2003-04: Named to the All-NCC First Team ... also named an All-Academic NCC pick ... played in 27 games, starting 26 of them ... opened the season strong with a 23-point performance at Bemidji State, before fouling-out ... posted six double-double performances ... corralled a career-high 22 rebounds vs. Colorado School of Mines (12/28/03), earning NCC Player of the Week honors for his performance that week ...also scored 25 points in that contest for his first-ever 20-20 game ... had three games of 30-plus points, including a 31-point, 17-rebound showing vs. NDSU (2/7/04), picking-up his second NCC Player of the Week award ... scored a career-high 33 points in leading UND to a 68-64 win over South Dakota (2/21/04) ... failed to score in double digits only seven times all season ... swatted six shots against Minnesota-Crookston (12/20/03), a career high ... averaged 19.4 points and 7.6 rebounds per game in conference play ... the Sioux posted an 0-5 record when Rypkema fouled-out of a contest.
2002-03: Played in 27 games, averaging 4.8 points per game and 3.0 rebounds per game... shot 60 percent from the field and 44 percent from the foul line... his field goal percentage was the best on the team... blocked 19 shots... scored a career-high 26 points at Minnesota-Crookston (12/21/02)... in the same game, set career highs in field goals made (11) and field goals attempted (13)... played a season-high 21 minutes in same contest... scored in double figures four times during the season... made his first collegiate start against MSU, Moorhead (12/5/02)... posted a season and career high eight rebounds in a 78-74 win over Southwest Minnesota State (11/29/02)... shot the ball well in 12 home games, posting a 57.8 field goal percentage (26-for-45).
2001-02: Played in 17 games, averaging 2.4 points and 1.8 rebounds while playing 7.7 minutes per game ... shot 65.2 percent from the field, hitting 15 of 23 field goal attempts ... blocked four shots on the season and had four steals ... scored a season-high nine points in 14 minutes of action in UND’s season-opening win against Jamestown, hitting 2 of 2 from the field and 5 of 7 from the free throw line ... played double-figure minutes in seven games, including a season-high 16 at Bemidji State (11/23/01) ... had a season-high six rebounds in the Sioux’s home victory over South Dakota State (2/23/02).
2000-01: Redshirt season.
High School: A 2000 graduate of Webster (Wis.) High School ... three-year basketball letterwinner ... two-time All-Lakeland Conference selection ... two-time first team all-area ... named to All-Northwest team as senior ... averaged 22 points, 12 rebounds, four blocked shots per game as a senior ... helped team win conference titles as junior and senior ... also lettered in golf for three years and twice earned golf all-conference honors ... member of the National Honor Society.
Personal: Born June 11, 1982 ... son of Bruce and Lois Rypkema ... has a 3.45 GPA as a management major.
