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DCB’s Selby signs with NAIA school Northwestern

By Matthew Semisch

05/27/2014

The Dakota College at Bottineau men’s basketball team recently saw its third of four sophomores sign to transfer to a four-year institution.

Kolbi Selby, a guard from Faith, S.D., is the latest now former Lumberjack to take his talents to the next level. He recently signed a national letter of intent to attend and play for Northwestern College, a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) school in Orange City, Iowa.

Selby’s path to joining the Red Raiders began and ended quite quickly. Mount Marty College in Yankton, S.D. had also been looking at him earlier in the season, but when Northwestern then began inquiring about him, it only took three weeks for him to sign with the school.

“It all started and ended in really fast.” Selby said. “We had a visit down to Mount Marty where I talked to their coach, and then Northwestern and their coaching staff came in and asked about me.

“I’m really surprised how quickly it came together. It was just a matter of jumping in the car and riding down there, and they really liked me and thought I’d fit perfectly into their program.”

Selby was one of the Lumberjacks’ leaders in the 2013-14 campaign, his second final season in Bottineau. Appearing in 30 games in 2013-14, he grabbed 43 rebounds and had 25 assists.

He finished his sophomore season with a 38 percent three-point shooting percentage, and he shot 39 percent from the field.

Cory Fehringer, Selby’s former coach at DCB who is now at Williston State, played against the Red Raiders when he attended Northeastern Junior College in Sterling, Colo. Fehringer feels Selby will fit well into Northwestern’s team and its style of play.

“Kolbi is a green-light shooter,” Fehringer said. “If he has his feet down and his hands ready and he’s got an open look, he’s going to shoot the basketball.

“Northwestern plays a high-tempo game where they use the three-point line as an asset, and so I believe the freedom Kolbi had to shoot the ball at Dakota College is going to be the same freedom he’s going to have at Northwestern, and I think that’s why he’ll be a good fit there.”