Minnesota State University - Mankato Athletics

Dan Nessler (‘85, Baseball) (builder category) - Three-year baseball letterwinner from 1982-85...1985 co-captain named All-NCC in 1984 and 1985...Played on three NCC championship teams and in three NCAA regionals...Career .321 hitter...World class fastpitch player following graduation. Played with Penn Corp (Sioux City, Iowa) and Happy Chef (Mankato) and was named International Softball Congress All-World four times (‘85 and ‘92 with Happy Chef and ‘88 and ‘89 with Penn Corp)...Helped Penn Corp to three ISC World Tournament titles. Selected to four U.S. Olympic Festivals...Inducted into ISC Hall of Fame in 2009 and Minnesota Softball Hall of Fame and Mankato Softball Hall of Fame in 2016...Participates in MSU Golf Classics and contributes to MSU Baseball Championship Fund...Coaches women’s softball team at Bethany.