Northern State University Athletics

Jim Jensen played strong safety for three South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference championship and national playoff football teams and was an all-American wrestler during his athletic career from 1967-1971.  Jenson occupied the starting safety position as a junior and senior.  Throughout his career, NSU compiled a 32-6 record. 

Jensen won numerous individual awards on the gridiron during his career, but probably  not quite as many as he earned on the mat for NSU.  A four-time all-conference grappler, Jensen reached the height of his wrestling career as a senior when he earned all-American honors for placing third at the NAIA national tournament. 

Jensen graduated in 1971 with a degree in physical education and teaching with a political science and history minor.  Jensen and his wife, Shelly, are the parents of three children.