Track & Field | 7/9/2019 10:54:00 PM

BURNSVILLE, Minn. — Former Dragon track and field standout Erika Hohenstein was inducted into the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Hall of Fame at an induction ceremony on Tuesday night in Lakeville, Minn.

Hohenstein is the 27th MSUM representative to receive the NSIC Hall of Fame recognition.

A native of New Rockford, N.D., reached new heights for the Moorhead State University in track and field from 1982 to 1986.  Hohenstein had a stellar season in 1986, winning the NAIA national indoor high jump championship in 1986 while finishing second outdoors in 1986.

Hohenstein set a new school record in the high jump at 5-10 in 1986, a record that still stands. The three-time All-American also placed fourth at the 1983 indoor championship. She was named the Dragon's Most Valuable Athlete in 1986.

She 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 MSUM 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, Minn. Hohenstein and her significant other, Steve Mackey, reside in Minnetonka, Minnesota and enjoy traveling the U.S. and internationally whenever possible.

MSUM NSIC Hall of Fame inductees
Alex Nemzek (1986)
Marco Gotta (1986)
Bill Beck (1990)
Larry MacLeod (1990)
Ron Masanz (2000)
Katie Class (2000)
Jerry Hegna (2000)
Bucky Maughan (2001)
Bill Garland (2001)
Mary Ann Donnay (2001)
Mike Quirk (2002)
Ross Fortier (2003)
James Nagel (2004)
Karin Schumacher (2005)
Dave Bergstrom (2006)
Randy Smith (2007)
Randy Sullivan (2008)
Frank Mosier (2009)
Elise (Olsgaard) Erickson (2010)
Mike Berg (2011)
Fred Dahnke (2012)
Kelley Owen (2013)
Dale Robley (2014)
Larry Scott (2015)
Sara Lee (2016)
Brett Beeson (2017)
Nate Hendrickson (2018)
Erika Hohenstein (2019)