North Dakota State University women’s basketball head coach Maren Walseth announced Wednesday, Aug. 13, that Arianne Johnson has been named the program’s new director of operations.

"I am thrilled to complete our staff with the addition of Ari. Her organization skills, innovative ideas and passion for the game will make an immediate impact on Bison women’s basketball," Walseth said.

Before joining the Bison Johnson served as the head varsity girls’ basketball coach at Hope Academy for the 2013-14 season.

Prior to her time at Hope Academy, she was the head 10th grade basketball coach for Mounds View High School for the 2012-13 season and the head ninth grade basketball coach at Tartan High School for the 2011-12 campaign.

Johnson also spent the past two summers as the head coach of the Crossfire AAU team.

A native of Minneapolis, Johnson played two seasons at Concordia St. Paul from 2009-11 where she was named to the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) All-Academic Women’s Basketball Championship Team twice and awarded the Concordia St. Paul University Golden Bear Award in women’s basketball for her performance during the 2010-11 season.

Johnson was also the women’s basketball representative on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) during her stint with the Golden Bears.

She graduated from Concordia St. Paul with a bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology in May, 2012.

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