2021 Dakota Wesleyan University Football Roster

Coaches

Roster
No.	Name	Pos.	Cl.	Ht.	Wt.	Hometown/High School
0	Kiel Nelson	Pos.: QB	Cl.: Jr.	Ht.: 6-3	Wt.: 208	Hometown/High School: Mitchell, S.D. / Mitchell High School
01	Jaden Bloemendaal	Pos.: RB	Cl.: Sr.	Ht.: 5-9	Wt.: 169	Hometown/High School: Edgerton, Minn. / Edgerton Public High School
1	Joshua Garry	Pos.: OLB	Cl.: GR	Ht.: 5-11	Wt.: 192	Hometown/High School: Sioux Falls, S.D. / Sioux Falls Washington High School
2	Jamin Arend	Pos.: RB	Cl.: RS-So.	Ht.: 5-11	Wt.: 193	Hometown/High School: Emery, S.D. / Bridgewater-Emery High School
2	Jesus Herrera	Pos.: SF	Cl.: Jr.	Ht.: 5-10	Wt.: 178	Hometown/High School: Palmview, Texas / Palmview High School
3	Adam DeJong	Pos.: DB	Cl.: Jr.	Ht.: 6-0	Wt.: 203	Hometown/High School: Watertown, S.D. / Watertown High School
03	Keegan Zdybel	Pos.: QB	Cl.: Fr.	Ht.: 6-2	Wt.: 184	Hometown/High School: Slater, Mo. / Slater High School
04	Cayden Cunningham	Pos.: QB	Cl.: Fr.	Ht.: 6-2	Wt.: 182	Hometown/High School: Norfolk, Neb. / Norfolk Catholic High School
4	Hayden Schmidt	Pos.: SF	Cl.: RS-Sr.	Ht.: 5-9	Wt.: 186	Hometown/High School: Plankinton, S.D. / Plankinton High School
5	Miles Davis	Pos.: SF	Cl.: RS-Jr.	Ht.: 6-1	Wt.: 172	Hometown/High School: Hemingford, Neb. / Hemingford High School
6	Wyatt VanDenTop	Pos.: WR	Cl.: So.	Ht.: 6-1	Wt.: 180	Hometown/High School: Sioux Falls, S.D. / Lincoln High School
7	Jimmie Garewal	Pos.: QB	Cl.: Sr.	Ht.: 5-11	Wt.: 185	Hometown/High School: San Jose, Calif. / Westmont High School
8	Austin Lee	Pos.: QB	Cl.: R-Fr.	Ht.: 6-1	Wt.: 183	Hometown/High School: San Antonio, Texas / MacArthur High School
9	Cody Reichelt	Pos.: ILB	Cl.: R-Sr.	Ht.: 6-3	Wt.: 217	Hometown/High School: Mitchell, S.D. / Mitchell High School
10	Christian Rystrom	Pos.: DB	Cl.: Fr.	Ht.: 5-10	Wt.: 175	Hometown/High School: Stromsburg, Neb. / Cross County Schools
11	Garrett Determan	Pos.: WR	Cl.: Jr.	Ht.: 6-0	Wt.: 158	Hometown/High School: Watertown, S.D. / Watertown High School
12	Preston Nedved	Pos.: WR	Cl.: So.	Ht.: 5-11	Wt.: 192	Hometown/High School: Wagner, S.D. / Wagner High School
13	Jakob Oxos	Pos.: WR	Cl.: RS-Jr.	Ht.: 6-3	Wt.: 215	Hometown/High School: Ephrata, Wash. / Ephrata High School
14	Cale Strong	Pos.: DB	Cl.: Jr.	Ht.: 6-0	Wt.: 197	Hometown/High School: Norfolk, Neb. / Norfolk Senior High School
15	Daniel Libolt	Pos.: WR	Cl.: Sr.	Ht.: 5-10	Wt.: 180	Hometown/High School: Chambers, Neb. / Chambers Public High School
17	Dylan LaPointe	Pos.: TE	Cl.: Fr.	Ht.: 6-3	Wt.: 170	Hometown/High School: Santee, Neb. / Santee High School
18	Joshua Coleman	Pos.: LB	Cl.: Fr.	Ht.: 5-7	Wt.: 185	Hometown/High School: Kansas City, Kan. / Turner High School
19	Logan Feuerbach	Pos.: WR	Cl.: So.	Ht.: 5-10	Wt.: 182	Hometown/High School: Loxahatchee, Fla. / Seminole Ridge High School
20	Logan Serck	Pos.: RB	Cl.: Fr.	Ht.: 5-8	Wt.: 175	Hometown/High School: Hudson, S.D. / Alcester-Hudson High School
21	Hunter Cordell	Pos.: DB	Cl.: Jr.	Ht.: 5-8	Wt.: 172	Hometown/High School: Watertown, S.D. / Watertown High School
22	Kale Stevenson	Pos.: RB	Cl.: Fr.	Ht.: 5-9	Wt.: 183	Hometown/High School: Watertown, S.D. / Watertown High School
23	Christian Alvarez	Pos.: DB	Cl.: Sr.	Ht.: 5-7	Wt.: 145	Hometown/High School: Saugus, Calif. / Saint Genevieve High School
25	Aaron Black	Pos.: DB	Cl.: So.	Ht.: 5-10	Wt.: 185	Hometown/High School: Omak, Wash. / Omak High School
26	Max Schoenfelder	Pos.: LB	Cl.: RS-So.	Ht.: 5-10	Wt.: 220	Hometown/High School: Mitchell, S.D. / Mitchell High School
27	Victor Kniesche	Pos.: OLB	Cl.: Fr.	Ht.: 6-0	Wt.: 196	Hometown/High School: Wayne, Neb. / Wayne High School
28	Jett Evans	Pos.: DB	Cl.: RS-Jr.	Ht.: 5-9	Wt.: 177	Hometown/High School: Chamberlain, S.D. / Chamberlain High School
29	Jacob Zamora	Pos.: DB	Cl.: Sr.	Ht.: 6-2	Wt.: 171	Hometown/High School: Sylmar, Calif. / Granada Hills Charter High School
30	Nate Rupprecht	Pos.: SF	Cl.: Sr.	Ht.: 6-0	Wt.: 202	Hometown/High School: Bennington, Neb. / Bennington High School
31	Kevin Riu	Pos.: DL	Cl.: RS-Sr.	Ht.: 6-3	Wt.: 211	Hometown/High School: Moorpark, Calif. / Moorpark High School
34	Jaiden Walton	Pos.: LB	Cl.: So.	Ht.: 6-0	Wt.: 223	Hometown/High School: Rapid City, S.D. / Douglas High School
35	Tate Gale	Pos.: K	Cl.: Sr.	Ht.: 6-0	Wt.: 191	Hometown/High School: Irene, S.D. / Irene-Wakonda High School
36	Daymein Lucas	Pos.: FB	Cl.: RS-Jr.	Ht.: 5'11	Wt.: 224	Hometown/High School: Volga, S.D. / Sioux Valley High School
37	Tate Kessler	Pos.: DB	Cl.: Fr.	Ht.: 5'9	Wt.: 166	Hometown/High School: Viborg, S.D. / Viborg-Hurley High School
38	Jacob Williams	Pos.: DB	Cl.: Fr.	Ht.: 5-10	Wt.: 180	Hometown/High School: Huron, S.D. / Wolsey-Wessington High School
39	Garrett Mandolfo	Pos.: RB	Cl.: So.	Ht.: 5'9	Wt.: 197	Hometown/High School: Omaha, Neb. / Millard South High School
40	Layton Eide	Pos.: LB	Cl.: Fr.	Ht.: 5-9	Wt.: 192	Hometown/High School: Clear Lake, S.D. / Deuel High School
41	Romeon Greve	Pos.: DL	Cl.: RS-Jr.	Ht.: 6-1	Wt.: 218	Hometown/High School: Kirkland, Wash. / Juanita High School
42	Samuel Callies	Pos.: TE	Cl.: Fr.	Ht.: 6-1	Wt.: 232	Hometown/High School: Howard, S.D. / Howard High School
43	Blaze Tokioka	Pos.: TE	Cl.: Fr.	Ht.: 5-11	Wt.: 242	Hometown/High School: Meridian, Idaho / Meridian High School
44	Samuel Kretschmar	Pos.: ILB	Cl.: RS-Sr.	Ht.: 5-10	Wt.: 231	Hometown/High School: Huron, S.D. / Huron High School
45	Jacob Schafer	Pos.: DB	Cl.: GR	Ht.: 6-1	Wt.: 203	Hometown/High School: Sheldon, Iowa / Boyden-Hull Community School
46	Chase Riche	Pos.: WR	Cl.: Fr.	Ht.: 5-11	Wt.: 199	Hometown/High School: Council Bluffs, Iowa / Abraham Lincoln High School
47	Chandler Pruitt	Pos.: TE	Cl.: Fr.	Ht.: 5-8	Wt.: 197	Hometown/High School: Puyallup, Wash. / Emerald Ridge High School
48	Aden Anderson	Pos.: OLB	Cl.: Fr.	Ht.: 6-1	Wt.: 197	Hometown/High School: Dixon, Neb. / Ponca High School
49	Gavin Spurrell	Pos.: WR	Cl.: So.	Ht.: 6-0	Wt.: 163	Hometown/High School: Irene, S.D. / Irene-Wakonda High School
50	Trent Suckut	Pos.: OL	Cl.: So.	Ht.: 6-1	Wt.: 239	Hometown/High School: Bothell, Wash. / Bothell High School
51	Joshua Rowse	Pos.: LB	Cl.: Fr.	Ht.: 5-9	Wt.: 160	Hometown/High School: Pierre, S.D. / T.F. Riggs High School
52	Trevor Wilkinson	Pos.: OLB	Cl.: GR	Ht.: 5-6	Wt.: 226	Hometown/High School: Salem, S.D. / McCook Central High School
53	Parker Grotjohn	Pos.: OL	Cl.: RS-Fr.	Ht.: 6-0	Wt.: 283	Hometown/High School: Stewartville, Minn. / Stewartville High School
54	Connor Tapia	Pos.: DL	Cl.: So.	Ht.: 5-9	Wt.: 234	Hometown/High School: Tea, S.D. / Tea Area High School
55	Jake Parker	Pos.: OL	Cl.: Sr.	Ht.: 6-2	Wt.: 245	Hometown/High School: Lancaster, Ohio / Lancaster High School
56	Seth Spiehs	Pos.: OL	Cl.: RS-So.	Ht.: 5-9	Wt.: 299	Hometown/High School: Wolsey, S.D. / Wolsey/Wessington High School
57	Avery Nordbye	Pos.: LB	Cl.: R-Fr.	Ht.: 5-11	Wt.: 185	Hometown/High School: Baltic, S.D. / Baltic High School
58	Austin Meikle	Pos.: DL	Cl.: Fr.	Ht.: 6-1	Wt.: 200	Hometown/High School: Norfolk, Neb. / Norfolk Catholic High School
59	Carter Rentz	Pos.: LB	Cl.: So.	Ht.: 5-5	Wt.: 220	Hometown/High School: Dell Rapids, S.D. / Dell Rapids High School
60	Wyatt Roberts	Pos.: OL	Cl.: Fr.	Ht.: 6-2	Wt.: 319	Hometown/High School: Nebraska City, Neb. / Nebraska City Public High School
61	Ethan Rogich	Pos.: OL	Cl.: Fr.	Ht.: 5-10	Wt.: 245	Hometown/High School: Sioux Falls, S.D. / Lincoln High School
62	Noel Rodriguez	Pos.: OL	Cl.: Fr.	Ht.: 6-3	Wt.: 341	Hometown/High School: Liberty, Mo. / St. Bernard High School
63	Connor Kerkhove	Pos.: OL	Cl.: Fr.	Ht.: 5-11	Wt.: 214	Hometown/High School: Bridgewater, S.D. / Bridgewater-Emery High School
64	Jarien Montgomery	Pos.: OL	Cl.: So.	Ht.: 6-2	Wt.: 303	Hometown/High School: Kansas City, Mo. / Park Hill High School
65	Andrew Kortemeyer	Pos.: OL	Cl.: So.	Ht.: 6-3	Wt.: 300	Hometown/High School: Custer, S.D. / Custer High School
66	Ethan McCune	Pos.: DL	Cl.: Fr.	Ht.: 6-0	Wt.: 227	Hometown/High School: De Smet, S.D. / De Smet High School
67	Christian Hanna	Pos.: OL	Cl.: Fr.	Ht.: 6-4	Wt.: 352	Hometown/High School: Mill Creek, Wash. / Archbishop Murphy High School
68	Ben Harms	Pos.: DL	Cl.: Fr.	Ht.: 5-10	Wt.: 216	Hometown/High School: Rapid City, S.D. / Rapid City Central High School
69	Hayden Dinger	Pos.: OL	Cl.: Sr.	Ht.: 6-1	Wt.: 251	Hometown/High School: Glendale, Calif. / Saint Francis High School
70	TJ Benton	Pos.: OL	Cl.: Sr.	Ht.: 6-5	Wt.: 305	Hometown/High School: Spokane, Wash. / Mt. Spokane High School
71	Dexter Curry III	Pos.: OL	Cl.: Fr.	Ht.: 6-2	Wt.: 267	Hometown/High School: Kansas City, Mo. / Park Hill High School
74	Dylan Albrecht	Pos.: OL	Cl.: Fr.	Ht.: 6-1	Wt.: 330	Hometown/High School: Sioux Falls, S.D. / Lincoln High School
75	Jaxen Mullet	Pos.: OL	Cl.: Fr.	Ht.: 6-2	Wt.: 319	Hometown/High School: Brandon, S.D. / Brandon Valley High School
76	Bryan Smith	Pos.: OL	Cl.: Jr.	Ht.: 6-1	Wt.: 257	Hometown/High School: Ewing, Mo. / Highland High School
78	Jason Uden	Pos.: DL	Cl.: Fr.	Ht.: 6-0	Wt.: 334	Hometown/High School: Crete, Neb. / Crete High School
79	Eli Lingle	Pos.: OL	Cl.: Fr.	Ht.: 6-1	Wt.: 318	Hometown/High School: Decatur, Neb. / Tekamah-Herman High School
80	Nicholas Lombardi	Pos.: FB	Cl.: Fr.	Ht.: 5-9	Wt.: 185	Hometown/High School: Apple Valley, Minn. / Eastview High School
81	Getty Marburger	Pos.: WR	Cl.: So.	Ht.: 6-5	Wt.: 204	Hometown/High School: Rawlins, Wyo. / Rawlins High School
82	Chase Cermak	Pos.: WR	Cl.: Fr.	Ht.: 6-2	Wt.: 183	Hometown/High School: Highmore, S.D. / Highmore-Harrold High School
84	Tate Larson	Pos.: WR	Cl.: RS-Jr.	Ht.: 6-2	Wt.: 196	Hometown/High School: Mitchell, S.D. / Mitchell High School
85	Todd Obele Jr.	Pos.: DL	Cl.: So.	Ht.: 6-1	Wt.: 233	Hometown/High School: Selby, S.D. / Selby Area High School
86	Haustyn Forney	Pos.: WR	Cl.: Fr.	Ht.: 6-0	Wt.: 165	Hometown/High School: Humphrey, Neb. / St. Francis High School
87	Trevor Lambert	Pos.: K	Cl.: So.	Ht.: 6'0	Wt.: 235	Hometown/High School: Mitchell, S.D. / Mitchell High School
88	Anthony De La Torre Guglielmana	Pos.: TE	Cl.: GR	Ht.: 6-6	Wt.: 209	Hometown/High School: Huntington Beach, Calif. / Marina High School
89	Justin Becker	Pos.: TE	Cl.: So.	Ht.: 6-7	Wt.: 248	Hometown/High School: White Lake, S.D. / White Lake High School
90	Ethan Engen	Pos.: DE	Cl.: So.	Ht.: 6-6	Wt.: 250	Hometown/High School: Viborg, S.D. / Viborg-Hurley High School
91	Samuel Henderson	Pos.: DL	Cl.: Jr.	Ht.: 6-3	Wt.: 253	Hometown/High School: Buena Park, Calif. / Pacifica High School
92	Dominick Warmbein	Pos.: DE	Cl.: GR	Ht.: 5-11	Wt.: 236	Hometown/High School: Sioux Falls, S.D. / Sioux Falls Washington High School
93	Hunter Hanke	Pos.: DE	Cl.: Fr.	Ht.: 6-1	Wt.: 205	Hometown/High School: Waverly, Neb. / Waverly High School
94	Rave Uhlich	Pos.: ILB	Cl.: Fr.	Ht.: 5-11	Wt.: 191	Hometown/High School: Garretson, S.D. / Garretson High School
95	Caleb Maciejewski	Pos.: DL	Cl.: So.	Ht.: 6-0	Wt.: 255	Hometown/High School: Hot Springs, S.D. / Hot Springs High School
96	Nicholas Arenas	Pos.: DE	Cl.: Fr.	Ht.: 6-3	Wt.: 203	Hometown/High School: Wakefield, Neb. / Wakefield Community Schools
97	Tayden Vandenberg	Pos.: DL	Cl.: Fr.	Ht.: 5-11	Wt.: 240	Hometown/High School: Seward, Neb. / Seward High School
98	Ian Hackett	Pos.: DL	Cl.: Fr.	Ht.: 6-5	Wt.: 204	Hometown/High School: Dell Rapids, S.D. / Dell Rapids High School
99	Trey Bohlmann	Pos.: DL	Cl.: Jr.	Ht.: 6-2	Wt.: 237	Hometown/High School: Menno, S.D. / Menno Public High School
	Noah Bartscher	Pos.: SA	Cl.: So.	Ht.:	Wt.:	Hometown/High School: Sioux Falls, S.D. / Sioux Falls Roosevelt High School
	Ky Becker	Pos.: WR	Cl.: Fr.	Ht.: 6-2	Wt.: 180	Hometown/High School: White Lake, S.D. / White Lake High School
	Christian Diaz	Pos.: SA	Cl.: So.	Ht.:	Wt.:	Hometown/High School: Brooklyn, N.Y. / Achievement First Brooklyn High School
	Carter Dreyer	Pos.: SA	Cl.: So.	Ht.:	Wt.:	Hometown/High School: Warner, S.D. / Warner High School
	Lamar Ludy	Pos.: SA	Cl.: So.	Ht.:	Wt.:	Hometown/High School: Oxnard, Calif. / Oaks Christian High School
	Matt Schwaerzler	Pos.: FB	Cl.: Jr.	Ht.: 6-1	Wt.: 231	Hometown/High School: Auburn, Wash. / Fife High School
	Chance Sorensen	Pos.: WR	Cl.: RS-Jr.	Ht.: 5-10	Wt.: 165	Hometown/High School: Rapid City, S.D. / Douglas High School

Coaching Staff

Football

Alex Kretzschmar

Head Football Coach / Offensive Coordinator

Chris Bessler

Defensive Coordinator / Defensive Line

Mike Bernarde

Run Game, Recruiting & Academic Coordinator / Offensive Line Coach

Luke Loudenburg

Running Backs Coach

Mason Frost

Linebackers / On-Campus Recruiting Coordinator / Special Teams Coordinator

Torren Devericks

Camp Coordinator / Quarterbacks

Bailey Berg

Defensive Backs / Community Service Coordinator / Travel Coordinator

Romeon Greve

Assistant Defensive Line Coach

Aaron Black

Tight Ends & Fullbacks Coach

Dexter Curry

Graduate Assistant

Joshua Coleman

Graduate Assistant

Cole Kuznia

Graduate Assistant

Dillon Barnes

Student Assistant

Lane Harshman

Student Assistant

Alex Kretzschmar - Head Football Coach / Offensive Coordinator
Chris Bessler - Defensive Coordinator / Defensive Line
Mike Bernarde - Run Game, Recruiting & Academic Coordinator / Offensive Line Coach
Luke Loudenburg - Running Backs Coach
Mason Frost - Linebackers / On-Campus Recruiting Coordinator / Special Teams Coordinator
Torren Devericks - Camp Coordinator / Quarterbacks
Bailey Berg - Defensive Backs / Community Service Coordinator / Travel Coordinator
Romeon Greve - Assistant Defensive Line Coach
Aaron Black - Tight Ends & Fullbacks Coach
Dexter Curry - Graduate Assistant
Joshua Coleman - Graduate Assistant
Cole Kuznia - Graduate Assistant
Dillon Barnes - Student Assistant
Lane Harshman - Student Assistant