scorer and top rebounder for Morningside’s NAIA Division II National Championship team. Muhl averaged 12.3 points and 9.1 rebounds per game, had a team-high 15 double-doubles, and had the Mustangs’ top individual scoring and rebounding performances of the season with a career-high 31 points against Midland and 17 rebounds against Concordia. She was the Mustangs’ leading rebounder in 22 of her 33 games played. Aside from leading the Mustangs in rebounding, Muhl also topped the team with 31 blocked shots and ranked second on the team in field goal accuracy at 58.7 percent. Muhl, an honorable mention All-American as a sophomore and junior, became one of only three women’s basketball players in Morningside history to be named to the All-GPAC First Team three times during a career. She made 450 of 788 field goal attempts in her three seasons with the Mustangs to set a school record for career field goal accuracy of 57.1 percent. Muhl completed her career as the seventh leading rebounder and 18th leading scorer in Morningside history with 837 career rebounds and 1213 career points, respectively.

TAYLOR BAHENSKY, 2015 NAIA II 3RD-TEAM Taylor Bahensky joined Dani Gass as the only women’s basketball players in Morningside history to earn elite-team AllAmerica honors when she was tabbed to the third team of the 2015 NAIA Division II All-America selections. Bahensky was the leading scorer with an average of 12.5 points per game for the Mustangs’ 2015 NAIA Division II National Championship team. She topped the Mustangs with 25 double figure scoring performances and five scoring efforts of 20 points or more, including a career-high 28 points against Dakota Wesleyan. Bahensky was the Mustangs’ best 3-point shooter with 40 treys in 101 attempts for 39.6 percent and converted 115 of a team-high 159 free throw attempts for 72.3 percent. Bahensky, who was also named to the All-GPAC First Team, was much more than just a scorer. She was named the 2015 GPAC Defensive Player of the Year and led the Mustangs with 96 steals for an average of 2.5 per game. She also ranked second on the team with 89 assists for a norm of 2.3 per contest.

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JESSICA TIETZ, 2016 NAIA II 1ST-TEAM

Jessica Tietz earned first-team All-America honors following a senior season where she was the leading scorer and rebounder with averages of 15.6 points and 7.1 rebounds per game for a Mustang team that won the GPAC championship and reached the quarterfinals of the NAIA Division II National Tournament. Tietz also led the Mustangs with an average of 1.1 blocked shots per game and was the NAIA II national leader in field goal accuracy with 227 field goals in 356 attempts for a school-record 63.8 percent. She had the Mustangs’ top single-game scoring and rebounding performances of the season with a career-high 32 points in an 80-74 regular season win against Dakota Wesleyan and a career-high 15 rebounds in a 97-68 blowout victory against Briar Cliff in the GPAC Tournament Semifinals. Tietz had seven double-doubles during the season, including two in the NAIA II National Tournament. Tietz finished her career as the ninth leading scorer and 11th leading rebounder in Morningside history with 1431 career points and 778 career rebounds, respectively, and set a school record for career field goal accuracy with a shooting rate of 59.1 percent.

LEXI ACKERMAN, 2017 NAIA II 3RD-TEAM

Lexi Ackerman capped her standout Morningside career by earning third-team All-America honors as a senior. Ackerman was the Mustangs’ second leading scorer and rebounder with career-high averages of 15.2 points and 5.5 rebounds per game. She led the team with 107 assists and ranked second on the team with 57 steals. Ackerman had the top scoring and rebounding performances of her career with 33 points against Northwestern and 13 rebounds against Concordia. Ackerman, one of only four players in Morningside history to earn first-team All-GPAC honors at least three times, averaged 11.7 points, 3.7 assists and 1.9 steals per game over her career. She graduated as the seventh leading scorer in Morningside history with 1674 career points. Ackerman, a two-time honorable mention All-American earlier in her career, dealt 524 assists for the third highest total in Morningside history.

MADISON BRAUN, 2018 NAIA FIRST TEAM

Continuing an impressive run for the Mustangs, Madison Braun’s All-American selection, good for the storied program’s 12th in the NAIA, marked a fourth successive season in which Morningside registered at least a first or second team honoree. Braun’s honor, part of a final collegiate season in which she was tabbed the Great Plains Athletic Conference’s Player of the Year, was due to remarkable totals scoring-wise. She was the team’s top point getter 25 times which included four marks of 30-or-higher and a single-game personal career high of 38 against Great Plains Athletic Conference rival Northwestern.

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JAMIE SALE

for the school’s first winning season since the 1992-93 campaign.

Morningside also qualified for the NAIA Division II tournament that season for the school’s first national tourney appearance since 1986.

In his 20 years at Morningside, Jamie Sale has established himself as one of the elite coaches in the nation while raising the Mustangs’ women’s basketball program to national prominence.

Sale has brought a crowd-pleasing style of basketball to Morningside that features tenacious full-court defensive pressure and a high scoring offensive attack featuring one of the most potent 3-point shooting attacks in NAIA history.

HEAD COACH

Sale has compiled a 507-153 record for a .768 winning percentage with the Mustangs to make him the winningest women’s basketball coach in Morningside history. Sale has a 589-173 career record for a .772 winning percentage in 23 seasons as a collegiate head coach to make him the second-winningest active women’s basketball coach in the NAIA Division II ranks. Twenty-two of his 23 teams have qualified for the NAIA Division II tournament.

Sale was named the NAIA Division II National Coach of the Year in 2004, 2005, 2009, and 2015 after he guided the Mustangs to NAIA II National Championships in each of those seasons. His 2008-09 team finished with a perfect record of 38-0 to become only the second team in history to capture the NAIA Division II crown with an undefeated record after they defeated Hastings College 68-63 in the National Championship Game. Sale led the Mustangs to a 34-4 record in 2003-04 and the college’s first-ever national title in a team sport when Morningside defeated Cedarville University 87-74 in the NAIA Division II tournament championship game. He guided Morningside to a second consecutive national crown in 2005 when the Mustangs knocked off No. 1-ranked Cedarville 75-65 in the NAIA Division II title game to cap a 35-3 season. The Mustangs won their most recent NAIA Division II title in 2014-15 after they edged Concordia 59-57 in the title game to put the finishing touches on a stellar 37-1 campaign.

He has guided the Mustangs to 17 consecutive NAIA Division II tournament appearances, a school-record 15 consecutive 20-win seasons (2003-04 to 2017-18), seven NAIA Division II tournament Final Four appearances, nine Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) regular-season championships, and five GPAC PostSeason Tournament championships. Sale led the Mustangs to five consecutive GPAC regular-season championships from 2004-05 to 2008-09 and to four straight GPAC crowns from 2012-13 to 2015-16.

Sale’s 2015-16 team won the GPAC title by a five-game advantage for the largest victory margin in league history. His teams have produced the 15 highest single-season victory totals in school history. His 2005-06 Morningside team won the GPAC’s post-season tournament and was the GPAC regular-season co-champion with Hastings College to become the first team in league history to win both titles in the same season. Sale was named the GPAC Coach of the Year following 2007-08, 2008-09, 2012-13, 2014-15, and 2015-16 seasons.

He was the 2004 recipient of the Paul Maaske Memorial Award presented by the Iowa Basketball Coaches Association. The award is presented each year to a non-Division I collegiate coach in Iowa in honor of the former long-time coach at Cornell College.

The transformation of the Morningside women’s basketball program has been remarkable since Sale’s arrival. After inheriting a team that had produced a combined total of only five victories over the previous two seasons, Sale led Morningside to a 7-19 record in his first season at the helm, followed by a 17-16 record the next year

The Mustangs averaged a school-record 87.6 points per game in 2003-04 and made an NAIA Division II record 400 3-point field goals to shatter the previous national record of 311 3-pointers by Bethel College in 2001-02. The Mustangs made an NAIA Division II National Tournament record 17 3-pointers in their championship game victory against Cedarville.

Sale was named the seventh head coach in the history of Morningside’s women’s basketball program on March 26, 2001, following a distinguished career at Briar Cliff University. Sale was one of the nation’s most successful women’s basketball coaches during his three seasons as head coach at Briar Cliff, where he compiled a 79-20 record for a .798 winning percentage and led the Chargers to three Sweet 16 or higher finishes at the NAIA Division II tournament. His .798 career winning percentage at Briar Cliff is a school record.

Sale is a 1995 graduate of the University of Nebraska.

JILL BODAMMER ASSISTANT COACH

Jill Bodammer will enter her 20th season as a Morningside assistant coach with the 2020-21 campaign. Her organizational and coaching skills have been instrumental in the success of a Mustang program that has ranked among the nation’s finest for almost two decades.

She joined the Mustangs’ coaching staff following a highly successful playing career at Briar Cliff University, where she graduated in 2001 as the sixth leading rebounder and eighth leading scorer in school history with 815 career rebounds and 1,559 career points, respectively.

Bodammer led the Chargers in scoring (16.3 ppg) and rebounding (7.4 rpg) as a senior en route to second-team NAIA Division II AllAmerica honors. Bodammer also received all-tournament honors at the 2001 NAIA Division II National Tournament after she averaged 23 points and nine rebounds per game.

Bodammer is a 1997 graduate of Algona Garrigan High School, where she earned Iowa Newspaper Association second-team Class 2A all-state honors as a senior.

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DENNY LOKKEN ASSISTANT COACH

Denny Lokken has been a Mustang assistant coach for the past nine seasons.

He is the father of former Mustang standout M Club Hall of Famer Kate Lokken.

Lokken compiled a 310-179 career record as a boys basketball head coach at Underwood, Carroll, and Denison High Schools. He was inducted into the Yankton College Hall of Fame in 1994, the Yankton High School Hall of Fame in 2000 and the Iowa Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2005.

While at Denison, Lokken amassed a school-record 175 victories and led the school to four state tournament appearances, including a Class 2A state runner-up finish in 1982.

JORDYN WOLLENBURG ASSISTANT COACH

Jordyn Wollenburg, a May 2016 graduate of Morningside, is in her second season on the women’s basketball coaching staff in 2020-21.

She had previously served as a preschool paraprofessional at Gretna Community Schools in Gretna, Neb., since September 2017 and was also an assistant girls basketball coach at Fort Calhoun High School of Fort Calhoun, Neb., since November 2017.

During her Mustangs’ playing days, Wollenburg was a team captain and earned the program’s Hustle Award while also being a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics’ Hustle Award honoree as a senior.

BRYAN ALFREDSON ASSISTANT COACH

Bryan Alfredson returns to the Mustangs for a second assistant coaching stint in 2020-21 with his first occurring in 2012-16. The 1992 Morningside College graduate has an extensive background in the field having guided high school boys and girls basketball and softball programs for 30 years in the area. That span includes a 26-year run as a coach and teacher at Woodbury Central in Moville where he was head girls basketball and softball coach for 18 years. His daughter, Brittany Alfredson, played at Morningside from 2008-12.

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#00 TENLY HANSEN

#2 OLIVIA BOUDREAU

#10 GRACE MEYER

#11 MADISON CLAYTON

Junior Guard

York, Neb.

Senior Guard

Pomeroy, Iowa

Freshman Guard

Papillion, Neb.

Junior Guard

Sioux City, Iowa

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#4 SIERRA MITCHELL Senior Guard

Pleasant Hill, Iowa

#12 MCKENNA SIMS Sophomore

Point Guard

South Sioux City, Neb.

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#13 TAYTE HANSEN

Senior Guard

York, Neb.

#23 TAYLOR RODENBURGH Junior Guard

Hawarden, Iowa

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#14 ABBE MORTEN

#15 LAUREN HEDLUND

#24 FAITH MEYER

#25 SOPHIA PEPPERS

Freshman Guard

Hartington, Neb.

Senior Guard

Pomeroy, Iowa

Freshman Guard

Albion, Neb.

Junior Forward

Exira, Iowa

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#30 MADISYN HEEREN Junior Forward

McCook Lake, S.D.

#32 AMANDA WARD

Sophomore Forward

Longmont, Colo.

#33 BLAIRE STEENHOEK

#40 SADIE ROTH

#44 CHLOE LOFSTROM

HANNA BLACKMORE

Sophomore Forward

Sioux Falls, S.D.

Freshman

Power Forward

Armstrong, Iowa

Sophomore Guard/Forward

Chariton, Iowa

Freshman Guard Holstein, Iowa

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CARISSA DOAN

Freshman Point Guard/Shooting Guard Spirit Lake, Iowa

KAMI TIBBEN Freshman Guard Stanton, Iowa

HANNAH HARRIS Freshman Guard Homer, Neb.

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ALEXIS SPIER Freshman Guard Gretna, Neb.

MUSTANG WOmen’s basketball INDIVIDUAL RECORDS - GAME

Points - 45, Brittany Carper vs. Northwestern, 1-31-04 Field Goals - 18, Amy Wilhelm vs. Westmar, 1985-86 3-Point Field Goals - 10, Laura Nelson vs. Dakota State, 12-30-08 Field Goal Percentage - 100% (8-8), Vicki Rahbusch vs. Northwestern, 1988-89; Autumn Bartel vs. Hastings, 1-17-09 Free Throws - 19, Trish Martin vs. Bemidji State, 12-4-98 Free Throw Percentage - 100% (14-14), Chelsie Trask vs. Concordia, 11-20-10 Rebounds - 25, Trish Martin vs. St. Cloud State, 12-8-00 Assists - 13, Brittany Carper vs. Northwestern, 11-19-03 Steals - 13, Danika Okerstrom vs. South Dakota State, 1-27-01 Blocked Shots - 8, Paula Hunter vs. Wayne State, 1988-89

INDIVIDUAL RECORDS - SEASON

Points - 818, Brittany Carper, 2003-04 Scoring Average - 24.4, Amy Wilhelm, 1985-86 Field Goals - 314, Amy Wilhelm, 1985-86 Field Goal Percentage - 63.8% (227-356), Jessica Tietz, 2015-16 3-Point Field Goals - 130, Kate Lokken, 2003-04 3-Point Field Goal Percentage - 48.1% (38-79), Lexi Ackerman, 2013-14 Free Throws - 216, Brittany Carper, 2003-04 Free Throw Percentage - 90.1% (64-71), Kate Lokken, 2002-03 Consecutive Free Throws Made - 43, Chelsie Trask, 11-6 to 12-18-2010 Rebounds - 371, Paula Hunter, 1988-89 Rebounding Average - 13.1, Trish Martin, 2000-01 Assists - 272, Brittany Carper, 2003-04 Steals - 151, Brittany Carper, 2003-04 Blocked Shots - 106, Paula Hunter, 1988-89

INDIVIDUAL RECORDS - CAREER

Games Played - 144, Jill Pudenz, 2002-06 Points - 2,332, Amy Wilhelm, 1983-87 Scoring Average - 20.4, Amy Wilhelm, 1983-87 Field Goals - 988, Amy Wilhelm, 1983-87 Field Goal Percentage - 59.1% (592-1001), Jessica Tietz, 2012-16 3-Point Field Goals - 317, Megan Cloud, 2001-05 3-Point Field Goal Percentage - 41.0% (141-344), Abby Goodlaxson, 1995-99 Free Throws - 542, Brittany Carper, 2001-05 Free Throw Percentage - 86.3% (207-240), Kate Lokken, 2000-04 Rebounds - 1,248, Paula Hunter, 1985-89 Rebounding Average - 11.1, Trish Martin, 1997-2001 Assists - 734, Brittany Carper, 2001-05 Steals - 451, Dani Gass, 2005-09 Blocked Shots - 296, Paula Hunter, 1985-89

TEAM RECORDS - GAME

Points - 136 vs. Westmar, 1985-86 Combined Points - 238 (St. Cloud State 123, Morningside 115 O.T.), 1-23-99 Victory Margin - 92 (Morningside 136, Westmar 44), 1985-86 Field Goals - 46 vs. Olivet Nazarene, 11-4-05 3-Point Field Goals - 21 vs. Nebraska Wesleyan, 2-2-13 Free Throws - 42 vs. Northwestern, 2-25-12 Free Throw Percentage - 100% (18-18) vs. Concordia, 11-20-10; vs. Briar Cliff, 1-8-11 Rebounds - 69 vs. Westmar, 11-23-96; vs. Berea, 3-12-08

RECORD BOOK

Assists - 34 vs. Olivet Nazarene, 11-2-13 Steals - 31 vs. Dana, 2-16-05 Blocked Shots - 10 vs. Missouri Western State, 11-20-92; vs.

Doane, 2-14-15

TEAM RECORDS - SEASON

Best Record - 38-0, 2008-09 Points - 3,328, 2003-04 Scoring Average - 87.6, 2003-04 Field Goals - 1,178, 2003-04 Field Goal Percentage - 48.4% (1,086-2,243), 1986-87 Lowest Field Goal Percentage By Opponent - 36.3%, 1980-81 3-Point Field Goals - 400, 2003-04 3-Point Field Goal Percentage - 37.6% (400-1,063), 2003-04 FreeThrows - 649, 2013-14 Free Throw Percentage - 75.5% (482-638), 2010-11 Rebounds - 1,572, 2013-14 Rebounding Average - 48.8, 1988-89 Assists - 716, 2003-04 Steals - 675, 2003-04 Blocked Shots - 130, 1985-86

Paula Hunter is Morningside’s all-time leader with 1,248 career rebounds.

Trish Martin led the nation in rebounding with a school-record average of 13.1 per game during the 2000-01 season.

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RECORD BOOK

SCORING LEADERS 1.

2,332 ........ Amy Wilhelm..................1983-87

2.

2,209......... Megan Cloud..................2001-05

3.

2,183......... Brittany Carper..............2001-05

4.

1,967......... Madison Braun...............2014-18

5.

1,859......... Chelsie Trask.................2009-13

6.

1,802......... Dani Gass........................2005-09

7.

1,731......... Autumn Bartel...............2005-09

8.

1,674......... Lexi Ackerman...............2013-17

9.

1,614......... Kate Lokken...................2001-04

10.

1,603......... Paula Hunter..................1985-89

Amy Wilhelm 2,332 Career Points

11. 1,527......... Sydney Hupp..................2016-2020 12. 1,478......... Sierra Mitchell...............2017 13.

1,431......... Jessica Tietz..................2012-16

14.

1,410......... Sue Berens.....................1980-83

15.

1,350......... Shawn Paskert..............1988-93

16.

1,308......... Gina Schuldt...................1985-89

17.

1,303......... Jennifer Childress........1994-98

18.

1,288......... Lerlean Johnson...........1980-84

19.

1,282......... Jill Pudenz......................2002-06

20.

1,278......... Janice Schmitz..............1983-87

21.

1,270......... Brittany Williamson......2006-10

22.

1,237......... Erica Thein.....................1998-02

23.

1,213......... Ashlynn Muhl.................2012-15

24.

1,207......... Jessica Johnson............1994-98

25.

1,148......... Tanaeya Worden............2009-11

Megan Cloud 2,209 Career Points

GAME RESULTS (34-4)

2003-2004 NAIA II NATIONAL CHAMPIONS Morningside won its first-ever national championship in a team sport when the Mustangs defeated Cedarville University 87-74 in the title game of the 2004 NAIA Division II National Tournament on March 16 in Sioux City’s Tyson Events Center/Gateway Arena.

The victory capped a 34-4 season for the Mustangs, who broke 28 school records and tied another during their storybook season. The 2003-04 Mustangs were the highest scoring team in Morningside history with a scoring average of 87.6 points per game. They did much of their scoring from long range with a NAIA II national-record 400 3-point field goals to smash the previous record of 311 3-pointers by Bethel College in 200102. The Mustangs’ 3-point shooting prowess was on display during the national tournament when they made a national tournament record 17 3-pointers in the championship game.

The Mustangs’ most prolific 3-point shooter was senior forward Kate Lokken, who made a NAIA II national-record 130 3-pointers to break the previous standard of 121 3-pointers by Ketra Bell of Bartlesville Wesleyan in 1994-95.

Junior guard Brittany Carper led the Mustangs with averages of 21.5 points, 7.2 assists, and 4.0 steals per game. Carper led the nation in assists and was named the NAIA Division II National Player of the Year.

Carper and Lokken, who averaged 18.1 points per game, were each named to the All-GPAC first team, while Megan Cloud, who averaged 18.9 points per game, made the All-GPAC second team.

Cloud gave the Mustangs a dazzling performance in the NAIA II Championship Game when she scored 34 points, grabbed six rebounds, dealt six assists, and tied a national tournament record with eight 3-point field goals. She was named the National Tournament Most Valuable Player.

Morningside 103, Si Tanka Huron 63 Morningside 91, Peru State 39 Morningside 93, Waldorf 68 Morningside 81, Northwestern 61 Morningside 100, Mount Marty 59 Morningside 87, Briar Cliff 55 Morningside 76, Wisconsin Eau-Claire 67 Morningside 88, Buena Vista 65 Morningside 90, Waldorf 65 Morningside 87, Sioux Falls 67 Morningside 80, Dordt 42 Morningside 81, Nebraska Wesleyan 46 Morningside 76, Midland Lutheran 59 Morningside 93, Missouri Valley 41 Morningside 96, College of St. Mary 64 Morningside 88, Augustana 79 Morningside 98, Dana 47 Dakota Wesleyan 76, Morningside 75 Morningside 83, Concordia 70 Park 71, Morningside 67 Morningside 101, Doane 72 Morningside 88, Sioux Falls 64 Morningside 119, Northwestern 95 Morningside 83, Nebraska Wesleyan 52 Hastings 105, Morningside 98 4 O.T. Morningside 88, Briar Cliff 46 Morningside 92, Dordt 63 Morningside 86, Park 36 Morningside 90, Dana 50 Concordia 94, Morningside 87

GPAC TOURNAMENT

Morningside 101, Sioux Falls 87 Morningside 91, Dakota Wesleyan 78 Morningside 76, Concordia 63

NAIA II NATIONAL TOURNAMENT Morningside 94, Spalding 66 Morningside 78, Indiana Wesleyan 64 Morningside 66, Evangel 43 Morningside 70, Mary 62 Morningside 87, Cedarville 74

GAME RESULTS (35-3)

2003-2004 NAIA II NATIONAL CHAMPIONS Morningside repeated as the NAIA Division II National Champion when it defeated Cedarville University 75-65 in the national tournament title game on March 15 in Sioux City’s Tyson Events Center/Gateway Arena in a rematch of the previous year’s championship game.

Morningside finished with a 35-3 record for its most victories in school history. The Mustangs broke 17 school records and tied two other school standards during the season. The Mustangs’ 2003-04 National Championship team was the highest scoring team in Morningside history.

Morningside still scored at a prolific rate during its 2004-05 championship run, but it was defense that set the Mustangs apart. The Mustangs surrendered an average of only 57.1 points per game for the lowest defensive scoring average in school history and shattered the previous mark of 63.0 ppg in 1980-81.

Morningside’s most impressive defensive showing came in a win against Dana College on Feb. 16 when the Mustangs set a school record with 31 steals and held the Vikings to only 33 points. Defense was also pivotal in the Mustangs’ NAIA II Championship Game victory against Cedarville when they held the nation’s second highest scoring team to its lowest point total of the season.

Senior guard Megan Cloud capped a brilliant four-year career by repeating as the NAIA Division II National Tournament Most Valuable Player. She scored a game-high 28 points in the NAIA II Championship Game and was the Mustangs’ leading scorer in all five of their national tournament victories. Cloud was also named the NAIA Division II National Player of the Year following a season where she led the Mustangs in both scoring and rebounding with averages of 19.6 points and 6.0 rebounds per game.

Senior guard Brittany Carper averaged 14.7 points and 5.1 rebounds per game and dealt 217 assists to earn second-team All-America honors.

Carper and Cloud were each named to the All-GPAC first-team and teammate Jill Pudenz, the Mustangs’ third leading scorer at 9.6 ppg, was tabbed to the All-GPAC second-team.

Morningside 86, Mount Mercy 47 Morningside 78, Grand View 52 Morningside 80, Northwestern 58 Morningside 85, Mount Marty 56 Morningside 82, Briar Cliff 63 Morningside 89, Peru State 48 Morningside 88, York 59 Morningside 81, Sioux Falls 64 Morningside 87, Dordt 57 Morningside 72, Nebraska Wesleyan 55 Missouri Western 94, Morningside 80 Morningside 84, Midland Lutheran 43 Morningside 92, Waldorf 60 Morningside 93, Cornell 44 Morningside 83, Mount Mercy 59 Morningside 75, Bemidji State 55 Morningside 94, Dana 56 Morningside 106, Dakota Wesleyan 72 Morningside 82, Concordia 67 Morningside 82, Colorado Christian 55 Morningside 120, Johnson & Wales 44 Doane 79, Morningside 75 Morningside 76, Sioux Falls 48 Morningside 85, Northwestern 82 Morningside 100, Nebraska Wesleyan 62 Morningside 75, Hastings 58 Morningside 65, Briar Cliff 48 Morningside 72, Dordt 61 Morningside 98, Dana 33 Morningside 79, Concordia 53

GPAC TOURNAMENT Morningside 72, Dordt 52 Morningside 74, Hastings 65 Concordia 57, Morningside 45

NAIA II NATIONAL TOURNAMENT Morningside 74, Davenport 46 Morningside 68, Tabor 57 Morningside 72, Bethel 50 Morningside 57, Evangel 45 Morningside 75, Cedarville 65

GAME RESULTS (38-0)

2008-2009 NAIA II NATIONAL CHAMPIONS Morningside won its third NAIA Division II National Championship of the decade when it defeated Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) rival Hastings College 68-63 in the national tournament title game on March 17, 2009, in Sioux City’s Tyson Events Center/Gateway Arena. The championship game pairing was a dream matchup as it pitted two teams that had combined to win five of the previous seven national titles.

The victory capped a perfect 38-0 season for the Mustangs, who joined Indiana Wesleyan’s 2007 championship team as the only clubs in history to capture the NAIA II National Championship with undefeated records.

Morningside broke eight school records and tied another during the season. One of their most impressive performances of the season came in a 99-44 victory against Nebraska Wesleyan University on Jan. 3 when they shot a sizzling 64.2 percent from the field to set a school record. Ironically, Nebraska Wesleyan gave the Mustangs one of their tightest games of the regular season when the Mustangs escaped with a 72-65 victory after leading by only two points with 21 seconds left in a Jan. 31 rematch in Lincoln.

Seniors Dani Gass and Autumn Bartel provided consistency and leadership and were both named to the NAIA Division II All-America firstteam. Gass, who was also named the NAIA II National Player of the Year and the GPAC Player of the Year, became Morningside’s all-time leader with 716 career free throws and 451 career steals. She led the Mustangs with averages of 7.6 rebounds, 5.3 assists, and 3.7 steals per game. Bartel, meanwhile, was the GPAC Defensive Player of the Year and the Most Valuable Player of the National Tournament. She led the Mustangs in scoring with a 15.2-point average and was their leading scorer in 12 of their final 21 games.

Laura Nelson led the nation with 125 3-point field goals, including an impressive display in a Dec. 30 win against Dakota State University when she made a school-record 10 treys.

Bartel and Gass were each named to the All-GPAC first team, while Nelson and Brittany Williamson were each tabbed to the all-league second-team.

Morningside 88, Mayville State 60 Morningside 58, Minot State 54 Morningside 85, Mount Mercy 73 Morningside 67, Grand View 62 Morningside 89, Northwestern 75 Morningside 62, Indiana Wesleyan 54 Morningside 73, Viterbo 50 Morningside 69, Grand View 62 Morningside 78, Briar Cliff 62 Morningside 71, Oklahoma Christian 62 Morningside 80, Wayland Baptist 58 Morningside 73, Mount Marty 50 Morningside 80, Concordia 59 Morningside 92, Dana 65 Morningside 76, Iowa Wesleyan 44 Morningside 94, Dakota State 71 Morningside 99, Nebraska Wesleyan 44 Morningside 102, Midland Lutheran 68 Morningside 84, Briar Cliff 67 Morningside 91, Sioux Falls 73 Morningside 75, Hastings 59 Morningside 76, Dordt 69 Morningside 84, Concordia 65 Morningside 85, Dakota Wesleyan 53 Morningside 72, Nebraska Wesleyan 65 Morningside 87, Doane 77 Morningside 72, Sioux Falls 65 Morningside 93, Dana 62 Morningside 81, Northwestern 67 Morningside 77, Dordt 59

GPAC TOURNAMENT

Morningside 81, Dordt 59 Morningside 69, Mount Marty 62 Morningside 64, Northwestern 56

NAIA II NATIONAL TOURNAMENT Morningside 83, Maine-Fort Kent 41 Morningside 71, Bethel 57 Morningside 72, Black Hills State 56 Morningside 63, Northwestern 58 Morningside 68, Hastings 63

GAME RESULTS (37-1)

2014-2015 NAIA II NATIONAL CHAMPIONS Morningside won its fourth NAIA Division II National Championship during the Jamie Sale era when it defeated Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) rival Concordia 59-57 in the title game on March 17, 2015, in Sioux City’s Tyson Events Center/Gateway Arena.

The two teams had a combined three defeats going into the contest; all at the hands of the other. Morningside swept the Bulldogs 78-70 and 7776 during the regular season en route to the GPAC title before Concordia gained revenge with an 80-72 victory in the championship game of the GPAC Tournament. Morningside scored the deciding points in the national championship game when Lexi Ackerman made two free throws with two seconds left to break a 57-57 tie.

Jessica Tietz was named the national tournament MVP after she averaged 15.8 points and 8.2 rebounds per game in the Mustangs’ five victories. Tietz had been pressed into the starting lineup after NAIA II first-team AllAmerican Ashlynn Muhl underwent surgery one day before the start of the tournament. Tietz was joined on the all-tournament team by Allison Bachman, while Jordyn Wollenburg received the tournament’s hustle award.

Muhl had a team-high 15 double doubles during the regular season, topped the Mustangs with an average of 9.1 rebounds per game, and was their second leading scorer with a norm of 12.3 points per contest. Taylor Bahensky, who led the Mustangs in scoring with a 12.5-point average and ranked among the national leaders with 96 steals, was tabbed to the NAIA II All-America Third Team and was the GPAC Defensive Player of the Year. Ackerman joined Muhl and Bahensky on the All-America team as an honorable mention selection.

Ackerman dealt a team-high 142 assists and scored at just under a double figure clip with a scoring rate of 9.4 points per game.

Ackerman, Bahensky, and Muhl were all named to the All-GPAC First Team and Sale was named the GPAC Coach of the Year for the fourth time of his career.

One of the Mustangs’ most impressive victories was an early season 55-26 triumph against Ashford to set a record for the fewest points allowed in a game. Morningside tied a team record with 10 blocked shots in an 83-75 win against Doane.

Morningside 103, AIB College of Business 37 Morningside 78, William Penn 62 Morningside 92, Peru State 71 Morningside 73, Clarke 45 Morningside 55, Ashford 26 Morningside 73, Grand View 61 Morningside 78, Concordia 70 Morningside 85, Midland 63 Morningside 73, Hastings 47 Morningside 95, Northwestern 62 Morningside 76, Dakota Wesleyan 71 Morningside 72, Mount Marty 58 Morningside 77, Nebraska Wesleyan 55 Morningside 66, Siena Heights 55 Morningside 83, Saint Xavier 77 Morningside 88, Jamestown 54 Morningside 79, Dakota State 54 Morningside 87, Briar Cliff 82 Morningside 64, Dordt 37 Morningside 88, Doane 86 OT Morningside 60, Hastings 46 Morningside 75, Northwestern 62 Morningside 89, Dakota Wesleyan 74 Morningside 79, Nebraska Wesleyan 59 Morningside 65, Mount Marty 61 Morningside 66, Midland 55 Morningside 61, Dordt 57 Morningside 83, Doane 75 Morningside 75, Briar Cliff 66 Morningside 77, Concordia 76

GPAC TOURNAMENT

Morningside 83, Dakota Wesleyan 72 Morningside 77, Briar Cliff 62 Concordia 80, Morningside 72

NAIA II NATIONAL TOURNAMENT Morningside 79, California Merced 45 Morningside 74, Oklahoma Wesleyan 66 Morningside 79, Saint Francis 62 Morningside 66, Hastings 63 Morningside 59, Concordia 57

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GPAC/NAIA

GPAC/NAIA

“America’s Small College Super-Conference

The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) is an affiliated conference of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), consisting of 11 private, faith-based colleges and universities in Nebraska, Iowa, and South Dakota.

The GPAC is made up of the following member institutions: Briar Cliff University (Chargers), Sioux City, Iowa Concordia University (Bulldogs), Seward, Neb. Dakota Wesleyan University (Tigers), Mitchell, S.D. Doane College (Tigers), Crete, Neb. Dordt College (Defenders), Sioux Center, Iowa Hastings College (Broncos), Hastings, Neb. University of Jamestown (Jimmies), Jamestown, ND Midland University (Warriors), Fremont, Neb. Morningside College (Mustangs), Sioux City, Iowa Mount Marty College (Lancers), Yankton, S.D. Northwestern College (Red Raiders), Orange City, Iowa College of Saint Mary (Flames), Omaha, Neb. Originally founded in 1969 as the Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (NIAC), the league’s charter members were Concordia, Dana, Doane, Hastings, Midland Lutheran, and Nebraska Wesleyan.

In 1992, the NIAC added Northwestern and became the Nebraska-Iowa Athletic Conference and maintained the same acronym.

Eight years later, Dakota Wesleyan, Dordt, Mount Marty, and Sioux Falls joined the conference which became the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) in 2000-01. Briar Cliff entered the league in 2002-03 and Morningside became the 13th member starting with the 2003-04 school year. The GPAC’s membership dropped to 11 schools when Dana ceased operations in the summer of 2010 and Sioux Falls left to join the NCAA Division II ranks at the end of the 2010-11 academic year. College of Saint Mary became the GPAC’s 12th member in 2015 before membership dropped back to 11 when Nebraska Wesleyan left following the 2015-16 academic year. The University of Jamestown will join the GPAC in 2018-19 as a new member.

The new conference name was selected from among dozens of entries from students in a contest conducted in the fall of 1999. Five students submitted the winning conference named and two of them - Miles Ruch of Doane and Northwestern’s Brian Pike - were selected at random to receive $250 scholarships from the GPAC in recognition of their winning entries. The other three students who submitted “Great Plains Athletic Conference” for the new conference were Dana’s Kevin Stull, Kim Walquist of Concordia, and Doane’s Wayne Webster.

The GPAC sponsors 21 championship sports - 10 for men and 11 for women - and awards an All-Sports Trophy based on final league standings and conference meet results at the end of each school year. Morningside shared the All-Sports Trophy with Nebraska Wesleyan for the 2006-07 academic year and won the title outright in 2007-08, 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2015-16 and again in 2016-17.

To date, the GPAC has produced 26 team NAIA National Champions. In 2000-2001 the Northwestern men and women won the NAIA Division II basketball National Championships, while the Doane women shared the outdoor NAIA track & field title. 2001-2002 brought two NAIA titles to the league. The Hastings women won the NAIA II national basketball title, while Doane’s women won the NAIA outdoor track & field championship outright. In 20022003 the GPAC won two more basketball National Championships with the Hastings women repeating as NAIA II champions, and the Northwestern men winning the NAIA II crown for the second time in three years. Morningside won the 2004 and 2005 NAIA Division II women’s basketball titles in front of the hometown Sioux City fans at the Tyson Events Center. Hastings recaptured the crown in 2006 to complete a run of six consecutive NAIA II women’s basketball National Championships for the GPAC. Dana won the NAIA wrestling National Championship in 2006. Sioux Falls won the football National Championship for the 2006 season and Northwestern won the NAIA II women’s basketball title in 2008. The GPAC had two undefeated National Champions in 2008-09 as Sioux Falls went 14-0 en route to the NAIA football National Championship and the Morningside women’s basketball team captured the NAIA II National Championship with a win against Hastings in an all-GPAC final to cap a perfect 38-0 season. Sioux Falls went 15-0 to repeat as NAIA football champions in 2009 and the Northwestern women’s basketball team captured the 2010 NAIA II crown. The Hastings men’s soccer team went 25-0 to win the 2010 NAIA title, while Northwestern repeated as NAIA II women’s basketball champions in both 2010-11 and 2011-12 to give the GPAC 11 NAIA II National Champions in a span of 13 years. The 2014-15 academic year saw Morningside capture its fourth NAIA II Women’s Basketball National Championship in an All-GPAC Final Four and Concordia win the NAIA Men’s Outdoor Track & Field National Championship. Concordia won the NAIA Women’s Outdoor Track & Field National Championship in 2016. The 2016-17 academic year saw Hastings win NAIA National Championships in volleyball and men’s soccer and Midland win a national title in competitive dance.

Corey Westra of Sioux City is the GPAC Commissioner and Lucas Mohrman of Lincoln, Neb., is the GPAC Assistant Commissioner for Sports Information. For more information on the GPAC, including scores, stories, stats, and more, visit the conference website at www. gpacsports.com.

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) currently administers programs of intercollegiate athletics at nearly 300 fully accredited colleges and universities of moderate enrollment. The fundamental tenet of the NAIA is that intercollegiate athletics is an integral part of the total educational program of the institution.

As the country’s oldest collegiate sports governing body, the NAIA has been a leader in addressing important issues such as racial integration, women’s sports championship programs and improved academic eligibility requirements.

There are presently 15 sports offerings and 25 national championship opportunities within the NAIA, which stresses that the athletic program is a basic component of the overall general process and not an entity apart.

2020-21 MUSTANG BASKETBALL ROSTERS MEN’S BASKETBALL NO. 3 4 5 12 14 20 21 22 23 24 30 32 33 34 50

NAME Trey Powers Jeff Widhelm Tyler Vavrina Zach Imig Will Pottebaum Conner Hill Joey Skoff Aidan Vanderloo Mick Williams Collin Hill Zach Martinek Trey Brown Ely Doble TJ Schnurr Jacob Fierst

YR. So. Sr. So. Sr. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. Jr. Jr. So. Sr. Fr. So. So.

POS. SF F/C G G G PG G G PG F G C PF/C F F/C

HT. 6-5 6-7 6-2 6-3 6-2 5-11 6-2 6-1 6-1 6-6 6-4 6-6 6-5 6-6 6-6

HOMETOWN/SCHOOL Omaha, Neb./Gross Valley, Neb./Douglas Co. West Abie, Neb./Aquinas Catholic Gretna, Neb./Gretna LeMars, Iowa/LeMars Jewell, Iowa/South Hamilton Bellevue, Neb./East Sioux City, Iowa/Uni. of Iowa Omaha, Neb./Elkhorn South Jewell, Iowa/Truman State Uni. Sheffield, Iowa/West Fork Gretna, Neb./LeMars Gretna, Neb./Gretna Algona, Iowa/Bishop Garrigan West Allis, Wis./West Allis Central

Head coach: Jim Sykes Assistant coaches: Trent Miller, Tim Van Peursem, Trystan Cummins, John Vanderloo, Jackson Lazzo, Derek Degner

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4 10 11 12 13 14 15 23 24 25 30 32 33 40 44

NAME Olivia Boudreau Sierra Mitchell Grace Meyer Madison Clayton McKenna Sims Tayte Hansen Abbe Morten Lauren Hedlund Taylor Rodenburgh Faith Meyer Sophia Peppers Madisyn Heeren Amanda Ward Blaire Steenhoek Sadie Roth Chloe Lofstrom

YR. Fr. Sr. Sr. Jr. So. Sr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Jr. So. So. So. Fr.

POS. G G G G G G G G G G F F F G/F F PF

HT. 5-9 5-6 5-8 5-8 5-8 5-7 5-8 5-6 5-9 5-7 5-10 5-10 5-9 5-9 6-0 6-0

HOMETOWN/SCHOOL Papillion, Neb./Papillion-LaVista Pleasant Hill, Iowa/Southeast Polk Pomeroy, Iowa/Pocahontas Area Sioux City, Iowa/West South Sioux City, Neb./Illinois State Uni. York, Neb./York Hartington, Neb./Hartington-Newcastle Albion, Neb./Boone Central Hawarden, Iowa/West Sioux Pomeroy, Iowa/Pocahontas Area Exira, Iowa/Exira-Elk Horn Kimballton McCook Lake, S.D./Dakota Valley Longmont, Colo./Holy Family Chariton, Iowa Sioux Falls, S.D./Harrisburg Armstrong, Iowa/North Union

Head coach: Jamie Sale Assistant coaches: Jill Bodammer, Denny Lokken, Jordyn Wollenburg, Bryan Alfredson

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