Northern State University Athletics

Kira (Wannebo) Swenson received a B.S.Ed. in elementary and special education in 2009. She played soccer for the Wolves from 2004 to 2007.
 
Swenson was named to the 2006-07 All-NSIC First Team; 2007 NSIC Defensive Player of the Year; Daktronics All-Central Region First Team; NSCAA/Adidas All-Central Region First Team; NSCAA/Adidas Scholar All-Central Region Second Team; and NSCAA/Adidas Scholar All-America Second Team. She was the first NSCAA/Adidas All-American in program history, earning third team honors.
 
In 2007, Swenson was an anchor to an NSU defense that shut out 12 opponents and allowed only 15 goals that season, including just two through NSIC play and the conference tournament. She was named the 2008 Northern State Hildred Wolfe Award recipient, graduating as one of the most decorated soccer players in program history.
 
Swenson and her husband, Dan, live in Pierre, where she works as a second-grade teacher at the Pierre Indian Learning Center.