University of North Dakota Athletics

Enters fourth season as UND’s starting kicker. Also serves as the reserve punter.

Career: Ranks third all-time in career extra points made (147) and fourth in career field goals (34).

2008 (Junior): Selected to the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District VII second team ... Named to the 2008 Great West All-Conference second team and earned GWC Academic All-Conference honors ... Finished the season second on the team with 61 points scored ... Went 40-41 in extra point attempts ... Hit the game-winning, 33-yard overtime field goal in the season finale at South Dakota (Nov. 22) ... Made season-best 46-yard field goal versus St. Cloud State (Sept. 6) ...  Scored a career-high 10 points in both the season opener against Texas A&M-Kingsville (Aug. 28) and the season finale at South Dakota (Nov. 22) ... Averaged just over 41 yards per punt and logged four games with over 200 yards ... His 41.1-yard punt average puts him fifth on the single-season list ... Sent six kicks over 50 yards with a season-high 55-yard punt coming in the season opener and at Southern Illinois (Nov. 1) ... Booted 56 kickoffs for an average of 58.5 yards per kick ...  He averaged 67.2 yards at Idaho State when he tallied 403 yards on six kicks ... Awarded UND’s 2008 William Lloyd “Boots” Richmond Sr. Athletic Scholarship ... Recipient of the 2008 Athletics Director Award of Merit ... Named Special Teams Player of the Week for week 13 ...  Ranked second in the league in 61 points via 40 PATs and seven field goals ... Second in the conference with an average of 41.1 yards per punt and a 97.6 PAT kicking percentage ... Ranked third with .70 field goals made per game ... Had seven perfect PAT games, the most of any kicker in the conference ... Earned third letter.

2007 (Sophomore): A Daktronics second team All-American ... Named to Daktronics All-Northwest Region second team ... Earned second straight NCC Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll selection ... Four times named UND’s Special Teams Player of the Week ... Received UND’s Behl Placekicker Scholarship ... Ranked 10th in Division II in field goals per game (1.3) ... Ranked 25th in scoring (8.6 points per game) ... Set a UND single-season record with 58 extra points (59 attempts) ... Also set a school record with 53 regular season extra points (53 attempts) ... Tied a school record with nine extra points (in nine attempts) at Western Washington (Sept. 22) ... Scored a career-high and team-leading 103 points, the seventh-most in UND single-season history ... His NCC-leading 15 field goals rank tied for eighth-most in team season history ... Ranked third in the NCC in scoring and points per game ... Booted a pair of field goals of 50-plus yards, including a career-best 56-yarder at Southern Utah (Sept. 8) ... Went 3-for-3 in that game ... Also nailed a 51-yard field goal against St. Cloud State (Nov. 3) ... Kicked at least two field goals in a game three times ... Went 3-for-3 in UND’s NCAA first round playoff win over Winona State (Nov. 17) ... Earned second letter. 

2006 (Freshman): Named to All-NCC second team ... Named to NCC Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll ... Named UND’s most valuable special teams player ... Appeared in all 13 games ... Ranked 24th in Division II in field goals per game (0.9) ... Ranked 45th nationally in scoring (6.5 ppg) ... Ranked second among all NCC kickers in scoring (84 pts., 6.5 ppg) and field goal accuracy (66.7%) ... Nailed 49-of-50 extra point attempts to ranked third in the NCC in PAT accuracy (98.0) ... Kicked the game-winning field goal in UND’s 24-21 overtime win at Augustana (Sept. 30) ... Booted a 26-yard field goal with 2:45 remaining to give UND a 38-35 win at Nebraska-Omaha in the second round of the NCAA playoffs ... Went 12-for-15 (80.0%) on field goals over the final 10 games of the season after missing his first three collegiate attempts ... Enjoyed four games with two field goals ... Nailed a season-long 51-yard field goal in UND’s NCC championship-clinching win over South Dakota (Nov. 11) ... Was named NCAA Division II Special Teams Player of the Week by Don Hansen’s Football Gazette for his performance against South Dakota ... Converted a season-high seven extra point attempts against Winona State (Sept. 16) ... His 36 extra points during the regular season rank tied for fifth all-time at UND ... Recorded five touchbacks on kickoffs ... Averaged 55.4 yards per kickoff ... Earned first letter.

2005: Redshirt season.

Before UND: A 2005 graduate of Fargo North High School ... 2004 Class AAA all-state first team selection ... Named to 2004 All-Eastern Dakota Conference (EDC) Team ... Selected to play in the Mon-Dak Badlands Bowl and Shrine Bowl Game ... Set a Badlands Bowl record with a 45-yard field goal ... A three-year starter ... Also competed in soccer and baseball ... A 2004 all-state and all-conference first team selection in soccer ... Starter in a Fargo North soccer team that finished fourth in the state.

Personal: Majoring in marketing while pursuing a masters degree in business administration ... Son of Ken and Merna Hellevang.