2004-05 Men's Basketball Team

#34 Dustin Hjelmeland

6’6, 220 Senior

Forward.

Staples, MN

2003-04: Averaged 15.5 minutes per game and 7.7 points per game coming off the bench…Led the team in blocks in 9 games…Named to the 2004 NSIC All-Academic Team...2002-03: Averaging 10.2 points per game until season was stopped short due to injury...Shot a team high 47.2 percent from three-point range and 57.3 percent from the floor...NSU’s fourth-leading scorer...Ranked third on the team with 11 blocks...Started in two contests...Ran up a career high 22 points, knocking down five three-pointers against Dakota State on Nov. 26...2001-02: Played in 21 contests starting in one...Shot over 52 percent from the floor going 22-for-42 on the year...Third on the team shooting 42.1 percent from three-point range...Posted a season high 12 points against Concordia-St. Paul on Dec. 7 2000-01: Redshirted in his first year at NSU....High School: Two-time all-state performer...All-state tournament team member...USA Today all-American honorable mention...Conference MVP as a senior...Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Award winner...Youth Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) member...Two-year basketball captain...Captain of football and golf teams as a senior... Business Campus Activities: NSU Honor Student, FCA member, National Honor Society, National Mathematics Honor Society
Birthdate: April 16, 1982
Parents: Tim Hjelmeland & Amy Hunter
Major: Math
Minors: Physics & Coaching
Nickname: Yard-O