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The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology would like

to welcome you to Dunham Field at O’Harra Stadium. The

football field and facilities has recently received quite a

facelift with the addition of state-of-the art locker rooms, a

prestige turf playing surface on the field, a high-tech

scoreboard capable of giving in-game statistics and six luxury

skyboxes perched over the grandstands enabling fans to

watch the game from a whole new perspective. It is truly one

of the best facilities in the Dakota Athletic Conference

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HARDROCKER FOOTBALL

2011 PRESEASON FACTS

General Information

Name of School: South Dakota School of Mines

Address: 501 East St. Joseph Street

City/Zip: Rapid City, SD, 57701

Enrollment: 2100

Nickname: Hardrockers

School Colors: Vegas Gold and Navy Blue

Gymnasium: Goodell Gymnasium

Affiliation: NCAA Div. II

Conference: Unafilliated

President: Robert A. Wharton, Ph.D.

Alma Mater: Virginia Polytechnic Institute/

Humboldt State University

Athletics Director: Dick Kaiser

Alma Mater: University of Northern Colorado/

South Dakota State University

Athletic Department Phone: 605-394-2351

Athletic Department Fax: 605-394-6950

Sports Information Office

Sports Information Director: Brad Blume

Alma Mater: South Dakota State,

SID Office Phone: 605-394-2355 SID

Fax: 605-394-6950

SID E-mail: [email protected]

Athletics website: www.gorockers.com

Coaching Staff Head Coach: Dan Kratzer

Alma Mater: B.S., Missouri Valley College

M.S., Central Missouri State

Record at SDM: 22-38

Football Office Phone: 605-394-2604

Email: [email protected]

Assistants: Lonnie Messick, Dan Dieringer,

Charlie Giangrosso, Greg Hodgin, Dustin Thomas,

and Cody Hawley.

Team Information

2010 Overall Record: 7-3

2010 DAC Record: 6-2

Home/Away/ Neutral Records: 3-2/ 4-0/ 0-1

Media Information

Newspapers

Rapid City Journal

P.O. Box 450

Rapid City, SD, 57709

Phone: 605-394-8430

Fax: 605-394-8463

[email protected]

Radio

KKLS (Tom Rudebusch)

660 Flormann Street Suite 160

Rapid City, SD, 57701

KOTA Radio (Steve Ammerman)

P.O. Box 1760

Rapid City, SD, 57709

Phone: 605-342-2000

[email protected]

Television

KEVN TV (Jamie Zepp)

P.O. Box 677 Rapid City,

SD, 57709 Phone:

605-394-7777 Fax:

605-394-3652 E-mail:

[email protected]

KNBN (Justin Wickersham)

P.O. Box 9549 Rapid City, SD,

57709 Phone: 605-355-0024

[email protected]

KOTA TV (Vic Quick)

P.O. Box 1760

Rapid City, SD, 57709

Phone: 605-342-2000

FAX: 605-721-5730

[email protected]

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Facts South Dakota School of Mines and Technology has a proud heritage of excellence in preparing graduates to serve as leaders in the professions of engineering and science. There are 16 academic departments and more than 30 degree programs in engineering and science offered at the baccalaureate, masters, and doctoral levels. Our students, in combination with an exceptionally talented faculty and great support from the community, provide an exciting environment for education excellence. Award-winning undergraduate education is enhanced by graduate education and research and development in areas of critical need to the state, nation, and the international community. Facilities South Dakota School of Mines and Technology facilities include the Black Hills Business Development Center, the Darold D. King Physical Education Building, the Chemistry/Chemical Engineering Building, the Civil/Mechanical Engineering Building, the Computational Mechanics Laboratory, the Electrical Engineering/Physics Building, the McLaury Building, Devereaux Library, O’Harra Building, Mineral Industries Building, the Tech Development Laboratory, and Surbeck Center. New construction/renovations Tech Development Laboratory, ongoing, Chemical and Biological Engineering/Chemistry building (anticipated completion 2010), Surbeck Center renovation (anticipated completion August 2009), Paleontology Center (anticipated completion 2010), and Palmerton/Connolly Hall restorations (anticipated completion May 2010). Tuition and Fees Fall 2012 Undergraduate SD Non SD MN Tuition and Fees $8,820 $10,530 $9,790 Room and Board $5,700 $5,700 $5,700 Books and Supplies* $1,960 $1,960 $1,960 Total Per Year $16,480 $18,190 $17,450 *Includes Tablet PC Program (assumes 30 credits per year) Student Demographics Fall 2011 Enrollment Status Full Time 1,567 77.1% Part Time 494 22.9%

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Majors B.S. Chemical Engineering; Chemistry; Civil Engineering; Computer Engineering; Computer Science; Electrical Engineering; Environmental Engineering; Geological Engineering; Geology; Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management; Interdisciplinary Sciences:-Atmospheric Sciences, -Pre-Professional Health Sciences,-Science, Technology, and Society Mathematics (Applied and Computational); Mechanical Engineering; Metallurgical Engineering; Mining Engineering; Physics. M.S. Atmospheric Sciences;Biomedical Engineering; Chemical Engineering; Civil Engineering; Construction Management; Electrical Engineering; Geology and Geological Engineering; Materials Engineering and Science; Mechanical Engineering; Paleontology; Physics; Robotics and Intelligent Autonomous Systems; Technology Management Ph.D.; Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences; Biomedical Engineering; Chemical and Biological Engineering; Geology and Geological Engineering; Materials Engineering and Science; Mechanical Engineering (pending); Nanoscience and Nanoengineering; Physics (pending). Faculty and Staff, FY 2009 Faculty: 135 Staff*: 181 *Temporary employees included in this total Outreach The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology offers programs and activities that teach and entertain K-12 student and community members, including the APEX art Gallery, The Museum of Geology, Engineers Week, Math Contest, Cultural Expo, Design Fair, South Dakota GEAR UP Honors Program, South Dakota Space Grant Consortium, and many more. Classes and camps for K-12 students, teachers, alumni, and professionals are offered through the Office of Educational Programs and Professional Conferences. For more information, visit <http:/sdmines.sdsmt.edu/learn>.

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Rapid City and the Black Hills South Dakota School of Mines and Technology is located in Rapid City, the state’s second-largest city. The city of 65,000 is the regional center for health care, shopping, banking, and other services, and is a major tourist destination because of its proximity to the Black Hills, Mount Rushmore, Crazy Horse Memorial, Badlands, and other attractions. There are caves, mountains, streams, and lakes, and a vast variety of rocks, minerals, wildlife, and plant life. FY09 Research Funding School of Mines faculty members and researchers received 92 awards totaling nearly $21 million during the 2009 fiscal year. The funding came from many different agencies, including the National Science Foundation, the State of South Dakota, NASA, the Department of Transportation, Army Research Laboratory, and many more.

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Robert A. Wharton,

SD School of Mines President

Robert A. Wharton, Ph.D., became president of the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology on July 1, 2008. Previously, he served as provost and vice president for academic affairs at Idaho State University (ISU). Wharton was a tenured professor of biology at ISU and previously served as its chief research officer. His Ph.D. in botany is from Virginia Polytechnic Institute. He also holds a M.A. degree in biology and a B.A. in botany from Humboldt State University in California. Dr. Wharton is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, The Explorers Club, and the Royal Geographic Society. Wharton is a recipient of the United States Antarctic Service Medal and has served on the National Research Council's Polar Research Board.

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Dick Kaiser, South Dakota School of Mines Athletics Director

Dick Kaiser earned a bachelor's degree in physical education from the University of Northern Colorado, a master's in educational administration from South Dakota State University, and a doctorate of education in athletic leadership and administration from Brigham Young University. He completed his post-doctorate in health education and administration at Oregon State University.

Before arriving at South Dakota Mines, Kaiser had served as the AD for Defiance College for 10 years. Before that, he served as AD at Olivet College, Western Oregon University and Willamette University. He has received a number of honors and awards from athletics organizations such as the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and others.

Kaiser is also responsible guiding the Hardrockers in the transition to NCAA Div. II status as well as fundraising for the effort and seeking conference affiliation. SD Mines has10 athletic programs within the department, competing in women's volleyball and men's football, as well as women's and men's teams in golf, cross country, track and field and basketball.

Kaiser has two grown children, Cassie and Ryan; four grandchildren, Jack (age 5); twins Caden and Carson (age 2); and Lucy (age 1).

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Lori Hodgin, SD Mines Program and Administrative Assistant

Lori Hodgin has been the SD School of Mines administrative and

program assistant for almost 20 years. Her duties have included:

figuring out athletic eligibility each year, game-day

administration (meaning hiring students to work at football and

basketball games, volleyball matches and track meets. She is

also involved in department purchasing and making sure that

everything runs smooth in the athletic department on a day-to-

day basis. Lori has lived in Rapid City most of her life, but was

born in Los Angeles, Calif. She has a son Greg who is currently

employed by the Hardrocker football program as an assistant

coach. She is a huge animal lover, donating her time to the

Humane Society and on occasion has adopted dogs from there

as well.

Jen Ranum, South Dakota School of Mines

Athletic Trainer and Compliance Officer

Jennifer Ranum is starting her second year as the NCAA Div. II

Compliance Officer at the School of Mines making sure that the

Hardrockers are kept up to speed on all NCAA rules and regulations

and helping student-athletes with eligibility and other questions.

She will also be starting her fifth year as the volleyball athletic

trainer for the Lady Hardrockers. She graduated in May of 2007

from National American University with degrees in Athletic Training

and Applied Management. Jen became certified in September of

2007. She is a member of both the National Athletic Trainer’s

Association and the Mid America Athletic Trainer’s Association

since 2004. She has spent three years at the School of Mines doing

outreach as a student athletic trainer and upon graduation was

hired and is now in her third year as assistant athletic trainer.

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Rick Lutes, South Dakota Mines Athletic Equipment Manager

Rick Lutes embarks on his sixth year as the South Dakota

School of Mines equipment manager. Among a multitude of

duties for the Hardrockers, Rick works alongside coaches to

coordinate each programs’ equipment needs for practices,

games, meets or matches. His duties range from laundry of

uniforms to inflating the game balls.

Rick has been a multi-sports official for 30-plus years on the

high school and college level having held a Masters Level

rating with USA Track and Field. Rick has also enjoyed in the

past officiating adapted athletics for high schools in

Minnesota and the Courage Center of Golden Valley, Minn.

Rick has held athletic and event management related

positions in Minnesota and Texas Before the move to Rapid

City Rick was the Director of Track and Field at the National

Sports Center in Blaine, Minn. Rick and his family moved to

Rapid City when his wife, Kathy, a pastor, accepted a call to a

local Rapid City church. The Lutes’ are parents of two adult sons.

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Scott Baird, South Dakota Mines Head Athletic Trainer

Scott Baird is a 1997 graduate of Dakota Wesleyan University and is in his fifth year as head athletic

trainer at South Dakota School of Mines and

Technology. Before joining the School of

Mines Athletic Department, he was an

athletic trainer for the University of

Wyoming where he covered both men's

rugby and lacrosse. He brings much

knowledge and experience to the School of

Mines Sports Medicine Team. Scott has been

married to Becky, a Physical Therapist in

Rapid City, for 15 years and added two new

little twin girls to their family Braedyn and

Blakely.

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South Dakota Mines Football Training Staff

The 2011 South Dakota School of Mines athletic Training Staff : Front row from the left are: Miho Soma, Shiosaku Tanka and Yoshikatso Abe. Back row from the left, are: Tanner Ozane (volunteer), Quadrell Coruthers, head trainer Scott Baird and Derek Lecy.

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Public Address Announcer Kevin Phillips has the longest running morning radio show in the Black Hills. Phillips has been announcing ball games since 1980 and has been on the radio since 1982. He's a member of the Rapid City Sports Hall Of Fame and a Black Hills Advertising Federation Silver Medal Winner, which is like the advertising Hall Of Fame. He can be heard on Magic 93.9 weekday mornings from 5:30-10am and on 97.5 The Hills from 2-5pm.

Tom Rudebusch and Ryan Cadwallader broadcast the Hardrocker football action every game at home and away on 97.5 FM the Hills and 920AM. The two have extensive knowledge and insight about the game of football. Tom Rudebusch has been the voice of the Hardrockers for over 30 years and Ryan is a former standout Hardrocker football player.

The Voices of the Hardrockers

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Dan Kratzer Head Coach

Phone: (605) 394-2604

Email: [email protected]

Dan Kratzer will enter his seventh season as the Hardrocker head coach this fall. He was selected as head coach after five seasons as receivers coach and assistant head coach at Kent State University in Ohio.

Kratzer spent six seasons as head coach at Lindenwood University in Missouri from 1995-2000, where he guided th e team to its first ever NAIA playoff game in 1998. He served as head coach at Hastings College in Nebraska, from 1990-1994, where he won conference championships in 1991 and 1992, and guided the team to three NAIA playoff appearances. He has had additional experience as an assistant at Miami (Ohio) in 1986, as the head coach at Ohio Northern University in 1984 and 1985, and as an assistant at Indiana University in 1983.

A native of Lathrop, Missouri, Kratzer received a bachelor‟s degree in physical education from Missouri Valley in 1971, and earned his master‟s degree in education from Central Missouri State University in 1976. He was selected in the 8th round of the 1972 NFL draft by the Cincinnati Bengals and moved to the Kansas City Chiefs in 1973. He served in 1982 as the administrative assistant for Coach Bill Walsh and the San Francisco 49ers summer camp.

He and his wife Suzanne have two grown children, daughter Danielle and son Reggie, who played for his father at Lindenwood. They are proud grandparents of Danielle's daughter Reaghan.

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Dan Dieringer Offensive Coordinator / Offensive line

Phone: (605) 394-2604

Email: [email protected]

In his third full year as Offensive Coordinator, Dieringer brings a wealth of knowledge to the „Rocker staff with 20 years of coaching experience at the college level. Dieringer has coached at NCAA Div. II, Div. III and NAIA levels as an offensive coordinator and offensive line coach.

“It is a big plus for the SD Mines program and obviously a big help to me to have a full-time offensive guy that has great experience,” said Hardrocker football coach Dan Kratzer.

Dieringer also served under Kratzer during a very successful stint (1995-2000) at Lindenwood University in Kingshighway, Mo. It was there the two turned the Lions from a below .500 team to a program that is a perennial NAIA national contender. The duo took the Lions to their first ever NAIA playoff game in 1998.

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Lonnie Messick Special Teams Coordinator / Linebackers

Phone: (605) 355-3025

Email: [email protected]

Coach Messick has been on the Hardrocker coaching staff since 2005. He has played a crucial role in returning glory to the Hardrocker football program. A former Marine Colonel, Messick was a linebackers coach at Kent State in 2004 before being called back into duty to train a military unit in Belgium, Congo.

After six months extended duty he came back to coaching as Special Teams Coordinator here at South Dakota Mines. Coach Kratzer says he is glad to have such an addition to his staff, and will bring the type of discipline, intensity and long-term commitment that the players here so deserve.

Messick's coaching stops include Kent State, Hargrave Military Academy, Marine Military Academy, Naval Academy and Bowie State University.

In addition, Messick has coached numerous interservice teams at U.S. Marine Corps bases, including Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (1977-79); Camp Pendelton, California (1981-82); and Parris Island, South Carolina (1983-84).

He retired from the Marine Corps in 1997 as a Lieutenant Colonel following 28 years in the service. Messick graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1969 with a bachelor's degree in education. He and his wife Virginia reside in Rapid City. Their family includes daughter Jessica and son Scott and his wife Deirdre and twins Jake and Matt, and daughter Caroline.

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Charlie Giangrosso Defensive Coordinator/ Strength Coach/Defensive Backs

Phone: (605) 394-2604

Email: mailto: [email protected]

Giangrosso, originally from Wichita, Kan., has a wealth of knowledge about the game, bringing 20-plus years experience mostly coaching at the college level. Including in his duties at SD Mines, Giangrosso will be the defensive coordinator as well as doing some recruiting, with his area including: northern Wyoming, eastern Montana and western North Dakota. Being a veteran coach, Giangrosso will bring a few new wrinkles to an already solid Hardrocker defense. On the grand scale however he wants to keep things a little simpler, using the old philosophy of “you get out what you put in.” “I want these kids to come in and understand that if you play hard, you work hard and do things like that – you‟re successful,” Giangrosso said. “One of our (team) goals is to pay attention to details. Take care of the little things like work on your technique, work on your fundamentals and be very sound. That is my goal for these kids. I want them to be successful. Giangrosso has played high school and college football at the linebacker position. He has a wife (Patsy) and four boys (Eric, a sergeant in the army for 15 years, Patrick, an assistant wrestling coach at Missouri Valley College, Dominic, attending Missouri Valley College and Jacob, who is starting a career in the army).

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Dustin Thomas Video Coordinator/ Strength Coach

Phone: (605) 394-2604

Email: mailto: [email protected]

Dustin Thomas grew up in Mountain View, Wyo. He joins the Hardrocker football program as the defensive line coach and video coordinator. He is a graduate of South Dakota School of Mines, earning a degree in Metallurgical Engineering. He is very familiar with the football team as he was a member of the Hardrocker program from 2000-2005. Dustin has been around athletics his whole life, but joining the coaching staff in 2008 was his first experience in that role. Dustin and his wife Amanda have a one-year-old boy Aden. "Both working and going to school at SD School of Mines have been great experiences. The people here are great, and the atmosphere is second to none," Thomas said. "Having the opportunity to be involved with the Hardrocker Football team and Hardrocker athletics, is a very rewarding, and I'm really looking forward to another successful season."

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Greg Hodgin --- Running backs Coach Greg Hodgin is a native of Rapid City where he played football for the Rapid City Stevens Raiders, graduating in 1999. This will be Greg's second season coaching at the college level with the Hardrockers. Greg will be getting married to his fiancé Linda Lehman this coming June. "I am excited for the opportunity to help the Hardrockers in any way I can and I am glad to be here at South Dakota School of Mines."

Adam Riggers --- Wide Receivers Coach Adam Riggers joins the „Rocker football team in charge of the wide receiving corps.

Riggers comes to SD Mines from Boise State University where he was assisting the

DFO and recruiting coordinator. Riggers has also been involved in a number of football

camps teaching the fundamentals of the game, especially at the quarterback position.

We are very fortunate to have Adam Riggers on our staff,” Kratzer said. "He was a quality

quarterback at Mid American Nazarene, and had been helping with camps all summer at Boise

State. Riggers graduated from Mid America Nazarene University in 2011 where he

played NAIA college football as a linebacker. He also is a talented quarterback as well.

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Members of the 2011

Hardrocker coaching staff,

front row, from the left are:

Lonnie Messick (special team

coordinator ,linebackers), Dan

Dieringer (offensive

coordinator, offensive line),

head coach Dan Kratzer

(quarterbacks, kickers), Gregg

Hodgin (running backs) and

Charlie Giangrosso (defensive

coordinator, defensive backs).

Back row, from the left are:

Adam Riggers (wide receivers),

Cody Hawley (student coach),

Dustin Thomas (video

coordinator, defensive line)

and Taylor Beamer (student

assistant).

SD Mines seniors,

from the left, are:

Anthony Renteria,

Austin Norberg, Erik

Yeash, Josh Sherman,

Todd Sherman,

Dustin Meneley, Ed

Waliczek, Zach

Grapentine, Colen

Kling, Andy Smith, Ian

Prichard, Jamie Dale

and Nick Russell.

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SD Mines juniors, front row,

from the left are: Zach Looney,

Tanner Ireland, Brock

Blankenship, Dusty Daniels,

Kolten Jelden, Bernis Berber

and Jonathan Tristao. Back

row, from the left are: Brian

Freed, Andrew Isom, Andrew

Munson, Marshall Davis and

Jaryd Francis.

SD Mines sophomores, front

row, from the left are: Daniel

Crowser, Alan Xu, Austin

Louchart, Shane Sweeney, Kyle

Carey and Ian Foster. Middle

row, from the left, are: Andrew

Orchard, Seth Kijewski, Josh

Schmidt, Lukas Van Laken, Joey

Obendorfer, Chris Sawdy,

Patrick Shaw, Kelby Wilkinson

and Karch Foley. Back row,

from the left, are: Taylor

Dutcher, Emmonds Thomas III,

Andrew Anthony, Ryan

McCann, Taylor Farmer, Austin

Adam, Josh Hastreiter, Houston

Bashus, Josh Ziadat and Tim

Lux.

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SDM Freshmen, front row, from

the left, are: Erik Snead, Jacob

Hepp, John Scott, Pat Bloemen,

Patrick Sweeney, Spencer Ford

and Sam Hill. Second row, from

the left, are: Taylor Heaps, Thomas

Walter, Mitchell Syverson,

Brandon Carda, Jeff Faulk, Joshua

Clemens, David Cowan, Mason

Martin, Chas Cimburek and Kyle

Larson. Back row, from the left,

are: Meekhiel Williams, Sam

Cowen, Austin Daniels, Nick

Thomas, Jacob Tebben, Brent

Johnson, Will Williams, Brady

Cabral, Tarrington Rivers, Gary

Bolinger, Jake Daum and

Defensive Backs

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Linebackers

Offensive Line

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Quarterbacks

Special Teams

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Runningbacks

Wide Receivers

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01 Bernis Berber 6-5 235 WR Junior Tempe, AZ. Industrial Engineering

02 Kelby Wilkison 6-0 170 FS Soph Laramie, WY Civil Engineering

03 Kolten Jelden 6-2 165 K/P Junior Greeley, CO Mechanical Engineering

04 Jamie Dale 5-10 170 RB Seinor Alpine, CA Interdisciplinary Sciences

05 Tanner Ireland 6-0 185 CB Junior Albuquerque, NM Mechanical Engineering

06 Pat Bloemen 6-4 205 QB Fresh Fort Collins, CO Interdisciplinary Sciences

07 Dusty Daniels 6-0 175 WR Junior Sheridan, WY Civil Engineering

09 Marshall Davis 6-2 205 WR Junior Olathe, KS Environment Engineering 10 Ryan MCann 6-3 190 QB Soph Mesa, AZ Industrial Engineering

11 Austin Daniels 6-3 230 TE/LS Fresh Sacramento, CA Mechanical Engineering

12 Joey Oberndorfer 6-2 170 WR Soph San Diego, CA Interdisciplinary Sciences

13 Ian Prichard 5-10 195 SS Senior Richland, WA Interdisciplinary Sciences

14 Josh Schmidt 5-11 185 DB Soph Gettysburg, SD Mining Engineering

15 Patrick Shaw 5-11 190 SS Soph Gilbert AZ Civil Engineering

16 Nick Russell 5-10 210 QB Senior San Diego, CA Interdisciplinary Sciences

17 Jonathan Tristao 6-2 235 FB Junior Hilmer, CA Civil Engineering 18 Mitchell Syverson 6-1 170 QB Fresh Thermopolis, WY Atmospheric Sciences

19 Zach Grapentine 6-2 195 LB Senior Belle Fourche, SD Civil Engineering

20 Chris Sawdey 5-9 185 RB Soph Atlanta, GA Mining Engineering

21 Houston Bashus 6-2 190 DB Junior Bismarck, ND Mining Engineering

22 Andy Smith 6-2 187 K Senior Pierre, SD Electrical Engineering

23 Dustin Meneley 5-11 190 CB/KR/PR Senior Naples, FL Industrial Engineering

24 Lukas Van Lacken 6-1 190 RB Soph Letcher, SD Mechanical Engineering 25 Nick Thomas 6-1 215 DB Fresh Rockville, MD Computer Engineering

26 Josh Sherman 6-3 185 SS Senior Colome, SD Electrical Engineering

27 Gregory Blankenship 5-11 215 OLB Junior Kinnear, WY Chemical Engineering

28 Edward Waliczek 6-4 210 WR Senior Chicago, IL Electrical Engineering

29 Emmonds Thompson, III 5-10 180 DB Soph Stockbridge, GA Industrial Engineering

30 Kyle Carey 6-2 175 DB Soph Sterling, CO Civil Engineering

31 David Cowan 5-11 177 LB Fresh Moore, OK Mechanical Engineering

32 Jake Daum 6-1 200 RB Fresh Kimball, NE Mining Engineering 33 Jeff Faulk 5-11 215 RB Fresh Eureka, CA Mining Engineering

34 Sam Hill 5-10 160 WR Fresh Sandwich, IL Chemical Engineering

36 Kyle Larson 5-11 185 FB Fresh Thermopolis, WY Civil Engineering

37 Anthony Renteria 5-5 160 RB Junior Gilbert, AZ Electrical Engineering

38 Patrick Berke 6-1 200 RB Fresh Lexington, NE Engineering

39 Colen Kling 6-2 230 LB Senior Belle Fourche, SD Physics

40 Tarrington Rivers 6-1 230 RB Fresh Seymour, TX Mechanical Engineering 41 Brent Johnson 6-1 220 LB/P Fresh Houston, TX Geological Engineering

42 Eric Yeash 6-1 185 SS Senior Louisville, CO Interdisciplinary Sciences

43 Austin Norberg 6-1 240 DL Senior Gillette, WY Civil Engineering

44 Ian Foster 6-1 215 LB Soph Denver, CO Chemical Engineering

45 Lukas Plzak 6-0 215 DB Fresh Gilbert, AZ Engineering

46 John Scott 5-10 180 DB Fresh Evergreen, CO Geological Engineering

47 Karch Foley 5-11 220 LB Soph Philip, SD Civil Engineering

48 Erik Snead 5-10 175 DB Fresh Eagle, ID Civil Engineering 49 Mason Martin 6-1 170 DB Fresh Miles City, MT Civil Engineering

50 Brandon Carda 5-9 220 LB Fresh Huron, SD Mechanical Engineering

51 Chase Cimburek 6-2 250 OL Fresh Casper, WY Geological Engineering

52 Spencer Ford 6-3 220 DL Fresh Aurora, CO Mechanical Engineering

55 Jacob Hepp 6-0 215 LB Fresh Buffalo, WY Engineering

56 Seth Adams 6-2 215 LB Junior Douglas, WY Chemical Engineering

57 Will Williams 6-3 290 OL Fresh Columbus, UT Computer Sciences

59 Brian Freed 6-6 300 OL Junior Staunton, VA Civil Engineering 61 Austin Adam 6-3 235 DL Soph Olathe, KS Mechanical Engineering

62 Andrew Anthony 6-2 270 OL Soph La Cruces, NM Mechanical Engineering

63 Taylor Dutcher 6-2 230 OL Soph San Diego, CA Mechanical Engineering

64 Patrick Sweeney 6-4 270 OL Fresh Indianapolis, IN Engineering

65 Jacob Tebben 6-2 250 OL Fresh Redfield, SD Mechanical Engineering

66 Meekhiel Williams 6-0 280 LT Fresh Mission Bay, CA Computer Engineering

67 Brady Cabral 6-3 300 OL Fresh Prescott Valley, AZ Electrical Engineering 70 Darryl Birge 6-4 275 OL Fresh Matteson, IL Industrial Engineering

71 Samual Cowen 6-5 290 OL Fresh Ashland, OR Mechanical Engineering

72 John Ziadat 6-3 190 DL Soph Onida, SD Mechanical Engineering

73 Taylor Farmer 6-5 225 DL Soph Cincinnati, OH Mining Engineering

74 Zach Looney 6-0 273 OL Junior Gillette, WY Mining Engineering

75 Austin Louchart 6-3 272 OL Soph Lawrenceville, GA Industrial Engineering

76 Todd Sherman 6-5 260 OL Senior Winner, SD Interdisciplinary Sciences

77 Shane Sweeney 6-2 265 OL Junior Chino Hills, CA Interdisciplinary Sciences 78 Alan Xu 6-4 310 OL Soph Boise, ID Chemical Engineering

79 Joshua Hastreiter 6-6 315 OL Soph Lincoln, NE Mining Engineering

80 Joshua Clemens 6-3 185 WR Fresh Northville, SD Mechanical Engineering

81 Gary Bolinger 6-2 215 TE Fresh Douglas, WY Interdisciplinary Sciences

83 Jaryd Francis 6-7 220 WR Junior Vail, CO Mining Engineering

85 Seth Davis 5-11 175 LB Soph Klickitat, WA Mining Engineering

86 Seth Kijewski 6-0 180 WR Soph Harpers Ferry, WV Mechanical Engineering

87 Andrew Orchard 5-10 170 WR Soph Dayton, WY Chemical Engineering 88 Thomas Walter 6-1 165 WR Fresh Bismarck, ND Mining Engineering

89 Andrew Isom 6-3 235 NT Junior Superior, NE Chemical Engineering

90 Tim Lux 6-1 235 DT Soph Port Washington, WI Mechanical Engineering

91 Daniel Crowser 6-0 190 DL Soph Sturgis, SD Civil Engineering

92 Taylor Heaps 6-2 170 P Fresh Rachester, WY Mechanical Engineering

94 Andrew Munson 6-2 235 DL Junior Bismarck, ND Interdisciplinary Sciences

2011 South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Football Team

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Number: 1 Name: Bernis Berber Position: Wide Receiver

Class: Junior Weight: 235 Height: 6-5

Hometown: Tempe, Arizona Major: Industrial Engineering

Quote: “My favorite highlight from the 2010 season was caching the

winning touchdown against Valley City when the game was on the line.”

Number: 2 Name: Kelby Wilkinson Position: Free Safety

Class: Sophomore Weight: 170 Height: 6-0

Hometown: Laramie, Wyoming Major: Civil Engineering

Quote: “I consider myself a competitive eater by Coach Dieringer always

beats me!”

Number: 3 Name: Kolten Jelden Position: Kicker/Punter

Class: Junior Weight: 165 Height: 6-2

Hometown: Eaton, Colorado Major: Mechanical Engineering

Quote: “I enjoy being on the South Dakota School of Mines football

team and hope to contribute again this year.”

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Number: 4 Name: Jamie Dale Position: Running Back

Class: Senior Weight: 170 Height: 5-10

Hometown: Alpine California Major: Interdisciplinary Sciences

Quote: “I hope to break the South Dakota School of Mines school record

for rushing in a career in my final year as a Hardrocker.”

Number: 5 Name: Tanner Ireland Position: Corner Back

Class: Junior Weight: 185 Height: 6-0

Hometown: Albuquerque, New Mexico Major: Mechanical Engineering

Quote: “When I do pushups I don’t lift my body up. I push the world

down.”

Number: 6 Name: Pat Bloemen Position: Quarterback

Class: Freshman Weight: 205 Height: 6-4

Hometown: Fort Collins, Colorado Major: Interdisciplinary Sciences

Quote: “I’ve competed in football, basketball and track. I was a state track

competitor for three years. I have a twin sister.”

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Number: 7 Name: Dusty Daniels Position: Wide Receiver

Class: Junior Weight: 175 Height: 6-0

Hometown: Sheridan, Wyoming Major: Civil Engineering

Quote: “I like to go fishing, camping and hiking.”

Number: 9 Name: Marshall Davis Position: Wide Receiver

Class: Junior Weight: 205 Height: 6-2

Hometown: Olathe, Kansas Major: Environmental Engineering

Quote: “I played three sports in high school. I love fishing and hunting.”

Number: 10 Name: Ryan McCann Position: Quarterback

Class: Sophomore Weight: 190 Height: 6-3

Hometown: Mesa, Arizona Major: Industrial Engineering

Quote: “I’m originally from New York. I am glad to be apart of the SD

Mines Hardrockers.”

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Number: 11 Name: Austin Daniels Position: Tight End

Class: Freshman Weight: 230 Height: 6-2

Hometown: Sacramento, California Major: Mechanical Engineering

Quote: I’m good with voice impressions. My motto is ‘no easy rides’.”

Number: 12 Name: Joey Obendorfer Position: Wide Receiver

Class: Sophomore Weight: 170 Height: 6-2

Hometown: San Diego, California Major: Environmental Engineering

Quote: The Hardrockers are going to have a great season this year.”

Number: 13 Name: Ian Prichard Position: Strong Safety

Class: Senior Weight: 195 Height: 5-10

Hometown: Richland, Washington Major: Interdisciplinary Sciences

Quote: “I helped raise over $1,000 for Big Brothers, Big Sisters Bowl for

Kids in 2010 with my teammates. Everyday is an opportunity to improve.”

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Number: 14 Name: Josh Schmidt Position: Defensive Back

Class: Sophomore Weight: 185 Height: 5-11

Hometown: Gettysburg, South Dakota Major: Mining Engineering

Quote: “I like to hike, play X-box and hang out with Houston Bashus and

Andrew Munson.”

Number: 15 Name: Patrick Shaw Position: Strong Safety

Class: Sophomore Weight: 190 Height: 5-11

Hometown: Gilbert, Arizona Major: Civil Engineering

Quote: “I have a desire to be successful in anything I do.”

Number: 16 Name: Nick Russell Position: Quarterback

Class: Senior Weight: 235 Height: 5-10

Hometown: San Diego, California Major: Interdisciplinary Sciences

Quote: “I play guitar and piano and I enjoy skateboarding on the beach

and candle lite dinners.”

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Number: 17 Name: Jonathan Tristao Position: Full Back

Class: Junior Weight: 235 Height: 6-2

Hometown: Hilmer, California Major: Civil Engineering

Quote: The best highlight of 2010 was catching a touchdown pass during

the BHSU game on a trick play.”

Number: 18 Name: Mitch Syverson Position: Quarterback

Class: Freshman Weight: 170 Height: 6-1

Hometown: Thermopolis, Wyoming Major: Atmospheric Sciences

Quote: “I participate in a lot of sports. I am a tri-athlete and love

football, basketball and track.

Number: 19 Name: Zach Grapentine Position: Linebacker

Class: Senior Weight: 195 Height: 6-2

Hometown: Belle Fourche, South Dakota Major: Civil Engineering

Quote: “I like to fish and bike around the the Black Hills.”

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Number: 20 Name: Chris Sawdey Position: Running Back

Class: Sophmore Weight: 185 Height: 5-9

Hometown: Atlanta, Georgia Major: Mining Engineering

Quote: “I love being in the outdoors and going fishing.”

Number: 21 Name: Houston Bashus Position: Defensive Back

Class: Junior Weight: 190 Height: 6-2

Hometown: Bismarck, North Dakota Major: Mining Engineering

Quote: “I have given tours at the zoo and I used to intern for Kiewit.”

Number: 22 Name: Andy Smith Position: Place Kicker

Class: Senior Weight: 187 Height: 6-2

Hometown: Pierre, South Dakota Major: Electrical Engineering

Quote: “I hold every record for a kicker at SD Mines and am a two-time

AFCA All-American. This is only my third year ever playing football.”

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Number: 23 Name: Dustin Meneley Position: Cornerback

Class: Senior Weight: 190 Height: 5-11

Hometown: Naples, Florida Major: Industrial Engineering

Quote: “I know how to fly. When I was a freshman, I intercepted a pass

and returned in 100 yards for a touchdown.”

Number: 24 Name: Lukas Van Laecken Position: Running Back

Class: Sophomore Weight: 190 Height: 6-1

Hometown: Letcher, South Dakota Major: Mechanical Engineering

Quote: “I like to hunt and fish.”

Number: 25 Name: Nick Thomas Position: Defensive Back

Class: Freshman Weight: 215 Height: 6-1

Hometown: Rockville, Maryland Major: Computer Engineering

Quote: I have been playing football since I was in fifth grade.”

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Number: 26 Name: Josh Sherman Position: Defensive Back

Class: Senior Weight: 185 Height: 6-3

Hometown: Coleman, South Dakota Major: Mechanical Engineering

Quote: “I’ve enjoyed being a Hardrocker since I was a freshman and

hope to have a great final season.”

Number: 27 Name: Brock Blankenship Position: Linebacker

Class: Junior Weight: 215 Height: 5-11

Hometown: Kinnear, Wyoming Major: Chemical Engineering

Quote: “I enjoy playing football at the South Dakota School of Mines and

enjoy fishing and hunting.”

Number: 28 Name: Ed Waliczek Position: Wide Receiver

Class: Senior Weight: 210 Height: 6-4

Hometown: Chicago, Illinois Major: Electrical Engineering

Quote: “Ive enjoyed my time with the SDM football team and look

forward to the 2011 season.”

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Number: 30 Name: Kyle Carey Position: Defensive Back

Class: Sophomore Weight: 175 Height: 6-2

Hometown: Sterling, Colorado Major: Civil Engineering

Quote: “I like fishing and playing football for SD Mines.”

Number: 31 Name: David Cowen Position: Linebacker

Class: Freshman Weight: 177 Height: 5-11

Hometown: Moore, Oklahoma Major: Mechanical Engineering

Quote: “I plan to be successful in both academics at SD Mines and

athletics for the Hardrocker football.”

Number: 29 Name: Emmonds Thompson, III Position: Defensive Back

Class: Sophomore Weight: 210 Height: 6-4

Hometown: Stockbridge, Georgia Major: Industrial Engineering

Quote: I am glad to be a member of the Hardorcker football team.”

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Number: 33 Name: Jeff Faulk Position: Running Back

Class: Freshman Weight: 215 Height: 5-11

Hometown: Eureka, California Major: Mining Engineering

Quote: I’m looking forward to college football and being a Hardrocker.”

Number: 34 Name: Sam Hill Position: Wide Receiver

Class: Freshman Weight: 160 Height: 5-10

Hometown: Sandwich, Illinois Major: Chemical Engineering

Quote: “I like to fish and camp and I want to help the SD Mines football

team be successful.”

Number: 32 Name: Jake Daum Position: Running Back

Class: Freshman Weight: 200 Height: 6-1

Hometown: Kimball, Nebraska Major: Mining Engineering

Quote: “I was all-state, all-conference and all-district in football last

year during high school.”

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Number: 37 Name: Anthomy Renteria Position: Running Back

Class: Senior Weight: 160 Height: 5-5

Hometown: Gilbert, Arizona Major: Electrical Engineering

Quote: “I’ve had a great time being a Hardrocker and hope to have a

great final year on the team.”

Number: 38 Name: Patrick Berke Position: Running Back

Class: Freshman Weight: 200 Height: 6-1

Hometown: Lexington, Nebraska Major: Engineering

Quote: “My older brother Joe played football for South Dakota Mines.”

Number: 36 Name: Kyle Larson Position: Full Back

Class: Freshman Weight: 165 Height: 5-11

Hometown: Thermoplis, Wyoming Major: Civil Engineering

Quote: In high school, I went all the way to Switzerland to wrestle.”

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Number: 40 Name: Tarringtion Rivers Position: Running Back

Class: Freshman Weight: 230 Height: 6-1

Hometown: Semour, Texas Major: Mechanical Engineering

Quote: “I was a first –team all-district in basketball, baseball and

football as a senior.”

Number: 41 Name: Brent Johnson Position: Linebacker

Class: Freshman Weight: 220 Height: 6-1

Hometown: Houston, Texas Major: Geological Engineering

Quote: “I passed on an academic scholarship to OSU to come to South

Dakota Mines. I play guitar and love all sports.”

Number: 39 Name: Colen Kling Position: Linebacker

Class: Senior Weight: 230 Height: 6-1

Hometown: Belle Fourche, South Dakota Major: Physics

Quote: “I was able to be a member of the SD Mines football team at the

same time as my brothers. I like to fish.”

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Number: 43 Name: Austin Norberg Position: Defensive Lineman

Class: Senior Weight: 240 Height: 6-1

Hometown: Gillette, Wyoming Major: Civil Engineering

Quote: “I ask not that you lighten my load, I ask only for the strength to

carry it.”

Number: 44 Name: Ian Foster Position: Linebacker

Class: Sophomore Weight: 215 Height: 6-1

Hometown: Denver, Colorado Major: Chemical Engineering

Quote: “I love snowboarding and am happy to help the Hardrockers in

any way I can.”

Number: 42 Name: Erik Yeash Position: Linebacker

Class: Senior Weight: 185 Height: 6-1

Hometown: Louisville, Colorado Major: Interdisciplinary Sciences

Quote: “My grandfather was the president for South Dakota Mines at

one time.”

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Number: 47 Name: Karch Foley Position: Linebacker

Class: Sophomore Weight: 220 Height: 5-11

Hometown: Philip, South Dakota Major: Civil Engineering

Quote: “I like football, hunting, fishing and camping.”

Number: 48 Name: Erik Snead Position: Linebacker

Class: Freshman Weight: 175 Height: 5-10

Hometown: Eagle, Idaho Major: Civil Engineering

Quote: “I love to go hunting and fishing.”

Number: 46 Name: John Scott Position: Defensive Back

Class: Freshman Weight: 180 Height: 5-10

Hometown: Loiusville, Colorado Major: Interdisciplinary Sciences

Quote: “I love to go hunting and fishing.”

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Number: 50 Name: Brandon Carda Position: Linebacker

Class: Freshman Weight: 220 Height: 5-9

Hometown: Huron, South Dakota Major: Mechanical Engineering

Quote: “I like to hunt and fish and play baseball in the summer.”

Number: 51 Name: Chase Cimburek Position: Offensive Lineman

Class: Freshman Weight: 250 Height: 6-2

Hometown: Casper, Wyoming Major: Geological Engineering

Quote: “I enjoy fishing and being outdoors.”

Number: 49 Name: Mason Martin Position: Defensive Back

Class: Freshman Weight: 170 Height: 6-1

Hometown: Miles City, Montana Major: Civil Engineering

Quote: “I love to hunt and fish. My motto is ‘find strength in him’.”

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Number: 55 Name: Jacob Hepp Position: Linebacker

Class: Freshman Weight: 215 Height: 6-0

Hometown: Buffalo, Wyoming Major: Engineering

Quote: “I like to hunt and fish and a recently shot a big whitetail. I was

also all-state and all-conference in high school.”

Number: 56 Name: Seth Adams Position: Linebacker

Class: Junior Weight: 215 Height: 6-2

Hometown: Douglas Wyoming Major: Chemical Engineering

Quote: “I just got married to the girl of my dreams last summer.”

Number: 52 Name: Spencer Ford Position: Defensive Line

Class: Freshman Weight: 220 Height: 6-3

Hometown: Eagle, Idaho Major: Mechanical Engineering

Quote: “I like to hunt and fish.”

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Number: 59 Name: Brian Freed Position: Offensive Lineman

Class: Junior Weight: 300 Height: 6-6

Hometown: Staunton, Virginia Major: Civil Engineering

Quote: “I was a NAIA National track qualifier in the discus last year and I

consider myself a very good skier.”

Number: 61 Name: Austin Adam Position: Defensive Lineman

Class: Sophomore Weight: 235 Height: 6-3

Hometown: Olathe, Kansas Major: Mechanical Engineering

Quote: “Day by day we get better and better until we can’t be beat

until we won’t be beat.”

Number: 57 Name: Will Williams Position: Offensive Lineman

Class: Freshman Weight: 290 Height: 6-3

Hometown: Columbus, Utah Major: Computer Sciences

Quote: “I grew up playing all sports, including baseball in high school

and played football and was wrestler.”

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Number: 63 Name: Taylor Dutcher Position: Offensive Lineman

Class: Sophomore Weight: 230 Height: 6-2

Hometown: San Diego, California Major: Mechanical Engineering

Quote: I have a black belt in jujitsu martial arts and I also wrestle.”

Number: 64 Name: Patrick Sweeney Position: Offensive Lineman

Class: Freshman Weight: 270 Height: 6-4

Hometown: Indianapolis, Indiana Major: Engineering

Quote: “ I like football and am glad to be apart of the SD Mines

Hardrockers this year.”

Number: 62 Name: Andrew Anthony Position: Offensive Lineman

Class: Sophomore Weight: 270 Height: 6-2

Hometown: La Cruces, New Mexico Major: Mechanical Engineering

Quote: “I like to play sports and go out with friends

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Number: 66 Name: Meekhiel Williams Position: Offensive Lineman

Class: Freshman Weight: 280 Height: 6-0

Hometown: Mission Bay, California Major: Computer Engineering

Quote: “ I consider myself a hard worker and look forward to the

challenges that college football may have in store.”

Number: 67 Name: Brady Cabral Position: Offensive Lineman

Class: Sophomore Weight: 300 Height: 6-3

Hometown: Prescott Valley, Arizona Major: Electrical Engineering

Quote: “I can hold my breath for 42 seconds.”

Number: 65 Name: Jacob Tebben Position: Offensive Lineman

Class: Freshman Weight: 250 Height: 6-2

Hometown: Redfield, South Dakota Major: Mechanical Engineering

Quote: “I am excited to be on the Hardrocker roster and look forward

to the 2011 season. I was an Eagle Scout and like to hunt.”

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Number: 71 Name: Samual Cowen Position: Offensive Lineman

Class: Freshman Weight: 290 Height: 6-5

Hometown: Ashland, Oregon Major: Mechanical Engineering

Quote: “I placed third during the state wrestling tournament in 2010 and

I was the Salutatorian in high school.”

Number: 72 Name: John Ziadat Position: Defensive Lineman

Class: Sophomore Weight: 190 Height: 6-3

Hometown: Onida, South Dakota Major: Mechanical Engineering

Quote: “I love hunting and fishing.”

Number: 70 Name: Darryl Birge Position: Offensive Lineman

Class: Freshman Weight: 275 Height: 6-4

Hometown: Matteson, Illinois Major: Industrial Engineering

Quote: “Always compete. Never accept defeat.”

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Number: 74 Name: Zach Looney Position: Offensive Lineman

Class: Junior Weight: 273 Height: 6-0

Hometown: Gillette, Wyoming Major: Mining Engineering

Quote: “Ya, I’m awesome. I like hunting and fishing too.”

Number: 75 Name: Austin Louchart Position: Offensive Lineman

Class: Sophomore Weight: 272 Height: 6-3

Hometown: Lawrenceville, Georgia Major: Industrial Engineering

Quote: “I’m glad to be here in South Dakota playing for the SD Mines

Hardrockers.”

Number: 73 Name: Taylor Farmer Position: Defensive Lineman

Class: Sophomore Weight: 225 Height: 6-5

Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio Major: Mining Engineering

Quote: “I like playing sports, enjoy outdoor activities and making money.”

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Number: 77 Name: Shane Sweeney Position: Defensive Lineman

Class: Junior Weight: 265 Height: 6-2

Hometown: Chino Hills, California Major: Interdisciplinary Sciences

Quote: “Heart for God. Long hair – don’t care.”

Number: 78 Name: Alan Xu Position: Offensive Lineman

Class: Sophomore Weight: 310 Height: 6-4

Hometown: Boise, Idaho Major: Chemical Engineering

Quote: “I am full Chinese. I had never played or started football until

my senior year in high school. My parents are both from China.”

Number: 76 Name: Todd Sherman Position: Offensive Lineman

Class: Senior Weight: 260 Height: 6-5

Hometown: Winner, South Dakota Major: Interdisciplinary Sciences

Quote: “I’ve had a lot of fun as a Hardrocker the past three years and

hope the 2011 season is just the same.”

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Number: 80 Name: Joshua Clemens Position: Wide Receiver

Class: Freshman Weight: 185 Height: 6-3

Hometown: Northville, South Dakota Major: Mechanical Engineering

Quote: “I’m excited to be apart of something new and I’m looking

forward to the future.”

Number: 81 Name: Gary Bolinger Position: Tight End

Class: Sophomore Weight: 215 Height: 6-2

Hometown: Douglas, Wyoming Major: Interdisciplinary Sciences

Quote: “I played in the Shine Bowl for the Wyoming All-Star team.”

Number: 79 Name: Josh Hastreiter Position: Offensive Lineman

Class: Sophomore Weight: 315 Height: 6-6

Hometown: Lincoln, Nebraska Major: Mining Engineering

Quote: “I played basketball and competed in shot put and discus in

high school. I placed fifth in discus at state as a senior.”

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Number: 86 Name: Seth Kijewski Position: Wide Receiver

Class: Sophomore Weight: 180 Height: 6-0

Hometown: Harpers Ferry, W. Virginia Major: Mechanical Engineering

Quote: “I have a black belt in Kung Fu

Number: 87 Name: Andrew Orchard Position: Wide Receiver

Class: Sophomore Weight: 170 Height: 5-10

Hometown: Dayton, Wyoming Major: Chemical Engineering

Quote: “I love to mountain bike and have played guitar for 13 years.”

Number: 83 Name: Jaryd Francis Position: Wide Receiver

Class: Junior Weight: 220 Height: 6-7

Hometown: Vail, Colorado Major: Mining Engineering

Quote: “I origninally came to South Dakota Mines to play basketball.”

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Number: 89 Name: Andrew Isom Position: Defensive Line

Class: Junior Weight: 235 Height: 6-3

Hometown: Superior, Nebraska Major: Chemical Engineering

Quote: “The highlight from last season for me was blocking Black Hills

State’s field goal kick.”

Number: 90 Name: Tim Lux Position: Defensive Lineman

Class: Sophomore Weight: 235 Height: 6-1

Hometown: Port Washington, Wisconsin Major: Mechanical Engineering

Quote: In high school I was first team all conference defensive tackle

and second team all conference offensive guard.”

Number: 88 Name: Thomas Walter Position: Wide Receiver

Class: Junior Weight: 165 Height: 6-1

Hometown: Bismarck, North Dakota Major: Mining Engineering

Quote: “I love all sports and am a huge Green Bay Packers’ fan.”

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Number: 92 Name: Justin Heap Position: Punter

Class: Freshman Weight: 170 Height: 6-2

Hometown: Rachester, Wyoming Major: Mechanical Engineering

Quote: “I’m happy to be part of the team and hope to learn a lot from

the Hardrockers.”

Number: 91 Name: Daniel Crowser Position: Defensive Line

Class: Sophomore Weight: 190 Height: 6-0

Hometown: Sturgis, South Dakota Major: Civil Engineering

Quote: “I worked at Pizza Hut since I was 14. I also throw the shot put

and discus in high school and will in college.”

Number: 94 Name: Andrew Munson Position: Wide Receiver

Class: Junior Weight: 235 Height: 6-2

Hometown: Bismarck, North Dakota Major: Interdisciplinary Sciences

Quote: “I enjoy the outdoors.”

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2011 Hardrocker Football Schedule

August 27 Jamestown College Home 1:00 PM

September 3 At Fort Lewis College Durango, CO 1:00 PM

September 10 At Colorado Mines Golden, CO 12:00 PM

September 17 Black Hills State Home 6:00 PM

September 24 Valley City State Home 5:00 PM

M-Day Week

October 1 Open

October 8 At Missouri S&T Rolla, MO 1:00 PM

October 15 Minot State Home 1:00 PM

October 22 At University of Sioux Falls Sioux Falls, SD 6:00 PM

October 29 Dakota State Home 1:00 PM

Senior day

November 5 At Dickinson State Dickinson, ND 1:30 PM

November 12 At Black Hills State Spearfish, SD 4:00 PM

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SD School of Mines Final Hardrocker football stats

as of Nov. 8th , 2010

|| Tackles || Sacks || Pass Def || Fumbles || Blkd ||

No Player Name GP || UT AT Total ForLoss || No/Yards || Int/Yds BrUp || Rcv/Yds FF || Kick || Saf

49 Luchini, Tim 10 || 22 63 85 8.5/38.0 || 3.0/17.0 || 1/10 2 || 0/0 1 || 0 || 0 30 Brill, Everett 10 || 27 51 78 16.0/71.7 || 7.5/53.0 || 0/0 0 || 0/0 0 || 0 || 0 42 Yeash, Eric 10 || 22 52 74 8.0/31.7 || 2.5/13.0 || 0/0 1 || 1/0 1 || 0 || 0 26 Sherman, Josh 10 || 20 44 64 4.0/10.8 || 0.5/5.0 || 0/0 1 || 1/45 0 || 0 || 0 14 Mellage, Dana 10 || 31 29 60 7.0/44.8 || 2.5/37.0 || 2/5 1 || 1/19 1 || 0 || 0 38 Lunzman, Tom 10 || 28 32 60 2.0/16.0 || 0.0/0.0 || 5/58 2 || 1/54 0 || 1 || 0 93 Kemnitz, Brian 10 || 26 31 57 17.5/93.8 || 7.0/55.0 || 1/5 2 || 0/0 1 || 0 || 0 96 Stangohr, Wyat 10 || 8 45 53 7.0/11.5 || 1.5/4.0 || 0/0 1 || 0/0 1 || 0 || 0 5 Ireland, Tanner 10 || 27 23 50 0.5/0.5 || 0.0/0.0 || 0/0 6 || 0/0 0 || 0 || 0 41 Berke, Joseph 10 || 17 32 49 15.5/58.0 || 4.0/31.0 || 0/0 3 || 1/0 1 || 2 || 0 23 Meneley, Dustin 10 || 11 14 25 0.0/0.0 || 0.0/0.0 || 2/7 8 || 0/0 1 || 0 || 0 94 Munson, Andrew 8 || 4 11 15 3.0/4.2 || 0.0/0.0 || 0/0 0 || 0/0 0 || 0 || 0 39 Kling, Colen 7 || 7 6 13 0.5/2.0 || 0.5/2.0 || 0/0 0 || 0/0 0 || 0 || 0 46 Shaw, Patrick 8 || 5 8 13 0.0/0.0 || 0.0/0.0 || 0/0 1 || 0/0 0 || 0 || 0 61 Adam, Austin 6 || 3 10 13 3.0/13.0 || 2.0/10.0 || 0/0 0 || 0/0 0 || 0 || 0 31 Brill, Donovan 7 || 3 6 9 0.0/0.0 || 0.0/0.0 || 0/0 0 || 0/0 0 || 0 || 0 27 Blankenship, Gregory 6 || 3 5 8 1.5/7.0 || 0.0/0.0 || 0/0 0 || 0/0 0 || 0 || 0 89 Isom, Andrew 4 || 1 7 8 0.0/0.0 || 0.0/0.0 || 0/0 0 || 0/0 0 || 1 || 0 13 Prichard, Ian 3 || 2 3 5 0.0/0.0 || 0.0/0.0 || 0/0 1 || 1/0 1 || 0 || 0 15 Roberts, Trevor 10 || 2 3 5 0.0/0.0 || 0.0/0.0 || 0/0 0 || 0/0 0 || 0 || 0 19 Grapentine, Zach 3 || 1 4 5 0.0/0.0 || 0.0/0.0 || 0/0 0 || 0/0 0 || 0 || 0 25 Wilkison, Kelby 2 || 1 4 5 0.0/0.0 || 0.0/0.0 || 0/0 0 || 1/0 0 || 0 || 0 40 Barth, Tyler 10 || 2 1 3 0.0/5.0 || 0.0/5.0 || 0/0 0 || 0/0 0 || 0 || 0 47 Foley, Karch 1 || 1 2 3 1.0/1.0 || 0.0/0.0 || 0/0 0 || 0/0 0 || 0 || 0 29 Thompson, III, Emmonds 3 || 1 2 3 0.0/0.0 || 0.0/0.0 || 0/0 0 || 0/0 0 || 0 || 0 4 Dale, Jamie 8 || 1 1 2 0.0/0.0 || 0.0/0.0 || 0/0 0 || 0/0 0 || 0 || 0 6 Sanchez, Joe 5 || 1 1 2 0.5/0.0 || 0.5/0.0 || 0/0 0 || 0/0 0 || 0 || 0 33 Bonner, Shelby 2 || 0 2 2 0.0/0.0 || 0.0/0.0 || 0/0 0 || 0/0 0 || 0 || 0 1 Berber, Bernis 6 || 1 0 1 0.0/0.0 || 0.0/0.0 || 0/0 0 || 0/0 0 || 0 || 0 91 Crowser, Daniel 1 || 1 0 1 0.0/0.0 || 0.0/0.0 || 0/0 0 || 0/0 0 || 0 || 0 83 Francis, Jaryd 4 || 1 0 1 0.0/0.0 || 0.0/0.0 || 0/0 0 || 0/0 0 || 0 || 0 11 Meixler, Jake 4 || 1 0 1 0.0/0.0 || 0.0/0.0 || 0/0 0 || 0/0 0 || 0 || 0 76 Sherman, Todd 2 || 1 0 1 0.0/0.0 || 0.0/0.0 || 0/0 0 || 0/0 0 || 0 || 0 28 Waliczek, Edward 5 || 1 0 1 0.0/0.0 || 0.0/0.0 || 0/0 0 || 0/0 0 || 0 || 0 34 Hasan, Ahman 1 || 0 1 1 0.0/0.0 || 0.0/0.0 || 0/0 0 || 0/0 0 || 0 || 0 3 Jelden, Kolten 10 || 0 1 1 0.0/0.0 || 0.0/0.0 || 0/0 0 || 0/0 0 || 0 || 0 74 Looney, Zach 2 || 0 1 1 0.0/0.0 || 0.0/0.0 || 0/0 0 || 0/0 0 || 0 || 0 36 Moheit, Trevor 4 || 0 1 1 0.0/0.0 || 0.0/0.0 || 0/0 0 || 0/0 0 || 0 || 0 32 Sawdey, Chris 5 || 0 1 1 0.0/0.0 || 0.0/0.0 || 0/0 0 || 0/0 0 || 0 || 0 35 Smith, Ryan 1 || 0 1 1 0.5/1.0 || 0.5/1.0 || 0/0 0 || 0/0 0 || 0 || 0 21 Bashus, Houston 1 || 0 0 0 0.0/0.0 || 0.0/0.0 || 0/0 1 || 0/0 0 || 0 || 0 TM TEAM, 10 || 0 0 0 0.0/0.0 || 0.0/0.0 || 0/0 0 || 0/0 0 || 0 || 2

TOTALS 10 || 283 498 781 96.0/410.0 || 32.0/233.0 || 11/85 30 || 7/118 8.0 || 4 || 2

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SD School of Mines Final Hardrocker football stats

as of Nov. 8th , 2010

Date Loc Opponent Score Overall Record Time Attend

08/28/10 a Montana Tech 13-6 W 1-0 6:00 pm 500 09/04/10 h Colorado Mines 24-52 L 1-1 6:00 pm 1500 09/18/10 a Valley City State 24-21 W 2-1 1:00 pm 776 09/25/10 a Dakota State 41-14 W 3-1, 2-0 6:00 pm 1500 10/02/10 h Mayville State 58-10 W 4-1 (3-0) 1:00 pm 0 10/09/10 h Jamestown College 31-7 W 5-1 1:00 pm 0 10/16/10 a Minot State 10-6 W 6-1 (5-0 DAC) 1:30 pm 0 10/23/10 h Dickinson State 14-24 L 6-2 1:00 pm 0 10/31/10 h Black Hills State 23-20 W 7-2 1:00 pm 0 11/07/10 n Minot State 7-30 L 7-3 (6-2 DAC) 4:00 pm 0

TEAM STATISTICS SDT OPP

SCORING 245 190 --Points Per Game 24.5 19.0 FIRST DOWNS 182 138 --Rushing 81 42 --Passing 90 85 --Penalty 11 11 NET RUSHING YARDAGE 1269 741 --Yards Gained Rushing 1758 1138 --Yards Lost Rushing 489 397 --Rushing Attempts 421 349 --Average Per Rush 3.0 2.1 --Average Per Game 126.9 74.1 --TDs Rushing 19 7 NET PASSING YARDAGE 2117 1949 --Att/Comp/Int 303/169/13 303/156/11 --Average Per Pass 7.0 6.4 --Average Per Catch 12.5 12.5 --Average Per Game 211.7 194.9 --TDs Passing 10 15 TOTAL NET OFFENSE 3386 2690 --Total Plays 724 652 --Average Per Play 4.7 4.1 --Average Per Game 338.6 269.0 KICK RETURNS: NUMBER/YARDS 37/625 40/790 PUNTS RETURNS: NUMBER/YARDS 35/298 27/371 INTS RETURNS: NUMBER/YARDS 11/85 12/143 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 16.9 19.8 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 8.5 13.7 INT RETURN AVERAGE 7.7 11.9 FUMBLES/LOST 16/11 13/8 PUNTS/YARDS 59/2050 76/2765 --Average Per Punt 34.7 36.4 --Net Punt Average 28.5 32.5 PENALTIES/YARDS 66/557 64/667 --Average Per Game 55.7 66.7 TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME 27:47 28:42

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3RD DOWN CONVERSIONS 57/158 47/159 --3rd Down Pct. 36.1% 29.6% 4RD DOWN CONVERSIONS 12/17 14/22 --4th Down Pct. 70.6% 63.6%

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT1 OT2 Total

South Dakota School of Mi 62 61 54 58 7 3 245 Opponents 45 69 49 20 7 0 190

Rushing G Att Gain Lost Net Avg TD Long Avg/G

Dale, Jamie 8 186 1079 22 1057 5.7 8 74 132.1 Meixler, Jake 4 5 54 1 53 10.6 0 30 13.3 Van Lacken, Lukas 7 33 102 18 84 2.5 2 12 12.0 Barth, Tyler 10 42 122 18 104 2.5 0 16 10.4 Tristao, Jonathan 3 1 19 0 19 19.0 0 19 6.3 Sawdey, Chris 5 6 24 0 24 4.0 0 17 4.8 Sanchez, Joe 5 11 33 12 21 1.9 1 8 4.2 Brill, Everett 10 16 42 0 42 2.6 5 14 4.2 Roberts, Trevor 10 3 35 0 35 11.7 0 19 3.5 Moheit, Trevor 4 6 20 7 13 2.2 0 12 3.3 Berber, Bernis 6 1 19 0 19 19.0 0 19 3.2 Renteria, Anthony 7 21 63 44 19 0.9 1 11 2.7 Francis, Jaryd 4 1 5 0 5 5.0 0 5 1.3 Waliczek, Edward 5 1 4 0 4 4.0 0 4 0.8 Brill, Donovan 7 2 4 0 4 2.0 0 2 0.6 TEAM, 10 5 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 Jelden, Kolten 10 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 Meneley, Dustin 10 3 2 11 -9 -3.0 0 2 -0.9 Looney, Zach 2 1 0 35 -35 -35.0 0 0 -17.5 Russell, Nick 10 76 131 321 -190 -2.5 2 11 -19.0

Total 10 421 1758 489 1269 3.0 19 74 126.9

Passing G Effic Att Cmp Int Pct Yds TD Long Avg/G

Russell, Nick 10 112.2 277 154 11 0.56 1854 7 53 185.4 Sanchez, Joe 5 152.6 22 13 2 0.59 214 2 76 42.8 Roberts, Trevor 10 313.9 3 2 0 0.67 49 1 25 4.9 TEAM, 10 0.0 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.0

Total 10 116.8 303 169 13 0.6 2117 10 76 211.7

Receiving G No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G

Ostheimer, Tony 9 44 685 15.6 0 50 76.1 Barth, Tyler 10 38 289 7.6 1 31 28.9 Roberts, Trevor 10 22 341 15.5 1 53 34.1 Berber, Bernis 6 17 258 15.2 4 41 43.0 Waliczek, Edward 5 11 84 7.6 1 21 16.8 Dale, Jamie 8 9 81 9.0 1 35 10.1 Van Lacken, Lukas 7 5 72 14.4 0 31 10.3 Sawdey, Chris 5 5 35 7.0 0 16 7.0 Tristao, Jonathan 3 4 34 8.5 1 25 11.3 Francis, Jaryd 4 4 18 4.5 0 8 4.5 Daniels, Dusty 2 2 86 43.0 1 76 43.0 Brill, Donovan 7 2 65 32.5 0 49 9.3

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Renteria, Anthony 7 2 23 11.5 0 20 3.3 Meixler, Jake 4 2 6 3.0 0 5 1.5 Yeash, Eric 10 1 24 24.0 0 24 2.4 Obendorfer, Joey 1 1 13 13.0 0 13 13.0 Moheit, Trevor 4 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 -0.3

Total 10 170 2113 12.4 10 76 211.3

Field Goals FGM/FGA Pct 01-

19 20-

29 30-

39 40-

49 50-

99 LgM/LgA Blk

Smith, Andy 11/19 58% 0/0 3/5 6/7 1/4 1/3 52/55 2

PATs

Scoring TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points

Smith, Andy 0 11/19 28/29 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 61 Dale, Jamie 9 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 54 Brill, Everett 5 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 30 Berber, Bernis 4 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 24 Van Lacken, Lukas 2 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 12 Russell, Nick 2 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 12 Barth, Tyler 1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 6 Renteria, Anthony 1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 6 Waliczek, Edward 1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 6 Sherman, Josh 1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 6 Tristao, Jonathan 1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 6 Roberts, Trevor 1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0/1 0 0 6 Daniels, Dusty 1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 6 Sanchez, Joe 1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 6 TEAM, 0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 0 2 4

Total 30 11/19 28/29 0/0 0 0/1 0 2 245

Interceptions No. Yds Avg TD Long

Lunzman, Tom 5 58 11.6 0 32 Meneley, Dustin 2 7 3.5 0 5 Mellage, Dana 2 5 2.5 0 5 Luchini, Tim 1 10 10.0 0 10 Kemnitz, Brian 1 5 5.0 0 5

Total 11 85 7.7 0 32

Punting No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd

Jelden, Kolten 59 2050 34.7 65 2 10 12 2

Total 59 2050 34.7 65 2 24 0 0

Punt Returns No. Yds Avg TD Long

Meneley, Dustin 22 176 8.0 0 21 Lunzman, Tom 13 122 9.4 0 21

Total 35 298 8.5 0 21

Kick Returns No. Yds Avg TD Long

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Meneley, Dustin 20 360 18.0 0 46 Lunzman, Tom 6 52 8.7 0 43 Dale, Jamie 4 72 18.0 0 32 Davis, Marshall 2 45 22.5 0 25 Ostheimer, Tony 1 62 62.0 0 6 Sherman, Josh 1 15 15.0 0 15 Barth, Tyler 1 9 9.0 0 9 Sawdey, Chris 1 5 5.0 0 5 Ireland, Tanner 1 5 5.0 0 5

Total 37 625 16.9 0 46

All Purpose Yds G Rush Rec PR KOR IR MR Tot Avg/G

Dale, Jamie 8 1057 81 0 72 0 0 1210 151.3 Ostheimer, Tony 9 0 685 0 62 0 0 747 83.0 Meneley, Dustin 10 -9 0 176 360 7 0 534 53.4 Barth, Tyler 10 104 289 0 9 0 0 402 40.2 Roberts, Trevor 10 35 341 0 0 0 0 376 37.6 Berber, Bernis 6 19 258 0 0 0 0 277 46.2 Lunzman, Tom 10 0 0 122 52 58 0 232 23.2 Van Lacken, Lukas 7 84 72 0 0 0 0 156 22.3 Waliczek, Edward 5 4 84 0 0 0 0 88 17.6 Daniels, Dusty 2 0 86 0 0 0 0 86 43.0 Brill, Donovan 7 4 65 0 0 0 0 69 9.9 Sawdey, Chris 5 24 35 0 5 0 0 64 12.8 Meixler, Jake 4 53 6 0 0 0 0 59 14.8 Tristao, Jonathan 3 19 34 0 0 0 0 53 17.7 Davis, Marshall 1 0 0 0 45 0 0 45 45.0 Renteria, Anthony 7 19 23 0 0 0 0 42 6.0 Brill, Everett 10 42 0 0 0 0 0 42 4.2 Yeash, Eric 10 0 24 0 0 0 0 24 2.4 Francis, Jaryd 4 5 18 0 0 0 0 23 5.8 Berke, Joseph 10 0 0 0 0 0 21 21 2.1 Sanchez, Joe 5 21 0 0 0 0 0 21 4.2 Sherman, Josh 10 0 0 0 15 0 0 15 1.5 Obendorfer, Joey 1 0 13 0 0 0 0 13 13.0 Moheit, Trevor 4 13 -1 0 0 0 0 12 3.0 Luchini, Tim 10 0 0 0 0 10 0 10 1.0 Ireland, Tanner 10 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 0.5 Kemnitz, Brian 10 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 0.5 Mellage, Dana 10 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 0.5 Looney, Zach 2 -35 0 0 0 0 0 -35 -17.5 Russell, Nick 10 -190 0 0 0 0 0 -190 -19.0

Total 10 1269 2113 298 625 85 21 4390 439.0

Total Offensive Yds G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G

Russell, Nick 10 353 -190 1854 1664 166.4 Dale, Jamie 8 186 1057 0 1057 132.1 Sanchez, Joe 5 33 21 214 235 47.0 Barth, Tyler 10 42 104 0 104 10.4 Roberts, Trevor 10 6 35 49 84 8.4 Van Lacken, Lukas 7 33 84 0 84 12.0 Meixler, Jake 4 5 53 0 53 13.3 Brill, Everett 10 16 42 0 42 4.2

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Sawdey, Chris 5 6 24 0 24 4.8 Berber, Bernis 6 1 19 0 19 3.2 Tristao, Jonathan 3 1 19 0 19 6.3 Renteria, Anthony 7 21 19 0 19 2.7 Moheit, Trevor 4 6 13 0 13 3.3 Francis, Jaryd 4 1 5 0 5 1.3 Brill, Donovan 7 2 4 0 4 0.6 Waliczek, Edward 5 1 4 0 4 0.8 TEAM, 10 6 0 0 0 0.0 Jelden, Kolten 10 1 0 0 0 0.0 Meneley, Dustin 10 3 -9 0 -9 -0.9 Looney, Zach 2 1 -35 0 -35 -17.5

Total 10 724 1269 2117 3386 338.6

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RECORD YEAR

Plays

Game-101 (vs. Colorado College)

Seson-753

1970

1970

Total Yards

Game-620 (vs. Northwestern, IA)

Season-3,760

1999

1999

Rushing Yards

Game-477 (vs. Dakota Wesleyan)

Season-2,512

Attempts-536

1983

1970

1983

Passing Yards

Game-430 (vs. Northwestern, IA)

Season-2665

1999

1999

Passes Attempted

Game-56 (vs. Northwestern, IA)

Season-403

1999

1999

First Downs

Game-32 (vs. Northwestern, IA)

Season-201

Against-0 (vs. Huron College)

1999

2009

1982

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Points Scored

Game-77 (vs. Trinity College)

Season-321

Fewest Points Allowed Game-0 (several times)

Season-59

1994

2009

1980

Pass Defense

Season Average-72.7 yards

1978

Rushing Defense

Game (-16 vs. Yankton)

Season Average-91.0

1982

1981

Total Defense

Season Average-174.1

1980

Passes Intercepted

Game-6 (vs. Dakota Wesleyan)

-6 (vs. Chadron)

Season - 20

1970

1988

1970

2008

Fumbles Recovered

Game-6 (vs. Dakota Wesleyan)

Season-22 (twice)

1970

1976,1978

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Total Yards

Game 468 yards Mitch Olson vs. Si

Tanka 2004

Season 2,585 yards Nick Wald 1999

Career 7,919 yards Nick Russell 2008-

Passes Completed

Game 32 Nick Russell vs. BHSU 2008

Season 201 Nick Wald 1998

Career 637 Nick Wald 1998-2001

Longest Pass 92yds P. Amman to Dan

Howard vs. Huron U

Passing

Percentage

Season 61% Nick Russell 2009

Passes Attempted

Game 57 Nick Russell vs.

Jamestown 2009

Season 401 Nick Wald 1999

Career 1,261 Nick Wald 1998-2001

Passing Yardage

Game 430 Nick Wald vs.

Northwestern IA 1999

Season 2,665 Nick Wald 1999

Career 7,919 Nick Russell 2008-

Touchdown

Passes

Game 5 TDs John Hortness vs. BHSU 1995

Season 18 TDs Nick Wald 1999

Career 45 TDs Nick Wald 1998-2001

Passes Caught

Game 12 rec. Matt Fettig vs. Colorado

Mines 2001

12 rec. Jason Beilstein vs.

BHSU 2008

Season 65 rec. Tony Ostheimer 2009

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Career 194 rec. Matt Fettig 1998-2001

Pass Receiving

Yards

Game 212 yards Ryan Cadwallader 1995

Season 1,182 yards Ryan Cadwallader 1998-2001

Career 2,365 yards Matt Fettig 1998-2001

Touchdown

Catches

Game 4 TDs Ryan Cadwallader 1995

Season 13 TDs Ryan Cadwallader 1995

Career 16 TDs Gary Eschebaum 1969-1972

Rushing Yards

Game 245 yards Jim Guthrie vs.

Dickinson 1977

245 yards Kevin Ptak vs. DWU 1996

Season 1,314 yards Jim Guthrie 1977

Career 2,948 yards Mark Hoffman 1998-2001

All Purpose

Yards

Career 4,642 yds Jamie Dale 2008-

2,765 rushing yards

69 receiving yards

622 kickoff return

yards

127 punt return yards

Points Scored

Game 30 points Doug Beisner vs. BHSU 1981

30 points Harry Perrigo 1917

Season 88 points Jamie Dale 2008

Career 192 points Jamie Dale 2008-

Kickoff Returns

Avg. Season 27.1 yards Steve Butherus 1977

Punt Returns

Avg. Season 19.4 yards Steve Butherus 1978

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Longest 98 yards Bill Wailder vs. Dakota

State 1952

Field Goals

Season 11 Andy Smith 2009

Career 25 Andy Smith 2008-

Longest 52 yards Andy Smith vs. Minot

State 2009

52 yards Andy Smith

vs.Dickinson State 2010

Season Percentage 73%(11/15) Andy Smith 2009

Most Points Scored by Kicker

Game 16 Andy Smith 2009

Season 65 Andy Smith 2009

Career 81 Andy Smith 2008-

Extra Points

Season 32 Andy Smith 2009

Career 67 Andy Smith 2008-

Punting

Season Avg. 39.8 Drew Eickbush 2002

Pass Interceptions

Game 4 Chuck Wait vs. USDS 1970

Season 7 Kyle Kurth 2005

Career 20 Tom Lunzman 2007-2010

QB Sacks

Season 14 Jay Nopolo 2000

Career 30 Mike Zacher 1992-1995

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341-420-35 All Time Program Record

.428 Winning Percentage

Records in format: Wins-Losses-Ties No Games played: 1896-1899, 1907, 1915, 1942-1945

Daniel

Kratzer

22-38

.367

2005-present

(5 year)

Year Record

2010 7-3

2009 5-5

2008 5-5

2007 3-7

2006 1-9

2005 1-9

Darren

Soucy

10-40

.200

2000-2004

(5 years)

Ron Richards

2-18

.100

1998-1999

(2 years)

Rick Fiala

7-23

.233

1995-1997

(3 years)

Year Record Year Record Year Record

2004 3-7 1999 2-8 1997 1-9

2003 3-7 1998 0-10 1996 1-9

2002 2-8 1995 5-5

2001 2-8

2000 0-10

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Erv Mondt

11-34

.244

1990-1994

(5 years)

Gary Boner

92-73-7

.555

1971-1989

(19 years) *Conference Champions

Dud King

25-36-5

.417

1963-1970

(8 years)

Year Record Year Record Year Record

1994 2-7 1989 1-8 *1970 5-4

1993 3-6 1988 1-8 1969 3-6

1992 2-7 1987 4-5 1968 4-3-1

*1991 4-5 1986 3-6 1967 3-4-1

1990 0-9 *1985 6-3 1966 4-4

*1984 7-2 1965 3-5

1983 5-4 1964 1-5-2

*1982 7-2 1963 2-5-1

*1981 7-2

*1980 8-1

1979 5-4-1

1978 7-2-1

1977 6-3

1976 4-4-1

*1975 5-4

*1974 6-2-1

1973 4-3-2

1972 3-6

1971 3-4-1

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Homer Englund

12-11

.522

1959-1960, 1962

(3 years)

Jerry Welfl

3-5

.375

1961

(1 year)

Clare Ekeland

15-32-9

.348

1952-1958

(8 years)

Year Record Year Record Year Record

1959 3-4 1961 3-5 1958 1-4-3

1960 5-3 1957 2-4-2

1962 4-4 1956 0-7-1

1955 2-4-2

1954 4-4-0

1953 4-4-1

1952 2-5-0

Barney Lewellyn

22-13-4

.615

1947-1951

(5 years)

Dan Lennon

2-6

.250

1946

(1 year)

Dave Strong

4-2-1

.643

1941

(1 year)

Year Record Year Record Year Record

1951 8-0 1946 2-6 1941 4-2-1

1950 3-5

1949 2-3-2

1948 5-3-0

1947 4-2-2

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Art Sullivan

5-9-1

.367

1939-1940

(2 years)

Lem S. Herting

14-14-1

.500

1935-1938

(4 years)

Ray D. Hahn

15-27

.357

1929-1934

(6 years)

Year Record Year Record Year Record

1939 3-4 1938 8-0 1934 2-4

1940 2-5-1 1937 5-3 1933 4-3

1936 1-6-1 1932 1-6

1935 0-5 1931 2-5

1930 3-5

1929 3-4

Ollie Thomas

23-15-1

.603

1924-1928

(5 years)

B.R. Schroeder

9-4-1

.679

1922-1923

(2 years)

John Redmon

2-4-1

.357

1921

(1 year)

Year Record Year Record Year Record

1928 3-5 1923 4-2 1921 2-4-1

1927 7-1 1922 5-2-1

1926 4-1-1

1925 3-6

1924 6-2

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Fred Gushurst

10-5

.667

1917, 1919-1920

(3 years)

Lt. K.M. Harkness

1-0

1.000

1918

(1 year)

J.F. Dulebahn

2-3

.400

1916

(1 year)

Year Record Year Record Year Record

1920 5-1 1918 1-0 1916 2-3

1919 2-1

1917 3-3

E.L. Allmendinger

4-1

.800

1914

(1 year)

J.H. Winterringer

5-2

.714

1913

(1 year)

Dr. G.C. Redfield

2-4

.333

1912

(1 year)

Year Record Year Record Year Record

1914 4-1 1913 5-2 1912 2-4

Rev. Howard Fulweiler

1-3-2

.250

1911

(1 year)

Joseph Power

2-2-1

.500

1910

(1 year)

Rev. G.S. Keller

10-1

.909

1908-1909

(2 years)

Year Record Year Record Year Record

1911 1-3-2 1910 2-2-1 1909 5-0

1908 5-1

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T.R. Nelson

2-0-1

.833

1906

(1 year)

Unknown

2-0

1.000

1905

(1 year)

Hendrickson

2-0

1.000

1904

(1 year)

Year Record Year Record Year Record

1906 2-0-1 1905 2-0 1904 2-0

Green

1-0

1.000

1903

(1 year)

E.M. Stevens

5-2

.714

1900-1902

(3 years)

R.F. Flinterman

0-1

0.000

1895

(1 year)

Year Record Year Record Year Record

1903 1-0 1902 2-2 1885 0-1

1901 2-0

1900 1-1

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Opponent Won Lost Tied Last Year Played Arkansas A&M 2 1 0 1940

Augustana 2 5 0 1953

Black Hills State 59 54 11 2010

Carroll College 0 1 2 1985

Chadron State 24 44 0 1994

Colorado College 0 2 0 1970

Colorado School of Mines 0 10 0 2010

Columbus 5 3 0 1928

Creighton 1 2 0 1920

Dakota State University 48 28 2 2010

Dakota Wesleyan 31 20 2 1999

Dickinson State 8 32 4 2010

Eastern Montana 2 0 0 1949

Ellendale 2 0 0 1946

Ft. Meade 4 0 0 1927

Ft. Russell 1 0 0 1928

Jamestown College 3 14 1 2011

Si Tanka University-Huron 30 39 4 2004

Haskell Indian Nations University 3 1 0 2008

Concordia (St. Paul) 1 1 0 2000

University of Mary 0 9 0 2005

Mayville State 8 4 0 2010

Minot State 3 16 0 2010

Montana Tech 5 3 2 2010

Morningside 0 1 0 1911

Mount St. Charles 1 0 0 1920

Northern State 8 36 2 1977

Rapid City Business College 1 0 0 1913

Rapid City Indian School 6 1 1 1915

Rocky Mountain 11 15 1 1991

Regis 0 2 0 1926

University of Sioux Falls 17 18 1 1999

South Dakota State 2 8 1 1996

Northern Iowa 0 1 0 1972

South Dakota 0 2 0 1954

SD-Springfield 30 15 1 1983

Trinity College (ND) 6 0 0 2009

Valley City State 3 13 0 2010

Wayne State 0 2 0 1932

Western Union 1 2 1 1924

Westmar University 0 2 0 1996

Wisconsin-Whitewater 0 2 0 1999

All-Time vs. Record