BURNSVILLE, Minn. -- The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) has announced its 2023 Hall of Fame Inductees and MSUM great Jennifer (Hensel) Jahnke is an inductee into this year's class. 

Jahnke, who was inducted into the Dragon Athletic Hall of Fame in 2019, is still considered to be one of the best to ever suit up for MSUM track & field. Jahnke set the bar as a standout pole vaulter and sprinter for MSU Moorhead during her career from 2005 to 2009. Jahnke won two national championships in the pole vault, winning the 2007 and 2008 outdoor titles, earned six All-American accolades, won seven NSIC individual titles and was a seven-time Academic All-American. She possessed the MSUM school records in both the indoor and outdoor pole vault up until the 2022-23 season, where they were both broken by Ashley Hokanson.

Jahnke, a native of Frazee, Minnesota made an immediate impact in the league as she was named the 2006 NSIC Indoor & Outdoor Newcomer of the Year. That season she was the indoor 55-meter dash champion (7.48) and claimed the pole vault title, clearing 13-1.5. She also placed third nationally in the pole vault, earning her first All-American honor. During the outdoor season she earned the NSIC's 200m dash championship (25.94) and another pole vault title (12-5) while finishing sixth at the NCAA Championships.

In 2007 she was named the NSIC Indoor and Outdoor Field Athlete of Year while earning the NSIC Championship high point performer at the outdoor championship. She won the indoor (13-2.5) and the outdoor (12-9.5) pole vault championships that season. She placed sixth nationally at the NCAA Indoor Championship before becoming the first NSIC student-athlete to earn a National Championship in the pole vault as she cleared 12-9.5 at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Charlotte, North Carolina.

In 2008 she took home her fifth NSIC pole vault title as she cleared 12-10 at the outdoor championships before going on to win her second national championship where she set the NCAA Division II Championship meet record with a vault of 13.2-5. In 2009 she earned her sixth All-American accolade as she took third place at the NCAA Championships.

Jennifer is a Physical Education teacher in Olivia, Minnesota at BOLD High School where is also the head coach of the BOLD/BLHS cross country team and track and field team. She is married to Matt Jahnke, a former pole vaulter from MSUM and they have three children, Morgan, Katie, and Ashley.

The induction ceremony will be held Tuesday, July 11 at the Best Western Plus Ramkota in Sioux Falls, South Dakota at the NSIC's annual Summer Kickoff event. A social will begin at 5:30 p.m. followed by the ceremony at 6:00 p.m. Reserve your tickets for the banquet by visiting the link attached and filling out the online Hall of Fame Banquet Registration Form. Registrations are due no later than July 1, as space is limited for this event.