University of North Dakota Athletics

UND's first women's cross country team to qualify for the NCAA DII Championship, where it placed fifth … Two runners (Steph Bruening, Sheila Pexsa) were named DII All-Americans, the first in program history … Both were also named the first CCCA DII All-Academic honorees in program history … Bruening was also named a CoSIDA DII Academic All-American … Bruening and Louise Ronnerman were named all-region and All-North Central Conference … Head coach Dick Clay was named North Central Region Coach of the Year … Placed third at the North Central Region Championship … Ronnerman and Bruening are members of the UND Athletics Letterwinners Association Hall of Fame as individuals.