5/13/04

Northern State Signs Tara Adamson of Centerville, SD

Northern State Head Volleyball Coach Lisa Schriver has announced the signing of Tara Adamson of Centerville, SD. The 5’10 middle hitter will join Alecia Stark (Moorhead, MN), Emily Knaeble (Andover, MN), and Toni Haider (West Fargo, ND) as the 2004 recruiting class.

Adamson attended Centerville High School where she led her team in kills for the past three seasons. She was selected First Team All-Tri-Valley Conference and was First Team All-State Class B in 2003. As a captain and team MVP her senior year, she led her team to a conference championship and a third place finish in the state tournament, where she was selected to the all-tournament team.

In 2002 Adamson was named second team all-state, and was an all-tournament selection while helping her team to a sixth place finish in the state.

Adamson is planning on majoring in pharmacy at Northern State. She is the daughter of Gary and Char Adamson.

3/22/04

Northern State Volleyball Commits Three New Recruits

ABERDEEN, SD - Northern State University (NSU) has announced three new recruits for next fall's squad. Alecia Stark, Emily Knaeble, and Toni Haider will be the newest members of the Northern State Volleyball Team.

Toni Haider will join the Wolves as an outside hitter after attending West Fargo High School. At WFHS Haider, a 5'11 team captain, was selected to the Eastern Dakota All-Conference Team in 2002-03 and 2003-04, and earned all-state honors her senior year. Haider, a four-sport athlete in high school, competed in volleyball, tennis, basketball and track and field.

She is planning on majoring in International Business with a minor in Business Management at NSU. Toni is the daughter of Tony and Della Haider.

Emily Knaeble joins the Wolves following an outstanding prep career at Saint Francis High School. At Saint Francis Knaeble earned all-state honorable mention honors her senior year along with being named the North Suburban Conference Most Valuable Player. She was also named to the North Suburban All-Conference Team her sophomore through senior seasons. Her teammates honored her with best offensive player her sophomore through senior year and team most valuable player her junior and senior year.

Knaeble racked up 933 kills in her career to go with 805 digs, 113 solo blocks and 510 assisted blocks in the five years that she lettered at Saint Francis.

Emily is the daughter of Gene and Chery Knaeble. She is currently undecided in a major at NSU.

Alecia Stark, a Moorhead, MN native, will be a setter and defensive specialist for the Wolves. The 5'5 graduate of Moorhead Senior High School was a team captain for the Spuds where she earned team most valuable player in 2003 and was selected to the Fargo Forum All-Area Honorable Mention Team. Stark also racked up the second most service aces in a season at Moorhead High School during her senior year. Besides volleyball, Stark played basketball and fast pitch softball at Moorhead High.

Alecia is the daughter of Reggie and Donna Stark. She is currently undecided in a major at NSU.