Bison Illustrated May 2014 | Page 23

Bison 4 Life Erin loves to mention the time Tommy (7) and Ben met Coach Bohl. Ben and Tommy went to a practice and Bohl walked up to introduce himself, knowing Ben must have been a former player due to his stature, said Erin. “Stuff like that makes NDSU Athletics really cool,” Erin said. A Belated Gift Ben's father Mike was a key member of the 1965 Division II Championship team at NDSU, but they never received a ring. So, for Father's Day in 2007, Ben and his brother Jon found the design created by a former player on the 1965 team and bought an official 1965 championship ring for Mike. Keeping It In the Family Danny (3) isn’t sure yet whose number he will wear, his father’s and grandpa’s number 40 or his mother’s number 22. Ben says he isn’t pushing athletics on his kids and we think Danny has got plenty of time to chose which number he will wear. 21