Hall of Fame

Erika Hohenstein

  • Class
    1986
  • Induction
    2019
  • Sport(s)
12163
 

Erika Hohenstein reached new heights for the Moorhead State University Dragons from 1982 to 1986.  Hohenstein’s career was highlighted by a school record, a national runner up performance, and winning the 1986 Indoor National Championship in the high jump. 

Hohenstein was national runner up at the 1986 Outdoor National Championship in the high jump. She set the MSUM record in the high jump as she cleared 5-10 during that season. The three-time All-American also placed fourth at the 1983 indoor championship. She was named the Dragon’s Most Valuable Athlete in 1986.

The New Rockford, North Dakota native, won the 1985 NSC Indoor high jump with a leap of 5-5.  She was a three-time NSIC outdoor high jump champion as she won the event in 1983, 1985 and 1986.  Her 1986 jump of 5-8 set a new NSC record at the time, three inches above her mark from the previous season.  The Dragons won three outdoor championships during Hohenstein’s reign.

Hohenstein was inducted into the Minnesota State University Hall of Fame in 2012. 

Hohenstein graduated in 1986 with a degree in computer information systems and is now a senior principal software engineer at General Dynamics Mission Systems in Bloomington, Minnesota. Hohenstein and her significant other, Steve Mackey, reside in Minnetonka, Minnesota and enjoy travelling the U.S. and internationally whenever possible.