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Momentum Alumni Magazine

A display of our alumni magazines

Three times a year, Momentum shares stories and photos highlighting the people, vision, and values that set the University of Mary apart. Whether you are alumni or friends, faculty, staff, or students: Great things are happening at Mary — and this is our moment!

Featured Stories

The Newman Center at ASU welcomed 48 young adults into the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil Mass, according to OCIA coordinator Ben Power, ’24.

Fertile Ground

Mary’s unique partnerships in Arizona are bearing fruit for eternity

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Doctor of Physical Therapy class of 2014 alumnae (left to right) Chelsea Dieter, Kristen Schulz, Marley Zachmann, Marleigh Lybeck, Amanda Erickson, Mandy Meinert, Carley Lebsock, Liz Judkins, and Danielle Schmaltz continue to support each other professionally and personally.

Friends for Life

Classmates demonstrate the power of authentic community across miles and years

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Pressure Is a Privilege: A Photo Essay

Marauders Wrestling is building a community of excellence, on the mat and off. When legendary coach Milo Trusty started the program in the late 1980s, it had been nearly a decade since he launched MATPAC — a nationally known wrestling club to help local grapplers improve their skills in an environment of healthy competition and mutual support. But sustaining and deepening the sense of community in a wrestling program in today’s rapidly changing college athletics landscape is a multi-dimensional challenge. Head Coach Adam Aho took the helm in 2013 and has turned the team into a top-tier NCAA Division II program committed to Greatness Through Virtue.

“The mission of UMary Wrestling is to form our scholar-athletes into servant leaders who pursue excellence in all things, maintain integrity, and live a life filled with gratitude on and off the mat,” Coach Aho says.
In 2025, Reece Barnhardt — now a graduate assistant coach with the Marauders — became the first NCAA champion in program history, and this year, freshman Jacob Strausbaugh matched Barnhardt’s feat with a championship in the same weight class. Several of their teammates joined them on the national stage as All-Americans, and momentum continues to build.
"For us to have the program in the position it’s in right now is incredibly exciting,” Aho says. “Our community has great expectations for us; they want to watch great competition, and that brings some pressure. But pressure is a privilege.”
“We don’t hide who we are as a team or as a university,” Aho says. “Our recruits know that if we align with their values and aspirations, we’re the place to be.”
“You can only have one thought at a time,” Aho says. “Are our athletes going to choose gratitude or resentment?” This concept applies at every level of wrestling, even for the youth athletes who participate in Marauders wrestling camps.
“Bismarck-Mandan has always had a rich wrestling history.” As the Marauders became more competitive, Aho was confident supporters would fill the stands. He was right.
ALUMNI SUCCESS STORY
University of Mary alumni Dominic and Mary Regli plan to split their time between rural Nebraska and rural Rwanda once he finishes medical school. Dominic traveled to Rwanda last summer to study global health care and plans to return for a year this fall.

Personal Care, Global Scale

When Dominic Regli, ’24, arrived at the University of Mary, he had his life figured out: He was going to be a physician.

Dominic Regli

Class of 2024

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