Northern State
Wrestling
1981-1986
Dave Harvey was Northern State’s second national champion in wrestling and the school’s only two-time national champion in the sport. The former Miller, S.D. resident won the NAIA national crown at 118 pounds as a junior in 1985 (34-3 record) and at 126 pounds as a senior in 1986. Harvey was the picture of perfection, compiling a 36-0 record en route to the national championship. With Harvey leading the way, NSU placed third at the NAIA National Tournament in 1985, as a senior, NSU earned its first-ever Northern Intercollegiate Conference (NIC) championship and went on to place seventh at the national tournament in 1986. Harvey, a two-time NIC champion, earned the NIC’s 1986 Outstanding Wrestler of the Year award and was selected as Northern State’s Male Athlete of the Year. With his accomplishments and a career record of 83-6, Harvey was inducted into the NAIA Hall of Fame for Outstanding Achievement for an Athlete in 1991 and was inducted into NSU’s athletic Hall of Fame in 2001. Harvey graduated from Northern State in 1986 with a bachelor’s degree in accounting and followed that up in 1987 with a bachelor’s in secondary education. Following his education at NSU, Harvey became a Certified Public Accountant in 1990. For the past eight years, he has been a self-employed CPA for Dave A. Harvey, P.C. and currently works as the CPA and financial consultant for Associated Dealers, Inc. based in Reno, Nev. Harvey is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Arizona Society of Certified Public Accountants and Toastmasters International. He also served as the treasurer for Saint Luke Lutheran Church in Mesa, Ariz. for four years. Dave and his wife Jane currently reside in Chandler, Ariz.