By Joe Kerlin

Posted on April 25, 2017

Photos by J. Alan Paul

One Olympian, one All-American and there’s still time for last year’s rising stars to fulfill their potential. Here’s an update on how the seven student-athletes from last year’s edition fared during the 2016-17 season.

Paul Miller

Basketball

Leading Scorer Recap

NABC Division I All-District 12 Second Team
All-Summit League First Team
Led Summit League with 52 three-pointers in
conference play
2016-17 Averages: 19.3 points/game, 5.6 rebounds/
game, 42% 3-point percentage
Two-time Summit League Men’s Basketball Player
of the Week
Three double-doubles
Twelve 20-point games; two 30-point games
Scored 1,000 career point

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Natalie Roth

Golf

Review From The Links

2016 and 2017 All-Summit League Women’s Golf First Team
Tied for third at the 2017 Summit League Women’s Golf Championship
Team-best 74.25 stroke average in 28 rounds in 2016-17
Team-best 75.53 stroke average in 30 rounds in 2015-16
Tied for 11th at the 2016 Summit League Women’s Golf Championship
2016 UNO Invitational Champion
Second place finish in the 2016 Creighton Classic
Third place finish in the 2016 Rainbow Wahine Invitational in Hawaii
Fifth place finish in the 2017 SDSU Jackrabbit Invitational

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Clay Ream

Wrestling

Slamming Reviews

2016, 2017 NCAA Championship Qualifier
Placed second in Big 12 Wrestling Championships
24-4 overall, 17-1 duals, five pins
Sixth in the country at 157
3-4 overall in NCAA Wrestling Championships
2016, 2017 NCAA Division I Wrestling Elite 90 Award
Placed third in Big 12 Wrestling Championships
22-17 overall, 4-6 duals, three pins

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Rose Jackson

Track and Field

Your Newest All-American

2017 Summit League Women’s Indoor Field Athlete of the Year
2017 NCAA Indoor First-Team All-American Pentathlon (8th place)
March 2017 Summit League Female Athlete of the Month
Registered career bests in 60-meter hurdles, shot put and long jump
Scored a total of 4,142 points in the pentathlon at Summit League Championships – Bison record
One of four women track athletes to earn first-team All-American honors at the Division I level
2017 Summit League Indoor Champion in pentathlon, 200-meter dash, 4×400-meter relay and long jump
2017 All-Summit League Indoor honors in pentathlon, 60-meter dash, 200-meter, 4×400-meter relay and long jump
2016 Summit League Indoor 4×400-meter relay Champion

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Ben Petersen

Baseball

Power Source

2017 Season Stats (thru 39 games): .285 batting average; .493 slugging percentage; 30 runs scored; 41 hits; seven doubles; a triple; seven home runs; 22 RBI
Summit League Baseball Player of the Week 2/27 – 3/5: Three home runs; seven runs; seven RBI
Led the 2016 Bison in slugging percentage (.448), runs batted in (34), triples (6), home runs (4) and total bases (86)
2016 Stats: Batting average of .276 with 53 hits in 192 at-bats
2016 Summit League Winter/Spring Academic Honor Roll and Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence

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Taylor Thunstedt

Basketball

For Three!

Broke Bison career three-point field goals made (229) and attempted (592) records
Broke Bison single-season three-point field goals made (92) and attempted (244) records
2016-17 Averages: 14.5 points/game, 3.3 rebounds/game, 38.7% 3-point percentage
Twenty-five double-digit scoring games; five 20-point games

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Erin Teschuk

Track & Field

Olympic Review

Ran for Team Canada for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games
*2nd straight Canadian national title in the 3,000m steeplechase
2016 NCAA Outdoor First-Team AllAmerican in the steeplechase (8th place)
NDSU’s Female Athlete of the Year
USTFCCCA Midwest Region Women’s Track Athlete of the Year
2016 CoSIDA Academic All-America® Third Team Honors
2016 Summit League Outdoor Champion in 1,500-meter and steeplechase
2016 NCAA Indoor First-Team All-American in 3,000-meter (4th place) and mile run (6th)
2016 Indoor Summit League Track Athlete of the Year
2016 Summit League Indoor Champion in 3,000-meter and mile
Wanamaker Mile at the Millrose Games participant
Broke 1,500-meter Bison record