By Beaver Athletics
Published 12:00 pm on June 2, 2026
The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference announced its 2026 Hall of Fame Inductees on Tuesday, June 2, and the honorees include Bemidji State University national champion shot putter Sheena Devine.
The full class of 2026 includes: Sheena Devine, Bemidji State; Kayla Koenecke, Concordia-St. Paul; Mike Thorson, U-Mary; Kevin Mulder, Minnesota State Moorhead; Michelle (Bruns) Kirk, Southwest Minnesota State; Heather Miller-Koch, St. Cloud State; Troy Pribnow, Wayne State; and Tom Sawyer, Winona State.
The induction ceremony will be held Tuesday, July 7, at the DoubleTree by Hilton Bloomington-Minneapolis South as part of the annual NSIC Summer Kickoff event. For more information or to register, visit northernsun.org/HOFBanquet.
Devine was one of the most decorated student-athletes in BSU history, earning national recognition as one of the top field athletes in NCAA Division II. A three-time national champion and five-time All-American, Devine dominated the shot put during her career from 2005 to 2008.
Devine captured NCAA Division II national titles in both the indoor and outdoor shot put in 2007 and repeated as indoor national champion in 2008. Her throw of 52-2.5 remains the top mark in program history and was the third-best winning mark in championship history at the time. She continues to rank among the best in school history, holding seven of the top-10 outdoor shot put marks.
At the conference level, Devine was a seven-time All-NSIC performer and a three-time outdoor shot put champion (2006, 2007, 2008). She was named NSIC Indoor Athlete of the Year in 2008 and won conference titles in both the indoor shot put and weight throw that season.
Devine also excelled in the classroom, earning 2008 Division II Indoor Field Scholar Athlete of the Year honors from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, along with multiple All-Academic recognitions. She was inducted into the Bemidji State Athletic Hall of Fame and the USTFCCCA NCAA Division II Athlete Hall of Fame in 2025.
Devine currently works as the Director of Finance and Accounting at Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. She resides in Lindstrom, Minnesota, with her two children, Avery and Dane.
For more information about the NSIC Hall of Fame or this year's inductees, visit northernsun.org.
