Name	Steve Gust
Your Institution	University of Minnesota Crookston
Committee Service (Current and previous)	RAC for Central Region
Years of Service in Athletics	3
Hometown	East Grand Forks, Minn.
High School	EGF Senior High
Person with Biggest Influence on your Career (Name and relationship with them)	Too many to name
College Alma Mater(s)	North Dakota Dakota Wesleyan University
Degree(s)	Physical Education/Coaching Master's in Education
Sports Played & Levels	Baseball coach for past 35 seasons at nearly every level
Most memorable sports moment:	The everyday grind of building the UMC baseball program
Favorite Movie	Field of Dreams
Favorite Book	The Power of Positive Thinking
Favorite Quote	“Whether you think you can or cannot, you are right.”
Favorite Part of NSIC	The wide assortment of teams, big and small
Favorite vacation you have taken	Hawaii with the team
Favorite Food	Hot wings
One thing in your office that most would not expect to see.	An eye chart

 

As part of the league’s Strategic Plan the NSIC has developed the #NSICCelebratingService initiative to recognizes those individuals that are serving on regional or national committees, or with national organizations. On Thursdays during the 2020-21 academic year, the NSIC will be spotlighting one committee member on social media and the league’s website.

About the NSIC
The NSIC is a 16-team, 18-sport, NCAA Division II conference with institutions located in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. The NSIC is a model Division II conference that uses high-level athletics competition to develop champions in the classroom and community while empowering student-athletes to be impactful and positive leaders. Formed in 1992 by the merger of the Northern Intercollegiate Conference (men’s league) and the Northern Sun Conference (women’s league), the NSIC has flourished over the past quarter century, maturing into a 16-team union of Upper Midwest colleges and universities. The NSIC has won 23 team national championships and crowned 77 individual national champions. For additional information, visit NorthernSun.org.

About NCAA Division II
The NCAA, the national governing body for college athletics, is a volunteer association of more than 1,000 colleges and universities that classify their athletics programs in one of three membership divisions. The 300+ institutions in NCAA Division II support a balanced approach in which student-athletes have the opportunity to earn scholarships based on their athletic ability, pursue their desired academic degree, and participate in all the campus and surrounding community have to offer. Division II student-athletes annually graduate at rates higher than their student body peers, and they have access to the best championships-participant ratio among the NCAA’s three divisions. Division II gives student-athletes the unique opportunity to compete in the classroom, on the field, in their career, for their causes, and on their terms. For additional information, visit NCAA.org.