University of North Dakota Athletics

A former standout golfer with the Fighting Sioux, Natalie Martinson (formerly Ruppert) completed her third season as an assistant coach with UND's men's and women's golf programs in 2010-11.

Martinson graduated from UND in May of 2008 after a distinguished four-year career with the Fighting Sioux that included an All-North Central Conference first team selection in 2007.

A four-year letterwinner at UND, Martinson earned an all-conference first team selection in 2007-08 after placing fourth at the NCC Championship. She also participated in the NCAA regional championships in three of her four years with the Sioux.

Martinson, a native of Minot, N.D., was a three-time member of the NCC Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll. She holds a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice with a minor in sociology.