WSC Athletics Hall of Fame
Brad Ottis
Brad Ottis was arguably the most dominating defensive football player to wear a Wayne State uniform. The Fremont Bergan graduate racked up some amazing numbers during his stellar football career at Wayne State from 1990-1993. Ottis helped the 1993 team to a 9-1 record and was named to several All-American teams that year. He also was chosen to play in the Blue-Gray All-Star Football Classic on Christmas Day and played in the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama in January, 1994. During his sophomore season (1991), Ottis had 40 tackles and nine quarterback sacks for minus 75 yards. In 1992, Ottis had 17 quarterback sacks for minus 132 yards and 57 tackles. Despite being double-teamed in his senior season, Ottis finished with 82 tackles and 14 quarterback sacks for minus 124 yards to go with 27 tackles for loss totalling 173 yards. Ottis was captain of the 1993 Omaha World All-Nebraska NCAA Division II Football Team on defense.
His stellar numbers drew the attention of many NFL scouts and Ottis was drafted in the second round of the 1994 National Football League draft by the Los Angeles Rams. He played several years for the Rams before signing a free agent contract with the Arizona Cardinals, where he played for several more years. Following his NFL career, he played several years of indoor football with the Sioux City Bandits.
Ottis graduated from WSC in 1994 and was inducted into the WSC Athletics Hall of Fame October 17, 2001.
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Concordia-St. Paul topped #15 Wayne State 10-6 Sunday afternoon in the NSIC Baseball Tournament championship game. The 40-11 Wildcats await word from the NCAA on a at-large berth to the NCAA Tournament. Official pairings are to be released Sunday evening by the NCAA.
Nate Preston won three events to lead the WSC men to a third straight NSIC outdoor track and field championship Saturday in Wayne. The Wildcats scored 164 points to nip second place Mary (156.5) for the team title. Brett Suckstorf won two events (hammer throw and discus) for WSC.
The WSC women's track and field team finished in third place with 106 points at the NSIC Championships in Wayne. Katie Wilson won two events (hammer throw and discus) and took second in the shot put to lead the Wildcats.
The NSIC Office announced Saturday that the NSIC Baseball Tournament has been shortened to a single-elimination tournament with Wayne State and Concordia-St. Paul (the last two undefeated teams in the tournament) playing Sunday at 1 p.m. in Wayne and the winner earning the NSIC Tournament Title and the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
Nick Schumacher struck out a career-high 14 batters in a complete game win to lead #15 Wayne State to a 9-1 victory over Southwest Minnesota State at the NSIC Baseball Tournament in Wayne. The 40-10 Wildcats will play in the winner's bracket final Saturday at 10 a.m. against either Bemidji State or Concordia-St. Paul.
Seven WSC baseball players were named to the 2008 NSIC All-Conference Baseball Team announced Thursday afternoon. Nick Schumacher was named the NSIC Pitcher of the Year, Marc Manganaro earned the NSIC Co-Player of the Year while Nick Bidroski was selected the NSIC Co-Freshmen of the Year.
5.9.08BaseballNSIC Tournament#15 Wayne State 9SW Minnesota State 1
5.8.08BaseballNSIC Tournament#15 Wayne State 6Winona State 3
5.4.08BaseballFirst Game#16 Wayne State 3Bemidji State 02nd Game#16 Wayne State 13Bemidji State 128 innings
5.4.08SoftballNSIC TournamentUniv. of Mary 3Wayne State 0
