Northern State Athletics Hall of Fame
Doherty graduated from Northern State in 2016 with a bachelor's degree in Human Performance and Fitness with a minor in Business, competing as a member of the football team from 2013 to 2016. He was a 4-time NSIC All-Conference first team performer for the Wolves and the only freshman honored to the first team in the fall of 2013. Doherty added All-Region accolades from the D2CCA and Don Hansen groups in 2014, 2015, and 2016. In the fall of 2014, Doherty was named to the Beyond Sports Network All-America fourth team. In his final two seasons, the tight end earned All-American honors and was named a CoSIDA Academic All-American following the 2016 season. Doherty ranks third in career receptions with 171, fifth in career receiving yards with 2,334, and third in career receiving touchdowns with 23 at Northern State. He led the team in receiving yards in three of his four seasons, including a career high of 718 in 2014. Northern State won their first NSIC Championship since 1999 in the fall of 2015, taking the North Division Title with a 6-1 in-division record. Conner resides in Sioux Falls, South Dakota with his wife, Northern State alumna Mercede Doherty ('15 and '17) and their sons Ward and Nolan. He is currently a Senior Director at GPAC, based in Sioux Falls.
