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Home > Media > Events > 2012 NDSCS Homecoming > Letterwinners Hall of Fame Banquet
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Brad Betson, a 1992-94 football player from Bartonville, Ill., had a great career as quarterback for the Wildcats. He was a two-time All-Conference selection, Honorable Mention All American, and led NDSCS to its first bowl game where he made a play to seal the victory. He also rewrote the record book in quarterback stats as a freshman and broke all of his own records as a sophomore. Brad is currently VP of Sales at Master Coating Technologies in Washington, Ill. Brad has two children Megan and Eddie.
Patrick Copenhaver, played football and wrestled for the Wildcats from 1976-78. Pat’s wrestling accomplishments include: most pins, 5th place in MJCAA, most pins in least amount of time in the Region Tournament, 2nd Team in 1977 and 1978, MVP, and gold medal in the Pan American Games. In football he was named 1st Team All-Conference. Pat was also named Who’s Who in National Junior College. Pat farms and ranches near Carrington, N.D. He has four children Tara, Lee, Kelsey and Josette.
Joel Landkammer, a football and wrestler athlete came to Science in 1992 from Springfield, Minn. Joel was a big contributor in the Wildcat’s first appearance in a bowl game. Playing strong safety, Joel earned quite a reputation as being a consistent winner of the Bloody Nose Award, an award the coaches gave out for the biggest hit of the game. Joel was two-time All-Conference in football and a National Qualifier in wrestling. Joel resides in Big Lake, Minn. where he is a Project Manager for Fehn Companies, Inc. Joel and his wife, Julie, have four children, Riley, Cooper, Hudson and Roz.
Paul Marquart, a 1975-77 wrestler from Dilworth, Minn., is probably best known as a Minnesota State Representative where he has served for eleven years. As a Wildcat, Paul had a career total of 49-10 win/lost record, won the NDCAC Conference, Region XIII Championships and participated in two National Junior College wrestling tournaments. Paul met his bride to be, Colleen (Gibbons) at NDSCS. They have two children Lindsey and Ashley.
Ed Toohey served as the Wildcat basketball coach 1987-93 bringing an exciting brand of basketball to NDSCS. During Ed’s reign as head coach, his teams won four straight Region XIII Championships and in 1993 the Wildcats beat Western Nebraska to advance to the National Tournament in Hutchinson. Ed and his wife Linda live in Casper, Wyo., where Ed is Broker/Owner of a Coldwell Banker Franchise. Ed has three children Michelle, Stacy and Joe.
1962 Football Team – This junior college team won the NDCAC Conference Championship with a 6-1 win/loss record while participating against all four year colleges. This team was coached by Earl “Skip” Bute who was named by the North Dakota sports writers and sportscasters as the 1962 Coach of the Year. Skip prepared his team each week with only two assistants. Six Wildcats were selected to the All-NDCAC team—remember this was a four-year college conference. Three of the Wildcats transferred to NDAC, now known as NDSU to help the Bison build their winning legacy.
1988 Volleyball Team – This Wildcat team, coached by Mary Ann Grage, had a spectacular regular season record of 39-1-2 that propelled them to Science’s first National Volleyball Tournament appearance, in which there was only one division. The 1988 Wildcats won five tournaments including State and Regional. This team produced four All-Staters, four All-Region, one All-American, a Bronze Award winner for Excellence in Athletics and Academics, and finished the season 19th in the nation.
1992 Football Team – Their season started out with an 0-2 record behind the experience of only three returning starters on offense and one on defense. The Wildcats recovered with the leadership and talent of the sophomores united with the tenacity and ability of the freshmen. These attributes and the guidance of Coach Richman took them to the first bowl game in school history, the RC Cola Bowl. This team created seven All-Conference, 11 Honorable Mention All-Conference, four members were pre-season All-American selection, 18 continued their careers at the next level and three had professional contracts.
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