Nate Wek
SDPB Sports Content Producer and Sports and Recreation ReporterNate Wek is currently the sports content producer and sports and rec beat reporter for South Dakota Public Broadcasting. He is a graduate of South Dakota State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism Broadcasting and a minor in Leadership. From 2010-2013 Nate was the Director of Gameday Media for the Sioux Falls Storm (Indoor Football League) football team. He also spent 2012 and 2013 as the News and Sports Director of KSDJ Radio in Brookings, SD. Nate, his wife Sarah, and three sons, Braxan, Jordy, and Anders live in Canton, SD.
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Mason McCormick, a stand out player from high school at Sioux Falls Roosevelt and college at South Dakota State, has been drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers. -
On Friday night, the Arizona Cardinals selected Tip Reiman out of Illinois with the 82nd overall pick in the 2024 National Football League draft. -
SDPB's Nate Wek shares what to expect with high school softball's second year of sanctioned play and what softball's success could mean for high school baseball. -
In its second year of a sanctioned sport in South Dakota, high school softball is showing more schools and more kids participating. Last season there were ultimately 47 teams who competed in the inaugural season, and this year is showing more teams competing in all three classes. -
Kristina Sage is set to take over Jo Auch's role with the SDHSAA. SDPB's Nate Wek share's details of this change and how the association supports student activities. -
Miles Krajewski already competes internationally in badminton, but now he's gearing up for Paris this summer- to compete for the U.S.A in the 2024 Paralympic Games. -
Kristina Sage has been appointed to the role of assistant executive director for the South Dakota High School Activities Association. She’ll take over for Jo Auch, who will retire officially from the role this June. -
Yankton’s Miles Krajewski has punched his ticket to Paris this summer. He officially accepted his invite this week to compete in the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games for the sport of badminton. -
Former player for Aberdeen Central, Paiton Burckhard, is set to take over the role of head coach for the Golden Eagle's girls basketball team. -
Aberdeen Central has announced Paiton Burckhard as their new head girls basketball coach. Burckhard, who played for the Golden Eagles as a prep athlete, will replace Mikayla Arechigo in the role.
