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Aaron Pederson

Aaron Pederson

  • Class
    2002
  • Induction
    2019
  • Sport(s)
    Football
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Kicker/Punter, 1998-01
Honors: Three-time All-America third team pick by Football Gazette as a kicker (1999-2000) and punter (2001) ... Six-time All-North Central Conference performer in four years ... First team punter in 1999 and 2001, second team punter in 1998 and 2000, and second team kicker in 1999 and 20002 ... Three-time Daktronics/CoSIDA All-Region earning second team in 1999 and 2000 and first team in 2001 ... Two-time Football Gazette National Player of the Week.
Stats/Notes: The first player and one of only three in program history to earn All-America honors in three different seasons ... Handled the kicking and punting duties all four years ... Set an NCAA Division II record with 117 consecutive PAT kicks made from November 1998 to September 2001... Led the Bison in scoring with 74 points as a freshman in 1998 ... Three 52-yard field goals in his career, second longest in school history at the time ... Had the fourth-longest punt in NDSU history, a 78-yarder at Nebraska-Omaha ... Perfect 50-for-50 on PAT kicks in 1999, tying the school record at the time...Also made a school-record 13 field goals in 1999 ... Graduated as the fourth-leading scorer in NDSU history with 304 points ... His 178 PATs in 182 attempts and 42 FGs in 63 attempts were all school records ... Also set NDSU's career punting record with a 41.72 average on 176 attempts … Born and raised in Sioux Falls, S.D. … All-state, all-conference and all-city as kicker and punter for Roosevelt High School … Still holds records for most field goals made (11) and field goal percentage … Production assistant for Clear Channel Entertainment at the Target Center in 2003 … Since 2004, owns and operates Kid's Stuff Superstore (baby and children home furnishing store) in Lincoln and Omaha … President of the Board for the National Independent Nursery Furniture Retailers Association and Chairman of the Board for All Baby and Child Corporation, the largest baby and children product tradeshow in North America … Resides in Lincoln, Neb., with his wife Karla, and three daughters, twins Stella and Ozzie, and Lola.
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