Northern State Athletics Hall of Fame
Jeff "Milo" Wepking earned a Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education Industrial Arts with Physical Education in 1976. As a student at NSU, Wepking played basketball for four years and accumulated 1,261 points and 1,076 rebounds individually. In 1994, Wepking was inducted into the South Dakota Amateur Basketball Hall of Fame, and in 2011, he was inducted into the Sioux Falls Washington High School Athletic Hall of Fame. In 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2011, Wepking was chosen as the Region 7 Assistant High School Basketball Coach of the Year while coaching in Avon. Wepking was awarded the South Dakota State Technology Program of the Year in 2013 and 2015. Wepking retired in June 2015 after 39 years of teaching and 30 plus years of coaching. He resides in Avon, S.D., with his wife, Monica. They have three children: Jonathan, Jennifer and Nikki.
