Jammie (Coyle) Raba
Northern State University
Basketball
Jammie (Coyle) Raba did it all for the Northern State University Women's Basketball team during her tenure from 1996 through 2000. Coyle ranks second in school history with 1,856 career points as she averaged 16.1 points per game over her career, including a career high 37 point performance. Coyle was the NSIC Scoring Champion in both 1997-98 and 1999-00 seasons, averaging 18.8 and 18.6 point respectively in conference play. Coyle, the NSIC Player of the Year in 1999-00, was a three-time All-NSIC performer and five-time NSIC Player of the Week. She led the NSIC in steals as a junior with 2.8 swipes per game and in the 1999-00 season she was named MVP of the Disney Tip-Off Classic, scoring 80 points in three games, breaking eight tournament records. That same season she earned All-American accolades after tallying 581 points to average 18.2 points per game. In her freshman and sophomore seasons, the Wolves tallied back-to-back NSIC Championships, and took second in her junior and senior seasons. Northern State made three regional appearances during her tenure (1996-97, 1997-98, 1999-00). Coyle earned her B.S. in elementary education from NSU in 2000 and an M.S. in Educational Administration from South Dakota State University in 2006. Coyle was inducted into the NSU Hall of Fame in 2010. She now lives in Belle Fourche, S.D. with her husband Matthew and their two sons Gabriel and Benjamin, where she teaches middle school language arts.