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History
The Minnesota Fury was founded in the fall of 2006 by Nick Storm, Ben Davis, and Chris Satterlie.
Shortly thereafter, Nick Storm started to head up the girls’ side, while Ben Davis worked with the boys’ teams.
In 2007, the girls program started with just two teams, one at 14u and one at 15u and in 2008 the club grew to 5 teams.
In 2009 we started the Rochester portion of the club (now So-Minn Fury) and grew to a total of 8 teams.
In 2010 the Rochester area teams grew from 1 team to 4, and our total pushed to 14; in 2011 we exploded to 21 teams
and typically field between 15-20 teams each year. Over the course of this growth we have made it a priority to
keep and develop individual relationships with both parents and players.
We won our first AAU State Championship in 2014 with our 2016 Blue team, and followed that up with back to back
Championships by our 2017 Blue team in 2014 and 2015. From a national prospective, our annual trip to Raleigh,
NC for the Deep South Classic has yielded back to back 17U National Championships in one of the marquee
tournaments in the country every year.
At the end of the 2015 AAU Season, the Minnesota Fury was named "Program of the Year",
which is a prestigious award by www.KJASR.com that is given to the top
AAU Program in the Midwest every season. 2016 is poised to be another strong Minnesota Fury season, where
we plan field 14 metro teams, 6 So-Minn Fury, and 2 teams based in Cedar Rapids, IA.
We are proud of the Minnesota Fury alumnae that have gone on to play basketball in college.
Over the past three seasons (2014, 2015, 2016 Classes), 25 of our players have committed to D1 programs,
while a total of 47 have earned scholarships at the D1, D2, or NAIA level.
Both of those figures are more than any other AAU club in Minnesota over that same time period!
In just 9 years of existence, we have built a club that we are extremely proud of. We would not have been
able to do this without the great coaches and families that have supported us throughout these years.
We would like to make special mention of players who have played 5+ years with our club:
Ali Greene (2015), Cara Caron (2015), Taylor Koenen (2016), Abby Kain (2016), Erika Schlosser (2016),
Bri Miller (2016), Emma Sinn (2016), Annie Rhinesmith (2016), , Tori Martell (2017), Maddie Olsen (2017),
Lindsey Theuninck (2017), Riley Wheatcraft (2017), Ellie Wolkow (2018).
Minnesota Fury Individual National Accolades
- Jamie Ruden, 2016, Ranked #20 by ProspectsNation.com
- Taylor Koenen, 2016, Ranked #43 by ESPN
- Kristin Scott, 2017, Ranked #66 by ProspectsNation.com
- Jamie Ruden, 2016, Naismith National Player of the Year Mid-Season Top 25 List
Minnesota Fury Division 1 Alumnae:
- Bethany Doolittle (2011, Iowa)
- Lisa Loeffler (2011, South Dakota)
- Amber Sorenson (2011, Northern Iowa)
- Larissa Lurken (2013, Kent State)
- Jacqlyn Poss (2013, Denver)
- Erin O'Toole (2013, North Dakota)
- Hannah Grim (2014, Marquette)
- Katie Quandt (2014, Boston College)
- Kylie Brown (2014, Creighton)
- Claire Lundberg (2014, Seton Hall)
- Ellie Thompson (2014, South Dakota State)
- Kendall Baab (2014, Marist)
- Anne Hamilton (2014, Valparaiso)
- Georgi Donchetz (2014, Valparaiso)
- Lindsay Dorr (2014, Toledo)
- Emily Peters (2014, New Hampshire)
- Ali Greene (2015, Creighton)
- Martha Kuderer (2015, Seton Hall)
- Danielle Gitzen (2015, Missouri State)
- Taylor Hagen (2015, Northern Iowa)
- Kanani Asuncion (2015, North Dakota)
- Jill Morton (2015, North Dakota)
- Olivia Hass (2015, North Dakota)
- Catera Etheridge (2015, Illinois-Chicago)
- Taylor Koenen (2016, North Carolina)
- Jamie Ruden (2016, Arizona State)
- Ally Gorres (2016, North Dakota)
- Abby Kain (2016, Northern Colorado)
- Madison McKeever (2016, South Dakota)
- Madison Nelson (2016, Denver)
- Erika Schlosser (2016, Fairfield)
Minnesota Fury Division 2 Alumnae:
- Emily Kaus (2009, Bemidji State)
- Michelle Tobin (2009, Winona State)
- Tiffany Van Haaften (2009, Bemidji State)
- Jodi Batzel (2010, Concordia St. Paul)
- Kika Greenlee (2010, Concordia St. Paul)
- Rachel Hansen (2010, Concordia St. Paul)
- Jordyn Krekling (2010, Minnesota State-Mankato)
- Darcey Rice (2010, Winona State)
- Lizzie Stenhaug (2010, Minnesota State-Mankato)
- Morgan Zabel (2010, Minnesota State-Moorhead)
- Rachael Hentges (2011, Winona State)
- Alyssa Kerkhoff (2011, Minnesota-Duluth)
- Ashley Martell (2011, Minnesota-Crookston)
- Connor Nagle (2011, Winona State)
- Erica Trabing (2011, Bemidji State)
- Lauren Deadrick (2012, Northern State)
- Anna Rynda (2012, Minnesota State-Moorhead)
- Stephanie Dressen (2013, Northern State)
- Allyson Harris (2013, Minnesota-Duluth)
- Kaytlin Kuefler (2013, St. Cloud State)
- Jana Schammel (2013, Upper Iowa)
- Lauren Shifflett (2013, Concordia-St. Paul)
- Natalie Van Wyhe (2013, Minnesota State-Moorhead)
- Brooke Berger (2014, Northern State)
- Mackenzie Dahl (2014, Sioux Falls)
- Lakin Koski (2014, Southwest MN State)
- Kayla Miller (2014, Concordia-St. Paul)
- Katie Waller (2014, Winona State)
- Angela Wenning (2014, Southwest MN State)
- Anna Schmitt (2015, Concordia-St. Paul)
- Nicole Parsons (2015, Concordia-St. Paul)
- Hanna Vidlund (2015, Concordia-St. Paul)
- Jaycie Gerding (2015, Northern State)
- Hana Metoxen (2015, Augustana)
- Madison Worke (2015, Winona State)
- Lexi Schoper (2016, Minnesota State-Mankato)
- Madelin Dammann (2016, St. Cloud State)
- Madi Green (2016, MSU-Moorhead)
- Megan Hintz (2016, MSU-Moorhead)
- Taylor Persche (2016, St. Cloud State)
Minnesota Fury NAIA Alumnae:
- Karlee Ilgen (2011, Morningside)
- Megan Pold (2011, Jamestown)
- Maggie Seter (2011, Jamestown)
- Jessica Buck (2012, Jamestown)
- Lauren Busse (2012, Viterbo)
- Lindsey Gonsoir (2012, Mayville State)
- Shauna Horsch (2012, Jamestown)
- Shannon Ritten (2012, Mayville State)
- Deanna Busse (2013, St. Ambrose)
- Alyssa Lentner (2014, Mayville State)
- Brynn Murphy (2015, Jamestown)
- Ashley Wiederhold (2015, Jamestown)
- Rio Landers (2016, Dordt)
- Annie Rhinesmith (2016, Dordt)
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Nick Storm
Founder/Girls Co-Director
612.460.0836
Tim Peper
Girls Co-Director
651.785.4015
Andy Cerisier
Girls Co-Director
612.414.1968
Andy Bromeling
So-Minn Fury Coordinator
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