For Immediate Release
Monday, September 26, 2022
NSIC Media Relations
Media Packet

NSIC Offensive Player of the Week
#34 Thuro Reisdorfer (RB, 6-1, 215, Gr., Sioux Falls, S.D. / Washington HS) - Sioux Falls
- Rushed for 100 yards on 19 carries and three touchdowns in a 34-31 win over UMD
- Scored on runs of 21, 9 and 2 yards out, including the go-ahead score with under a minute left in the game
- Moved into 9th in all-time rushing yards at USF as he tallied his 14th career 100+ yard game
- Added three catches for 12 yards

NSIC Defensive Player of the Week
#0 Onte Burns (LB, 6-0, 206, Sr., Plymouth, Minn. / Robbinsdale Cooper HS) - SMSU
- Had a game-high 11 tackles, with four solo, along with 2.0 sacks and a pass break-up in SMSU’s 27-20 overtime win versus Minot State
- The two sacks came during Minot State’s overtime drive to help seal the SMSU victory
- Became just the seventh SMSU player in team history to reach 300 career tackles
- Ranks second all-time with 179 solo tackles
- Has amassed an NSIC best 46 tackles on the season

NSIC Special Teams Player of the Week
#27 Jacob Scott (K/P, 6-1, 175, So., Flower Mound, Texas / Marcus HS) - Winona State
- Became the first kicker in Winona State history to kick four field goals of forty yards or more in the same contest
- Was 4-for-4, hitting from 42, 48, 43, and 48 yards
- Became just the sixth player ever at WSU to hit four field goals, regardless of distance, in the same game
- Also went 4-for-4 on point after attempts 
- Accounted for 16 of Winona State’s points in a 40-7 win over MSU Moorhead 

Other Top Performances
OFFENSE
#19 Brendan Beaulieu (BSU) totaled 100 yards off five receptions and two touchdowns in the Beavers 48-22 win at Upper Iowa. He became the program’s career receiving yards leader with 2,708 yards. He broke the program record for most career 100-yard receiving games with his 11th career 100 yard receiving game. He also caught a 50-yard touchdown pass.
#11 Danny Kittner (UMary) posted a season-high marks with 14 catches for 161 yards at Minnesota State. He also threw a 5 yard touchdown pass, the first of his career. He leads NCAA D2 with 9.5 catches per game and is seventh in yards/game (121.8).
#1 Byron Bynum (UMD) scored three touchdowns off only five receptions. His three touchdowns gave him a new career high of touchdowns in one game. He has now scored in each of the last two contests. 
#22 Shen Butler-Lawson, Jr. (MSU) led the Maverick rushing attack with 116 yards and two touchdowns. He averaged 6.1 yards per carry and scored the game-winning touchdown with 1:57 to go in the game.
#21 Ali Mohamed (MINOT) matched his season-best with 78 yards on the ground Saturday and scored his first touchdown of the season for the Beavers.
#15 Marcus Orr (UIU) had his best overall game of the season on Saturday in UIU’s 48-22 loss to Bemidji State. The sophomore quarterback bounced back from an early interception to throw for 156 yards and three touchdowns.
#4 Nick Bohn (WSC) accounted for 273 yards of total offense and 4 touchdowns in Saturday’s 48-21 win over Concordia-St. Paul. He completed 15 of 19 passes for 227 yards and 3 scores and added 46 yards rushing on 11 carries with an eight yard score.
#12 Trevor Paulsen (WSU) led the Winona State offense to its best performance of the season in a 40-7 win over MSU Moorhead. He was 11-of-16 for 148 yards. He connected on a long throw of 37 yards. 

DEFENSE
#94 Grayson Diepenbrock (AUGIE) recorded a defensive touchdown in the Vikings 21-13 win over Northern State. He recovered a fumble and went four yards for the touchdown. He also recorded two more tackles for loss including a sack. He was also credited with three quarterback hurries. Diepenbrock ranks third in the nation with 1.5 sacks per game and 19th in DII with 1.9 tackles for loss per outing. He sits two sacks shy of tying the single-season school record for sacks in a season and 1.5 sacks shy of the career record for sacks at Augustana.
#40 Tyler Shaver (BSU) totaled three tackles including two solo. He blocked a punt and returned it eight yards for a touchdown. 
#41 Jacob Daulton (MSU) recorded five tackles and intercepted a UMary pass in the end zone with six seconds left in the game to secure Minnesota State’s 31-28 win vs. UMary.
#40 James Eggert (MSUM) had 5 solo tackles and assisted on two more for a total of seven against Winona State. Two were tackles for loss with a sack.
#37 Carson Cayko (MINOT) led the defense with nine tackles and recorded his 1st career pass interception.
#32 Cody Cotton (UIU) was active from his corner position with nine tackles including eight solo stops and the interception. The Peacock freshman has 16 tackles through the first four games of the season.
#39 Clay Schueffner (WSU) led a Winona State defense that held MSU Moorhead to just seven points in a 40-7 Warrior win. He had a pick-six to ignite the Warrior effort in the 2nd quarter. He returned the interception 23 yards for a score  He racked up six tackles on the day, including four solo stops.

SPECIAL TEAMS
#84 Maximo Rodgriguez (BSU) totaled two punts and pinned each of them inside the 20-yard line. He had a long punt of 57 yards and averaged 49.5 yard per punt. He totaled 12 points after going 2-for-2 on field goals and 6-for-6 on PAT’s. He had a long of 27-yard field goal. He totaled nine kick-offs with 550 yards, two touchbacks and a 61.1-yard average.
#2 Trey Vaval (MSU) returned a punt 43 yards down to the UMary six yard line. The Mavericks scored a touchdown on the next play. He posted 77 kick return yards on two attempts.
#26 Dillon Fedor (MINOT) kicked a pair of field goals Saturday, including a game-tying 29-yarder that sent the contest to overtime. He also booted a career-best 47-yard field goal for the Beavers.
NSIC Football Players of the Week
9/6/22
O:  #10 Jalen Sample - Minnesota State
D: #7 Alijah McGhee - Minnesota State
SP: #26 Payton Eue - Northern State
9/12/22
O: #24 Jesse Sherwood - SMSU
D: #5 Alex Kowalczyk - Wayne State
SP: #2 Trey Vaval - Minnesota State
9/19/22
O: #24 Jesse Sherwood - SMSU (2) 
D: #94 Grayson Diepenbrock - Augustana
SP: #26 Payton Eue - Northern State(2)
9/26/22
O: #34 Thuro Reisdorfer - USF
D: #0 Onte Burns - SMSU
SP: #27 Jacob Scott - WSU

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 25 team national championships and crowned 96 individual national champions. For additional information, visit NorthernSun.org.

About NCAA Division II
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