Devils Lake High School athletic director Jason Wiberg has been named the Division A State Athletic Administrator of the Year.
The award is given by the North Dakota Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association. Wiberg and the other honorees were presented with their awards on Sunday at the NDIAAA Spring Conference Awards Banquet at the Holiday Inn in Fargo, N.D. The list of winners was released to the media on Monday.
Devils Lake won its first ever football state championship last fall. This winter, the boys’ and girls’ basketball teams both made it to state. The school was also represented by three all-state hockey players. Additionally, Devils Lake has added an upgraded turf baseball field in recent years under Wiberg’s tenure.
Wiberg was announced as the Region 2 Athletic Administrator of the Year at the end of the Region 2 girls’ basketball tournament, which was hosted in Devils Lake. The Devils Lake Sports Center often hosts Division B region tournaments as well, along with the Lake Region Girls’ Basketball Invitational, Ramsey County Boys’ Basketball Tournament and two-day shootouts for boys’ and girls’ basketball.
According to the North Dakota High School Activities Association, Wiberg is in his 29th year in education and 24th as athletic director. He has been the athletic director for Devils Lake since 2010.
Wiberg was honored with this award for Class A in 2019.
The full list of Division A nominees, with one from each region, along with the winner:
Division A Region Athletic Administrator of the Year Recipients
Region 1, Brad Ambrosius, Kindred High School
Region 2, Jason Wiberg, Devils Lake High School
Region 3, Shane Martin, Turtle Mountain Community High School
Region 4, Nick Walker, Killdeer High School
Division A State Athletic Administrator of the Year:
Jason Wiberg, Devils Lake High School
Askvig takes Division B honors
Langdon Area High School, athletic director Ethen Askvig was named the Division B State Athletic Administrator of the Year.
Langdon Area, which co-ops with Munich, won state championships in football and volleyball last fall. It also won a boys’ basketball district championship this winter.
The full list of Division B nominees, with one from each district:
Division B District Athletic Administrator of the Year Recipients
District 1, Nathan Hoots, Maple Valley High School
District 2, Chad Berger, Napoleon High School
District 3, Brett Omdahl, Park River High School
District 4, Ethen Askvig, Langdon Area High School
District 5, Kacy Keysor, Kenmare High School
District 6, Garrett Wible, Westhope High School
District 7, Terry Bentz, Grant County High School
District 8, Jerome Slag, New Salem-Almont High School
Division B State Athletic Administrator of the Year:
Ethen Askvig, Langdon Area High School
Division AA
The Division AA winner came between two nominees.
Division AA Region Athletic Administrator of the Year:
East Region: Justin Behm, West Fargo High School
West Region: Brett Mitchell, Bismarck Legacy High School
Division AA State Athletic Administrator of the Year:
Justin Behm, West Fargo High School
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