Hall of Fame
Roger Schnaser was the first Minnesota Morris player to be named to the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics District 13 Team in 1965-66.
Schnaser came to Morris from Willmar Junior College. He averaged 23.2 points per game his junior year and 16.9 points per game his senior year, scoring a total of 956 points in two seasons. In one memorable weekend in 1966, the 6’6” center scored 41 points on Friday night against Jamestown College. The next day he scored 51 points against Ellendale College—a school record that has stood for 50 years.
After college he served in the National Guard, then coached at Morris for a year under Noel Olson before becoming a physical education teacher and head basketball coach at Morris Area High School. After earning his master’s degree, Schnaser served as head men’s basketball coach at Peru State University in Peru, Nebraska.
