The conference honorees include current and former student-athletes, coaches, faculty members, commissioners and administrators who have helped shape Division II over time.

Stromme, one of two nominees put forth by the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference, spent her nearly 40-year career at UMD making a difference before retiring as senior associate athletics director and senior woman administrator in 2022. The winningest coach in Bulldog women's basketball history, Stromme spent 21 seasons directing the women's program before taking on a full-time administrative position in 2005. Stromme compiled a 440-184 overall record (.705) and posted 21 consecutive winning seasons while also guiding the Bulldogs to 12 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference titles and eight NCAA II North Central Regional appearances. She also coached the women's golf program at Minnesota Duluth for three years. Her administrative career includes having been the interim athletics director in 2013 and the advisor for the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. Stromme was instrumental in the Bulldogs being recognized with the 2022 NCAA Division II Award of Excellence. In 2019, Stromme received the NCAA Division II Women Leaders in Sports Administrator of the Year award. Stromme's extensive NCAA committee service includes having chaired the Division II Management Council from January 2014 to January 2016 and serving as a member of the Division II Committee on Infractions, the Division II Membership Committee and the Division II Women's Basketball Committee. Stromme also was the administrative liaison to the Division II Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.