Amy (Von Wald) Hohenecker earned all-American honors eight times in her career and won the distinction more times than any track and field athlete in Northern history. Hohenecker was an all-American in the 4x100 relay, the sprint medley relay and the 400-meter dash twice during the outdoor season and earned a top six finish nationally in the indoor 600-yard run twice and the indoor 440-yard run twice. Hohenecker was also a 25-time all-district and 30-time all-conference athlete and held 13 indoor records (eight individual, five relay) and five outdoor records (two individual, three relay) at NSU. Hohenecker was the MVP for track all four years at Northern and was NSU's Most Valuable Female Athlete in 1993. She received the South Dakota Sportswriter Association's College Female Athlete of the Year award in 1993 and, in 2000, was named NSU's Best Female Track Athlete of the Century. Hohenecker helped to guide the Northern State Women's Track and Field team to NSIC team championships in 1992 and 1993 while earning the league's Most Valuable Athlete award four times.
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