Regular visitors of Notinhalloffame.com know that we are slowly working on the top 50 of every major team in the NHL, NBA, NFL, and MLB. Once that is done, we will examine how each team honors its past players, coaches, and executives. As such, it is important to us that North Dakota State will be inducting seven new members and one team to its Athletic Hall of Fame.

They will be officially inducted on September 20 and will be their 52^nd Class.

The Class of 2024 is:

Craig Bohl, Football Coach, 2003-13. Bohl was a two-time Eddie Robinson Award (FCS Coach of the Year) winner and guided the Bison to a 104-32 record. 

Ben Woodside, Men’s Basketball, 2004-09.  Woodside was the 2009 Summit League Player of the Year and the MVP of that year’s Summit League Championship.  The Guard would later have a long professional career in Europe.

Brett Winkelman, Men’s Basketball, 2004-09.  Winkelman was a two-time Summit League Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year and the Forward started all 118 Games of his college career.  He averaged 16.6 Points and 7.4 Rebounds per Game for the Bison.

Matt Mann, Baseball, 2000-02.  Mann was the 2001 Division II Batting Champion (.517) and was a three-time All-North Central Conference Selection.

Sarah Schmitz, Softball, 1996-99.  Schmitz was a three-time Academic All-American and a member of the 1998 Division II North Central All-Tournament Team.

Diandra Gallagher, Women’s Track and Field, 1997-2001.  A six-time All-American, Gallagher won the 2001 weight throws indoors and hammer throw outdoors.

Wayne Mooney, Wrestling, 1996-2000.  Mooney was the Division II National Champion at 157 Pounds and was a three-time All-American.

1998 NCAA Division II Wrestling National Champions.  This group includes Kris Nelson, George Thompson, Jason Cuperus, Wayne Mooney, Ryan Wolters, Steve Saxlund, Mark Pazdernik, and Dave Clymer.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate the impending members of the North Dakota State Athletic Hall of Fame.

Playing his entire professional career with the New England Patriots, the team that drafted him in the second round of 1974.

Nelson was a starter at Left Inside Linebacker as a rookie and he held that role until he retired after the 1987 season.  Nelson patrolled the interior beautifully for the Pats, as one of the best (though widely not well known outside of New England) run stuffing Linebackers of the later 70 and 80s and was chosen for three Pro Bowls.  He was also a large part of New England’s run to their first Super Bowl.

Nelson entered the Patriots Hall of Fame in 1993.