Meet the staff
Kelsey Jensen - Director/team Coach
Kelsey is the co-founder and director for the FM Fierce since the inaugural year in 2013. She has been coaching basketball for over a decade but has had a passion for basketball and sports all her life. She coached basketball at Oak Grove Lutheran High School from 2015-2021, coached girls’ golf at Fargo Davies from 2021-2024 and coached basketball at Capstone Classical Academy 2022-2024.
Kelsey works full time and is the Activities/Athletic Director at Capstone Classical Academy since September 2024. She graduated from NDSU with a BS in Environmental Design, Masters of Architecture and MBA.
Although passing on opportunities to play both college basketball and golf to pursue academics, Kelsey continued to utilize her athletic abilities in numerous city leagues including basketball, golf, hockey, softball and volleyball. In high school she was a four sport all-conference athlete playing basketball, golf, softball and volleyball.
Kelsey currently lives in the country in Minnesota with her husband, Paul and two labrador retrievers, Diggity and Rusty. She enjoys many hobbies including golfing, training/competing in kayak races and triathlons, graphic design, traveling, hunting, fishing, volunteering, reading books/listening to podcast on leadership and business and spending time at the cabin on Big Cormorant Lake in the summer.
The best part about coaching for Kelsey are the relationships formed and seeing players develop into great ballers but even better people! Kelsey is thankful for all the Fierce players and their families she has been able to meet over the years and get to know.
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Jill (Zaruba) Hoffert - Team Coach
Jill is the co-founder of the FM Fierce, stay at home parent to four beautiful creative daughters, part time personal trainer and baker to Jill's Kitchen. She graduated from NDSU with a BS in Exercise Science in 2010.
Jill grew up in Monticello, MN. She was a three sport athlete, during her high school career she was All Conference for her three sports for four years. She continued her passion for basketball at NDSU where she played two years for Hall of Fame Coach Ruley and two years for Coach DeHoff.
When Jill does have downtime she enjoys playing any type of sport, going for bike rides and just being outside with her daughters. Jordan is 12, Alaina 9, Hannah 6 and CeCe 3 and has been happily married for 14 years to her husband, Adam. She also started a runs a small side hobby business called Jill’s Kitchen.
Jill enjoys giving back to the sport that created a safe place to destress and step back from everyday items.
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Megan Haugrud - Team Coach
Megan has been coaching of the Fierce for five years. She graduated from Valley City State University with a degree in Psychology and a minor in Coaching. She played basketball at VCSU for two years and played golf as well. Megan graduated in 2019 from Moorhead High School, and played for the Spuds. She also was a player for the Fierce for four seasons. Megan is excited to continue and help the program grow into something even greater!
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Adie Wagner - team Coach
Adie has been a part of the Fierce family since she was in junior high and repped a Fierce jersey throughout her prep career. This year was Adie’s third season coaching for the Fierce. Adie started as our skills coach before coaching teams of her own.
Adie is a ‘22 senior at Fargo South and is a three sport athlete playing basketball, softball and golf. Adie has earned many accolades in each sport. She is the all-time leading scorer at Fargo South with 2,227 points ranking her as the fourth all-time scorer in ND Class A state basketball history. She is also Fargo South’s all-time leader in three point shots with 314. She was named the ND EDC Senior Athlete of the Year, ND Class A Senior Athlete of the Year and was a finalist for the ND Miss Basketball title.
She has been attending MSUM since the fall of 2022 and is a part of the Dragon women’s basketball team. Adie has suffered two ACL injuries at the start of her collegiate career but took to the courts again this past season!
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Alison Sonstelie - Team Coach
More coming soon but Ali is in her second year of coaching at Shanley for the girls basketball team and played basketball at NDSU.
Former Fierce Coaches
We would not be were we are today without all our coaches both current and former. Thank you to our Fierce coaches for your time and dedication to our players.
Ally Tronson - Team Coach
Taylor Persche - Team Coach
Kadynn Melquist - Team Coach
Morgan Kommer - Team Coach
Not pictured:
Taylor Skjordal
Erin Walcker
Katie Klein
Krista Klipfel