Burnsville, Minn. - The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) is proud to announce the presentation of the third annual Butch Raymond Scholarship. The $5,000 scholarship is sponsored by Sanford Health and is given to 16 student-athletes, one recipient at each of the NSIC member institutions.  

The scholarship is in recognition of Butch Raymond, the NSIC Commissioner from 2004 to 2014.  For over a decade, Raymond led the NSIC from an eight team league to a 16-team super conference. During his tenure, the league won 13 team national championships while achieving a high level of academic success.

“Congratulations to the students-athletes who have dedicated themselves to excellence in the classroom and in competition,” said Sanford Health President and CEO Kelby Krabbenhoft. “Sanford Health is honored to invest in the next-generation of health care professionals through the Butch Raymond Scholarship. Butch’s service to the NSIC always prioritized the student-athlete experience, and it’s fitting his name be attached to this scholarship.”

To be eligible for the scholarship the recipient must be a senior academically in 2016-17, have a GPA of 3.20 or higher, be participating in intercollegiate athletics and plan to work in a health related field or attend graduate school in a health related field.  The student-athletes will be publicly recognized at a home athletic event during the 2016-17 academic year. 

2016-17 Butch Raymond Scholarship Recipients

Institution	Student-Athlete Name	Medical Field	Sport
Augustana	Jordan Bormann	Medical School	Women’s Golf
Bemidji State	Aimee Pelzer	Physician Assistant	Women’s Basketball
Concordia-St. Paul	Sam Johnson	Orthopedic Surgery	Football
University of Mary	Zachary Podoll	Athletic Training	Football
Minnesota Crookston	Sierra Trost	Medical School	Volleyball
Minnesota Duluth	Taylor Wissbroecker	Dentistry or Pediatrics	Volleyball
Minnesota State Mankato	Taylor Glover	Nursing	Track and Field
MSU Moorhead	Megan Selanders	Endocrinology	Women’s Soccer
Minot State	Nathan Mertens	Physical Therapy	Men’s Basketball
Northern State	DJ Pollard	Dentistry or Physical Therapy	Men’s Basketball
Sioux Falls	Mack Johnson	Physical Therapy	Men’s Basketball
SMSU	Austin LaFollette	Biology/Chemistry	Track & Field
St. Cloud State	Stephanie Waletzko	Physiology	Track & Field
Upper Iowa	Jace Hanna	Physical Therapy or Chiropractic	Men’s Basketball
Wayne State	Monique Alyea	Physical Therapy	Softball
Winona State	Tara Roelofs	Physical Therapy	Women’s Basketball / Track & Field

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