MIAC ACADEMIC ALL-CONFERENCE
MINNEAPOLIS -- A total of 25 Augsburg College student-athletes earned Academic All-Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference honors from winter and spring sports, it was announced recently by the conference office. The 25 honorees (23 athletes, with two earning multiple academic honors) is six more than than Augsburg earned a year ago.
Student-athletes must be a sophomore, junior, or senior (transfers must have spent a full year at their current school) with a minimum cumulative grade-point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale to qualify for MIAC Academic All-Conference recognition.
Athletically, student-athletes in basketball, hockey, baseball and softball must compete in 50 percent of their team's varsity regular season contests. Track and field athletes must finish in the top eight individually (top three in relay events) in conference championship events to be eligible, while swimming and diving student-athletes must qualify for conference finals to be eligible.
| SPORT/NAME |
YR |
HOMETOWN/HS |
MAJOR |
GPA |
| Men's Basketball |
|
|
|
|
| Jon Cassens |
SR |
Prior Lake, Minn. |
Accounting/Finance |
3.6167 |
Brett Sorenson
|
SO |
Lakeville, Minn./Lakeville South HS
|
Finance |
3.9000
|
| Women's Basketball |
|
|
|
|
| Ashley Erickson |
SO |
Bemidji, Minn. |
Accounting |
3.7188 |
| Shannon Renne |
SR |
Nicollet, Minn. |
Psychology |
3.6250 |
Men's Hockey
|
|
|
|
|
| Tyler Antony |
SR |
Buffalo, Minn. |
Business Management |
3.5500 |
| Brandon Bukowski |
SO |
Superior, Wis. |
Biology |
4.0000 |
| Trevor Doden |
SO |
Red Wing, Minn. |
Business |
3.9000 |
| David Hines |
SO |
Sartell, Minn./St. Cloud Tech HS |
International Business
|
3.8750 |
| Jim Jensen |
JR |
Plymouth, Minn./Osseo HS |
Finance/Accounting |
3.8182 |
| J.P. Perpich |
SO |
Bloomington, Minn./Jefferson HS |
Sociology |
3.8125 |
| Joel Sauer |
JR |
Madison, Wis./Memorial HS |
Finance |
3.7609 |
| Women's Hockey |
|
|
|
|
| Elise Hedlund |
JR |
Robbinsdale, Minn./Cooper HS |
Food & Nutrition/Dietetics |
3.6842 |
| Erin Leyden |
JR |
Glen Ellyn, Ill./Glenbard South HS |
Mathematics/Secondary Education
|
3.6900 |
| Jess Olson |
SR |
Hamel, Minn./Wayzata HS |
Marketing |
3.6364 |
| Sara Toft |
SR |
Alexandria, Minn./Jefferson HS |
Accounting & Finance |
3.6935 |
Men's Indoor Track and Field
|
|
|
|
|
| Brent Haglund |
SR |
Fridley, Minn. |
Youth & Family Ministry |
3.7069 |
Women's Indoor Track and Field
|
|
|
|
|
| Whitney Holman |
SR |
New Hope, Minn./Robbinsdale Armstrong HS |
Psychology/Religion |
3.9661 |
| Baseball |
|
|
|
|
| Marshall Nelson |
JR
|
Albertville, Minn./West Lutheran HS |
Finance/Accounting
|
3.8438 |
| Kristofer Ozga |
JR |
Hawthorn Woods, Ill./Stevenson HS |
Marketing |
3.7778 |
Softball
|
|
|
|
|
| Jessa Hinz |
JR
|
Richfield, Minn.
|
Biopsychology
|
3.5417
|
Kylee Persing
|
SO
|
Mound, Minn./Mound-Westonka HS
|
Biology
|
3.8438
|
Sabrina Siple
|
SO
|
Farmington, Minn.
|
Biology
|
3.7188 |
| Laura Strandell |
JR
|
Pine Island, Minn. |
History/Social Studies Secondary Education
|
3.8824
|
Men's Outdoor Track and Field
|
|
|
|
|
| Brent Haglund |
SR |
Fridley, Minn. |
Youth & Family Ministry |
3.7069 |
Women's Outdoor Track and Field
|
|
|
|
|
| Whitney Holman |
SR |
New Hope, Minn./Robbinsdale Armstrong HS |
Psychology/Religion |
3.9661 |
