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“Continuing the Championship Tradition of Bison Athletics”

Bison Athletic Hall of Fame to Induct Six Members, 1993-94-95-96 Women’s Basketball Teams to Join Hall of Champions

FARGO, N.D. – North Dakota State University will induct six individuals into the Bison Athletic Hall of Fame and the 1993, 1994, 1995 and 1996 women’s basketball national championship teams will join the Bison Athletic Hall of Champions on Friday, Oct. 10. The 43rd annual induction ceremony will bring the number of individuals enshrined in the Hall of Fame to 264 and the number of teams in the Hall of Champions to 10. The newest Hall of Famers are football All-America linebacker Sean Fredricks (1993-97); women’s track and field/cross country All-America distance runner Mary (Gill) Wentz (1993-97); softball All-America third baseman Mary (Gramenz) Kosmatka (1996-99); men’s track and field 800 meter national champion Heith Janke (1996-99); three-time wrestling national champion Brian Kapusta (1991-95), and national award- winning women’s basketball and volleyball player Kasey Morlock (1993-97), who was the Honda Division II Female Athlete of the Year and NCAA Today’s Top VIII recipient as a senior. The induction will take place at the Holiday Inn in Fargo. Lunch will begin at 11 a.m. with the induction ceremonies to start at 11:30 a.m. A limited number of tickets will be available from the NDSU athletic department for a cost of $25 per ticket. Please contact Helena Johnston at (701) 231-6172 or email [email protected]. The group will also be recognized at halftime of NDSU’s homecoming football game Saturday, Oct. 11, against Southern Illinois. Here’s a look at inductees:

1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 Women’s Basketball National Championship Teams North Dakota State set a standard of excellence on the women’s basketball court during this time period, which has been unmatched ... The Bison won the 1993, 1994, 1995 and 1996 NCAA Division II national championships under the direction of Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame head coach Amy Ruley and assistant coach Kelli Layman ... NDSU started the run with a convincing 95-63 win over Delta State on the road at Waltham, Mass., in 1993 ... While the tournament shifted from four to eight teams at the final stop, NDSU hosted the first Elite Eight in 1994 and downed upstart Cal State-San Bernardino 89-56 ... The Bison capped off a perfect 32-0 season in 1995 with a fast-paced 98-85 victory over Portland State ... NDSU set sail and defeated Shippensburg, Pa., 104-78 in 1996 ... NDSU won 21 straight NCAA tournament games ... Ten (10) members of the combined 30-player roster during that time period would become members of the Bison 1,000-point club ... The head coach and five players from that group have been inducted into the Bison Athletic Hall of Fame, with the sixth player joining the group this year ... NDSU won 93 percent of the time and rolled up a 119-9 overall record over that span, 30-2 in 1995-96, 32-0 in 1994-95, 27-5 in 1993-94 and 30-2 in 1992-93 ... The 1994-95 Bison team was the only NCAA Division II women’s basketball team to post an unblemished record until Bentley College achieved perfection in 2013-14 ... NDSU is one of only 18 NCAA women’s basketball teams at any Division to go undefeated ... NDSU’s 49 consecutive victories still ranks second all-time in NCAA Division II women’s basketball after being No. 1 for over a decade ... The Bison also have the third best 42 straight wins that started in January 1996 ... NDSU went 66-6 in North Central Conference play, claiming three conference championships ... The Bison won 27 straight NCC games from 1994 to 1996 ... Thanks to outstanding fan support, NDSU led Division II women’s basketball in attendance each of those seasons .... It was the early stages of a nine-year run as NDSU led Division II in attendance 12 times overall ... The Bison Page 2 were 58-2 at home from 1992 to 1996 .... Six of NDSU’s top 10 Bison Sports Arena crowds were chronicled over that time, including the school and Division II women’s basketball record of 7,543 against North Dakota on Feb. 23, 1996 .... NDSU has the top four Division II women’s basketball attendance figures in the record books ... While the focus was on the team, there were many individual honors highlighted by Kasey Morlock (1995, 1996), Darci Steere (1994) and Nadine Schmidt (1993), who picked up NCAA Division II National Championship Most Outstanding Player awards ... Jody Buck (1993), Steere (1994) and Morlock (1995, 1996) were selected Kodak Division II All-Americans ... Steere (1994) and Morlock (1995) earned North Central Conference Player of the Year honors, while Buck (1993), Linda Davis (1995) and Jen Rademacher (1996) were selected NCC Defensive Player of the Year ... Rademacher would be a top 10 finalist for the 1995-96 NCAA Woman of the Year.

SEAN FREDRICKS, football, linebacker, 1993-97 First-team Division II All-American in 1997 (Associated Press, Daktronics, The Football Gazette) ... Second-team Division II All-American in 1996 (Daktronics, The Football Gazette) … 1997 Dennis Drews Trophy (NDSU football MVP) ... 1995, 1996, 1997 all-North Central Conference selection … 1997 NCC Most Valuable Linebacker ... 1997 CoSIDA Academic All-America second team ... 1998 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship recipient … Academic all-North Central Conference (1995, 1996, 1997) … 1997-98 North Central Conference Stan Marshall Award (Male Student-Athlete of the Year) … 1997-98 Albrecht Presidential Trophy (Male Student-Athlete of the Year) … 1997-98 Bruce Bennett Memorial Award, Midwest Sports Channel Division II Male Student-Athlete of the Year … Received Thomas L. and Nan K. Degnan Memorial Scholarship (1999) and Adrian O. McLellan Scholarship (2000) to UND School of Law … Led NDSU in tackles for three consecutive seasons (1995-97) – 90 in 1995, 120 in 1996 and 128 in 1997 ... No. 3 all-time in total tackles (363) and tackle assists (264) … Bison compiled 41-16 record during his career including 10-3 ledger in 1995, and 9-3 records in 1994 and 1997 … Played for Rocky Hager and Bob Babich … NDSU tied for NCC championship in 1994 … Bison reached NCAA Division II quarterfinals in 1994 and 1995, and eliminated in the first round in 1997 ... Graduated from NDSU with honors in 1998 with a bachelor’s degree in English … Earned Juris Doctorate, with distinction, University of North Dakota School of Law in 2001 … Grew up in Jamestown, N.D., where he played both football and basketball for the Blue Jays … Three-year starter in football, earning all-State and all-Eastern Dakota Conference honors in 1991 and 1992 … Currently, attorney and shareholder, Ohnstad Twichell P.C. (2004-Present), second largest law firm in North Dakota … Resume includes serving as an attorney for Leonard, Street and Deinard (2001-04), third largest law firm in Minnesota … Wife’s name is Sarah, who is an 1999 NDSU graduate … Two children, Samuel and Genevieve Fredricks … Youth football coach with FM Athletics.

MARY (GILL) WENTZ, women’s track & field/cross country, middle distance/relays, 1993-97 Came back from major reconstructive surgery on her left knee to become a 12-time NCAA Division II All-American ... North Dakota State won three North Central Conference Indoor and three NCC Outdoor championships during her career … Part of the Bison NCC triple crown in 1993-94 – as head coach Jerry Gores led NDSU to the cross country, indoor and outdoor conference championships … NDSU had four NCAA Division II team top 10 finishes indoors including third in 1995 and three NCAA team top 10 showings outdoors, including sixth place in 1996 … North Dakota State won the 1993 NCC and NCAA Central Region Cross Country championships … Five-time NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field All-American … 1997 NCAA Division II runner-up in 800 meters … Placed fourth in 800 and ran leg on fifth place 1,600 meter relay in 1996 … 1995 NCAA Division II runner-up in 800 meters and also ran leg on third-place 1,600 meter relay … Six-time NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field All-American … In the 800 meters, Gill placed third in 1997, and fourth in both 1995 and 1996 … Member of three 1,600 meter relay teams that placed third in 1995, fifth in 1996 and sixth in 1997 … Three-time North Central Conference Indoor Track & Field 500 meter champion … Won the 1997 NCC Indoor 1,000 meter title … Member of the 1995 and 1997 NCC Indoor champion 1,600 meter relay teams … Won the 1995 NCC Outdoor Track & Field 800 meter championship … Member of the 1995 NCC Outdoor champion 1,600 relay team … The daughter of Florian and Gloria Gill, she grew up with two brothers and five sisters in Clearwater, Minn. … Six-time all-Central Lakes Conference track and field performer for St. Cloud Tech … Won the 1992 region 800 meters title, and also ran legs on region champion 1,600 and 3,200 meter relay teams … Competed at two Minnesota Class AA state cross country meets during her prep career … Graduated from North Dakota State with bachelor’s degree in plant sciences, then earned her master’s degree in plant genetics at NDSU … Worked part-time at the U.S. Department of Agriculture in barley genetics, then full-time at wheat germplasm enhancement at NDSU … Mary was wed to Ryan Wentz on July 4, 1998 … The couple has three children, Hannah (14), Kayla (12) and Daniel (6) … After a five-year stopover in Maine, the family has lived in Mandan, N.D., since November 2009 … Currently, Mary is active in school and church projects, including family mission trips, and politics, supporting family and Pro-Life issues.

MARY (GRAMENZ) KOSMATKA, softball, third base, 1996-99 Named to 1999 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division II All-America second team … Four-time NFCA All-North Central Region (1996-97-98- 99) … Led Bison to first NCAA North Central Regional title and NCAA Division II national tournament appearance in Salem, Va., in 1999 … Named the 1999 NCC Freshman of the Year … Four-time all-North Central Conference performer (1996-97-98-99) … Four-time NCC Player of the Week … Member of 1999 NCAA North Central Regional and NCC Tournament championship teams, directed by Mitch Hansen, Darren Mueller and Mike McLeod … Teams went 37-29 in 1996, 45-19 in 1997, 64-17 in 1998 and 53-12 in 1999 during career … The 1996 team posted the program’s first winning record since 1982 … The 1998 team made the program’s first NCAA regional Page 3 appearance … Played in 262 career games … Career .381 hitter (305-800) with 33 home runs and 246 RBI … Set school single-season record with 73 RBI in 1997 … Hit .405 in 1996 with eight home runs and 42 RBI … Batted .457 in 1997 with four home runs and 73 RBI … Hit .350 in 1998 with 11 home runs and 67 RBI … Batted .327 in 1999 with 10 home runs and 64 RBI … On the NDSU career charts, Gramenz ranks No. 1 in triples (17), No. 2 in doubles (66) and total bases (504); No. 3 in slugging percentage (.630); No. 4 in runs scored (203), hits (305) and home runs; No. 5 in games played, at-bats (800); No. 6 in batting average and stolen bases (59); No. 7 in on-base percentage (.431); No. 8 in walks (73), and No. 10 in sacrifice flies (10) … Defensively, No. 3 in fielding assists (522) and No. 10 in fielding chances (892) … Grew up in Maplewood, Minn., the youngest of six children to parents Mary Gramenz and Michael Gramenz … Graduated from Tartan High School in 1995 … Four-year letterwinner in softball, three-time all-conference, three-time softball MVP at Tartan, captain during senior year … Selected to the all-state and Minnesota All-Star teams in 1995 after leading the St. Paul Suburban Conference in batting … Two-year letterwinner in volleyball … Married to college sweetheart Jason for 10 years … Lives in Prior Lake, Minn., with son Abel and dog, Crosby … Since graduation, worked in the human services field with a focus on serving individuals with developmental disabilities in a variety of capacities … For past 10 years, worked as a social work case manager for Scott County Health and Human Services.

HEITH JANKE, men’s track & field/cross country, 800 meters/1500 meters/mile/relays, 1996-99 National champion in 800 meters at 1998 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships … Bolting down the stretch at the Southern Illinois-Edwardsville facility, Janke edged out North Central Conference rival Ossie Mdziniso of Augustana (S.D.) by five- hundredths of a second – 1:48.51 to 1:48.56 – to earn first place and break his own school record by 1.51-seconds … Mdziniso had defeated him at the conference meet a few weeks earlier … Four-time NCAA Division II All-American … Recipient of 1998 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship … Placed third in 800 meters at 1998 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships and fifth in 800 at 1997 NCAA Indoor … Two-time North Central Conference Indoor Track & Field champion in the mile in 1996 and 1997 … Member of three NCC Indoor championship 3,200 meter relay teams in 1996, 1997 and 1998 … 1998 NCC Outdoor Track & Field 1,500 meter champion … Member of NCC Outdoor championship 1,600 meter relay teams in 1997 and 1998 … Major contributor on four North Central Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championship teams and two NCC Indoor title teams … Academic all-NCC performer in 1999 … Earned Academic All-American honors in cross country … Held both indoor and outdoor 800 meter school records from 1998 to 2011 … Indoors, ranks in top 10 in 800 meters (1:50.21 at Iowa State, 1998), mile (4:09.41, Husker Invite, 1998), 1600 meter relay (1988 NCAA), 3200 relay (7:47.57, Bison Classic, top 1 of 3) … Outdoors, ranks top 10 in 800 meters (1:48.51, 1998 NCAA), 1500 meters (3:50.84, 1998 NCC), sprint medley relay (3:26.62, 1998 Sioux City Relays) and distance medley relay (10:00.82, 1997 Drake Relays) … Graduated from Madison High School in South Dakota in 1994, same school that produced legendary NDSU men’s track and field coach Don Larson … He was an eight-time South Dakota state track and field champion and two-time South Dakota state cross-country champion for Madison … Graduated from the University of North Dakota Law School with Juris Doctorate … Attorney with Boyce, Greenfield, Pashby and Welk LLP in Sioux Falls, S.D., from 2002-04 … Worked as a special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Kansas City, Mo., (2004-08) and San Antonio, Texas, field offices (2008-11) … Elevated to supervisory special agent in 2011, assigned to FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. (2011-12) … Currently, serves as supervisory special agent at Kansas City field office, where he supervises the public corruption and civil rights squad … Married to former NDSU women’s basketball player Brenna Stefonowicz, who was a member of NDSU’s 1996 Division II national championship team … Heith and Brenna have a son, Max (11) and a daughter, Reese (8).

BRIAN KAPUSTA, wrestling, 118 pounds, 1991-95 Three-time NCAA Division II national champion (1993-95) at 118 pounds for North Dakota State, coached by Hall of Fame and Cannonsburg, Pa., native Bucky Maughan … Selected as the 1995 NCAA Division II Most Outstanding Wrestler ... Also placed third at the 1992 NCAA Championships as a freshman ... Four-time NCAA All-American ... One of only two four-time North Central Conference individual champions in NDSU history … Named the NCC’s Most Outstanding Wrestler in 1992 and 1995 … Fourth all-time at NDSU with 108 career wins … Career record was 108-17 for a .864 win percentage, which ranks fifth all-time … NDSU had dual meet records of 16-0, 8-4, 11-3 and 8-3 during his career … The Bison won three North Central Conference championships in 1992, 1993 and 1994, and placed second in 1995 … In the NCAA Division II National Championships, the Bison tied for second in 1992, placed third in 1993 and 1995, and finished fifth in 1995 … Named the 1995 North Dakota Associated Press Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association College Male Athlete of the Year … Two-time Pennsylvania state champion in 1989 and 1990 at 103 pounds for Greensburg Salem High School … Compiled 103-19 high school record that included a pair of Westmoreland County, Section and Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League championships … Competed in USA vs. Cuba All-Star match and US vs. PA Dapper Dan Wrestling Classic … Earned 17-2 tech fall vs. opponent at Dapper Dan … Named to the 1990 USA Wrestling Dream Team at 103 pounds … Invited to the prestigious Foxcatcher National Training Center on three different occasions … Placed fourth at 1996 U.S. Olympic Trials … World and Olympic circuit highlighted by 1993 Olympic Sports Festival and 1995 University National championships … Runner-up at 1995 University Nationals and 1993 Pan American Championships held in Caracus, Venezuela … Placed fourth at the 1993 U.S. Nationals and World Team Trials, and finished seventh at 1991 ESPOIR World Championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia … Resume includes stops as head coach at Greensburg Central Catholic (Pa.) High School and Norwin (Pa.) High School and as assistant coach at Ligonier Valley (Pa.) Page 4

High School … Currently, the head coach of the Hempfield Area Junior Olympic wrestling program in Greensburg, Pa. … Volunteers at the Young Guns Wrestling Club … Still active on the mat, wrestling weekly with some of the nation’s top-ranked high school wrestlers … Son of Barry and Carol Kapusta … Siblings include older brother, Chris; younger brother, Jeff, who was a three-time All-American at NDSU, and younger sister, Maria … Brian has a 19-year old daughter, Hayley, who is in her second year at Minnesota State University Moorhead … Brian and his wife, Shanelle, have three children, Riley (11), Lucas (10), and Nico (6) … To no surprise, both of his boys wrestle to continue the tradition.

KASEY MORLOCK, women’s basketball/volleyball, center/middle-outside hitter, 1993-97 Honda Award winner (Division II Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year) in 1997 ... 1996-97 NCAA Today’s Top VIII award winner, a class that included current National Football League quarterback Peyton Manning ... Named to the 1997 CoSIDA Academic All-America® second team ... 1995 Midwest Sports Channel Division II Female Athlete Award Winner ... Two-time NCC All-Academic Team (1996-97) ... 1997 WBCA/Rawlings Division II Player of the Year ... Three-time Kodak Division II All-District and All-American (1995-97) ... 1997 Women’s Division II Bulletin Player of the Year...Three-time first-team Division II Bulletin All-American (1995-97) ... Two-time first-team Daktronics Division II All-Region and All-American (1995-96) ... Three-time NCAA All-Region MVP (1994-96, MVP in 1995 and 1996) ... Member of three NCAA Division II national championship teams (1994, 1995, 1996) … Member of three North Central Conference championship teams (1995, 1996, 1997) … Three-time NCAA National Championship All-Tourney Team (1994-96) and twice All-Tourney MVP (95-96) ... 1995 North Central Conference Player of the Year ... 1994 NCC Freshman of the Year ... Four-time All-NCC Selection (1994-97) ... Eight-time NCC Player of the Week … Teams went 27-5, 32-0, 30-2, 28-1 during her career … Bison went 15-3, 18-0, 17-1 and 18-0 in conference play during that span ... Named to the NCAA Division II Women’s Basketball 25th Anniversary Team along with Hall of Fame head coach Amy Ruley … Played volleyball for season after basketball eligibility completed, hit .306 as Bison finished third in NCAA regional and ranked 11th nationally … NDSU’s all-time leading scorer with 2,233 points and sits at No. 19 in the NCAA record books … Became first NDSU player, male or female, to score more than 2,000 points ... Holds 13 school records ... One of four Bison to shoot over 50 percent for her career ... North Central Conference record holder for free throws made and attempted in conference play … Scored 1,328 points in 72 conference games to rank third all-time in the NCC ... Holds four of the top-five spots for free throws made in a season ... Holds the top three spots for most free throws attempted in a season ... Member of Bison team that set Division II women’s basketball record with 49 consecutive wins (Feb. 25, 1994 thru Dec. 15, 1995) … NDSU also had a 42-game winning streak her junior and senior seasons … In addition, there was a school record 58-game home court winning streak at the Bison Sports Arena from 1994 to 1997 … A 1993 graduate of Stewartville (Minn.) High School … Selected Minnesota’s “Miss Basketball” in 1993, while also earning Class A All-State first team honors by the Associated Press … Averaged 24.5 points, 11.3 rebounds, 3.8 blocks and 3.5 steals per game in leading Stewartville to its first Sub-section 2A title and a 19-5 record as a senior … Three-time all-Hiawatha Valley League selection … Ended prep career with 1,496 points and 875 rebounds … A three-sport athlete, she led the Tigers to the 1991 Class A State volleyball title and third place in 1990 … Daughter of Rod and Sharon Morlock … Has one brother, Jacob, and one sister, Heidi, who was an all-NCC player and Stan Marshall Award winner at Augustana (S.D.) College … Graduated from NDSU with an electrical engineering degree … Married to former NDSU football player Garth Tschetter … Kasey and Garth have three boys, Will (11), Henry (8) and Pete (5) … Worked at IBM in Rochester, Minn., until “retiring” when her youngest son was born … Currently resides on a small organic farm in Stewartville, where Kasey is the head activities director of the Tschetter home.