’ MIRANDA (RISTAU) OBANIANA ‘18 Miranda (Ristau) Obaniana graduated from Northern State University with a bachelor of science in honoribus in 2018, following a 4-year career on the womens basketball team. She appeared in 105 games, making 63 starts for the Wolves in her career. Obaniana tallied 1,461 points, shooting 54.7% from the floor and 75.4% from the foul line, 680 rebounds, 180 assists and 172 blocks in her career. She holds school records in single game blocked shots (10), single season points scored (635), single season field goals made (254), and sits top-5 in the NSU record book in single game points, single game field goal attempts, single game free throw attempts, single game rebounds, single season points per game, single season field goal attempts, single season free throws made, single season free throw attempts, single season blocked shots, career field goal percentage, career field goals made, and career blocked shots. Obaniana ranks seventh all-time in career points with 1,461 and 16th in career rebounds with 680. Obaniana was a 2-time NSIC All-Conference selection, NSIC/Sanford Health Basketball Tournament AllTournament team member, the 2018 NSIC Player of the Year, a D2CCA and WBCA All-American, NSIC Myles Brand Award winner, the 2018 CoSIDA Academic All-American® of the Year, the first in school history, and the 2018 Hildred Wolfe Award recipient. In addition, she earned the 2018 Butch Raymond Scholarship, the 2018 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship, the NSIC Willis R. Kelly Award winner, and was the NSIC nominee for the 2018 NCAA Woman of the Year. The Wolves went 99-27 in her career, winning three NSIC North Division Championships, two NSIC Tournament titles, and the 2017-18 NSIC Championship. In addition, NSU qualified for the NCAA Central Region Tournament each season. Miranda and her husband Justin reside in Watertown, South Dakota. She works as a physical therapist at Sanford Canby Medical Center and is a volunteer assistant coach for the Florence-Henry girls basketball program. DREW (SMITH) REINOT ‘16 Drew (Smith) Reinot graduated from Northern State University with a bachelor of science in psychology in 2016, following a 4-year career on the volleyball team. The Des Moines native tallied 4,774 assists, 909 digs, 173 blocks, 79 kills, and 73 aces in her career. She ranked second in the country in 2014, averaging 12.74 assists per set, and sat as the NCAA Division II national leader in assists per set in 2015 averaging 13.13. She broke the school record for career assists as a senior with 4,774 and currently sits second all-time. In addition, she sits top-5 in the record book in single match assists and single season assists, recording over 1,000 assists in each of her four seasons with a career high 1,326 in 2015. Northern State closed out the 2015 season as the NCAA National Statistical Leader in attack percentage, hitting .320, in large part to the efforts of Reinot. The Wolves went 85-33 in her career, reaching the NCAA Tournament in 2013. Reinot was a 4-time NSIC All-Conference performer, earning NSIC Player of the Year honors in 2015. She was an AVCA All-Region honoree, an AVCA First Team All-American, and D2CCA All-American. Drew resides in Durham, North Carolina with her husband Hannes and their son Finn Arthur. She is a Perioperative Nurse at the Duke University Hospital. 13
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