Hall of Fame
Kelly “The Big Kahuna” Christianson was a four-year letter winner in football (1987-1990). As such, he was an integral part of the team that was the NDCAC champion in 1990, the team that was inducted into the MSU Athletic Hall of Fame in 2002. Christianson was the team captain in 1989 and 1990; was named to the 1990 NDCAC All-Conference team; and won the Mayville State MVP Defense Award in 1989 and 1990. He mainly played defensive end for Coach Jim LeClair, then Coach Dave Hendrickson, and finally Coach Mike Moore. He graduated in 1991 with a bachelor's degree in Business Administration. He was first employed by Hormel Foods in Knoxville, Iowa before moving on to the J.R. Simplot Company, ending his career there as an operations manager for the Northern Red River Valley. In 2005, he became the general manager of Northern Resources Cooperative, a locally owned cooperative located in Roseau, Minn. He is the current president of the Minnesota Managers Group; the current chairman of his local church trustee board and the Roseau Community Education Advisory Council; and past Board of Director for Cooperative Network, a multi-state cooperative trade association.
