From Elizabeth Ryan, Jamestown College
JAMESTOWN, ND – Jamestown College announced four additions to the staffing ranks:
Nick Becker
Nick Becker has been named the head women’s soccer coach.
Becker has 12 years of experience and education in management, development, and leadership of a team. Becker’s experience includes being a Northern Blast Club Soccer Team Coach, and directing skills and conditioning camps for high school players. He was also part of the South Dakota State coaching staff and was a graduate assistant for the Northern State University Women’s Soccer Program where he assisted the head coach in planning, developing and promoting the program as well as helping with practice and recruitment and learning the conference rules and procedures.
“Coach Becker is young but has been well-mentored,” said Lawrie Paulson, Jamestown College Director of Athletics. “He has an understanding of who we are and what we are about as a school. I think he will do an excellent job leading our women’s team, and I think this hire will end up helping both soccer programs move forward.”
Dustin Jensen
Dustin Jensen has been named the head golf coach.
Jensen has more than nine years of experience with the Colorado Golf Association. While in Colorado, Jensen served as the Assistant Director of Rules and Competitions and Director of Youth Programs. Jensen returned to Jamestown College in 2011 where he serves as the Associate Director of Alumni Relations and the Executive Director of the Jimmie Booster Club.
Jensen currently serves on the executive committee of the Junior America’s Cup, an international team championship, and was recently named North Dakota’s committee representative for the US Junior Amateur Championship.
Prior to his return to Jamestown College, Jensen was immersed in the game of gold of both a local and national level including serving as the staff in charge of the 2003 NCAA Division I Independent National Championship and the 2011 NCAA Division I Central Region Championship. Jensen serves as the director of the Colorado High School Activities Association’s golf championships and spoke multiple times at national conferences for the United States Golf Association and the International Association of Golf Administrators. Jensen was instrumental in the creation of the Colorado Gold-In-Schools program and organized development programs for Big Brothers-Big Sisters, Special Olympics, LPGA/USGA Girls Golf, The First Tee, Girl Scouts and The Challenge Foundation.
A Jamestown native and Jamestown College graduate, Jensen was a member of the men’s golf and track and field teams while earning a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Economics with a minor in Information Technology in 2002.
Andrew Crummy
Andrew Crummy has been named the assistant women’s basketball coach and will be assisting the sports information director.
Crummy graduated from the University of North Dakota in 2010 with a Bachelor of Exercise and Science/ Human Development. He has been a part of the Jimmie’s coaching staff since 2010, serving as the Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach and the Women’s JC Coach.
Byron Jones
Byron Jones has been named the assistant women’s basketball coach. Jones will also be taking the position of assistant booster club director.
Jones graduated from Jamestown College with a degree in physical education. His collegiate basketball career started at the State University of New York. He then transferred to Jamestown College. Jones scored over 1,100 points in his career.
Jones also started the Byron Jones Basketball Academy camps, which provide instruction to both elementary and high school kids.
Jones recently traveled with Athletes in Action to Puerto Rico.
