Maren Walseth, a former assistant coach at Penn State and a star basketball player at Bloomington Jefferson High School, has been named head women's basketball coach at North Dakota State.
Penn State coach Coquese Washington told the Fargo Forum's web site: "North Dakota State is getting a gem in Maren Walseth. She is an outstanding coach who will work tirelessly to build NDSU into a Summit League power."
Walseth was also an assistant at the U.S. Naval Academy. She was in the first group of jefferson graduates named to the school's Hall of Fame in 2006, along with former NBA and Gophers star Kevin Lynch and NHL players Ben Clymer and Mark Parrish.
To read more about Walseth's new job, click here to read the story on the Forum's web site.
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