News | NORTHERN STATE UNIVERSI TY Northern State University names new Director of Athletics N ORTHERN STATE has named a new leader to guide the next era of Wolves Athletics. Nate Davis has been selected as NSU Director of Athletics—one of only five people to hold that title in almost 70 years. “I am grateful to the search committee, the South Dakota Board of Regents, the NSU Foundation and all who took part in the interview process,” Davis said. “I am thankful to President Schnoor for this opportunity and appreciate his confidence in selecting me to lead Wolves Athletics. Northern State University has a tremendous history of success in athletics, and I am excited to carry that success forward and continue to build on an already outstanding foundation. Hannah, Tate and I are thrilled to join the Northern and Aberdeen communities. I look forward to meeting and building strong relationships with our fans, alumni, supporters, coaches, staff, and most importantly, our studentathletes.” Davis received his bachelor’s degree and MBA from Southwest Baptist University in Missouri. His previous work experience includes serving as Associate Athletic Director and Assistant Athletic Director for Marketing, Promotion and Licensing at Northwest Missouri State University; Assistant Athletic Director for Operations at Abilene Christian University in Texas; and Assistant Athletic Director for Operations at Southwest Baptist University. “Nate has a wide variety of experience in education and athletics and understands what it takes to build and sustain a winning athletics and academic culture,” said Dr. Neal Schnoor, NSU President. “This makes him the perfect choice to lead NSU Athletics, and we are thrilled to welcome him and his family to Northern and Aberdeen.” Davis replaces Josh Moon, who stepped down last summer after nine years to accept the same role at the NCAA Division I University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Since then, NSU Senior Associate Athletic Director Terri Holmes served as Interim Director of Athletics. “Terri did an outstanding job leading our Athletics Department this past academic year, and we are grateful for her deep dedication, passion, and strong leadership,” Schnoor said. Davis is the fifth person to serve in the NSU Director of Athletics position since 1956. Besides Moon, past directors were Clark Swisher, Dr. James Kretchman and Bob Olson. The search was assisted by consultant Jeff Schemmel, founder and CEO of College Sports Solutions. Nate Davis and his wife, Hannah, with their son, Tate. Northern celebrates Gypsy Days 2022 N ORTHERN STATE UNIVERSITY students, faculty, alumni, and members of the community and region came together to celebrate Gypsy Days 2022. Northern’s annual homecoming celebration was held Oct. 3-9, with the theme, as voted on by students, of “Wolves on Broadway.” Festivities took place on campus all week, including a pool party, ice cream social and bonfire bash. On the athletics side, along with home events for Wolves football, soccer, swimming and volleyball, there was also a Homerun Derby hosted by the softball team at Koehler Hall of Fame Field. Homecoming royalty coronation took place Thursday evening, with Maray Larson named queen and Drew Vef lin named marshal. On Friday night, the NSU Foundation honored Distinguished Alumni and Hall of Fame inductees, including: Lifetime Achievement Award: Lester Clarke; Kretchman Coaching Award: Charles (Chuck) B. Welke; Distinguished Alumnus: Roger Youngman; Hall of Fame inductees: Doyle Everson, Adam Kampsen and Rachel (Krogman) Rieger. On Saturday, Gypsy Day, the morning kicked off with the annual Steps for Shep 5K Road Race/1 Miler. Then, the main event: the Gypsy Day Parade began at 9 a.m. on South Main Street, led by parade marshals Karen and the late Roger Youngman, and members of their family. Community members lined the streets to watch the parade, which included an array of f loats and area school marching bands—including Northern’s very own Marching Wolves. Parade winners included: Best Overall Float (best group participation and overall theme representation): Primrose Second Best Overall: Blank Canvas Salon Third Best Overall: Aberdeen Swim Club Northern Spirit Award (best Northern internal group participation): NSU Honors Program Thunder’s Award (best animal entry): Dirksen Organic Beef Best Overall Band: Aberdeen Central High School That afternoon, more than 7,000 Wolves fans packed Dacotah Bank Stadium for the Gypsy Day football game victory against Winona State. The NSU volleyball team played that evening in Wachs Arena against Augustana, and the soccer team finished off the weekend on Sunday at the Athletic and Recreation Fields against Southwest Minnesota State. View a photo gallery at northern.edu/about/gypsy-days. NORTHERN TODAY 4 FALL 2022
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