Leading rookies in North Dakota in 2025, ranked by total volume. Powered by ChatMMI — the only fully conversational AI experience for mortgage and real estate data.
As of May 28, 2026, the top 3 include Jason Rush (Mortgage Research Center, LLC, NMLS #2675965), Avery Bennefeld (Guaranteed Rate, Inc., NMLS #2662228), and Russell Brawley (CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC, NMLS #2683191).
Updated · Recorded mortgage transactions typically appear in this dataset approximately 22 days after the recording date.
| Rank | Loan officer | LO NMLS | Current Lender / Broker | Lender NMLS | Location | 2025 Volume | 2025 Loans | Avg Loan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Jason Rush | 2675965 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | — | $1.6M | 4 | $409K |
| #2 | Avery Bennefeld | 2662228 | Guaranteed Rate, Inc. | 2611 | West Fargo, ND | $1.4M | 5 | $288K |
| #3 | Russell Brawley | 2683191 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Bismarck, ND | $1.3M | 5 | $266K |
| #4 | Sierra Nevala | 2751306 | KODABANK | 643716 | Fargo, ND | $1.0M | 2 | $500K |
| #5 | Brooke Kozlowski | 2680587 | Mutual of Omaha Mortgage, Inc. | 1025894 | Sacramento, CA | $960K | 2 | $480K |
| #6 | Jacqueline Pavon | 2732193 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | Pensacola, FL | $920K | 2 | $460K |
| #7 | Caylee Morgan | 2691419 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | Pensacola, FL | $810K | 3 | $270K |
| #8 | Cole Christensen | 2172573 | CMG Mortgage, Inc. | 1820 | Fargo, ND | $699K | 3 | $233K |
| #9 | Amanda Tiongson | 2676318 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | — | $669K | 2 | $334K |
| #10 | Amber James | 2718526 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | Pensacola, FL | $457K | 1 | $457K |
| #11 | Spencer Vaughan | 2746629 | Texana Bank, N.A. | 407536 | Keller, TX | $418K | 1 | $418K |
| #12 | Joseph Cecio | 2717392 | Mutual of Omaha Mortgage, Inc. | 1025894 | West Warwick, RI | $314K | 1 | $314K |
| #13 | Brandon Roberts | 2730140 | Texana Bank, N.A. | 407536 | Keller, TX | $297K | 1 | $297K |
| #14 | Thomas Cush | 307651 | NewRez LLC | 3013 | Fort Washington, PA | $295K | 1 | $295K |
| #15 | Alex Andranovich | 2501436 | Sage Home Loans Corporation | 3304 | Fort Mill, SC | $288K | 1 | $288K |
| #16 | Austin Green | 2732199 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | Pensacola, FL | $270K | 1 | $270K |
| #17 | Matthew Mariea | 2720368 | Milestone Mortgage Solutions, LLC | 1815656 | Chandler, AZ | $262K | 1 | $262K |
| #18 | Patrick Barry | 1639540 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | Earth City, MO | $254K | 1 | $254K |
| #19 | Rodney Selman | 2739426 | Texana Bank, N.A. | 407536 | — | $249K | 1 | $249K |
| #20 | Leonida Plushnick | 2701753 | West Capital Lending, Inc. | 1566096 | Irvine, CA | $210K | 1 | $210K |
| #21 | Chloe Humble | 2707587 | American Pacific Mortgage Corporation | 1850 | Pequot Lakes, MN | $208K | 2 | $104K |
| #22 | Kimber Giallanzo | 2732191 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | Pensacola, FL | $207K | 1 | $207K |
| #23 | Nathan Gray | 2704643 | Texana Bank, N.A. | 407536 | Keller, TX | $203K | 1 | $203K |
| #24 | Riley Denton | 2703978 | Texana Bank, N.A. | 407536 | Keller, TX | $198K | 1 | $198K |
| #25 | Jayden Gonzalez | 2752598 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Boca Raton, FL | $177K | 1 | $177K |
| #26 | Ryan O'Doherty | 2645401 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | — | $175K | 1 | $175K |
| #27 | Sean Cavanaugh | 248870 | Mountain State Financial Group, LLC | 1314257 | San Diego, CA | $163K | 1 | $163K |
| #28 | James Drahuschak | 2655377 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Marlton, NJ | $162K | 1 | $162K |
| #29 | Julian Gregory | 2718688 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | — | $152K | 1 | $152K |
| #30 | Isaac Jordahl | 2698623 | American Federal Bank | 457211 | Fargo, ND | $25K | 1 | $25K |
These rankings are powered by MMI's nationwide residential mortgage public record dataset. MMI collects mortgage transaction data from recording jurisdictions across the United States, with an average data latency of approximately 22 days from the recording date.
Transactions are matched to NMLS identifiers for loan officers, lenders, and brokers where applicable. MMI then deduplicates, normalizes, and validates this data to create an authoritative mortgage production dataset that powers MMI's analytics, recruiting, marketing, and intelligence products.
Rankings reflect recorded mortgage transactions available to MMI at the time of the last data refresh. Recent activity may continue to update as additional transactions are recorded and processed.
TopMortgageOriginators.com. Leading Rookies by Volume — North Dakota (2025). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed May 28, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/north-dakota/top-rookie-by-volume/2025
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