Mike Bernarde

OL Coach/Recruiting Coordinator at Dakota Wesleyan Recruiting MN, WI, MI, IL, and Northeast SD

Link below for questionnaire

[Mike Bernarde @Coach_Bernarde]

Go follow Dakota Wesleyan's DC/DL coach, Coach Bessler's new account! Recruiting NE, CO, and parts of TX/CA @CoachBessler22

[DWU Athletics @dwusports]

We had a great time celebrating @DWUWBB & Male A. O. Duer Award winner Landon Ruesink on campus yesterday! 🏆

Thank you @NAIA for coming to Mitchell and helping us honor the best of the Dakota Wesleyan community!

📸 ThirDWheel Photography

#BleedBlue🔹 | #TheRightWayToPlay

[Alex Kretzschmar @CoachKretch]

Attention 2026 Recruits & Transfers - DWU is still looking for impact OL, DB, and TE prospects! We still have scholarship money available for these positions! Fill out our online questionnaire to get the process started! https://t.co/DyFxbUuiuV

[Mike Bernarde @Coach_Bernarde]

DWU is a special place for our student-athletes to grow academically and athletically. However, that doesn't come without the tremendous support from members of the Tiger Family! We appreciate all the support for our football program, as well as the rest of the campus community. https://t.co/yzANko6Uhm #ADayForWesleyan

[DWU Football @dwtigerfootball]

These young men work hard on the football field and get it done in the classroom! Congrats on being named 2025 Scholar-Athletes! #BleedBlue #1Goal

[DWU Football @dwtigerfootball]

7⃣ athletes have been honored with @CollSportsComm Academic All-District® distinctions for their efforts on the football field and in the classroom this season!

📰 https://t.co/o7ux1KY90h

#RollTige🐯 | #BleedBlue🔹

[Mike Bernarde @Coach_Bernarde]

These guys battled all day up front as the Tigers pulled off the win in OT. Proud is an understatement! Can't wait to see these guys build off this effort and come back ready to go at the Q next week!#TrophyTime #BleedBlue

[DWU Football @dwtigerfootball]

Proud of our guy! 💙🏈

Huge Congratulations to Landon Ruesink on being named the @NAIA Male A.O. Duer Scholarship Award winner for 2024-25. An incredible honor for an incredible student-athlete! #BleedBlue #DWU

[NAIA @NAIA]

NATIONAL AWARDS DAY!

Congratulations to Landon Ruesink from Dakota Wesleyan University (@dwusports) for being awarded the A.O. Duer Award!

Learn more about all of our award recipients here: https://t.co/G8Wqq1JMlV

#TheRightWaytoPlay

[Cole Nielsen @ColeNielsen55]

#AGTG After a great game and conversation with @Coach_Bernarde, I am blessed to receive an offer from Dakota Wesleyan University!

@STMCavsFB @11_Hagen

[DWU Athletics @dwusports]

Special teams, special plays, special players ☝️

After taking the season's opening kickoff to the house, Steven Christion has been named the @GPACSports Special Teams Player of the Week! 🏈

#RollTige🐯 | @dwtigerfootball

[Elijah Ahmann ‘26 IOL @AhmannElijah]

Awesome game to watch in Mitchell! Ultra electric! Thanks @ColeKuznia @Coach_Bernarde tiger?

[Wyatt Bult @BultWyatt]

I'm excited to announce my commitment to DWU to further my academic and athletic career!!
Thank you to GOD, my family, coaches, and friends for helping me get to this point in my life!! #BleedBlue #Committed #AllGloryToGod @LitseyDre @DWU_CCTF @CoachKretch @dwtigerfootball

[Torren Devericks @CoachDevericks]

Thank you @Siouxperman605 for coming and sharing an incredible message to our players - one of the best I’ve heard as either a player or a coach. And thank you again @HiPowSPORTS for looking for ways to help our boys prepare for the game of life. Choose your hard!

#BleedBlue

[CFL @CFL]

TREY VAVAL DOES IT AGAIN! 🤯 SECOND RETURN TOUCHDOWN OF THE NIGHT!!

#CFLGameDay
🗓️: Argonauts vs. @Wpg_BlueBombers LIVE NOW
🇨🇦: TSN
🌎: CFL+

[DWU Athletics @dwusports]

Honoring tradition while staying true to the blue.

Introducing @dwtigerfootball's NEW blue uniforms, which will be in action this fall.

#RollTige🐯 | @UAFootball | @Klock_Werks

[Lawson Lodmel @Lawsonlodmel4]

After a great conversation with @Coach_Bernarde I am blessed to receive an offer from DWU! @ColeKuznia @CoachMasonFrost

[Ross Cimpl @RossCimpl]

1 of 11 institutions in all of the @NAIA to be named a Gold Five-Star Institution 4 years in a row.

Great recognition for our faculty, staff, coaches, and student-athletes #bleedblue

[DWU Athletics @dwusports]

🐯NEWS: Dakota Wesleyan University has been tabbed by the @NAIA as a Champions of Character Gold Five-Star Institution, scoring a perfect 100 as an athletic department for the fourth year in a row!

📰 https://t.co/f1gM3sTScn

#RollTige🐯 | @DakotaWesleyan