Women's Basketball

Northern State University

1200 South Jay Street - Aberdeen, SD - 57401
Team Office: Tel: (605) 626-7735 Fax: (605) 626-2238
Team website: www.northern.edu/athletics/

Northern State University was founded in 1901 -- initially as a teacher's college. NSU offers nearly 40 Bachelor degree programs and 12 Master's. Most coursework is in counseling or education. Other majors offered include Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, International Business, Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management, Physical Education Teaching and Coaching, and Ecology. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Northern State #48 among midwestern universities offering a Bachelor's degree.

The campus is located in the northeast part of the state in the town of Aberdeen (pop.25k), about 100 miles north of the state capital, Pierre.

School website
www.northern.edu

College Profile

Type:

Public, Co-educational

Religious Affiliation:

None

Enrollment:

3,000

Getting In:

Moderately difficult. ACT 25/75: 19-24

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$10,000
Out-of-State: ~$11,000

Most Popular Majors

Business - Education - Sociology

Misc. Information

Head coach Curt Frederickson enters his 30th season at Northern State in 2007-08. No one at the D2 level has won a greater percentage of games (.766) over a longer period of time than Frederickson. In fact, there are only three coaches at any level with a greater winning percentage with 20 or more years in the businsess. NSU, a powerhouse in the early 90's as an NAIA institution (at one stretch winning 45 consecutive games) has made four NCAA appearances since joining the NCAA in 1995-96. During his tenure, Frederickson has won 20 or more games 21 times. Following a 25-7 mark in 2005-06, the Wolves went 20-9 in 2006-07 but did not receive an NCAA bid.

Team Name	Wolves
Colors	Maroon and Gold
Division	NCAA Division II
All-Time Record	724-223 (.764)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	20-9	25-7	17-12	89-56 (.614)
Conference	12-6	11-3	8-6	58-31 (.652)
Conf. Finish	3	2	4	3, 6, 2, 2, 2
Post Appear.	n/a	2nd Rnd	n/a	NCAA 2x
Final 25 Rank	NR	NR	NR	?

Coaches

Head Coach	Curt Frederickson
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Northern State	1977-78
Contract Expires	Year-toYear
Record as Head Coach	632-192 (.766)
Record at Northern State	632-192 (.766)
Coaching Awards	NAIA Nat'l COTY 2x, NAIA District COTY 3x

Asst. Coaches	Brent Pollari

Recruiting Coordinator

Curt Frederickson, (605) 626-7735, fredricc@northern.edu

Conference and Schedule

Northern State plays in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (www.northernsun.org) which is comprised of ten teams from Minnesota, South Dakota, Iowa and Nebraska. Northern State will play each team twice, home and away. The 18 game conference schedule usually starts in December. League games on typically Fridays and Saturdays and often piggybacked with the women. The farthest conference away game is at Winona State some 475 miles from campus. The season concludes with the Northern Sun tourney which includes all eight teams with the winner receiving a berth in the NCAA tourney.

Conference Opponents

Southwest Minnesota State, Minnesota St-Moorhead, U. Minnesota-Crookson, Bemidji St, Wayne St, Concordia-St. Paul, U. of Mary, Upper Iowa, and Winona State.

Facilities

Wachs Arena
Capacity: 8,000, Average attendance: 1,500