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Football 1984-87
Upon graduation in May 1988 with a BS degree in Accounting, Knecht married Sue Scheinost, and moved to Sioux Falls, S.D. and accepted a position with McGladrey & Pullen, a regional CPA firm. In 1994, he began working for Sioux Falls Construction Company as corporate controller and currently serves as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Sue serves as corporate controller for Raven Industries. They have two children, Kelsey (9) and Connor (4). Randy enjoys coaching his daughter’s basketball and softball teams and has also completed in several half-marathons in Sioux Falls and completed the Chicago marathon the last two years. Women's Basketball 1990-94 Krueger earned National Tournament Hustle Award in 1992 after winning their first National Championship. She followed that up with national tournament MVP honors as a senior during Northern’s national championship campaign in 1993-94. The Pierpont, S.D., native was clutch in a tight championship game against host team Western Oregon State University. Her steal and four free throws down the stretch helped NSU earn its second national title in three years by a score of 48-45 and finish the storybook season with a 32-1 record. In addition to her big-game heroics, Krueger was also a team captain and all-district performer on NSU’s softball team. She earned NSU’s prestigious Hildred Wolfe Student Athlete of the Year award as a senior. After her athletic career, Krueger stepped outside of the playing lines, but not very far. In 1995 she was an assistant girl’s basketball/track coach at Warner High School while finishing her undergraduate degree. She served as a graduate assistant at Northern in 1996 for women’s basketball and softball while finishing up her studies. She received her bachelor’s in education from Northern in 1995 and her master’s in teaching in 1996. After graduation, Krueger served as a secondary physical education teacher at Pahrump Valley High School in Nevada. While there, she was the assistant girls basketball coach and a sprinters coach during track season. When opportunity at Northern knocked once more, Krueger again answered. She accepted a head assistant women’s basketball and head softball coaching position at Northern in 1997. She is also the school’s athletic department fundraising coordinator. In her second campaign, Krueger’s team continued to improve as the Orediggers went 19-9 overall and 13-6 in the RMAC. The 19 overall wins and the 13 RMAC wins are the most wins in the school history at CSM. Krueger and her husband Brad reside in Golden, Colorado. Football 1986-89 Landmark is the all-time leading passer at Northern as he threw for 11,152 yards in the 1986 through 1989 seasons. He also holds the record for career touchdown passes (67), offensive plays (1,827), total offensive yards (9,966) completions (831), and passing attempts (1,555). He also hold the single game record for touchdown passes in a game when he passed for pay dirt six times against Black Hills State in 1989. Landmark also left his mark on the national level as well. The NAIA named him to the 1989 All-American second team and the 1988 honorable mention All-American team. He led the nation in total offense and passing in NAIA I football in 1989 and was second leading passer in 1988 in the NAIA. The Don Hansen’s National Weekly Football Gazette also named him the NAIA I Most Valuable Player. During his career at Northern the Wolves put up an impressive 31-12 record, with Landmark starting in 43 consecutive games, never missing a collegiate game in his career. After graduating from NSU, Landmark work in various sales and marketing roles with three different business units: Newell Rubbermaid (living in Milwaukee, WI, St. Louis, MO and Medina, OH). He then accepted the position of Vice President, Sales and Marketing of Gerber Legendary Blades (a Division of Fiskars Brands, Inc) located in Portland, Oregon in January 2001. He was promoted to President of the company in August 2004. Gerber has annual sales in excess of $100 million, was founded in 1939,and employs 300 people while it is a leading manufacturer and marketer of a wide range of outdoor recreational products. Born and raised in Sisseton, S.D., Landmark is the son of Richard and Shelva Landmark. He graduated from Sisseton High School 1985 after lettering in three sports: football, basketball and track. He married his high school sweetheart and NSU grad, Kari Kjellsen in July 1988. They have three children - Brittney (14), Eric (11) and Megan (9). Women's Basketball 1991-95 She helped lead the Wolves to a pair of NSIC titles and two NAIA National Championships. In 1994 she was named an NAIA National Player of the Week. Her career single game highs include a 40-point performance against Moorhead State and 17 rebounds against Mayville State during her sophomore season. In 1995 she also earned the prestigious Hildred Wolfe Student Athlete of the Year . Julie has been married to Mark Rozell for the past nine years. They have three children, Sarah (7), Drew (5), and Addison (2). She has been teaching at Redfield Public Schools for the past nine years as well. After coaching for five years there, Julie resigned to spend more time with her family. Track & Field, Wrestling and Cross Country 1959-63 Godfrey was born in Ft. Defiance, Ariz. and spent his childhood in Arizona, Oklahoma, Nebraska and South Dakota. His 43 year coaching career began as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Indonesia. He spent a year coaching in Madison, Minn. and then in 1966 began three years of coaching in Watertown, S.D. From 1969 to 1976 Godfrey coached cross-country and track at the University of Wisconsin Parkside. Moving to the Persian Gulf country of Bahrain in 1977, he served 12 years as the country’s National Athletics (Track and Field) coach where his runners competed in the Olympic Games, Asian Games, Asian Championships and many other international competitions. Upon his return to the United States, Godfrey began his second stint of coaching in Watertown, S.D. in 1989. There he led Arrow boys track to three ESD Championships and a state title in 1998. The Arrow girls, under his leadership in cross-country, won eight ESD titles and a State Championship in 2001. Godfrey was a 2004 National Coach of the Year finalist for girls cross-country. State Coach of the Year honors were won in 1993-94 for girls cross-county and in 1997-98 for boys track & field. Godfrey and his wife Ruth (1964 NSU grad) reside in Watertown, S.D. They are parents of Ryun who coaches track and cross-country at North Dakota State and Nathan who lives in Las Vegas.
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Randy Knecht was a Northern State football standout in the 1984-1987 football seasons. He excelled in all aspects of college life as he was the 1986-87 recipient of the Clack Swisher Outstanding Athlete Award and the 1987 Glen Galligan Award, which is giving away to the top male student-athlete in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference. On the field he was all-conference his junior and senior year, and honorable mention his sophomore. In 1986 he was named to the all-district team and he graduated as NSU’s all-time leading receiver (record since broken).
Northern State University women’s basketball fans remember Paula (Stolsmark) Krueger as a hard-nosed guard during NSU’s national championship runs. 
Jason Landmark did his namesake proud as he set many a landmark during his playing days at Northern State. The 6’3 quarterback from Sisseton, S.D. set seven records that still stand at NSU over 15 years later. 
Julie (Jensen) Rozell was a shoe in for the NSU Hall of Fame, it was just a matter of time. That time is now for the NSU women’s basketball all-time leading scorer. Rozell scored 2,058 points in her four years at NSU. She was also an NAIA II first team All-American three times (1993, 94, 95), a three time Kodak All-American (1993, 94, 95), and a two-time Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) most valuable player (1994, 95). Rozell also ranks second all-time at NSU in rebounding with 1,007 and third in assists with 363. 
Vic Godfrey graduated from Northern State in 1963. He competed in cross-country, wrestling and track & field. In track & field he was an SDIC mile champion twice, won 880 twice and was District 12 880 champion twice. He also competed in three NAIA National Championships.
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