Mayville State University Athletics

Cassie Leraas Kallenbach, a Hunter, N.D. native and 2009 MSU graduate, was a Comet from 2004 to 2008 and was undoubtedly one of the best women’s basketball players in Comet history, amassing 1,353 career points and other impressive statistics. She was named NAIA Division II honorable mention all-America and all-Dakota Athletic Conference team twice; helped her team reach the first-ever DAC championship game her senior year; and to back-to-back winning seasons, an uncommon Comet feat. She was named the conference player of the week several times. In the 2005-06 season she was ranked 27th in the nation in points per game, 18.7, in NAIA D II basketball. She earned a major in sports management/exercise science with a minor in coaching and later attended Minot State University for a bachelor’s degree in physical education. She has been a head basketball coach for elementary boys and girls basketball teams in North Dakota, and was selected as District 12 Coach of the Year after the 2012-13 season.