Northern State University Athletics

Shari (Carney) Kvistero, '98, B.S., Elementary Education and Special Education

A 4-year member of the Wolves’ basketball team, Shari Kvistero ended her career as a member of NSU’s elite 1,000-Point Club.  With 1,180 points, she ranks 22nd on the all-time scoring list and is 14th on the rebounding list (647).  Shari also holds NSU’s single-season field goal percentage at 71 percent after going 73-for-105 during the 1993-94 season.

Shari was a First Team All-NSIC pick in 1997, her senior campaign.  As a freshman, Shari was a member of NSU’s NAIA national championship team in 1994, which marked the Wolves’ third straight trip to the national title game.  She also helped NSU to a 45-game win streak, including 32 straight, to end the 1993-94 season.

Shari and her husband, Aaron, reside with their twin boys in Sioux Falls, where she is a teacher.   She is involved in church groups.