South Dakota State University Athletics
FIVE TO JOIN JACKRABBIT SPORTS HALL OF FAME
8/21/2026 2:30:00 PM | General
Student-athletes who excelled in soccer, volleyball and football, as well as cross country and track and field, make up the 2026 class of the Jackrabbit Sports Hall of Fame class at South Dakota State University.
The five-member class will be honored along with Ralph Ginn Award recipient Lisa (Kannegieter) Bahe during on-campus ceremonies Sept. 26. The Jackrabbit Sports Hall of Fame inductees include:
AMY (ANDERSON) NELSON
Anderson was a force at the net for the Jackrabbit volleyball program from 2004-07.
The Huron native set South Dakota State single-match, single-season and career records for blocks, while also eclipsing the 1,000-kill plateau in career kills.
Anderson finished as the Jackrabbits' all-time leader in block assists (422) and total blocks (494). She continues to hold the career block assists record and the single-season block assists standard with 156 in 2007, while now ranking second in program history for total blocks. In addition, Anderson set an SDSU single-match record with 10 block assists in a four-set match against Morehead State (Ky.) in 2005.
On the offensive end, Anderson racked up 1,195 kills and posted a .325 hitting percentage for her career. She paced the Jackrabbits by hitting at a .335 clip as a sophomore, upping her efficiency to .363 during her senior campaign in 2027.
After earning second-team all-Division I Independent recognition in both 2005 and 2006, Anderson was a first-team all-Summit League performer as a senior in 2007. Anderson went on to claim Most Valuable Player honors at the 2007 Summit League Championship as the Jackrabbits won the postseason tournament title and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time at the Division I level.
MITCH ERICKSON
Erickson anchored the Jackrabbits' offensive line during the early years of South Dakota State's successful transition to the Football Championship Subdivision.
A native of Hutchinson, Minnesota, Erickson started at either guard or tackle in all 44 of the program's games from 2004-07. He was a first-team all-Great West Football Conference each of his final three seasons and earned All-America honors as both a junior and senior.
In 2006, Erickson was a third-team All-America selection by the Associated Press, then received first-team accolades from the Associated Press, College Sporting News and the American Football Coaches Association a year later.
In Erickson's final game as a Jackrabbit, SDSU claimed its first conference title in football in 44 years — and first at the Division I level — with a 29-24 home victory over North Dakota State.
KELLYN (FARRELL) GREEN AND KERSTYN (FARRELL) MINTKEN
Twin sisters from Littleton, Colorado, Kellyn and Kerstyn Farrell were at the forefront of helping build the Jackrabbit women's soccer program into a consistent contender within The Summit League.
Kellyn Farrell excelled on offense for the Jackrabbits, leading or sharing the team lead in assists all four of her seasons from 2005-08, including six in both her junior and senior campaigns. Her 18 total assists established a new SDSU career record and currently rank fourth in program history. She also continues to share the Jackrabbit single-game record with three assists, a feat she accomplished in a 2008 game at Northern Iowa.
Kellyn Farrell also tallied 18 career goals, including the lone score in SDSU's 1-0 victory over Colorado in the opening round of the NCAA College Cup. That victory marked the first win by any Jackrabbit team in an NCAA postseason event at the Division I level.
During her standout career, Kellyn Farrell was honored on all-league teams three times: All-Independent First Team in 2005, all-Summit League Second Team in 2007 and all-Summit League First Team in 2008. She also was a two-time ESPN The Magazine All-District honoree and a two-time NSCAA Scholar-Athlete All-Region Award recipient.
Kerstyn Farrell, meanwhile, made her mark on the defensive end for South Dakota State. She was named Summit League Defensive Player of the Year in 2008, anchoring a Jackrabbit unit that allowed only two goals in eight Summit League regular season games.
Over her career, Kerstyn Farrell started a then-program-record 75 games and logged more than 6,000 minutes of playing time.
She also was a two-time NSCAA Scholar-Athlete All-Region Award honoree.
JOEL REICHOW
Reichow joined a long list of accomplished Jackrabbit distance runners, earning all-Summit League honors 11 times and adding a pair of All-America awards during a collegiate career spanning from 2012-17.
A native of White Bear Lake, Minnesota, Reichow earned back-to-back All-America honors in cross country with respective national finishes of 36th in 2015 and 20th in 2016. He was named Summit League Athlete of the Year for both cross country and indoor track and field during the 2016-17 academic year and was a four-time all-league performer in both cross country and indoor track, as well as a three-time all-Summit honoree outdoors.
In addition Reichow was four individual Summit League titles, claiming a pair of indoor 5,000-meter titles (2014, 2017), which he paired with an indoor mile run title in 2017 to be named that year's Summit League Championship MVP. He also claimed gold in the 5,000-meter run at the 2016 Summit League Outdoor Championships.
For his career, Reichow was named Summit League Athlete of the Week seven times and was a six-time Academic All-Summit League selection.
After graduating from SDSU, Reichow has continued to compete on the professional circuit. He was the top American finisher at the 2025 New York City Marathon and competed in the U.S. Olympic Trials for the marathon in both 2020 and 2024.
RALPH GINN AWARD — LISA BAHE
In addition, Brookings coach and educator Lisa Bahe has been selected as the 2026 recipient of the Ralph Ginn Award for Coaching Excellence.
A 1996 graduate of SDSU and a former Jackrabbit student-athlete, Kannegieter has served as a longtime coach for basketball and track and field at the prep level in South Dakota, highlighted by leading Brookings to the Class AA girls' basketball state championship in 2004.
After a brief coaching stint at the collegiate level, she returned to the high school ranks with a successful run at Pierre's T.F. Riggs High School, where her girls' basketball teams posted consecutive state runner-up finishes during the 2006-07 and 2007-08 seasons, followed by a third-place finish with a 22-3 record during the 2008-09 campaign. She was honored as Region 2 Coach of the Year in 2009.
Bahe, who began her high school coaching career at Elkton, later returned to Brookings and has taught and coached at a variety of grade levels within the Brookings School District.
Bahe will be the 50th recipient of the Ralph Ginn Award for Coaching Excellence since it was first awarded in 1972. Recipients of the award must be graduates of SDSU and have distinguished themselves in the field of coaching and education.
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The five-member class will be honored along with Ralph Ginn Award recipient Lisa (Kannegieter) Bahe during on-campus ceremonies Sept. 26. The Jackrabbit Sports Hall of Fame inductees include:
- Amy (Anderson) Nelson, volleyball;
- Mitch Erickson, football;
- Kellyn (Farrell) Green, women's soccer;
- Kerstyn (Farrell) Mintken, women's soccer;
- Joel Reichow, cross country/track and field.
AMY (ANDERSON) NELSON
Anderson was a force at the net for the Jackrabbit volleyball program from 2004-07.
The Huron native set South Dakota State single-match, single-season and career records for blocks, while also eclipsing the 1,000-kill plateau in career kills.
Anderson finished as the Jackrabbits' all-time leader in block assists (422) and total blocks (494). She continues to hold the career block assists record and the single-season block assists standard with 156 in 2007, while now ranking second in program history for total blocks. In addition, Anderson set an SDSU single-match record with 10 block assists in a four-set match against Morehead State (Ky.) in 2005.
On the offensive end, Anderson racked up 1,195 kills and posted a .325 hitting percentage for her career. She paced the Jackrabbits by hitting at a .335 clip as a sophomore, upping her efficiency to .363 during her senior campaign in 2027.
After earning second-team all-Division I Independent recognition in both 2005 and 2006, Anderson was a first-team all-Summit League performer as a senior in 2007. Anderson went on to claim Most Valuable Player honors at the 2007 Summit League Championship as the Jackrabbits won the postseason tournament title and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time at the Division I level.
MITCH ERICKSON
Erickson anchored the Jackrabbits' offensive line during the early years of South Dakota State's successful transition to the Football Championship Subdivision.
A native of Hutchinson, Minnesota, Erickson started at either guard or tackle in all 44 of the program's games from 2004-07. He was a first-team all-Great West Football Conference each of his final three seasons and earned All-America honors as both a junior and senior.
In 2006, Erickson was a third-team All-America selection by the Associated Press, then received first-team accolades from the Associated Press, College Sporting News and the American Football Coaches Association a year later.
In Erickson's final game as a Jackrabbit, SDSU claimed its first conference title in football in 44 years — and first at the Division I level — with a 29-24 home victory over North Dakota State.
KELLYN (FARRELL) GREEN AND KERSTYN (FARRELL) MINTKEN
Twin sisters from Littleton, Colorado, Kellyn and Kerstyn Farrell were at the forefront of helping build the Jackrabbit women's soccer program into a consistent contender within The Summit League.
Kellyn Farrell excelled on offense for the Jackrabbits, leading or sharing the team lead in assists all four of her seasons from 2005-08, including six in both her junior and senior campaigns. Her 18 total assists established a new SDSU career record and currently rank fourth in program history. She also continues to share the Jackrabbit single-game record with three assists, a feat she accomplished in a 2008 game at Northern Iowa.
Kellyn Farrell also tallied 18 career goals, including the lone score in SDSU's 1-0 victory over Colorado in the opening round of the NCAA College Cup. That victory marked the first win by any Jackrabbit team in an NCAA postseason event at the Division I level.
During her standout career, Kellyn Farrell was honored on all-league teams three times: All-Independent First Team in 2005, all-Summit League Second Team in 2007 and all-Summit League First Team in 2008. She also was a two-time ESPN The Magazine All-District honoree and a two-time NSCAA Scholar-Athlete All-Region Award recipient.
Kerstyn Farrell, meanwhile, made her mark on the defensive end for South Dakota State. She was named Summit League Defensive Player of the Year in 2008, anchoring a Jackrabbit unit that allowed only two goals in eight Summit League regular season games.
Over her career, Kerstyn Farrell started a then-program-record 75 games and logged more than 6,000 minutes of playing time.
She also was a two-time NSCAA Scholar-Athlete All-Region Award honoree.
JOEL REICHOW
Reichow joined a long list of accomplished Jackrabbit distance runners, earning all-Summit League honors 11 times and adding a pair of All-America awards during a collegiate career spanning from 2012-17.
A native of White Bear Lake, Minnesota, Reichow earned back-to-back All-America honors in cross country with respective national finishes of 36th in 2015 and 20th in 2016. He was named Summit League Athlete of the Year for both cross country and indoor track and field during the 2016-17 academic year and was a four-time all-league performer in both cross country and indoor track, as well as a three-time all-Summit honoree outdoors.
In addition Reichow was four individual Summit League titles, claiming a pair of indoor 5,000-meter titles (2014, 2017), which he paired with an indoor mile run title in 2017 to be named that year's Summit League Championship MVP. He also claimed gold in the 5,000-meter run at the 2016 Summit League Outdoor Championships.
For his career, Reichow was named Summit League Athlete of the Week seven times and was a six-time Academic All-Summit League selection.
After graduating from SDSU, Reichow has continued to compete on the professional circuit. He was the top American finisher at the 2025 New York City Marathon and competed in the U.S. Olympic Trials for the marathon in both 2020 and 2024.
RALPH GINN AWARD — LISA BAHE
In addition, Brookings coach and educator Lisa Bahe has been selected as the 2026 recipient of the Ralph Ginn Award for Coaching Excellence.
A 1996 graduate of SDSU and a former Jackrabbit student-athlete, Kannegieter has served as a longtime coach for basketball and track and field at the prep level in South Dakota, highlighted by leading Brookings to the Class AA girls' basketball state championship in 2004.
After a brief coaching stint at the collegiate level, she returned to the high school ranks with a successful run at Pierre's T.F. Riggs High School, where her girls' basketball teams posted consecutive state runner-up finishes during the 2006-07 and 2007-08 seasons, followed by a third-place finish with a 22-3 record during the 2008-09 campaign. She was honored as Region 2 Coach of the Year in 2009.
Bahe, who began her high school coaching career at Elkton, later returned to Brookings and has taught and coached at a variety of grade levels within the Brookings School District.
Bahe will be the 50th recipient of the Ralph Ginn Award for Coaching Excellence since it was first awarded in 1972. Recipients of the award must be graduates of SDSU and have distinguished themselves in the field of coaching and education.
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