Northern State University Athletics

Jean Kringstad, B.S. ’00 in Biology
Jean Kringstad earned a degree from NSU in biology in 2000. During her time at Northern she was a member of the volleyball team from 1996-1999, earning all-conference honors in the 1997, 1998 and 1999 seasons. She is currently the career leader in block assists (315), second in kills (1,184), third in total blocks (463), and fifth in attacks (3,086). She holds NSU records for individual attack percentage in a season (.335) and for a career (.315). Jean currently lives in Apple Valley, MN where she works as the Director of InVitro Testing Services for WuXi AppTec Inc. She has been nominated to sit as contributing scientist for an internal scientific review panel three years in a row and was also nominated to be corporate representative for ASTM, a national standards body.