<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:s="https://msumdragons.com/services/xml_schema/story" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title>MSU Moorhead Athletics</title><link>https://www.msumdragons.com/rss.aspx?path=df</link><description>Latest news items for MSU Moorhead Athletics</description><atom:link href="https://www.msumdragons.com/rss?path=df" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><language>en-us</language><ttl>60</ttl><item><title>Affinity Plus and MSUM bring the Polar Plunge back to Moorhead</title><link>https://msumdragons.com/news/2025/4/15/athletics-department-affinity-plus-and-msum-bring-the-polar-plunge-back-to-moorhead.aspx</link><guid>https://msumdragons.com/news/2025/4/15/athletics-department-affinity-plus-and-msum-bring-the-polar-plunge-back-to-moorhead.aspx</guid><category>Football, Athletics Department, Men's Basketball, Softball, Women's Basketball, Golf, Soccer, Swimming &amp; Diving, Tennis, Volleyball, Wrestling, Dance Team, Dragon Fire, Track &amp; 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Diving, Tennis, Volleyball, Dance Team, Dragon Fire, Track &amp; Field, Cross Country</category><description><![CDATA[<img alt="NGWSD Panel" src="https://msumdragons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&image_path=/images/2025/2/5/NGWSD_bI2Cz.png" /><br /><br />Hello everyone and welcome a special National Girls and Women in Sports Day episode of the MSUM Dragons Podcast.  Our Director of Communications Nolan Schmidt organized an incredible moment…joining the first dragon trailblazers in women's sports with current student athletes and staff for a discussion on women in sports you do not want to miss.  On the show you'll hear Student-Athlete Advisory committee president and current women's basketball player Natalie Jens…assistant women's basketball coach and alum Allison Swenson, former player/coach/now deputy athletics director Pam Gohl, and trailblazers and Hall of Famers Mary Ann Donnay and one of the 12 Minnesota National Girls and Women in Sports day featured stories…Karin Schumacher.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.msumdragons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_system&amp;image_path=/images/2025/2/5/NGWSD_bI2Cz.png" /><media:content url="https://www.msumdragons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&amp;image_path=/images/2025/2/5/NGWSD_bI2Cz.png"><media:title>NGWSD Panel</media:title></media:content><enclosure url="https://msumdragons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&amp;image_path=/images/2025/2/5/NGWSD_bI2Cz.png" length="1" type="image/jpg" /><pubDate>Wed, 5 Feb 2025 12:31:00 CST</pubDate><s:sport_id>2</s:sport_id><s:story_id>9725</s:story_id></item><item><title>Making giving easier with the new Dragon Fire Annual Fund</title><link>https://msumdragons.com/news/2024/12/18/football-making-giving-easier-with-the-new-dragon-fire-annual-fund.aspx</link><guid>https://msumdragons.com/news/2024/12/18/football-making-giving-easier-with-the-new-dragon-fire-annual-fund.aspx</guid><category>Football, Athletics Department, Men's Basketball, Softball, Women's Basketball, Golf, Soccer, Swimming &amp; 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Together, the groups raised $13,684 for Special Olympics Minnesota, which becomes the largest athletic fundraiser in MSUM history.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.msumdragons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_system&amp;image_path=/images/2023/4/21/PLUNGE.jpg" /><media:content url="https://www.msumdragons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&amp;image_path=/images/2023/4/21/PLUNGE.jpg"><media:title>Denver Polar Plunge Belly Flop</media:title></media:content><enclosure url="https://msumdragons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&amp;image_path=/images/2023/4/21/PLUNGE.jpg" length="1" type="image/jpg" /><pubDate>Fri, 21 Apr 2023 14:16:00 CST</pubDate><s:sport_id>2</s:sport_id><s:story_id>8736</s:story_id></item><item><title>Podcast: MSUM receives NCAA DII Award of Excellence</title><link>https://msumdragons.com/news/2023/1/19/athletics-department-podcast-msum-receives-ncaa-dii-award-of-excellence.aspx</link><guid>https://msumdragons.com/news/2023/1/19/athletics-department-podcast-msum-receives-ncaa-dii-award-of-excellence.aspx</guid><category>Athletics Department, Dragon Fire, GO! 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MSUM Receives NCAA DII Award of Excellence
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Former MSUM Student-Athlete Advisory Committee President and Dragons track & field alum Rachel Schumacher was interviewed this week by the NCAA's Haydyn Gibson about the Joe's Heroes Make-A-Wish night which received the 2023 NCAA Division II Award of Excellence.  The NCAA and Gibson were kind enough to share their podcast with us. 

The Award of Excellence is the highest non-athletic honor the NCAA bestows to an institution.  The award was presented to MSUM athletic director Chad Markuson at the annual NCAA convention in San Antonio, Texas, on Saturday morning. MSU Moorhead was named a finalist, along with 22 other institutions, on January 4. The award is intended to celebrate, recognize and champion a school's community engagement efforts.

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