Kehm's
Year-by-Year

Year	Win	Loss	Tie
1998	6	9	0
1999	14	5	2
2000	11	8	1
2001	15	5	3
2002	13	7	0
2003	10	6	3
2004	14	8	0
2005	14	5	3
Total	97	53	12

 

Coaching Staff

Head Coach Steve Kehm
Enters Tenth Season in 2007
108-61-12 Overall Record

Steve Kehm enters his tenth season as head coach of the Northern State soccer team, accumulating a winning record of 108-61-12. He led the 2006 squad to a second place NSIC regular season finish, coming one season after the Wolves made an appearance in the NSIC Tournament Championship game in 2005, where they lost in a shootout to regular season champion Winona State. In 2004 Kehm led the Wolves to a tie for second place in the NSIC posting a 5-2 record.

Kehm is the Director of Coaching for the Northern Blast club soccer program. He is also a member of the college soccer academy camp staff and holds several national coaching licenses and endorsements

NSU’s steady influx of new players do not arrive on campus just to fill uniforms. NSU’s soccer program has already produced 32 All-Conference performers, as well as eight Adidas All-Region players and two NSIC MVPs. The diversity of players on the team is amazing as well, as Kehm has brought in players from 12 different states and four players from our neighbor to the north. Kehm also keeps his local roots as he has five players from South Dakota, including three from Aberdeen.

In addition to their prowess on the field, the Wolves also excel in the classroom; last year marked the seventh consecutive year that Wolves have been honored with the Adidas/NSCAA team academic award. The Wolves have also produced two Academic All-Americans and NSU’s team GPA consistently ranks among the best in the nation.

 

Chelvan Arunasalam
Assistant Coach

Chelvan is in his second season as assistant coach for the NSU soccer team. An employee at the Northern State Technology Center, Chelvan primarily works with the Wolves goalkeepers. He has playing experience at the youth, high school, and college level, and has previously worked with the Green Bay Thunder Club. Chelvan resides in Aberdeen with his wife and two children.

 

 

 

Melissa Gamble
Graduate Assistant

Melissa Gamble was a four-year starter for the Wolves soccer team. She was a four-time All-NSIC and two-time adidas All-Region player. Gamble was named an NSCAA All-Region Scholar twice and was also named to the ESPN All-Region Team. She is the Northern State all-time leader in goals scored (40) and notched 88 points while a member of the Wolves' squad. Gamble was named the South Dakota Sportswriter's Association Female Athlete of the Year in 2006 and received the NSU Hildred Wolfe Award for the 2006-07 athletic year. Gamble is pursuing a graduate degree in Health and Physical Education.

 

 

 

Assistant Coach
Chelvan Arunasalam

Graduate Assistant
Melissa Gamble