Retention champions in South Dakota in 2024, ranked by loan count. Powered by ChatMMI — the only fully conversational AI experience for mortgage and real estate data.
As of May 28, 2026, the top 3 include Kory Knutson (First Dakota National Bank, NMLS #465014), Dawn VanNieuwenhuyzen (Plains Commerce Bank, NMLS #21096), and Brian Spaans (First Bank & Trust, NMLS #658005).
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 | Retained Volume | Retained Loans | Retention Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Kory Knutson | 465014 | First Dakota National Bank | 410144 | Sioux Falls, SD | $10.4M | 16 | 69.6% |
| #2 | Dawn VanNieuwenhuyzen | 21096 | Plains Commerce Bank | 463950 | Sioux Falls, SD | $3.0M | 9 | 18.4% |
| #3 | Brian Spaans | 658005 | First Bank & Trust | 409296 | Sioux Falls, SD | $2.3M | 7 | 43.8% |
| #3 | Blaine Fopma | 897132 | SECURITY SAVINGS BANK | 541149 | Sioux Falls, SD | $1.7M | 7 | 38.9% |
| #3 | Waylon Korkow | 1280134 | First International Bank & Trust | 415142 | Sioux Falls, SD | $3.1M | 7 | 43.8% |
| #3 | Adam Chandler | 1768381 | First Dakota National Bank | 410144 | Vermillion, SD | $2.1M | 7 | 58.3% |
| #7 | Dedrick Meadows | 1596050 | First PREMIER Bank | 474396 | Sioux Falls, SD | $2.7M | 6 | 37.5% |
| #7 | Susan Bot | 453908 | First Dakota National Bank | 410144 | — | $3.8M | 6 | 60.0% |
| #7 | Kyle Strating | 1575399 | Central Bank | 447201 | Sioux Falls, SD | $2.6M | 6 | 25.0% |
| #10 | Richard Lage | 400287 | Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation | 2289 | Sioux Falls, SD | $1.8M | 5 | 29.4% |
| #10 | Correll Weeden | 1846670 | First PREMIER Bank | 474396 | Sioux Falls, SD | $1.6M | 5 | 41.7% |
| #10 | Jill Salter | 514754 | THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK IN SIOUX FALLS | 464053 | Brandon, SD | $911K | 5 | 50.0% |
| #10 | Parker Dawes | 1920000 | Plains Commerce Bank | 463950 | Sioux Falls, SD | $1.3M | 5 | 45.5% |
| #14 | Heather Schutz | 182521 | Voyage Federal Credit Union | 652491 | Sioux Falls, SD | $411K | 4 | 33.3% |
| #14 | Kyle Swiden | 776910 | Plains Commerce Bank | 463950 | Sioux Falls, SD | $1.1M | 4 | 17.4% |
| #14 | Jeremy Huber | 1196575 | Plains Commerce Bank | 463950 | Sioux Falls, SD | $1.4M | 4 | 17.4% |
| #14 | Juline Tibke | 489407 | First Bank & Trust | 409296 | Sioux Falls, SD | $1.0M | 4 | 40.0% |
| #18 | Janelle Noreen | 420242 | Security National Bank of South Dakota | 410999 | Sioux City, IA | $966K | 3 | 30.0% |
| #18 | Lowell Groeneweg | 473246 | Service First Federal Credit Union | 313985 | — | $842K | 3 | 30.0% |
| #18 | Jenny Albers | 502083 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Sioux Falls, SD | $780K | 3 | 27.3% |
| #18 | Andrew Kuyper | 473256 | Plains Commerce Bank | 463950 | Sioux Falls, SD | $623K | 3 | 23.1% |
| #18 | David Kowalczyk | 465946 | Levo Federal Credit Union | 441310 | Sioux Falls, SD | $673K | 3 | 21.4% |
| #18 | Tyler Schulte | 2028696 | Plains Commerce Bank | 463950 | — | $738K | 3 | 30.0% |
| #24 | Ryan Spellerberg | 612404 | CHARTER WEST BANK | 466077 | Sioux Falls, SD | $696K | 2 | 3.7% |
| #24 | Tyana Viss | 1441509 | Levo Federal Credit Union | 441310 | Sioux Falls, SD | $935K | 2 | 11.1% |
| #24 | Shawna Kleinwolterink | 773405 | Plains Commerce Bank | 463950 | Sioux Falls, SD | $667K | 2 | 11.8% |
| #24 | Steven Ennis | 462436 | Plains Commerce Bank | 463950 | Sioux Falls, SD | $538K | 2 | 15.4% |
| #24 | Dawn Brown | 473243 | Plains Commerce Bank | 463950 | Sioux Falls, SD | $417K | 2 | 16.7% |
| #29 | Joshua Osborne | 473258 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Sioux Falls, SD | $324K | 1 | 3.7% |
| #29 | Ryan Konz | 506705 | First International Bank & Trust | 415142 | Sioux Falls, SD | $400K | 1 | 7.7% |
| #29 | Timothy Wermers | 52738 | American Bank & Trust | 774689 | Sioux Falls, SD | $170K | 1 | 7.1% |
| #29 | Rozhyer Aware | 711742 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | Sioux Falls, SD | $166K | 1 | 10.0% |
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. Retention Champions by Loan Count — South Dakota (2024). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed May 28, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/south-dakota/top-retention-by-units/2024
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