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Jayne Even Gust

Jayne Even Gust

  • Class
    2000
  • Induction
    2015
  • Sport(s)
    Women's Basketball
Watch 2015 Induction Ceremony

Women's Basketball, Forward, 1996-2000
First-team Kodak Division II All-American ... 2000 Honda Award Division II Female Athlete of the Year ... 2000 CoSIDA College Division Academic All-America® Second Team ... Recipient of NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship ... Top 10 Finalist for 2000 NCAA Woman of the Year ... Recipient of 2000 NCC Stan Marshall Award ... 2000 NCC All-Academic Team ... 2000 WBCA/Rawlings and Division Bulletin II Player of the Year ... Two-time Kodak Division II All-District and All-American (1999, 2000) ... Two-time Division II Bulletin All-American (1st Team 2000, 4th Team 1999) ... 2000 Daktronics Division II first-team All-American ... Two-time Daktronics first-team all-Region ... 2000 NCAA Elite Eight All-Tournament Team ... Two-time all-NCAA North Central Regional team (1999, 2000) ... 2000 North Central Conference Player of the Year ... Two-time all-NCC selection (1999, 2000) ... Eight-time NCC Player of the Week ... On the NDSU career charts, finished No. 2 in three-point field goal shooting (.376, 120-319), No. 6 in three-point field goal attempts (319), and No. 7 all-time in points scored (1,490) and three-point field goals (120) ... During the 1999-2000 season, set the second-highest single-season totals in NDSU history in scoring (20.5 ppg), points (656), FG made (240), FG attempted (535), fourth highest total in rebounds (309) and most games scoring 20 or more points (18) ... Sits No. 5 for three-point percentage in a season (.455, 46-101, 1998-99) ... Helped lead Bison to NCAA runner-up finish in 2000, dropping  an overtime decision to Northern Kentucky … Following in the footsteps of her dad, Jerry, older sister, Jen, and brother, Jason, Jayne learned the game of basketball and developed a love for the game that would eventually lead to great things ... Gust began playing varsity basketball for Sioux Falls (S.D.) O'Gorman High School as a freshman for head coach Leo Lorang ... Culminated her career with the Knights winning their first and only girls' state basketball title in 1995 under the direction of head coach Gregg Talcott ... She set 21 of 27 school records including 1,228 career points and 786 rebounds ... Gust averaged 20.5 points per game during her senior year and scored a record 35 points against Sioux Falls Roosevelt in October 1995 ... Three-time all-conference selection in 1993, 1994 and 1995; all-state (both academic and athletic) in 1994 and 1995; and all-tournament in 1995 ... Gust was the 1995 Argus Leader Player of the Year, South Dakota High School Coaches Association Female Athlete of the Year, USA Today South Dakota Player of the Year, honorable mention on the USA Today All-USA Team and runner-up for South Dakota Miss Basketball ... Volleyball was another sport in which she excelled; as a three-year letter winner, she helped O'Gorman win region championships in 1995 and 1996 ... She broke the Class AA kill record with 95 kills at the state tournament – capped by a three-hour championship match ... Gust earned her bachelor's degree from North Dakota State in 2000 and masters degree from NDSU in 2002 ... She was inducted into the O'Gorman-Cathedral Alumni Hall of Fame in 2006 ... Gust is currently the Public Affairs Director at Sanford Health in Fargo ... Jayne and her husband, Michael, reside in Fargo with their two daughters, Addyson and Elyn, and two sons, Graham and Jude.
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