NSIC ANNOUNCES SINGLE-GAME, GENDER SITE SCHEDULE DUE TO COVID-19 FOR 2021 SEASON Friday, November 13, 2020 BURNSVILLE, Minn. – The NSIC has announced its basketball and wrestling schedules for the 2020-21 academ- ic year. The schedules were approved by the NSIC Board of Directors with the health and safety of student-ath- letes, coaches, and staff as the top priority. Both the basketball and wrestling schedules will begin in January and schools will follow NCAA Sports Science Institute (SSI) guidelines for competition. To mitigate COVID-19 exposure, schools will only compete against one opponent each week of the sea- son. The NSIC Men’s and Women’s Basketball schedules will be 16-games played over 8 weeks with teams playing the same opponent at one site on back-to-back days. The season will start with two non-conference games against one NSIC out-of-division opponent. The conference schedule will then consist of 14 games with teams playing each member of its division twice. For this season, the NSIC will only crown a North Division and South Division Champion. For the winter sports of men's and women's indoor track & field and women's swimming & diving that do not operate under a conference schedule, schools will continue with the development of their schedules and with competition beginning in January. The conference will continue to monitor the landscape and conditions surrounding the pandemic, locally, regionally, and nationally, and make any decisions or announcements, at a later date, as necessary. 2021 WAYNE STATE COLLEGE MEN'S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time Jan. 2 (Sat.) Northern State 3:30 pm Jan. 3 (Sun.) Northern State 1:30 pm Jan. 8 (Fri.) @ Concordia-St. Paul* 6:00 pm Jan. 9 (Sat.) @ Concordia-St. Paul* 2:00 pm Jan. 15 (Fri.) Minnesota State* 6:30 pm Jan. 16 (Sat.) Minnesota State* 2:30 pm Jan. 22 (Fri.) Upper Iowa* 6:30 pm Jan. 23 (Sat.) Upper Iowa* 2:30 pm Jan. 29 (Fri.) @ Winona State* 6:00 pm Jan. 30 (Sat.) @ Winona State* 2:00 pm Feb. 5 (Fri.) Sioux Falls* 6:30 pm Feb. 6 (Sat.) Sioux Falls* 2:30 pm Feb. 12 (Fri.) @ Southwest Minnesota State* 6:00 pm Feb. 13 (Sat.) @ Southwest Minnesota State* 4:00 pm Feb. 19 (Fri.) @ Augustana* 7:00 pm Feb. 20 (Sat.) @ Augustana* 3:00 pm Feb. 25, 26 NSIC Tournament Quarterfinals TBA Feb. 27 NSIC Tournament Semifinals TBA Feb. 28 NSIC Tournament Finals TBA (All NSIC Tournament Games Played At Sanford Pentagon - Sioux Falls, S.D.) 2020-21 WILDCAT BASKETBALL ATHLETIC PHONE DIRECTORY TABLE OF CONTENTS All Area Codes (402) Staff Directory/Table of Contents .............................1 Administration Wayne State College ...............................................2 Dr. Marysz Rames, President’s Offi ce .............375-7200 Wayne State College Administration .......................3 Mike Powicki, Athletic Director ........................ 375-7520 Wildcat Athletic Facilities ......................................4-5 Mike Barry, Associate Athletic Director / Sports & Rec Athletic Training Services ........................................6 Facilities Director .............................................375-7521 Head Coach Jeff Kaminsky .....................................7 Linda Anderson, Assistant Athletic Director Assistant Coaches ...................................................8 for Internal Aff airs/Senior Woman Administrator . 375-7308 2020-21 Season Outlook .........................................9 Jeni Kemnitz, Athletic Business Manager ....... 375-7183 2020-21 Wildcat Roster .........................................10 Chad Pitkin, Sports/Rec. Center Manager ......375-7580 Wildcat Player Profi les...................................... 11-19 Chuck Parker, Faculty Athletic Representative .... 375-7036 2019-20 Wildcat Statistics .....................................20 Deb Harm, Athletic Administrative Assistant .... 375-7520 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference ..............21 Athletic Department FAX .................................375-7120 2019-20 NSIC Statistical Leaders ....................22-23 Sports Information 2019-20 NSIC All-Conference Teams ....................24 Mike Grosz, Sports Information Director .........375-7326 Wildcat Coaching History .................................25-26 Training Room Wildcat Basketball Records ..............................27-30 Muffi n Morris, Head Athletic Trainer ................ 375-7310 All-Time Award Winners ...................................31-32 Alyssa Finke, Assistant Athletic Trainer ...........375-7310 Brad Kaufer, Assistant Athletic Trainer ............ 375-7310 Wayne State 100-point games ..............................33 Strength and Conditioning All-Time WSC Men's Basketball Results ..........34-47 Grant Darnell, Head Coach .............................375-7465 WSC All-Time Series History .................................48 Baseball Past Letterwinners ............................................49-50 Alex Koch, Head Coach ..................................375-7499 Past NCAA Tournament Teams ....Inside Back Cover Kirk Clark, Assistant Coach .............................375-7012 2020-21 Team Picture ............................ Back Cover Men’s Basketball CREDITS: The 2020-21 Wayne State College men's basketball media Jeff Kaminsky, Head Coach ............................ 375-7309 guide is a publication of the Wayne State College athletic department, Nathan Stover, Assistant Coach ......................375-7728 under the direction of Sports Information Director Mike Grosz. Additional Women’s Basketball help provided by student assistant Patrick Davis. Photos by Bob Berry and Mike Grosz and front cover designed by Lexie Lenihan. Brent Pollari, Head Coach ...............................375-7311 Kacie O’Connor, Assistant Coach ................... 375-7122 Cross Country Marlon Brink, Head Coach ..............................375-7507 Football John McMenamin, Head Coach ......................375-7315 Scott McLaughlin, Defensive Coordinator .......375-7719 Logan Masters, Off ensive Coordinator ............ 375-7115 Berto Davis, Special Teams Coordinator ......... 375-7157 Women’s Soccer TBA, Head Coach ........................................... 375-7506 Chris McNaughton, Assistant Coach ...............375-7733 Softball Shelli Manson, Head Coach ............................375-7522 Krissi Oliver, Assistant Coach .......................... 375-7227 Track and Field Marlon Brink, Head Coach ..............................375-7507 Wildcat seniors for the 2020-21 season are Carly Fehringer, Assistant Coach ....................375-7507 Nosa Iyagbaye (10) and Ben Dentlinger (20). Volleyball Scott Kneifl , Head Coach ................................375-7303 Kim DePew, Assistant Coach ..........................375-7560 2020-21 Wildcat Men's Basketball - 1 ABOUT WAYNE STATE COLLEGE Innovative programs. Excellent career preparation. Personal attention. Active campus life. Scenic surroundings. Founded in 1891 as Nebraska Normal College, Wayne State College, in Wayne, Neb. earned a distinguished reputation as a teachers’ college from its early days. We’re still a great teachers’ college—but so much more! Innovative Programs Wayne State’s four academic schools—Arts and Humani- ties, Business and Technology, Education and Counseling, and Natural and Social Sciences—off er a comprehensive selection of courses. You’ll fi nd over 150 majors and minors ranging from pre-professional studies to criminal justice to a nationally accredited undergraduate sports management program, and many others in 14 academic departments across campus. 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