NORTHERN MAGAZINE ’ 12 NSU Athletics Celebrates 2026 Hall of Fame Inductees KELSEY CHAMBERS ‘16 Kelsey Chambers graduated from Northern State University with a bachelor of science in special education in 2016, following a 4-year career on the volleyball team. She tallied 1,547 kills, 1,054 digs, 176 blocks, and 56 aces in her career, hitting .294. She is the school record holder with 1,547 career kills and 3,669 career attacks, and ranks top-5 in the record book in single match kills, single season kills, and career attack percentage. Chambers was the first AVCA All-American in program history following the 2013 campaign, honored on the third team. In addition, she was a 4-time NSIC All-Conference selection with three first team nods, 2-time AVCA All-American, D2CCA All-American, a CoSIDA/Daktronics All-Region pick, and 2-time AVCA All-Region honoree. Chambers closed out her career as the 2016 Hildred Wolfe Award winner. Northern State advanced to the NCAA Central Region Tournament in 2013 and tallied a record of 85-33 during her tenure. The Wolves hit a national leading mark of .320 in 2015 on the back of Chambers who hit .346, and ranked third in the country in kills per set (14.00). Kelsey resides in Luxembourg, working as a teacher at the International School of Luxembourg. She played ten years of professional and semi-professional volleyball in Germany and Luxembourg with proWin Volleys TV Holz, RSR Walfer, Volley Bartreng, and the Escher Volleyball Club. ROB LEWIS ‘95 Rob Lewis graduated from Northern State University with a bachelor of science in education in 1995, following a 4-year career on the wrestling team. He tallied over 100 career victories at NSU, one of only 12 Wolves wrestlers to do so in the programs history. Lewis is the career record holder with 80 wins by fall and recorded a pair of 30-win seasons in 1993 and 1994. He was a 3-time national qualifier in 1991, 1993, and 1994. He earned All-American accolades in 1993 as the runner-up and 1994, taking eighth. In addition, Lewis won the NSIC Championship in 1994. Rob resides in Redfield with his wife Dana and is the Superintendent for the Northwestern Area School District. In his career, Lewis was named the 2004 11B Assistant Coach of the Year in football and the 2010 Region High School Principal of the Year. His 2003 team at Elk Point Jefferson won the South Dakota Class B Wrestling Championship. He is a member of the Redfield Volunteer Fire Department, the Redfield Soccer Association Board, and served 22 years with the South Dakota National Guard. Rob and Dana have three children, Murphy, Jack, and Turner.
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