JAMESTOWN, ND. (NewsDakota.com) – The University of Jamestown welcomed its 2021 class to the Athletic Hall of Fame on Saturday morning at Harold Newman Arena.

Congratulations to the newest Jimmie Athletic Hall of Fame Inductees, Rollie Greeno Award, and Jim Clark Award winners! #GoJimmies #JimmiePride pic.twitter.com/1BcmVjLtUY

— Jimmie Athletics (@JimmieAthletics) October 9, 2021

Lawrie Paulson ’77

A student-athlete, head coach, and athletic director for the Jimmies, Paulson has been an instrumental figure in Jamestown athletics. Playing football and baseball for Jamestown College from 74-77, Paulson then became the head coach of the Jimmie women’s basketball team in 1985. While head coach for Jimmie women’s basketball, Paulson won 276 games and six conference championships. He was named the DAC Athletic Director of the Year in 2006-07 and 2010-11.

Brandi (Geider) Harty ’04

The first-ever women’s soccer player to be inducted into the Jamestown Hall of Fame, Harty scored 63 goals and tallied 142 total points between 2000-03. She was a three-time All-Region III first-team selection and a three-time honorable mention All-American. Harty scored 18 goals in a season twice in her career as a freshman in 2000 and then again as a junior in 2002. She now teaches physical education at Jamestown Middle School and is the boys and girls soccer coach for the Blue Jays.

Kyle Iverson ’08 

A standout center from Elgin, ND, Iverson scored 1,572 points while adding 681 rebounds in his four seasons on the Jimmie men’s basketball team. Iverson has the second most career rebounds in UJ history and the sixth on the all-time points list. During his senior season, he led the Jimmies to a 23-9 overall record and a Dakota Athletic Conference championship with an 11-3 conference mark. The Jimmies also went to the NAIA Division II national tournament that year, and Iverson left Jamestown as a three-time honorable mention All-American.

2003-04 Men’s Basketball Team

Led by head coach Brad Huse, the 03-04 Jimmies went on a school-record 26 game win streak and had a program-best 30 wins while holding the #1 ranking in Division II. Jamestown was led by NAIA National Player of the Year Brandon Wilkens and second-team All-American Charles Jones. Wilkens had a school record 71 blocks and finished his career with a Jimmie record of 909 rebounds. Imran Sufi dished out a school record 201 assists on his way to an All-Conference selection.

2008 Baseball Team

A team that struggled on the way to the NAIA Region III tournament, Jamestown won four out of five games in the region tournament, including a victory against Northwestern to move on to the Great Plains Super Regional. After taking two out of three from Bellevue at Jack Brown Stadium, the Jimmies won its first Super Regional title and moved to its second-ever NAIA World Series appearance.

ROLLIE GREENO AWARD WINNERS – RICK HACK ’81, JEFF DOHN ’82

The Rollie Greeno Award is for outstanding commitment in the field of education and coaching, established back in 1994. Hack, a 1981 graduate of Jamestown College, has been impacting Ellendale High School students and athletes since 1983. He has served as the head track coach since 1984 and was the head football coach for 20 years, earning Region Coach of the Year honors nine times in track and field and three times in football.

Dohn, who opted out of becoming a doctor in order to pursue his passion for teaching and coaching, has spent 35 years coaching football and track at Hellgate High School in Missoula, Montana. Dohn led his first football team at Hellgate in 1994 to the Montana AA state championship and was selected to coach the Montana/North Dakota All-Star Game in 1995.

JIM CLARK AWARD – JORDAN GENGLER ’11

The Jim Clark Award is for outstanding commitment to character-driven, servant leadership and was established back in 2017. Gengler, the second recipient of the award, had more than 486 documented hours of volunteer work during personal leave and liberty time. Gengler, a four-year men’s soccer player, is currently station at Fort Sill, Oklahoma as an artillery instructor. He was awarded the President’s Volunteer Service Award in 2017 after volunteering over 240 hours in a 12-month span.